Eels Blogs

"Burton would be a magnificent pick up. He can play anywhere in the backline and knows all about handling pressure in big matches. He is not slow.....
Richard, if you are worried about Burton being too slow.....you have a revelation coming when you…"

"Pass, Matt Burton would be a step backwards. Not a match-winner and too slow / immobile."

"De Belin will do a lot of the clean up work, the 3rd man in for our defence. Hopgood is now not alone in that area. He will not be flashy but he will definately do his job."

"positives are Loiero is out. That is a big piece of their middle, he does a lot of clean up work in defence, tightens up the attack. No Katoa and they are umming and arring whether to play Ativalu Lasati or Joe Chan on right edge.
This is a prime to…"