Having seemingly ignored the warning signs from Easter Monday when the Parramatta Eels managed to hold off the Wests Tigers despite continually inviting them into the contest, the Blue and Gold's old Mr Hyde personality re-emerged in full force.
How do you think Cartwright did? Would Hipgrave have been better? Would you preferbig Grieg in there or is it still too early? I thought Cartwright had a few good touches, first game in the Blue and Gold, geez we copped from the Draggies, sivo look
Overall it was a bit of an up and down game for the NSW Cup lads, there were glimpses of brilliance and excitement for depth for the NRL side. This come quickly with moments of bizarness. I'm going to go through my thoughts particularly of the player
We all know the drill. The Eels play well, beat contenders, then fail to show up against a team not expected to challenge for honours. In the opening three rounds the Eels have seen off a contenders in the Storm and a top eight aspirant in the Sharks
"Our attack is still very questionable. We weren’t looking threatening when Moses was off the field because our widespread shapes are not going to lead to tries. We do not use decoy
Whilst "One swallow doesn't make a summer", Eels fans will be hoping last week's tough win against the reigning premiers is a sign of things to come. In a rare 80 minute performance, the Eels haven't been known for toughing out games and icing the bi
Something that has been bugging me for a while is how seriously flawed the voting is on the Dally Ms. Gutherson saved 4 tries in the first half on and over the line. I believe this trumps anything I saw from Papenhausen on Thursday. Brett Morris scor
Rain has been coming down all day in Parramatta. Sometimes it's been drizzling, other times so hard it becomes difficult to see. You could be forgiven for thinking the Parramatta river has rapids such is the speed and ferocity with which it is moving
It is said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Though there is little evidence to support the claim Einstein invented the phrase, there is plenty of evidence that it applies to the Eels. Parra keep p
I think BA and Gutherson are very similar, and rightly or wrongly I blame them for our game management. I am not a BA or Guth hater. When Guth first played for us I was just about the only one supporting him and calling for him to be fullback and unt
Sir Alex Ferguson, arguably the most successful manager and coach of all time with 49 trophies in total, said: "Most people with my kind of track record don’t look to change. But I always felt I couldn’t afford not to change. We had to be successful—
I'll start with Clint Gutherson, I think he will destroy teams in last 20 min , he is superfit and endurance is his bread and butter. I always thought Gutho would be good at AFL because of fitness and skill. be interesting to see what everyone else th
"Most athletes who compete in the Olympics for Australia would do so at a loss (when they factor in all of their training and sport costs).
If they don't want to play for Australia, then don't. Someone else will...
The reality is that these…"
"A lot of sportspeople that represent Australia in all different sports get payed hardly nothing, they do it for pride, and honour to represent your country. If your doing it for money no wonder we had so many islanders wanting to represent Australia…"
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How much do you think the game makes from State of Origin? Ticket sales alone would be huge. Let's say over the 3 games 160,000 tickets are sold for an average price of $150 each. This equals $24,000,000 plus broadcasting revenue and sponsorship…"
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When you consider that a million dollar per season player earns just over $40,000 per game to play club football, leaving the country and there families for about 5 weeks to play for Australia earning only $3000 per game is unfair. We constantly…"
