Eels can finally put cheating shame behind them. Buzz Writes Something Positive Very Rare

SATURDAY was actually a great day for the Parramatta Eels.Forget the $1 million fine, the loss of 12 competition points and the dismissal of the salary cap cheats.Finally it gives them the opportunity to move forward and slam the door shut on the people who have brought a great footy club to its knees.SATURDAY was actually a great day for the Parramatta Eels.Forget the $1 million fine, the loss of 12 competition points and the dismissal of the salary cap cheats.Finally it gives them the opportunity to move forward and slam the door shut on the people who have brought a great footy club to its knees.Cheer up Eels fans — it can’t get any worse.Have faith in the future and use the Cronulla Sharks as an example. In 2014 they were gone for all money. The peptide scandal could almost have shut the club down.Then along comes a chairman with the business expertise and sporting nous of Damian Keogh and a board full of commercial, legal, football and marketing experts.Now they are at the top of the premiership ladder. Sponsorship is sold out. Merchandise and membership has gone crazy, It took two years to clean up the mess but they’ve done it.The Eels can do the same thing but to an even larger extent.Soon its next door neighbour will be a magnificent new 35,000-seat stadium —— a $350 million sporting showpiece and the pride of Sydney’s west. A smaller version of Suncorp Stadium.Their Leagues Club is a license to print money.SATURDAY was actually a great day for the Parramatta Eels.Forget the $1 million fine, the loss of 12 competition points and the dismissal of the salary cap cheats.Finally it gives them the opportunity to move forward and slam the door shut on the people who have brought a great footy club to its knees.EELS DOCKED 12 POINTS, FINED $1MSCANDALS AND STUPIDITY THAT COST EELSCAN PARRA STILL MAKE THE FINALS?Cheer up Eels fans — it can’t get any worse.Have faith in the future and use the Cronulla Sharks as an example. In 2014 they were gone for all money. The peptide scandal could almost have shut the club down.Then along comes a chairman with the business expertise and sporting nous of Damian Keogh and a board full of commercial, legal, football and marketing experts.Now they are at the top of the premiership ladder. Sponsorship is sold out. Merchandise and membership has gone crazy, It took two years to clean up the mess but they’ve done it.The Eels can do the same thing but to an even larger extent.Their Leagues Club is a license to print money.Soon its next door neighbour will be a magnificent new 35,000-seat stadium —— a $350 million sporting showpiece and the pride of Sydney’s west. A smaller version of Suncorp Stadium.NRL Integrity Unit boss and CEO Todd Greenberg deliver the decision.In coach Brad Arthur they have the right leader to ensure a competitive football side.That he has managed to hold the team together in such a competitive fashion without a chairman, CEO or footy manager is a credit to him. And they are only going to get stronger.All they need now is the right off-field team. Just like the Sharks did.Seriously, this club could become the Broncos of Sydney if it is professionally managed.There can be no holding them back. Yesterday is the beginning of potentially a great new era.Long live the blue and gold army.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/opinion/phil-rothfield/parramatta-eels-salary-cap-nrl-fine-means-eels-can-finally-put-cheating-shame-behind-them/news-story/d0346cec6d01d19383f07e51d97472fb

"Love this one, I think we will use this design and the captains run short from this season to refresh our Home jersey for 2027. We will also have a new away too, hopefully Adidas have a look at us and produce something very special. "

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Rosemont July 10, 2016 at 1:59am

Our roster for 2017 will be our best we have had in years.
- Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > Rosemont July 10, 2016 at 2:32am
  
  Things are starting to shape up now Rosey, i'll be putting a few dollars on an eels premiership next year.
- Alan Hunt > Rosemont July 10, 2016 at 7:47am
  
  Come on mate we need more then this.........
  
  Talk about giving us all blue balls.....
Brian Jackson July 10, 2016 at 2:27am

Elaborate please?
Chocolate Frog ♥ Ms Peppers Mint July 10, 2016 at 2:51am

Watch out for the glossy coats of lacquer now being applied to a club deeply and intensely sand-blastered for months on end. Those who gain the most, the outcome, are usually the perpetrators behind all the sandblasting. Things are NOT what they seem. Privatisation is behind the sandblasting. Our club must never fall into the hands of these nutters.
- sixtiesboy > Chocolate Frog ♥ Ms Peppers Mint July 10, 2016 at 8:09am
  
  We know who will be behind one of the tickets trying to take control of the board and he is deep, deep in this mess. Merit based selection is the only way to move past people with personal agendas. It is the only way forward. Members must promote this to other members. We cannot allow another faction or a privatisation ticket to take control, especially if they have brought the club to its knees.
Rosemont July 10, 2016 at 4:15am

I agree Snake, Eels will return in 2017, 2016 is a write off.
fishbulb July 10, 2016 at 6:41am

Lol.... he just had to take a chance to wax lyrical about those perennial losers, the Sharks...
- Alan Hunt > fishbulb July 10, 2016 at 7:46am
  
  I feel sorry for Sharks fans that this alcoholic piece of shit follows there club.
- fishbulb > fishbulb July 10, 2016 at 7:56am
  
  Alcoholic piece of shit lol.... sounds like a specimen in a jar....i can imagine a dr saying 'and here we have an alcoholic piece of shit, a sample perfectly preserved from the 1850s...