Middles the key for Eels

There was a time not too long ago when the Parramatta Eels were soft where it mattered most. They offered no starch, no presence, no aggressiveness through the middle third of the field.

That softness delivered a wooden spoon in 2018.

Then Junior Pau

Eels vs Bulldogs 3, 2, 1

Really disappointing performance. Thought we'd make a statement today and give it to the Dogs, but we only did what we had to just scrap through. We haven't played like a top 4 side for a while now. It's become very concerning.

3. Gutherson

2. Paulo

1.

Squad planning 2021 onwards

So with an interesting discussion occurring about our roster moving forward, I thought it best to break it into a separate blog.

The club has wrapped up its spine for the future. Gutherson, Moses, Brown, Mahoney, Paulo, RCG, Matterson are all on long

Eels just fine without million dollar player

The Daily Telegraph has published the NRL's top 100 highest paid players, with Parramatta's top earner being Mitchell Moses, placing him in 20th position with a salary of $830,000 this season.

Next on the list for the Eels is Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Moses managing troublesome calf

Parramatta Eels halfback Mitchell Moses has revealed he'll be managing his troublesome calf for the rest of the season after re-injuring it during his side's clash against the Canberra Raiders earlier in the season.

Moses originally tore his left cal

Does Gutherson have what it takes to be a great sports leader?

A sports writer finds the 'best teams in history' and discovers the one thing they all have in common

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Posted Yesterday at 7:30am, updated Yesterday at 11:12am

The Hockeyroos team, from

Our depth and some unique suggestions

Niukore bloke has been smashing it for us this year. I think its fair to say that he would be in the starting lineup for many teams. Whenever Nathan Brown has been suspended he has really stood up. I fear Niukore could be leaving us soon. He is only

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