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R21 v Manly: At the Crossroads

"My Mama Always Said Life Was Like A Box Of Chocolates. You Never Know What You're Gonna Get", so said Tom Hanks' character in Forest Gump.

Forest's Mama could have been describing the Eels, week to week, half to half. And we have a pretty big box o

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 20 v Panthers

It is amazing what a week can do, it could even move form to a side where BA will for sure save his job. I still hold the jury out until the end of the season until i pass judgement on his job status. Anyway there was a feeling all week, we were goin

3, 2, 1

I'm going to base my points mainly on the first half and give more weight to the first 20 minutes than the second given the send off.

3. Dylan Brown. 

2. Papalii. So sad he's leaving. 

1. Gutherson.

Special mention to Moses - his last 20 minutes of the f

R20 v Panthers: On the road again

In Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel The Road - which was adapted for a movie of the same name in 2009 - a story is told of a post-apocalyptic future in which a father and his son amble toward the sea to escape the winter, traversing a landscape where cro

Round 20 Team List v Panthers

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Isaiah Papail'i

13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange:

14. Makahesi Mak

Eels Next Coach - You Choose..

In a recent blog I made a list of available and potential coaches to employ when BA is moved on.

Here is that list. Who would be your number one, two and three pick. Or feel free to add someone elses name to the list.

1. Paul Green

2. Shane Flanagan

3.

JA Shouldn't Be Booed

If you were at the game last night, you will have heard Jake being booed during the team list and when he came on during the match.

Regardless if you agree or disagree with his selection, he should not be booed for pulling on the blue and gold.

He's

R19 v Broncos: We are all Eels now

“For as long as we can ride it. There ain't no reins on this one,” said Ennis (Heath Ledger) to Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), in Brokeback Mountain (2005). Brokeback Mountain is the story of a secretive romance between two sheepherders in the 1960s. Straig

Round 19 Team List v Broncos

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Isaiah Papail'i

13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange:

14. Makahesi Mak

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 18 v Warriors

So we have broken the cycle. This was our loss week, yet we won. The end is near. Was it a good win? Ehhhhhhhhhhhh.......I mean i guess? One thing i thought of the way home from the game last night was "Was that a better performance than the one agai

Round 18 Team List v Warriors

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Isaiah Papail'i

13. Marata Niukore

Interchange:

14. Makahesi Mak

EEL FOR LIFE

The Parramatta Eels are reportedly set to offer star halfback Mitchell Moses a new contract extension, which would see him remain in blue and gold until the end of the 2027 season.

According to SEN’s Michelle Bishop, Moses’ latest extension is set to

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 17 v Tigers

The wave continues, better off calling us Mick Fanning as we ride it. A win, though not convincing, a win nonetheless. Considering where we were after 30mins, the first thing that went through my mind was more so concerning how the media and this sit

R17 v Tigers: How Goes Sybil's Exorcism?

In the Captain’s Run media fronting, Shaun Lane was disarmingly blunt. “We got phased” by the Rabbits’ in last week’ 12-30 loss.

To many, it wasn’t a huge surprise that Rabbits made us their bunnies; stunned-in-the headlights. The Eels are one of th

Round 17 Team List v Tigers

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Waqa Blake

4. Will Penisni

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Marata Niukore

11. Shaun Lane

12. Isaiah Papail'i

13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange:

14. Makahesi M

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 16 v Rabbitohs

It is becoming habit of; W, L, W, L for us this season. Yet funnily enough we have yet to lose two straight this season. With upcoming games against Wests and NZ Warriors, matches where we would be favourites. Now where do we stand? Well i wrote a bl

R16 v Bunnies: Groundhog Day?

“What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?”, asked Phil Connors (Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day (1993). Just like the loser sitting next to Phil in that bar, who replied “th

Round 16 Team List v Rabbitohs

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisni

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Isaiah Papail'i

13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange:

14. Makahesi Maka

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 15 v Roosters

It is amazing what a week in rugby league does, a win and pain goes away. From blueprints being drawn up to tear down CommBank stadium last week to all quiet on the western front this week and further onwards til Souths next Saturday night.

The stats

A response that was needed

It was a response we all wanted and some even expected considering the past games this year. Well done to the players for proving us wrong last night and to BA for giving them the chance to own their defeat to Canterbury. However, i will say, why doe