Conundrum for 2022

This blog i was planning to write a fortnight ago, though work has caught up with me and so has the talk of Parramatta overall has guided my attention elsewhere. However, the thing that i writing about today is the issue concerning the Eels for 2022.

R22 v Manly: someone let Gort loose

As Klaatu said to the Earthlings in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) “join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer; the decision rests with you”. As Eels fans are aware, Brad

The Championship Rounds

At the start of the season, everyone circled this very period as the one that would make or break Parramatta's season. They would have the hardest run home of any side and they could either prove their premierships mettle or wilt into the background

Time to revert to Dylan on the left and Moses on the right

I understand if BA does not want to swtich Dylan Brown and Gutho. Dylan Brown has only ever played 2 games at fullback in his life and he lost both those game. So surely it is time for Dylan and Moses to go back to their original sides. The idea of t

Round 22 Team List v Sea Eagles

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Tom Opacic

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Michael Oldfield

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Isaiah Papali'i

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane 

12. Ryan Matterson

13. Nathan Brown

Interchange:

14. Will  Smith

15. Bryce Cartw

Crash and Burn

2021 deja vu. That familiar feeling is back. That feeling in the gut that the premiership quest is once again over.

35 years since the club’s fourth premiership, it is set to enter a 36th year. The loss to the Rabbitohs doesn’t end the season. The Ee

R21 v Souths: free-falling into the rabbit hole

"Crushed like a souffle under a sledgehammer," seems more appropriate in describing the Eels' of late than it did Elon Musk's concerns over Tesla's stock a few years ago. 

And yet again our beloved Eels are flopping, torn apart by the Roosters 28-0 an

Round 21 Team List v Rabbitohs

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Tom Opacic

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Blake Ferguson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Oregon Kaufusi

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Isaiah Papali'i

12. Ryan Matterson

13. Nathan Brown

Interchange:

14. Bryce Cartwright 

15. Shau

Contract crunch

Contract crunch looms for Eels ahead of November deadline

Plenty of stars are coming off contract at the end of 2022.

SCOTT PRYDE

EDITOR
AUGUST 2, 2021

 

2021 Award predictions, who would we pick so far?

So with only 5 rounds left of the regular season with at the moment with or without a top 4 finish, Parramatta have a minimum of 6 or 7 games left in the year. So i know that there is still time to go, though i feel next few rounds wont change much o

Stick a fork in us

Another season and it's that same sinking feeling. That feeling of disappointment that once again another year has slipped by and the premiership drought continues on its slow march towards its 40 year anniversary.

Tonight the Eels went into the clas

R20 v Roosters: Keep your head on, Eels

In 1975, Van McCoy ft. Pan’s People released Do the Hustle, a song with just two lines repeated endlessly for about 4:00 minutes: ‘do the hustle, ooh, do it!’ Do the Hustle is a metaphor for how the Eels play. Like that bloody disco song, the Eels ar

Round 20 Team List v Roosters

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Tom Opacic

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Blake Ferguson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Jakob Arthur

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Isaiah Papali'i

12. Ryan Matterson

13. Nathan Brown

Interchange:

14. Bryce Cartwright 

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Where to from here?

Where to from here?

Boy that Canberra game was a missed opportunity for so many reasons.

Win there and we hold a 4 point buffer from 5th spot with 6 games remaining. Basically 4th would have been ours to lose. Now we needlessly walk the tightrope.

Te

We'll do it the hard way

What is it with my sporting teams and doing everything the hard way?

Win the Champions League in regular time? Nah, we'll go down 0-3 then come back to 3-3 and win on penalties.

Finish inside the top four comfortably? Nah, what about a 95th minute wi

Titans first half the new blueprint?

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about playing the Gold Coast last weekend. Eels heavily favoured, missing their best forward and their halfback against a side that can score five tries in 15 minutes.

But Parramatta came out in the first half

R19 v Raiders: Squeaky Bum Time

Tomorrow night, someone's bubble will be pricked. To use a Sir Alex Ferguson coined phrase, the Eels are approaching "Squeaky Bum Time". The Raiders, too.

The Eels need to keeping winning to give themselves some chance of staying in the historically-c

Round 19 Team List v Raiders

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Blake Ferguson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Jakob Arthur

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Junior Paulo

11. Isaiah Papali'i

12. Ryan Matterson

13. Nathan Brown

Interchange:

14. Marata Niukore

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Eels Target Milford

The Parramatta Eels have discussed throwing unwanted Brisbane Broncos playmaker Anthony Milford a lifeline for the remainder of this year.

The Eels view Milford as the perfect no.14 leading into the finals with the club’s football department making an

R18 v Titans: Jailbreak or Bust

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” (Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1), said the three witches to Mitchell Moses. Just as the witches had prophesied General Macbeth would be King of Scotland if he would just slay King Duncan, the w