Now for the dynasty...

Regardless of whether Parramatta wins this year's grand final or not, the club is on the verge of a new dynasty that could even surpass the glory days of the eighties.Jarryd Hayne's four-year re-signing will be the centrepiece of this dynasty. There are a handful of marquee players in the game who can score you points regardless of the ebb and flow of the game. These are the players who win you the tight games, big pressure games and ultimately premierships. And there is no better player in the game right now, then Jarryd Hayne, who at just 21, quite remarkably has his best footballing days still ahead of him.Hayne is the type of player who other players want to play with. He is the type of player who makes other players look good and helps them to go on to play representative football. Players know when they sign with Parramatta now, they will be coming to a successful club that is going to be there at finals time and where you stand the greatest chance of taking your own game to a new level, and putting yourself into representative calculations.The next piece of the puzzle, and arguably just as important to our future, is coach Daniel Anderson. He may not have won Dally M coach of the year, but the impact and the turnaround he has had on this group of Eels players is second to none, and if the Eels do go all the way, his achievement will be remembered as one of the greatest coaching performances of all time.While there was obviously some issues with some players earlier in the year, the team now obviously has an incredible amount of respect for Anderson and know that if they listen to him, he will get the best football out of them. Again, he is a coach that players will want to come and play for. He appears to leave no stone unturned in preparing and developing his players and he has a proven track record of taking teams all the way.The issue now for the Eels will be to keep juggling their rosters, keeping the right players as ultimately our team goes on to do bigger and better things. When the Dogs won their grand final in 2004, Willie Mason declared that the side wanted to stay together and create a new Bulldogs dynasty, within a couple of years that team had been ripped apart and the wooden spoon had found a new home at Belmore.Paul Osborne, who has exceeded all expectations to date, will have a challenging 12 months next year. He has the likes of Daniel Mortimer, Kris Keating, Feleti Mateo, Krisnan Inu, Fuifui Moimoi, Luke Burt, Eric Grothe and many others off contract. The key to really locking down a dynasty will be to get the halves right. Daniel Anderson will have a bit of room to experiment next year and the likes of Mortimer, Keating, Robson and Humble should all get the opportunity to prove they're up to the job.However, the fact that we have the likes of Nathan Hindmarsh, Justin Poore, Shane Shackleton, Ben Smith and Tim Mannah signed for at least the next few years means we have the basis of a strong pack that can be worked around.Parramatta is now in a position to dominate the next decade.

And of course, when a team is successful and players are not only enjoying their footy but consistently placing themselves in the frame for representative honours, the likelihood of keeping players for less money than rival clubs can offer is greatly increased! It's obvious that the Dogs will significantly outbid us for Mortimer at the end of 2010 but should we taste ultimate success this year and next, it is reasonable to expect him to stay as Sterlo did when Manly offered him massive cash to defect.

One only needs to look at how much Souths, Canberra and Cronulla have to pay for decent players due to their inevitable lack of success to see how self-perpetuating and self-defeating that can be to a club. We were in that cycle in the early 90's where promising juniors like Michael Buettner left simply because they would have never have risen to any great heights at such a struggling club. We do have the Super League war to thank for dragging us out of that mire.

Also, I do believe the signing of Timana Tahu was a tremendous boon for the club as it seemed to focus the minds of not only Hayne but Inu and Mateo as well as they no doubt want to play alongside not only a tremendously likeable and respected footballer but a proven match winner as well!

Furthermore, this development couldn't have come at a more significant time as it appears we might spend the next few seasons without our usual abundance of promising juniors coming through the ranks!

Eels-of-the-90's like crisis averted!

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Benoir Bayssari September 24, 2009 at 1:44pm

Good article phil
Higheel September 24, 2009 at 2:19pm

I pray it's true.......it's been a looooooonnngggg time coming but the signs are good.
- Gerad Elias > Higheel May 19, 2021 at 8:56pm
  
  "It's been a looooonnnggggg time" Jarryd Hayne 2014 after Origin series win, haha. Crazy how he said that exact thing all those years later.
Bourbon Man September 24, 2009 at 2:22pm

And of course, when a team is successful and players are not only enjoying their footy but consistently placing themselves in the frame for representative honours, the likelihood of keeping players for less money than rival clubs can offer is greatly increased! It's obvious that the Dogs will significantly outbid us for Mortimer at the end of 2010 but should we taste ultimate success this year and next, it is reasonable to expect him to stay as Sterlo did when Manly offered him massive cash to defect.

One only needs to look at how much Souths, Canberra and Cronulla have to pay for decent players due to their inevitable lack of success to see how self-perpetuating and self-defeating that can be to a club. We were in that cycle in the early 90's where promising juniors like Michael Buettner left simply because they would have never have risen to any great heights at such a struggling club. We do have the Super League war to thank for dragging us out of that mire.

Also, I do believe the signing of Timana Tahu was a tremendous boon for the club as it seemed to focus the minds of not only Hayne but Inu and Mateo as well as they no doubt want to play alongside not only a tremendously likeable and respected footballer but a proven match winner as well!

Furthermore, this development couldn't have come at a more significant time as it appears we might spend the next few seasons without our usual abundance of promising juniors coming through the ranks!

Eels-of-the-90's like crisis averted!
- 1Eyed Eel > Bourbon Man September 24, 2009 at 2:42pm
  
  I totally forgot about Timana! Great comments Bourbon.
  
  In regards to our juniors, I think the difference is we have a few REAL good ones coming but we don't have this half dozen or so blokes coming through that are potential NRL material. That's not such a bad thing as it means you can more easily focus on a couple of guys.
  
  Next year, Mitchell Johnson, the year after that Pat O'Hanlon, then Jacob Gagan. If you can get one REALLY good one every year come through, I think its going to suit our situation where hopefully we've got a lot of positions covered off for a while.
- Gerad Elias > Bourbon Man May 19, 2021 at 8:59pm
  
  "Eels-of-the-90's like crisis averted!"
  
  Oh boy, haha. This one really came back to bite you. 2010-2016, 2018 were worse than the 90's. Three wooden spoons.
Staggering September 24, 2009 at 2:35pm

Phil,
You are delusional as always. To create a dynasty you actually have to win something. But I am glad that someone managed to close the Eels trophy cabinet yesterday morning. The resulting dust storm when it was opened was funny.
- 1Eyed Eel > Staggering September 24, 2009 at 2:44pm
  
  Dude, everyone told me I was delusional when I backed Parramatta 10 weeks ago and declared them certainties to make the eight and go into the finals as the form competition. I'll be quite happy for you to dredge this up in 3 years time and see if I was delusional or prophetic
  
  And a premiership this year will be a nice start to the dynasty, I'd say
  - Staggering > 1Eyed Eel September 24, 2009 at 2:48pm
    
    Melbourne making 3 grand finals in a row and possibly a 4th. That is a dynasty. The Eels have played well for about 10 weeks and now you want to claim a dynasty for the next decade. Just remember they did the same thing in 2007 and failed to make the finals the following year.
    - blueNgold > Staggering September 24, 2009 at 2:55pm
      
      Your right Melbourne is in a Dynasty, 1Eyed is making the point that we are about to embark on our own.
      
      I think it is a ver very good possibility.

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