Eels Blogs

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

Eels team vs Donkeys wow

What does our salary cap look like for 2026?

Under Jason Ryles, the club has been clearing the decks at breakneck speed.

Of the 31 players that pulled on the Blue and Gold in 2024, only 14 remain contracted for 2026.

Since then, the Eels have debuted 15 players.

Given the turnover, there has be

Iongi news, how does that effect us for the rest of 2025 and even beyond?

Not official and not mentioned anywhere else as of yet, though with Isaiah Iongi set miss 4 weeks, it is a blow to Parra's end of season and our challenge to avoid the spoon. Though it is doom and gloom make no mistake, is it as doom and gloom as man

Game Day Blog R20 vs Raiders: The Future is Now

It is a little known fact that the new Eels coach, Jason Ryles, is a science-fiction writer. The Future is Now is a 2025 novel depicting a bet on the future of humanity, or more precisely a multi-generational cohort of mentally and emotionally fatigu

BACK TO THE FUTURE (WHICH IS NOW)

‘Our future is now’ - Jason Ryles.

Whether we like it or not, as Eels fans we find ourselves again remaining ‘patient’ as results become secondary to experience for the remainder of 2025.

I get it, but, watching relentless coverage of an emotio

Team list v Canberra. Brown Gonskis

Kitione kautoga 8 weeks requires surgery 

Luca Moretti back -  to play cup this week 

Moses next match 

Have we finally got what we need?

As our season unofficially closed this weekend and attentions get turned to next season, I was struck by the coaching maturity of Jason Ryles.

Here is a man, a rookie coach, completely reinventing our Eels.

Not just changing a couple of players here

Poppa's Corner: A Reality Check, But Not Blaming Anyone

Yesterday's game was unfortunate. Not just for the putrid 32-10 scoreline to honour Junior's 200th after looking up for the game in the first half or the second half implosion. But because it told us that we are not going anywhere, despite our hope f

EA & Sonic Boom Rookie Report - Jersey Flegg

NRL & NSW Cup Team

So for the purpose of this blog I am going to assume our full strength NRL and NSW Cup side is something like this.

Firstly, before I name the Jersey Flegg team the following players; Sam Tuivita (20), Joash Papalii (21), Richie Peni