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

Round 18 Team List v Titans

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Tom Opacic

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Haze Dunster 

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

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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WHO IS ON THE RADAR FOR NEXT YEAR ?

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA ON WHO WE ARE LOOKING AT OR HAS AGREED TO COME TO #PARRADISE FOR THE 2022 SEASON AND BEYOND ?

ALL NRL CLUBS TO BE RELOCATED TO QLD

Heading tells all

Vaughan sacked by Dragons effective immediately. Do we sign him?

I still rate Vaughan. Yes what he did was dumb but I can get past it. The Dragons saw an opportunity to relieve themselves of a backended 2022 deal worth $800k. 
He's a quality front rower, has great hands and decent defence. He's also good mates with

R16 v Panthers: time to claw back?

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows,” suggested George Orwell in 1984. It is possible for the Eels to beat Penrith. If that is granted, all else follows. How the Eels can achieve this feat

Eels name NRLW Top 5

The Parramatta Eels have announced the signing of their top five NRLW players for the 2021 season.

Under an NRL plan to ensure the 2021 competition has an even spread of talent, a group of elite female players have been centrally contracted and are b

Junior Paulo

Interested to get some views on how people think Junior is going?

I thought in Origin 2 where he started, that he didn't really look for work and when he did take it up, he didn't look to offload, I can only remember him passing once and maybe one off

Round 16 Team List v Panthers

1. Clint Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Tom Opacic

4. Waqa Blake 

5. Haze Dunster 

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Isaiah Papali'i

12. Ryan Matterson

13. Nathan Brown

Interchange:

14. Marata Niukore

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