Eels Blogs

R20 v TITANS: We can do it!

Charles Dickens once wrote that “the most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” This line is from the semi-autobiographical David Copperf

Round 20 Team List v Titans

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Bailey Simmonson

5. Sean Russell

6. Daejarn Asi

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Brendan Hands

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Bryce Cartwright

13. J'Maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Luca Mor

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 19 v Warriors

What a fortnight can do. Going from scoring 42 points in one half, most in club history. To having 46 put on us the following week. In hindsight that can come from Gutho not being at the back fixing gaps and holes. Sean Russell playing only his secon

The Good and The Bad

While we lost I think it's important to call out some important players who had a shit game.

Negatives

- Penisini is getting stood up to regularly. He had a horrible first half in every aspect

- Paulo showed why he was dropped from origin. It was a p

R19 v WARRIORS: no time for fragility

Nassim Taleb’s Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder (2012) argues that the most influential events are often the least anticipated, which Taleb calls ‘black swan’ events. Taleb says our world changes according to a mix of unintelligibility, lu

Round 19 Team List v Warriors

1. Sean Rusell

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Bailey Simmonson

5. Isaac Lumelume

6. Ryan Matterson

7. Daejarn Asi

8. Ofahiki Ogden

9. Brendan Hands

10. Junior Paulo

11. Bryce Cartwright

12. Andrew Davey

13. J'Maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Luca Moretti

15. Joe

NRL star Dylan Brown to plead guilty to sexual touching

Parramatta star Dylan Brown will enter pleas of guilty to two counts of sexual touching without consent at a popular Sydney hotel.

The curious case of Bryce Cartwright.

He has gone from being a back-rower more so used as a game breaker, but not a worker. His flaws in his game were defence and decision making. He was a five-eighth in the body of a back-rower. Went from being considered on the bench for NSW, 18th man

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 17 v Dolphins

5 in a row, first time we have done that since round 6-10 2021. What a wonderful sight to accumilate 14 points in 7 weeks, pushing us into the 8 with some comfort, we are at a point where we could afford a loss and stay in the 8. But top 4 is still a

Eels vs Dolphins 3 - 2 - 1

A 10 out of 10 effort in the first half, set this game up for the win. Allowing the dolphins to get way too many points in the second half needs to be addressed for the future.

EELS 48  -   DOLPHINS 20

3. Mitch Moses - dominated the game with try assis

Eels' Shatter Record with D-Day around the corner.

Our Eels have shattered a 77-year-old record for the club with a first-half masterclass scoring 42 points in one 1st half of football. The never-before-done feat secures this Eels team a place in our history books. It is now the highest-ever first-ha

Round 17 v The Dolphins: Getting Uncomfortably Comfortable

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable

Conor McGregor

While as Eels fans we have tripped far too many times to ever get a step ahead of ourselves, is there a sense something different is building out West t

Round 17 Team List v Dolphins

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Bailey Simmonson

5. Sean Russell

6. Daejarn Asi

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Brendan Hands

10. Junior Paulo

11. Bryce Cartwright

12. Andrew Davey

13. J'Maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Ofahik

Parramatta: Turning the Tide

After a very up and down opening 10 rounds, the Eels languished in 14^th place and were staring down a South Sydney side in first place and playing some breathtaking rugby league.

Given Parramatta’s well documented recent struggles against the Rabbits

The case for Daejarn Asi to be our bench utility

One positive of Brown's stand down is the emergence of Daejarn Asi. A signing that surprised me, yet made complete sense to me. It was confusing at first as when he signed it was not mentioned how long for, then it was reported that he signed with us

Eels v Sea Eagles 3 - 2 - 1

What a great display by a depleated Eels side. 34 - 4 with several tries disallowed, we were always in control . Our forwards led from the front and paving the way.

3. Gutherson - The King stepped up with our missing halves, Mr metres was non stop al

R16 v Manly: We Hate Moanly

Noiseworks released the song Touch in 1988. The lyric “reach out and touch somebody” was repeated, wait for it, six times. Hypothetically if one was born in 2000 one may not have been overly influenced by such advice. Noiseworks is off the hook. Oh,

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 15 v Canterbury

A long weekend, Parramatta win, Canterbury lose and a spot out of the 8. God save the King. King Gutho I that is. Not a complete performance but an overall good one. At this stage it seems were slowly getting into our groove, Barrett's attacking sche

Round 16 Team List v Sea Eagles

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Bailey Simmonson

5. Sean Russell

6. Ryan Matterson

7. Daejarn Asi

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Brendan Hands

10. Ofahiki Ogden

11. Bryce Cartwright

12. Andrew Davey

13. J'Maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Luca

2023 Eels team conclusion.

After 14 games played, I've come to the conclusion that we have a better team than the 2022 team that reached the GF.

Cartwright, Hopgood, are revelations in the forward pack, Greig is having his breakout season. Shame about the long term injury. Hand