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Rookies 2024

So now the NRL season is officially over, now comes the speculatoin point of the season, quite frankly the worst part of the year. The month of October is the worst as November is when training starts and can start to get an idea of the team structur

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28 Replies · Reply by Nightmare Off-Season Oct 6, 2023
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Adapt or Die Part Two

Back in August I dissected many of the issues surrounding Parramatta's style of play that led to their lacklustre 2023 season. Now I'm here to offer some solutions and, at least, some reasoning as to why that occurred.

Let's get the obvious out of th

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34 Replies · Reply by Poppa Oct 1, 2023
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1 Eyed Eel Member's MVP

As you may recall I opened a poll recently asking for nominations of the most popular member on 1 Eyed Eel.

Members both voted and emailed me regarding their favourites.

Honourable mentions go to Wiz, Prof Daz and BEM.

We actually ended up with a tie

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46 Replies · Reply by Poppa Sep 18, 2023
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Eels Jersey Flegg and Game Day Blog

The eels will play Panthers in week 1 of the finals at 11am on Saturday. The game will be streamed on NSWRL TV so I encourage everyone to watch to have an insight to our future stars. Even though we just scraped through to the finals, at full strengt

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155 Replies · Reply by EA Sep 16, 2023
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Adapt or die part one

In Moneyball, Oakland A's GM Billy Beane introduces the concept of using statistics to identify players who can "get on base" so they can make up for the loss of Giambi. 

He gets push back from his scouts who like to use the "eye test". In a confront

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40 Replies · Reply by EeLmatiC Aug 25, 2023
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A Small Handful

Ladies and Gentlemen, like all of you, I'm still too emotionally raw to dissect and analyse this season, our annus horribilis, or player performances. Yet I had to look for some positives in a small handful of players, for putting in more consistentl

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60 Replies · Reply by don robinson Aug 22, 2023
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More stuff to read

PHIL COLE replied to Troy Wade's discussion Jaxon Purdue
"yes but  see all the others just money hungry bastards the whole nrl  no club culture
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40 minutes ago
LB replied to LB's discussion Jason Ryles named on Storm hit list to replace Bellamy
"I do not think there was a promise. He tried to get the Dragons job, decided he didn't want it but due to him going behind the Roosters back to get it, they sacked him pretty much (Even though it was petty not let him at least interview, god…"
1 hour ago
LB replied to Troy Wade's discussion Jaxon Purdue
"If Iongi was to go to 5/8, Ryles would have tried it i reckon with Papali'i playing some Fullback when Iongi was out. Iongi will stay where he is."
2 hours ago
LB replied to Troy Wade's discussion Jaxon Purdue
"Why move our best Fullback? It has been talked about for so long here, but Iongi is our best Fullback, why move him to beef up the 5/8 spot when you weaken Fullback at the same time?
Eventually maybe could prep him to turn into a 6 full-time,…"
2 hours ago
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