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.

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- Longfin Eel > Frankie Fong September 15, 2026 at 4:29pm
  
  Yeah we're not going to have sustained success until we are best practice across the entire club. That's what we should be aiming for. That's not unattainable, but will need some serious focussed strategy. Do we have the people now to see that through?
- KENDOZA > Frankie Fong September 15, 2026 at 6:35pm
  
  I remember fong in 2013 i was sitting in the thornett stand after we beat brisbane. And mario libertini was talking to a fan and i walked past him and he said thx for the support i told him to fuck off the look on his face was priceless. They all use to sit together like they were the mafia.
  - Frankie Fong > KENDOZA September 15, 2026 at 8:10pm
    
    Mario was nothing more than a glorified pizza maker, we are the only club that can say we've had a pizza maker on our board.
    - Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve > Frankie Fong September 15, 2026 at 10:39pm
      
      * The plumber has enetered the chat *
- The Captain > Frankie Fong September 15, 2026 at 8:28pm
  
  Yep, spot on Fong, the rot started from the top. Here we are still working on a recovery mission.
- Mitchy > Frankie Fong September 15, 2026 at 8:41pm
  
  Correct, and that started the rot till they got Bernie involved for a while...
Eli Stephens September 15, 2026 at 2:54pm

This is actually hilarious 😂 but love how eels fans stick by this team lol.
Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 15, 2026 at 7:04pm

2026: who’s still here, 17 years later, waiting for it to begin?” Sarantinos just got the ass - is this the start of something big lol ?
Mitchy September 15, 2026 at 8:39pm

This aged well... a few boards and over throws stuffed the club for the best part of a decade. The there was Ricky...I'm in are you? Remember that...