You'd be forgiven for sensing Parramatta Eels fans were quietly puckering and unpuckering in the lead up to kick-off with the side's capitulation to the Dragons two weeks ago still fresh in their minds.
We do not want to get on our high horse about this, but seriously, the Eels should whip the Broncos. These two teams are at opposite ends of the league ladder. They are also on opposing streaks. The Broncos have stalled in the last year, losing all b
No one beats the Eels in Canberra nine times in a row and gets away with it.
The Blue and Gold travelled south to what has been a veritable graveyard since 2006, with the challenge of defeating a premiership heavyweight in front of them.
Great cut out pass for Sivo’s first try. His second try assist was a bit funny. Pretty sure the pass was intended for Opacic, but Papali’I just grabbed it and scored lol. This is what happens when you have bo
Nice try and plenty of running meters. Got crunched many times in attack by Lomax or Lavalava as we use the same predictable shape over and over and over and over … and over.
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
"It shows a pretty direct correlation between set restarts & scorelines.
Which is nothing new really:
Possession / field position / points = fatigue / scoreboard pressure / stupid risks / errors for oppositions.
The NRL just found a new way to…"
"Need to focus on hanging onto the ball, especially after long periods of being under the pump.
Paulo, your job is to run straight and hard, win the contact before even thinking of an offload....... YOU ARE NOT A BALL PLAYER !
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