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Can teams win with $1m players?

They're the headline grabbing players that clubs throw the proverbial kitchen sink at. 

They cost a lot. $1m per season. 10 percent of the salary cap. 

Are they worth it?

So far this season Kalyn Ponga has re-signed on a long-term, multi million doll

The Real Deels

The Sydney Roosters showed why they're favoured to become the first team since the Eels of the 80s to three-peat when they overcame the Blue and Gold on Saturday night in the best game of the season so far.

But in losing, the Eels displayed qualities

Right hand defense our only issue

We really need to fix our right hand defense furgo needs to trust his inside man waka also needs to improve his defense one one one as seen in tonights game 

From cap cheats to team to beat: how Eels got mojo back after 34 years

MITCH MOSES MISSING FROM TRAINING?

In the training photos on the parramatta website today

 no photo has mitch moses in it

Jai Field added to squad

Is Moses injured?-Has calf issue returned?

If he doesnt play on Saturday we have no chance

Must win against the Rotters

Frankies mates are trying to take BankWest from us. No Eels fans are allowed into BankWest for the Rorters game - only hundreds of Roosters fans

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/06/15/crowds-at-bankwest-stadium-roosters-v-eels-round-6/

This is a

Eels halves provide perfect balance

The halves position at the Eels has been a seemingly poisoned chalice for the decades following the retirements of Brett Kenny and Peter Sterling. 

Parramatta has been lucky to find one good half at a time, let alone two that compliment each other.

E

2 forwards away from a title

Last night exposed how terrible Parra are up the middle when RCG and Paulo are off. We are clearly lacking a world class bench player. 

Our current bench will get us through the early rounds with hard work but they will tire.

Signing one more world cla

Time for Alvaro?

Evans is suspended for one game. Is Alvaro still around. Thought he was good at the end of last season - playing higher impact rather than marathon. Think we need an experienced prop to replace Evans.

Winning does not mean scoring

We lost the first half because we tried to score (with bombs) at every opportunity. We got on top early and had really good field position that  we should have used to tire the opposition out e.g. with grubbers into goal - we were very close to the g

Good signs, very happy

BA/Team leaders did well to adapt and come back to win. Penrith knew the Eels game plan well in advanced and defended it well. We kept trying bombs to the winger and offloads and they were failing and the bombs were wasting potential six again grubbe

Eels vs Panthers 3, 2, 1

What the f*** just happened? I don't know how we got away with that but it was a hell of a finish. Moses was quiet with the ball tonight but his defence against Kikau was outstanding.

3. N. Brown

2. Blake

1. Gutherson

Props: Quality or Quantity

Been thinking for a while that giving Junior and RCG long minutes is too much quantity and not enough quality. Now we have Evans and Nuikore on the bench we should not need to keep our starting props out there for nearly all the game. Especially this

NEW RULES: A THUMBS UP, BUT IS THERE A FLIP SLIDE?

This blog will invoke the bikini principle of statistics: interesting to look at, but concealing the most crucial bits and pieces. Along with two caveats.

Firstly, and most importantly, the majority of fans are ecstatic with the new rules as it helps

Is the 8 already decided ?

Clearly this blog is in the "going off too early" category, but does anyone else feel that the 8 is in effect, if not in fact, already decided ? 

I get that there is still 16 rounds to play, but is there a real contender to make the 8 that is not curr

The forward pass and public/media perception

1. Standard practice is that the Turbo pass is ruled forward. He let go and stopped 1 metre before the line and the ball was caught on the line. Whenever there is a line to make the ball going forward obvious it is ruled a forward pass regardless of

Eels vs Manly 3, 2, 1

I won't say we got lucky because I think the better team won, but it doesn't feel like a particularly great win. Still, the boys ripped in and the defence should be commended. The fact our lead evaporated like that is concerning. It's hard to keep wi

Phil Gould reveals he spoke with Brad Arthur post-2018 disaster

Phil Gould is often referred to by Denis Carnahan as the man who thinks he invented rugby league.

Across a career spanning close to five decades Gould has gone from player, to coach, to administrator and media pundit.

Gould often draws criticism for

Why the new rules suit the Eels

With rugby league returning last weekend we got our first look at the new refereeing system with the six again call used pretty regularly in the Parramatta vs Brisbane clash.

Winning the middle has now become more important than ever as a team on the

Eels set defensive milestone

If defence wins premierships the Eels have started 2020 on the right foot, setting a new defensive milestone for the NRL era.

With just two tries conceded through three games and 14 points in total, the Eels are the most frugal team after three games