Eels Blogs

Does Gus Gould use Channel 9 to attract players?

I received Johnathan Thurston's autobiography for Christmas. As far as athlete autobiographies go it's great to get an insight into how JT's career started given he didn't really follow your regular pathway. Hell, he grew up near Brisbane and the Bro

The Mole: Cameron Smith's re-signing could cost Storm Test hooker Brandon Smith.

The Storm are in danger of losing boom young hooker Brandon Smith in the wake of Cameron Smith’s decision to sign a new two-year deal with the club.

The current Kiwi Test hooker and a member of the Storm’s grand final team last year, 22-year-old Smith

What should BA's reasonable expectations be of Mitch Moses in 2019 ?

When Mitch Moses signed with the Eels midway through 2017, after a brief settling in period, the Eels entered the finals as arguably the form team in the premiership having won 11 of 14 games since the arrival of Moses. Much of that success was down

Positional switch

Have been thinking about the future of our spine quite a bit (love pre season footy withdrawals) Does anyone else think that Salmon would make a good fullback? I read that he has been training at 6 and centre but I feel like his skills as a 6 and his

Player swap?

Michael Jennings for Api from Manly ? Not exactly sure on Manlys $ situation but seeing as Walker could be booted could 100% be a good option for both parties. 

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Don't know if this has been posted already but an interesting little read

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2019/01/08/stat-to-fix-parramatta-eels-back-three-have-room-to-improve/

Podcast with former Eel Daniel Irvine

Hey guys,

Have another podcast you might be interested in with former Eels hooker Daniel Irvine. Nice chat about his time with Parra as well his Uncle & all-time great Ken Irvine, Parramatta Marist with

Jamie Lyon & Paul Gallen, Touring with the Austra

Blayke Brailey and Brenko Lee

If Api falls through surely we could give this kid an offer he cannot refuse, especially with all the sharks drama going on and with Jayden in the 9 for the foreseeable future I dont see Blayke getting much opportunity. Brenko Lee I'll admit is a ris

Dylan Brown / Api info pls

A few months ago I had Moses at 7 and Salmon at 6 all but locked in. After reading cumberland throw and a few opinions however it seems the hype on Dylan Brown is growing by the day and seems destined for his deserved debut next year at only 18. My q

Top Thirty

I . I have read all the blogs and find them interesting, I would like to point out that Corey Norman has been replaced by Stefono UTOIKAMANU  as the 30th man, which I imagine should please a lot of members, going by the blogs I have read.  The main t

Great piece by Suaia Matagi in the PlayersVoice.

https://www.playersvoice.com.au/suaia-matagi-dream-forged-prison/2/#Dx6uMRMjWQf7baJ1.97

The best impact players?

Who are some of the best impact players we've seen in the NRL? The guys who could come off the bench and spark something for their side. I actually think Parramatta has been relatively well served in that aspect over the past 15-20 years. We had Dean