I've been trying really hard not to go overboard on the political blogs and I hadn't planned to write anything except for a wrap-up just before the election but after this latest turn of events I just can't help myself.
So last night I received a pho
Read more…If there was one thing that was remarkable about ParraFirst’s election win two years, was that we did it without resorting to dirty politics. While EGJ was spewing bile on Twitter and Parra4Eva were sending out election material aimed at discrediting
Read more…Ok, so with nominations closing today for the PLC elections, and it appearing like there is already going to be plenty of election talk especially given there is no game this week, I think it's appropriate that I again declare and reiterate my intere
Read more…If you want to see where Parramatta's ills lie right now, then one only has to look at the final Milford try.
Now, I undertake this analysis, while recognising we're in the 77th minute and players are pretty gassed.
However, against that it's worth n
Read more…It's long been my role on here to offer a bit of optimism in the face of doom and dreary, and given I've written a couple of negative blogs, my karma is feeling all out of kilter.
Despite a few pretty painful losses, I'm still feeling pretty positive
Read more…Hi all,
I'm sure everyone would be quite amazed if they knew exactly who the real people behind all the nicks and avatars are, you see everyday and we've got some pretty amazing, accomplished people that are part of this community.
One of these peopl
Read more…So I've just gotten off the Carnival Spirit earlier today after a somewhat interesting couple of weeks away at sea. Had basically no Internet (well I equate 75 cents a minute internet with no Internet) so had to get by with a couple of score updates
Read more…Fact One: Parramatta Stadium has one of, if not the best atmospheres in the NRL. Our fans turn up in numbers and make a lot of noise and as Nathan Hindmarsh said on air the other week, it's the best place to play footy in the country.
Fact Two: Our B
Read more…From time to time, I feel the need to write a blog when our overly-reactive fanbase goes off the deep end. The last time I wrote a cranky blog over the mass hysteria caused by Jarryd Hayne leaving because I was confident life would go on. It has.
I'm
Read more…It was not a good day for the Parramatta Eels as they suffered a 32-12 defeat to the Canterbury Bulldogs in their second game of the new NRL season. Not only did the Eels suffer their first loss of the new season, but head coach Brad Arthur was left
Read more…Souths once agains scored two tries this weekend with a grubber behind the line to a centre screaming through and Warriors did it to us as well. With the up-and-in defences that most teams use right now, it seems to be just about the number one play
Read more…1. Sandow
2. Norman
3. Matterson
4. ZDC
5. Someone else
Let's run this for 24 hours and add up the responses just for interests sake. I used editor's judgement not to include Luke Kelly in the selections. (I decided to include ZDC in the list, becaus
Read more…Successful teams base their clubs around key players in key positions. Having stability amongst your marquee senior players, lets your recruit around the talents of those players and ensure you have a balanced squad that can implement a game plan tha
Read more…It was mentioned tonight that already there was only 4000 tickets left already to the Round One Manly match, so if you're planning on going might I suggest you don't plan on buying tickets at the ground!
Read more…If I had to make a call I think Nathan Peats is most likely to be co-captain and I wonder if the fact that he's so in the frame, suggests that BA definitely sees him as an eighty minute hooker.
I guess he doesn't have to play hooker and he can slide
Read more…If you don't follow the Eels, you probably look at the Parramatta side, can't see the name Jarryd Hayne and you immediately wipe us out of calculations. Yet, within the Eels community there is so much optimism. And I think that's because, we understa
Read more…Hello class,
My name is Phil, I've been writing about the Parramatta Eels for a long time, read a lot of stories and I want to take you through a few simple steps that any journalist can adopt to write a story about the Parramatta Eels.
First thing t
Read more…Chris Sandow has put his hand up for the Eels captaincy, and to be honest I don't think it's a bad idea.
Read more…So I know there are a lot of people on here who player Supercoach and enjoy tipping competitions and I know we've got quite a number of competitions already running. To help us keep up with all that and also to allow for Supercoach strategies, etc an
Read more…Given that the Current Affairs group is ticking along nicely, I thought we'd press ahead with the launch of another group I'm currently calling All Sports, where the 1Eyed Community can discuss non-League related sporting topics like how awesome Tott
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