Eels Blogs

Two points that I'll take

The Parramatta Eels march on in this year's NRL competition, bringing their tally to nine wins from 11 games.

That's the side's best start since 1977. The 1982 and 1983 Premiership winning sides both managed eight wins from their opening 11. Historic

Eels vs Tigers 3, 2, 1

Not really a great performance, but we did what we had to and remained switched on with high intensity and good discipline. It's clear we've become a second half team, but we need to address our slow starts. That's 4 weeks in a row we haven't started

Should there be an extended bench?

The more the season progresses and the more players coaches are forced to call upon, the more I've been thinking that the NRL should have permitted an extended bench for this season with a view to making it a permanent move.

There is always a discuss

Tipping comp mid season update

We've hit the halfway mark of the competition, and we have a new leader. SoggySao, put your hand up, we want to know who you are.

The table below shows full season progress. Purple squares indicate use of a joker, and green is a perfect round:

Shout ou

Failure isn't fatal

The Parramatta Eels suffered their second loss of the season, going down to the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale oval 22-18 on Saturday night.

From early on the Eels didn't look like they were entirely there. Basic mistakes were common, hooker Reed Maho

Davey's Emotional Debut

Here's a good story about Andrew Davey and his debut on the weekend:

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/07/20/two-weeks-from-quitting-daveys-emotional-debut/

I thought he played well when he was on. Would not surprise me to see him in the 17 again this week

PERSPECTIVE.

Perspective noun: a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Perspective is a most interesting situation - MY perspective v YOUR perspective will, in most instances be different.

I say we have a BUSH COACH who is too

Other Games This Round

Who are y'all tipping this week?

Roosters

Storm

Tigers

St George

Knights

PARRA OF COURSE

Warriors

Panthers

Dean Pay quits dogs, Trent Barrett firms as new dogs coach BWAHAHAHA!

If the dogs hire Barrett who is a pure bred dope they are in for some tough times, he's firming for the job apparently.

This will be priceless if they go from Pay to Barrett, its too good to be true.

Will Trent succeed at the dogs if hired?

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender

They are some of the famous words spoken by legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi.

If Lombardi were Australian and a rugby league coach, he'd have been proud of the effort from the Parramatta Eels in yesterday's clash against the Newcastle

The run home

So I've done a quick study of each teams run home and see where everyone is likely to end up based on strength of schedule (SoS).

The caveat is that this is obviously a static look at the ladder & draw, and doesn't take into account teams that are in

Too halves do not always make a whole

First let me say great defencive win tonight, gutsy win.Two running halfs do not mix, no game manager tonight, too much indecision, to many last set plays bombed. As a spectacle very poor, in saying that , 

last years eels would have folded. 

Eels vs Knights 3, 2, 1

Painful to watch but you have to applaud our defence. It was outstanding, and beating the Knights at home is one of the toughest road trips in the comp. But we need Moses back ASAP.

3. Mahoney

2. N. Brown

1. Gutherson

So, your team is finally good: How to cope with expectations

Coming into this season you'd excuse Parramatta Eels fans for being skeptical about the top four tags being slapped on them.

The Eels haven't done particularly well when expectations have been placed on them. In the past they've excelled when not muc

Cautious Optimism: My years as an Eels fan

There’s a popular saying: Once bitten, twice shy. Well, for an Eels fan try 200 times bitten, 400 times shy.

For those lucky enough to experience the halcyon days of the 1980s where the Eels were kings for three consecutive years and then gave legend

Stefano Utoikamanu: The Next Big Thing

Few things generate more discussion and excitement in rugby league world than rookie with more size than a lot of seasoned professionals.

At 191cm and 115kg, he's Parramatta's second largest player behind Junior Paulo. But at just 20 years of age, t

1964 Parramatta 5 defeats St George 2 at Sydney Sports Ground

7 June 1964, The Thornetts versus Gasnier. Cars parked illegally in Moore Park Rd outside Sydney Sports Ground during a Rugby League game between St George and Parramatta..... Some old classics pictured in that lot,including a EK Holden PV, FJ Holden

Moan, Moan, Moanly

The Moaners seem to run the media and NRL.

Something else to moan about this week. Sick of the commentators saying they were robbed against us. If the ball goes forward regardless of whetther it comes backwards out of the hand the refs have been calli

Eels vs Cowboys 3, 2, 1

Fun game to watch and pretty cruisy after a real tough month of footy. Our defence remained committed which was very pleasing, but our right side is still a cause for concern.

3. KING

2. Brown

1. Paulo

Ricky Stuart

I know this is ancient History .......but the nerve of this dilusional guy.    He is whinging about John Bateman and him jumping ship and he did the same to us in 2014.  Left us in an absolute mess and ran off to the Raiders...

What an absolute Goose