It's our club - never forget that

“It's my club and if we don't win this election I have a little surprise for them. The boys are just going to tremble when they find out”.

These were more or less the words of Ray Price, following the last election. Ever since that, there has been

Yet another cap story

For all the brouhaha about this morning's Tele, I think this is story from James Hooper is more damaging.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/parramatta-eels-were-warned-over-dodgy-anthony-watmough-nrl-deal/news-story/cd220e37ccbe622f6a2

Eels vs Cowboys: Round 2 NRL Team List

Dyldam Parramatta Eels side

1. Michael Gordon

2. Semi Radradra

3. Michael Jennings

4. Brad Takairangi

5. Clint Gutherson

6. Corey Norman

7. Kieran Foran (c)

8. Junior Paulo

9. Nathan Peats

10. Tim Mannah

11. Manu Ma’u

12. Beau Scott

13. Tepai Moeroa

Wenty vs Many: Round 2 NSW Cup Team List

Wentworthville Magpies side

1. Scott Schulte

2. Bureta Faraimo

3. Vai Toutai

4. John Folau

5. Honeti Tuha

6. Mitch Cornish

7. Luke Kelly

8. Rory O’Brien

9. Isaac De Gois

10. Kelepi Tanginoa

11. Cody Nelson (c)

12. Matt Woods

13. David Gower

Interchan

Do we have a weakness on the edges?

As I looked through our Round One teamsheets, I could help but think we look very skinny with our edge forwards.

At one point we seemed to have an embarrassment of riches in this regard. Most people were viewing Tep as an edge forward and with Pauli

Luke Kelly - now or never

With news breaking that Kieran Foran has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s game and Luke Kelly anointed as his replacement, the Eels half has the opportunity to turn around his seemingly stalled career.

Kelly was a boom NYC half at Melbourne, but

Wenty vs Wyong Round 1 NSW Cup Team List

Wentworthville Magpies side

1. Scott Schulte

2. Bureta Faraimo

3. Vai Toutai

4. John Folau

5. Honeti Tuha

6. Mitch Cornish

7. Luke Kelly

8. Danny Wicks

9. Isaac De Gois

10. Rory O’Brien

11. Kelepi Tanginoa

12. Cody Nelson (c)

13. Kaysa Pritchard

Inte

Eels vs Broncos Round 1 NRL Team Lists

Dyldam Parramatta Eels side

1. Michael Gordon

2. Semi Radradra

3. Michael Jennings

4. Brad Takairangi

5. Clint Gutherson

6. Corey Norman

7. Kieran Foran (c)

8. Junior Paulo

9. Nathan Peats

10. Tim Mannah

11. Manu Ma’u

12. Beau Scott

13. Tepai Moeroa

Eels vs Broncos Round 1 Holden Cup Team list

Dyldam Parramatta Eels Holden Cup side

1. Mason Cerruto

2. Atini Gafa

3. Tyrell Fuimaono

4. Dane Aukafolau

5. Jermaine Mati-Leifi

6. Michael Doolan

7. Troy Dargan

8. Alex Twal

9. Denzal Tonise (c)

10. Tom Amone

11. Jack Morris

12. Tom Field

13. Craig

Eels extend Alvaro, Pritchard and Twal

Getting the leadership right

For a long time, I’ve lamented the lack of leadership at our club. I’m a big believer that leadership is an essential ingredient in the success of any team in any endeavour.

We’ve missed pretty much any type of leadership for the good part of a dec

Trial selection analysis

Parramatta announced our trial side to face the Titans in NT and I thought there were a few interesting selections that are worth pointing out. Click the link below to read the original trial thread.

http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/eels-name-nin

End of the Lunatic fringe

If we can take a positive out of the governance review, I think that maybe we can say that we've seen the end of the lunatic fringe.

I'd argue the potential for losing four points, in a year where we are genuine finals contenders, is as dire situatio

What we can take out of the Nines triumph

So as if it wasn’t good enough to have the footy back, in what is shaping up as very exciting year for the Eels, then how good was it for the Eels to win their first bit of silverware for a very long time.

As Eels supporters, we’ve been schooled to

NSW Nanny State

So I read this piece yesterday and I'd be very interested in people's thoughts. It's hugely long so I won't paste it here, but I think it's a dialog that Sydney has to have properly.

Would the last person in Sydney please turn the lights out?

One month and counting

So with less than a month to go before the governance review is completed, I thought it timely to revisit where we seem to be at, and what's taken place since my last blog on this issue.

I must admit I'm still nervous on a number of counts. One, I wa

It's time for EVERYBODY to wake up

When I posted my latest blog last night about constitutional reform, I did so, as I have done so often on this topic, almost on an apologetic basis. I always end up saying things like "I know not all of you are interested in this..." or "sorry for th

Parramatta face four-point deduction unless they budge on opposition to election reform

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/parramatta-eels/parramatta-face-fourpoint-deduction-unless-they-budge-on-opposition-to-election-reform-20160119-gm90i3.html#ixzz3xmnd6961 

The aquisition of Kieran Foran and Michael Jennings makes them genuine top-

Kenny Edwards a dark horse?

Amongst the many team blogs posted, I've noticed Kenny Edwards seldom gets a spot in the 17 but I think he might be the dark horse for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, it's easy to forget to the levels he got his game to, when he was able to play uninju

2016 - the year to go all in?

This blogs stems from other thoughts I posted on the Jennings blog, and it is increasingly looking like that 2016 is really going to present an unprecedented opportunity for Parramatta to have a title tilt.

If you add Jennings to our roster, we have