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Poppa's Corner: Options, Management and Current Events

Oddly enough, unlike most, I had no problems with player options.

Sure, they're instruments to get players across the line but they're misunderstood. People on here do not understand them or consider the bigger picture. Options were offered in lieu o

Growing pains hit Ryles' Eels

Jason Ryles acknowledged in his press conference following Parramatta's 16-10 loss to the Storm that it was a night of mixed feelings.

The Eels put themselves in position to beat the competition favourites, but poor handling and costly penalties gave

Game Day Blog R22: David in the Eye of the Storm (Tight Loss 16-10)

The last time the Eels beat the Storm, we had a Moses-Brown-Guthorino-Reed spine and were singing Happy Days with The Fonz. That was 2022. Since then, we’ve lost a record-breaking five-straight against them. And in those games they treated us like th

Poppa's Corner: Winning is Not Hard, Believing You Can Counts For More

We just learnt what we could not quiet grasp in the games that passed us by this year.

We learnt how to win. And if you believe you can, we will with some good tactics and a bit of luck.

Game Day Blog R21 v Broncos: Wilhelm (We Did It, 22-20; Small Steps; Well Done)

The Kaizen Way 改善. Constant Improvement. All for One, One for All.

That journey continues tonight against the high-flying fifth-placed Broncos on a five-game winning streak are looking to win five-straight against the Eels for the first time sin

I all most died today

My heart rated drop to low but lucky they got it in enough time but to normal now gave me a scare 

Poppa's Corner: Five-Eights and Fullbacks

This is receiving a fair bit of discussion and was touched upon in NOS' outstanding blog on the now-injured Iongi. I thought it could be better discussed in isolation where some may like to offer their observations over the years of similar compariso

Round 21, 2024

I was going through my camera roll earlier, and came across this photo of our lineup from exactly one year ago — Round 21, 2024 against the Melbourne Storm.

Upon reading the names, it was mind-blowing the quantity of players who are no longer at th

What does our salary cap look like for 2026?

Under Jason Ryles, the club has been clearing the decks at breakneck speed.

Of the 31 players that pulled on the Blue and Gold in 2024, only 14 remain contracted for 2026.

Since then, the Eels have debuted 15 players.

Given the turnover, there has be

Josh Kerr

Dolphins shopping him around i hope we get him i think we need players like him he good for QLD 

Who getting the spoon

Titans South Parramatta 

This who plays who from now untill the end

Parramatta vs Canberra South vs Panthers Titans vs Tigers Parramatta lose Titans lose Titans win

Parramatta vs Brisbane,,Titans vs Warriors  south vs sharks 

Parramatta lose Titans  lose

Game Day Blog R20 vs Raiders: The Future is Now

It is a little known fact that the new Eels coach, Jason Ryles, is a science-fiction writer. The Future is Now is a 2025 novel depicting a bet on the future of humanity, or more precisely a multi-generational cohort of mentally and emotionally fatigu

Poor Dylan…

Looks like a rough couple of years coming up for Newcastle.

Poppa's Corner: A Reality Check, But Not Blaming Anyone

Yesterday's game was unfortunate. Not just for the putrid 32-10 scoreline to honour Junior's 200th after looking up for the game in the first half or the second half implosion. But because it told us that we are not going anywhere, despite our hope f

Someone tell ZAC LOMAX TO STAY ON HE WING

AND DONT COME IN COST US 2 TRYS NOW BECAUSE HE TOOK NO ONE OUT 

IT GOINGS TO GET SCARY BECAUSE IT ONLY 1ST HALF

Game Day Blog R19 v Penriff: Junz's 200th; Spine reshuffles, Cleary, Yeo, Simmo, Little Pap in (32-10 Loss)

This blog was largely written by the legendary Dr Holdon T. Wilson, with a bit of help from me.

UPDATE: Eels lost 32-10 after being in the game at half-time behind by 2 (10-12), and arguably the better team. But after the break, the Panthers took