Do we keep players for depth?

I blogged a week or so that Parramatta would definitely free-up cap before the start of next season and the one I expected to head out, Lee Mossop, has now been confirmed as gone.

The two other players who look to have limited opportunities at the cl

Election ballot this afternoon

UPDATE: At around 3pm today, I was informed that the election ballot was postponed pending a challenge to the accuracy of PDRL memberships. I've posted more in the comments below.

Just to give everyone a heads-up that the PDRL board election ballot

Watmough signing all about mentality

Anthony Watmough is a bloody good footballer. You don't rack up 14 NSW appearances and 16 Test jumpers without being able to play footy.

But I have no doubt Watmough is at Parramatta because of what he will bring to the club in terms of mentality. An

DCE back in the frame?

With news that a change in ownership at Manly could threaten the Watmough deal, there's another angle - and that's the fact that it could bring DCE back onto the radar.

The DCE to Parramatta meme was pretty much silenced with Watmough being linked t

Thoughts on Kyle Stanley?

Wondering what people's thoughts might be on making a play for Kyle Stanley? I'll certainly be interested in seeing how he goes playing in the halves for Samoa in the Four Nations.

He's off-contract and I thought that given we'll have a bit of money

Brett Stewart vs Will Hopoate

I'm pretty confident one of two things will happen in regards to our fullback role.

Either Will Hopoate goes back there or Brett Stewart is given a release and joins us.

Now, let's assume for a second that Stewart wants to leave Manly and that Manly

ZDC leading the Haka

How awesome is this Haka in the Junior test, with ZDC leading the Kiwi boys at the start.

Harden the %$%# up

For many years I've been I've been writing about Parra's soft underbelly. It's something that I believe Brad Arthur is systematically addressing and I see great strides in terns of the whole club getting an attitude adjustment surrounding developing

If Hayne returns will he return as fullback?

Or Five-Eighth? Or even centre?

Jarryd has always said that he saw himself moving into the six role at some point in his career. Considering he wouldn't be coming back until he was 28/29, you'd think maybe he might be on the downhill slide in terms o

Hopoate's time to return to his natural position

It's worth noting that before Will Hopoate went away on his mission he was easily the most promising young fullback in the game.

While he made a name for himself playing wing for NSW, his best games for Manly was as a fullback.

In the handful of game

All I want now is Kieran Foran

I've said this any number of times of this site and in conversations when asked the question: "If you could choose one player in the NRl who would it be".

I've said Kieran Foran every single time.

Now, my desire to get Foran to this club just intensi

What the other Hindy is up to these days

Corey Norman as middle playmaker

While opinions are pretty divided on Corey Norman, I wonder if he isn't perfectly suited to playing that middle playmaker role that Joseph Paulo has occupied if we continue to use that structure.

Those who are prepared to give Norman a pass-mark for

Thoughts on the slide of the Storm and how it relates to our 2015

All other clubs have jealously looked at the Storm as the one team who have been able to consistently make the top four and be there in the grand final or the major semi.

This year they fell short again.

However, arguably they still have maybe the se

Halauafu Lavaka - my smokey for the second wing spot

If you had the chance to watch the NYC match over the weekend, I think the most positive take-out was just how well covered we are with our young wing prospects.

I know Fabian Goodall has gotten most of the plaudits this year among our young NYC back

Playing two dummy halves

Perhaps the most interesting thing, for me, to come out of the post-season comments was Brad Arthur's revelation that he is likely to play two hookers next year starting with Peats with De Gois coming off the bench.

I wonder if his thoughts surroundi

Wentworthville Semi-Final Side vs Wyong

Finals Week Two: Wentworthville Magpies NSW Cup vs Wyong Roos, Sunday September 14, 4pm at Leichhardt Oval

1. Justin Hunt

2. Jake Butler-Fleming

3. KJ MacKenzie 

4. Vai Toutai

5. Bureta Faraimo

6. Api Pewhairangi

7. Luke Kelly

8. Daniel Alvaro

9. Ben

2015 - D will be key

With season 2014 done and dusted, we look forward towards 2015 with at least far more optimism than we’ve had in prior seasons. On the flipside of that, we go into the year with much the same roster and aside from hoping for the development of our yo

Eels NRL side vs Newcastle

Dyldam Parramatta Eels Head Coach Brad Arthur has named his side to take on the Newcastle Knights in Round 25 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.

Arthur has named an unchanged 17, with the addition of Pauli Pauli in jersey 18 on an extended bench.  

Dyld

EELS TO ESTABLISH NEW TRAINING FACILITY

The Dyldam Parramatta Eels will establish the club's first ever high performance centre and training facilities for all grades in the heart of Parramatta, with the first stage of approval granted on Monday by Par