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P.S Thank you

I've had a big project at work that has totally absorbed my life for the last three months or so, so I've pretty much just been working and very occasionally sleeping. So a big, big thank you to our mods who have kept the site ticking along. If you'v

Religion topics ban

I've seen enough over the weekend to see that religious topics aren't going to benefit this site in any way. I'm getting to the point that whenever there is an terror incident my first thoughts aren't for the victims, it's thinking about who is going

Settle down on the GIFS/Images

Some of you have a particular fondness for posting GIFS/images into the comment stream, which I don't generally mind. However, some of you have been going well overboard on this of late. It particularly annoys me when someone posts a serious footy bl

Analysis: Running on empty

Earlier this year, I asked the question: “Does Parramatta have enough size”. Most people were adamant that we had enough power in our forwards through blokes like Matagi and Brown, and that we would play a mobile game that would make up for giving aw

Performance theory based on Teamwork index

There was a really interesting article in the Weekend Financial Review on Saturday about the theories of former Wallaby Ben Darwin as to the biggest indicators of sporting performance.

I'm not going to past the whole article because I'm going to resp

Lower grade observations

I've sprinkled a few lower grade thoughts around the various blogs, after watching all three grades but thought I'd put together a blog on it.

Both were disappointing in the end. The NYC team were all over Saints for most of the game. We have some ve

Has Brad Arthur stolen a jump on the rest of the NRL?

This week, every NRL coach will be pouring over videos of the Eels win against St George and asking themselves, “shit, what am I going to do about this?”.

Every few years, a coach manages to re-define how the game is played, and with it often comes a

Should we go the utility route?

As we saw last week when Parramatta was only able to give 20 minutes to Frank Pritchard, it's debatable as to whether we need four forwards on the bench. Without injuries, we've got players who can easily handle the required number of minutes.

Paul M

One Side: Eels vs Dragons R2

Select the best side using ANY of the following players from both sides. ue you could play Josh Dugan in the centres for example (I think doing it that way will result in a more diverse series of selections)

Michael Jennings contribution

A lot has been said about the individual contributions of a lot of players, but I think one guy that really hasn't received any kudos was Michael Jennings.

His stats are outstanding - 162 metres from 17 hitups. That was the most metreage of any outsi

Let's get rid of the victim culture

I'm going to spin this out from Frankie's blog, because personally, I find that blog really disturbing.

For me, I just find it quite extraordinary how many of you all think that the NRL have it in for Parra and are actively working against us.

For st

Why all strikes aren't equal

Life is easier when you live in a world that is black and white. If you see black it must mean one thing. If you see white it must mean the other.

The reality is the world is a million different shades of grey.

It was possible that Ken Edwards could

1Eyed Analysis: Eels 20 df Manly 12

Corey Norman described it as “winning ugly”, and Brad Arthur admitted in his presser that there was a lot to improve. Sentiment on 1Eyed Eel following the match was reservedly positive. And all that tells you just how far this Parramatta outfit has c

One side: Eels vs Manly

Taking a bit of inspiration's from Rider's comparison blog, but spinning it slightly differently, if you had to pick a single side from 1 to 17 using playing from both Manly and Parra what would you side be. This could be fun to do each week, actuall

Interpersonal ban list

I'm totally fed up with the same members just trolling each other's comments. As such, I'm having to start again placing interpersonal bans on certain members who can't seem to behave civilly - footy is back and there's plenty to talk about now, so n

Last leg of constitutional reform

I reckon it must be about five years since Matt Hollier and I sat down with the Emperor - Denis Fitzgerald - at the Epping Club to try and get an insight into the Eels constitution. I left that meeting convinced that a document that had been draw up

Do we have a size problem?

There have been a lot of nice things written about the Eels pack, and they do look a very aggressive, mobile and skillful set of forwards.

However, given that our starting pack is likely to be Mannah and Matagi, Mau, Meoroa, Scott and De Gois, that's

Team Analysis: Eels vs Panthers

After months of pre-season speculation, the Penrith trial probably gives Eels fans a pretty clear view of who is going to line up in Round One and which players are where on the pecking order.

At this stage, there are no surprises. Bevan French at th

Orf season is orf

Well guys, as we tick across to February and we have our first official outing every day, this is a post to say that "orf season" is officially over. As most of you would know, we relax the rules somewhat during the off-season, because the site is mo

Players I hope catch a break

I always feel terribly bad for talented players, who just seem to have endless injury runs and subsequently never manage to fulfill their potential.

So I'd really love to see a couple of our boys who have been plagued by bad luck, get an uninterrupte