Eels Blogs

Be the GM

There has been plenty of discussion this year about our approach to recruitment and retention.

Both Jim and Matt Beech have been forthright in the focus being on bringing through juniors. Despite that we've seen external signings during the season su

Ryles: "We Got What We Deserved"

Coach Jason Ryles and captain Mitchell Moses summed it up best in the post-game press conference after our 20-16 round 24 loss to Souths. We went in as hot favourites. Most confident of an Eels victory. Our Boogeyman struck again. History delivere

Game Day Blog R24 v Souths: The Boogeyman (20-16 Error-Riddled Loss)

UPDATE: Souths won 20-16. The Boogeyman strikes again. They rose to the occasion. Gray-Duncan starred. Eels completed at 70%, made more errors 15-7, possession split 50% each. Eels made more metres (1757-1480m), more linebreaks (9-6), less missed tac

1EE Parra awards

I know there is still 4 rounds left, but me being me i cannot wait. Plus i think a lot of these choices will not change in the next 4 weeks anyway. Here are some categories:

Player of the year

Rookie of the year

Most Improved

Most Disappointing

Moment of

R24 Team List v Bunnies: Indigenous Round Week 2

R23 Review v Cowboys: Eels Close Nailbiter, Phew

Commbank. Sunday Footy. Indigenous Round. Fox Sports’ Vossy summed it up before kickoff: “You get the feeling there will be lots of points in this one.”

That didn’t happen but there was plenty of drama.

Both sides like adventurous footy. Both are t

Ryles backs himself and his troops

In his brief first grade coaching career, Jason Ryles has made a habit of making the tough calls while backing his troops to get the job done.

He kicked off his stint by allowing club captain and NRL veterans Clint Gutherson and Reagan Campbell-Gilla

Give us Your 3,2,1s Fellas

3 Moretti, absolute monster loved his game 

2 Ryley, tireless and just all effort

1. Fox ignore the last error great game from him 

Game Day Blog R23 v Cowboys: "They're a Dangerous Footy Side" (We Won a Nailbiter 19-18)

The Burramattagal Eels host the Cowboys for Indigenous Round. The Eels have not lost to them at Parramatta for a decade.

The gravevine is buzzing. An excited Dylan Brown returns at centre. The Simonsson Shock. The thunderclouds billowing over Payten

Supporters Group update

We recently had our bi-monthly Supporters Group meeting, getting clarity on a number of questions raised here on 1 Eyed.

Football operations

As I've said previously, we do get some football operations information, but it's relatively high level and w

Poppa's Corner: Options, Management and Current Events

Oddly enough, unlike most, I had no problems with player options.

Sure, they're instruments to get players across the line but they're misunderstood. People on here do not understand them or consider the bigger picture. Options were offered in lieu o

Round 23 - Team List

Eels legend or never again: The risk in Jason Ryles' "Aggressive Moves"

This is an article similar to what i posted a few months ago. Ryles is doing what many, if no rookie coaches do. He could have had the likes of Lane, Matto, Ofahengaue, Cartwright etc. still playing, let them see out their deals and ease the young ki

Growing pains hit Ryles' Eels

Jason Ryles acknowledged in his press conference following Parramatta's 16-10 loss to the Storm that it was a night of mixed feelings.

The Eels put themselves in position to beat the competition favourites, but poor handling and costly penalties gave

Game Day Blog R22: David in the Eye of the Storm (Tight Loss 16-10)

The last time the Eels beat the Storm, we had a Moses-Brown-Guthorino-Reed spine and were singing Happy Days with The Fonz. That was 2022. Since then, we’ve lost a record-breaking five-straight against them. And in those games they treated us like th

R22 team list

3, 2, 1's

A great win and now a very unlikely chance we get the spoon. No bad performances here.

3 - Moses

2 - Russell

1 - Papalli'i/Penisini

Game Day Blog R21 v Broncos: Wilhelm (We Did It, 22-20; Small Steps; Well Done)

The Kaizen Way 改善. Constant Improvement. All for One, One for All.

That journey continues tonight against the high-flying fifth-placed Broncos on a five-game winning streak are looking to win five-straight against the Eels for the first time sin

Poppa's Corner: Five-Eights and Fullbacks

This is receiving a fair bit of discussion and was touched upon in NOS' outstanding blog on the now-injured Iongi. I thought it could be better discussed in isolation where some may like to offer their observations over the years of similar compariso

Round 21, 2024

I was going through my camera roll earlier, and came across this photo of our lineup from exactly one year ago — Round 21, 2024 against the Melbourne Storm.

Upon reading the names, it was mind-blowing the quantity of players who are no longer at th