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If you could change one thing, what would that be?

For me it is, play smart. We have improved this year but still have a long way to go. Not sure if Joey has helped but if we could bring in someone like Cooper Cronk - head coach or assistant coach, whatever gets him here, then that would be the one c

Players leaving eels

At the game the following players are expected to leave eels:

- Davey

- Evans

- Field

- Gower

- Salmon

- Taka

- Terepo

- Stefano

- Watson Heleta

- Kyle Scheidier (suprising because he is a very promising player and also captain for u20s)

I may off missed 1 or

Is this Fair? Should WADA change?

If Michael Jennings definitely tested positive, he is such a fool. But receiving the news on gameday of a semi-finals match is horrible. If he got tested on 21st September, and only receives the news today it is stupid. Surely WADA have to do better

Dunster in

Exemption granted for Dunster according to Nrl.com

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/07/finals-and-nrlw-late-mail-fergo-day-to-day-dragons-anxious-wait/

Good luck to the kid

Tough debut but he has nothing to lose. Go for it!

Need Speed? Don't use Speedsters well?

I have used the data from the NRL Testra Tracker to compile some stats. The results show the fastest players in 2020 (top speed). Eels and Broncos are the only 2 teams to have 3 players in the top 15 for 2020. However, this is only a measure of top s

Slippin' and Sliding

Not the premiership hopes, which burn eternal. I'm talking about our blokes playing a shedload of games at home of a night in western Sydney AND NOT PUTTING *%^&ING STUDS ON INSTEAD OF BLADES, AND SLIDING ALL OVER THE JOINT WHEN TRYING TO MAKE TACKLE

Should we have played the B side against the storm and rested our top 13

The point of getting top 4 is getting a chance of a rest during the final series.

Why not make it a certainty by resting finals game one. 

Usual option

Fight Tooth and nail against a top 4 team and risk injury and suspensions to maybe get a rest next we

Match Review Comittee - 2 week for Marata

Niukore was charged with a Grade 1 Crusher Tackle for a tackle on Storm forward Tino Faasuamaleaui in the 27th minute of the clash.

The charge carries a base penalty of 200 points  (a two week suspension), but with 1 similar offence in the last two ye

QF - Review

Our attack was very impressive tonight. We didnt have the great percent of possession but still attacked very well and broke down Storms defensive system. I was never confident even when we were up 12-0 not because I never had no faith in parra, but

Panthers vs Roosters

Watching the game, I thought I would create a blog to see how we would go against two of the best teams in the competition. I found the reffing to be very good and it turned out to be a very closse game. It was really a game of three halves. The star

Drugs, sex, domestic violence: rugby league’s dark cover-up

Officials from the Russell Cr

Smith or Field, an interesting decision

Will Smith started his first game in the halves for Parramatta for over a year when he took to the field on Saturday night against the Wests Tigers.

He played perhaps his best game for the Eels since his stint at fullback in 2017 and looked dangerous

2021 Squad

Hi Eels fans, can I divert your attention from the Saturday night final coming this week momentarily and ask about the squad for 2021? Scanning the press apparently we have 10 places available with squads staying at 30 but I have only seen mention of

Gutho Vs Hayne. Who ya got?

In light of Gutho's stellar season and Dally M contention, who would you have in your team?

Two vastly different playing styles, Guthos all out consistent effort and professionalism vs Haynes game winning talent but hot and cold attitude.

Who do you wa

Saturday 7.50pm Suncorp Stadium

We play the storm at suncorp - fro memory we do not have a good record against Storm at Suncorp. What happened to border closure?

Ryan Matterson

Parramatta Eels forward Ryan Matterson has been charged by the NRL Match Review Committee with a Grade One Dangerous Contact – Head/Neck following the Eels Round 20 victory over the Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium last night.

Matterson was charged wi

Tristan Saylor?

Tristan Saylor has just been let go from the dragons. In my opinion he has huge potential and was never really given a proper go. He can play fullback and in the halves. Should parramatta go after him to put pressure on both our halves and fullback s

Broncos match a step in the right direction

Coming into their match against the Brisbane Broncos, the Parramatta Eels were averaging just 12 points per game across the preceding month. It was a worrying trend for a side that at one point looked as if it may challenge for the minor premiership.

Annesley weekly review

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/09/21/graham-annesley-weekly-football-briefing---round-19/

Worth listenening to. My take home:

1. Forward pass mistake. Refs are human and make mistakes but mistakes are not random and are influenced by preceding events. T

Was Ricky right to blow up?

So there has been alot of noise from the Raiders v Warriors game yesterday. Ricky has had another blow up in the presser, and a point that I found interesting out of this was the sin binning of Wighton for being deliberately offside, according to the