Parramatta didn’t just fail in its desire to get Bill Moss on its board, it failed a simple maturity test that bears testament to a club still being torn apart by personal agendas and in-fighting.
It was an AGM that, for most of its duration, rese
Read more…I've made a big deal of Parramatta's 2014 attacking structure, which I've praised as a way to get around, what I see, as the limitations of our halves. The structure has used Joseph Paulo as an additional playmaker with the Eels lock racking up signi
Read more…On Monday, Jarryd Hayne produced a vintage display - two fabulous individual tries and a try assist, which saw him take home a couple of more Dally M points leaving him at the top of the leaderboard. Indeed, had the Eels got home, there is no doubt h
Read more…Last week, a mate at work asked me my opinion on whether he should tip the Eels against the Roosters. I told him I thought it was pretty much a 50/50 game, that the Eels were great value at 2.90 but I couldn't earnestly make a case for him to change
Read more…Peter Fitzsimons writes a column today in the Herald complaining that sport right now is pretty dull, including the NRL where he comments that there is "something lacking".
"What could save the season? The Parramatta Eels. Last year’s wooden spooners
Read more…Most of you would probably have picked up that I manage my own business, and one of my goals in trying to do that is to really push the process of continuous improvement. Whenever you engage in any initiative it's all too easy to get bogged down on j
Read more…Dyldam Parramatta Eels Holden Cup, Round 7:
1. Corey Makelim
2. Fabian Goodall
3. John Folau
4. Nathan Davis
5. Halauafu Lavaka
6. Ryan Matterson
7. Zach Dockar-Clay
8. Tepai Tepu-Smith
9. Kaysa Pritchard
10. Kelepi Tanginoa
11. Tepai Moeroa
12. Eric
Read more…There is a very important story in the Daily Telegraph today for all Eels supporters. But it’s not on the back pages. It’s not even in the sports pages. Rather, it’s the front page report describing the “$8 billion boom that could catapult [Parramatt
Read more…PARRAMATTA Eels and Western Sydney Wanderers have joined forces to tell the government that a $29 million upgrade to increase Parramatta Stadium capacity by just 3300 seats is a waste of time.
Eels and Wanderers chiefs want a bigger plan to conver
Lee Mossop was a much heralded signing when the Eels, desperate for some good news leading into an election and off the back of a poor run of results, announced they had landed the English international forward.
However, Mossop's shoulder injury has
Read more…[tl;dr version: Joseph Paulo is playing a key part in Brad Arthur’s attacking structure which allows his teammates to focus on what they do well]
When it became clear that Luke Kelly wasn’t going to provide the attacking spark that the Eels needed,
Read more…Had you said to most Eels fans - would you take 2 wins and 2 losses in a draw that included Roosters, Manly, Penrith and Warriors, I think there would have been few who wouldn't have jumped out of their seat to accept the offer.
As such it's fair to
Read more…On any number of occasions this year, Parramatta players and coaching staff have stated that they've not thought about the last couple of years, that's its behind them and their only concern is the present and the future.
Of course, it's difficult to
Read more…When I bother with tipping, I have one factor that tends to override every other decision - I almost always tip against sides when they play without their marquee players.
Every club has two or four players who have that X-factor that you really need
Read more…For all the discussion about this player versus that player and what went wrong against the Roosters, there has been little discussion about what I believe was the single, biggest factor that killed us in that game - penalties.
In today's game, penal
Read more…So I've not had much opportunity to share my thoughts on last weeks match, so I thought I'd just spew out a bunch of thoughts, observations, feelings.
1. You really need to pay little head to the cricket-line scoreline that the Roosters racked up ag
Read more…I've always said that the reason Parramatta has less luck than it should, transitioning our juniors into NRL players is that the run through for them is too easy.
They generally play in winning junior teams, they get the next big thing ticket put on
Read more…I think I might be like a lot of fans, in that I've been torn on Willie Tonga's return to Parramatta, however, probably more so because of my history with Willie (yes, I realise how that reads!).
As most of you know, I like to watch our juniors and p
Read more…Across the course of the year, there's a fair chance you're going to have to go into games with at least one of your six, seven or nine missing through injury, suspension or (less likely for Parramatta) representative duty.
As such, having a player w
Read more…I want one for League!
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