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When Grit Defies the Odds

Ugly. Gutsy. Jason Ryles called it “special.” 

The Eels’ 26-22 victory over the Warriors in Round 26 at Go Media was anything but pretty. For me, it was sublime.

"The way the players fought and hung in. They had 11 of the last 15 sets, and it felt li

Game Day Blog R26 v Warriors: Dreams, Woes and Foxxy's 200th Milestone (Gritty 26-22 win)

The Warriors fight for the crown. The Eels fight for their future and Josh Addo-Carr’s 200th milestone.

“He is a natural leader, he doesn’t need the title,” coach Jason Ryles said, in yesterday's pre-game presser, praising Foxxy's mentorship of you

Eels Round 26 Team VS Warriors (Friday @ 6pm Go Media Stadium, Auckland)

Poppa's Corner: True Believers Come on Down; Unicorns Unite

Some people need to reflect on their thoughts and comments on how much we would have been beaten by tonight.

I mentioned upon reflection that the disappoinment of last week was part of us learning. If we had won last week, we would probably not have

Game Day Blog R25 v Chooks: Baba Yaga (Eels Impress in boilover 30-10)

UPDATE: We upset the Chooks 30-10. We hustled, hunted in packs. Pressured the Roosters into imploding. Roosters made 11 errors completing 1/9 in the last twenty minutes when the game was on the line at 20-10. 

Last week, the Boogeyman struck again.

R25 Team Lists: No Daniel Tupou for Chooks, No Moretti for Eels

OUTS — Both must have picked up injuries last week. Hopefully, Moretti's injury nothing major.

INS — Samrani into 17 for Parra. Junior Tupou on wing for roosters. Hopefully Moretti injury nothing major.

Roosters: 1. James Tedesco, 2. Junior Tupou,

Pop's Corner: Promising Forwards, A Back & Application; Time to Look in the Mirror!

This is inspired by observations from another blog comparing the merits of Luca Moretti and Matt Doorey.

Let’s compare Luca Moretti, Kelma Tuilagi, Matt Doorey, and Kitione Kautoga.

Moretti is the standout. He could be anything.

With another full se

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