Ruck speed and Defence

Two areas I have not seen improvements on, and I dare say they are not being coached properly. Clearly the coaching staff and players have not learnt from their GF loss to Penriff.

(1) RUCK SPEED - post contact metres are a thing of the past. Players

3,2,1 v Tigers

3) Moses

2) Matterson

1) Brown 

Gutho is starting to irk me

https://fb.watch/jQM3oaPKy-/?mibextid=qC1gE

'Take the ball'

Things got a little heated between Gutho and a Tigers young gun.

This guy is supposed to be the captain of the team. Time to start showing his leadership.

Players and Fans

Something that has been going around in my head lately has been how the players interact with fans and, from a wider lense, how the club interacts with its fans.

The club recently had its Easter visit to Ronald McDonald House which was undoubtedly ex

Player market with three spots left, where do we end up.

So watching yesterday it is evident we are in dire need of a Centre/Winger and a Middle forward/Edge player. Fill two spots with players outside of the team and give Hands the other spot, make sure we keep him til 2025 at least to take over from Hodg

BA needs to take some blame for Dunster

Dunster defensive reads today were actually good but his tackles were dead set shit. He had the tackle technique of W Blake with his arm grabbing.

I am not hating on him.  I actually do see him as our future winger. He has decent PCM and carries. Peop

Ladder Predictor - Where will we finish for 2023?

I've been having a play around with the Ladder Predictor just to see how the season could play out now that we are getting a bit of a sense as to the form of teams in 2023.

https://ladderpredictor.nrl.com/ladder

A few things to note:

• The top teams play

Our Back 3

Tigers back 3 ran for 550mtrs

our back 3 280mtrs

Our wingers are Junk

Hopgood

Anyone want to talk about him? Barely heard his name. His stats are good but I do not like how BA is using him recently. He has offloads and a passing game yet BA is making him play like RCG. I was really hoping we would see him play lock and develop

It’s 100% parra footy on Kayo today with reserves starting at 1.30pm.

It's a real good feeling today when Parra are the only local rugby league broadcast today on Kayo f. The curtain raiser -     Nsw Cup ( Reggie's ) us Eels v Weatern Suburbs Magpies at 1.30 followed by the NRL Eels v Tigers . Enjoy your Easter Monday

Who Wins Eels or Tigers Tomorrow?

I'm going to tip an Eels victory by 15+ points. It's a desperate game for both teams but I think the Eels have more to lose than the Tigers as the Eels are a genuine premiership contender but they have to get their season on track. Dylan Brown man of

Cows

Very interesting to see the boys struggle this year.

Any idea what happened there? They seemed unstoppable last year.

Leaking points, undisciplined, clunky in attack. 

The Lane Train's Home: A Century With Us

I remember watching 6'6'' Shaun Lane's debut for the Dogs, nine years ago in 2015, when he was a spirited 20 year old.

Back then, Brad Arthur was just in his second year into his debut head-coaching role at the Eels.

At the time, I thought to myself

Newcastle reject SOS call from Eels

The real Danger in this game .....is the Tigers, not us ( the reinteration blog)

I rarely write a blog on an upcoming game but I felt that no one was making the point of how Tigers will be so up for this game. "well they are making that point, but saying it wont be enough"

"We seem mostly to be complacent" and that Parra typically

The Eels could learn a lesson or two from Souths

There is something that I have noticed a lot about the Eels and when they're playing well compared to when they aren't. Souths demonstrated perfectly what a "TEAM" that is playing well does compared to the Eels when they aren't.

The difference is when

Sam Hughes

Make bulldogs debut tonight. Interesting given how he disappeared from the face off the earth at eels.

SHIFT SIVO TO RIGHT WING

Been analyzing his game lately and can't help but think that the bloke needs to play on the right side of the field. He's very awkward when kicking back inside the field with his right foot and it's killing a lot of our sets. 

I've noticed that he als

Eels Marketing dept is a joke!!!

It’s a great game’: Eels young gun’s rugby reveal after close mate’s $1.6m windfall ( Penisini to rugby nothing story )

Eels young gun Will Penisini has revealed it will be hard to turn a bumper offer from Rugby Australia when his current contract with Parramatta expires at the end of 2025.

The 20-year-old signed an extension to remain in the blue and gold in January a