Jarryd Hayne a priority for new Parramatta Eels coach Brad Arthur: SMH

Interesing article in the SMH, which has a bit of cross-over with the article I posted earlier tonight. However, also interesting stuff about Arthur's take on a couple of our players which I thought it would be worth focusing on as a separate blog.

Now for the Assistant Coaches

I think we pay far too much attention to the head guy. Whether it be your Chairman, CEO or head coach. What's more important is the team as an entity. Just like having a star player in your side, who doesn't have the right players along side them, to

We are Parramatta. Again.

You may agree or you may with the appointments of Brad Arthur and Daniel Anderson. However, what is undeniable is that our club is now in a position to get back in touch with the essence of Parramatta.

Anderson and Arthurs are both Parra boys. Throu

1Eyed Eel Christmas Party 2013

So it's time to organise our annual get together. As usual we'll make it at the Firehouse - I'm thinking Sat 26th October.

It's always nice to put a face to the names you read here every day, and we've of course had a lot of new members join over the

Update on moderation and other site matters

This turned into a big long post, so to summarise:

i) Given my time limitations at the moment, I have formed a moderators panel who now have the ability to suspend members

ii) Please keep site-related content to the Site Matters group. Our moderators

Well done Wenty

Very proud of my Wenty Magpies JRLC, who have been named a finalist in the NRL's 2013 Service to the Community Award for the their TRYTIME program.

For those that don't know, Trytime is a program to get special needs kids with autism and similar disa

Matt Parish never in the race

Having read the story at Canberra's players wanting the assistant coach to take the job, you almost always see that when a coach leaves. Generally the assistant coach has a very good reputation with the players, as quite often they play the good guy

Don't hire any coach... yet

I haven’t said a lot on our post-Ricky coaching situation. To be honest, I feel like I’d be throwing out just another unqualified opinion. Is Neil Henry a good coach. JT? How do I really know whether one is better than the other, without talking with

Eels Presentation Award Winners

Blue and Gold Army Member Award: Tim Mannah

Ray Price NRL Community Awards - Tim Mannah

Brett Kenny NYC Coaches Awards - Will Bugden

Steve Ella NYC Player's Player Award - Joseph Ualesi 

Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches Award: Lorenzo Ma'afu

Bob O'Relly

Michael Doolan - Young indigenous player of the year!

Junior Eel honoured at Brad Fittler Medal Night

The New South Wales Rugby League has honoured the VB Blues junior players from the Holden State of Origin campaign at the second Brad Fittler Meda

Putting the Parra back into Parra

When Craig Catterick was sacked this year, it marked a near total wipe-out of what you might call "Parra people". 

There seems to have been over the last few years, a very deliberate policy of rejecting everything that was Parramatta.

For my that boi

Official Final Series Blog

I thought it would make sense to have a single Top Blog to post to, throughout the finals series.

As much as I hate to say it, I think the Storm are going to take it home again this year. Widdop coming back into their side is going to give them that

Yearning for One Direction

I haven’t watched a Parramatta match from up high for a very, long time. Probably, not since the 2009 semi-final against the dogs. I prefer being closer to the action and down in the terraces, but yesterday Pete Serrao invited me to the Newy game to

Player Ratings to the theme of Star Wars Movies

I mentioned last week that I was going to trial a couple of new things for the last match and what follows is a new way to do the Player Ratings. As many of you who have been around here for a while know, we used to do player ratings after each match

The opportunity for a true fresh beginning

Regardless of what you think of Stuart, Parramatta finally has the opportunity for a re-birth.

New board. New CEO. New coach.

Each one's future, tied to the other.

As you all know, I'm massive on accountability. I like the fact that our board now get

Keyboard Coach: Eels vs Knights

I've got a few ideas for a new blogs and features that I'm going to give a run next year and I thought I'd give a couple of them a go, for the last match of the year.

The first in Keyboard Coach. Suggest a gameplan for attacking the opposition and w

Eels survey home venues in Territory: NTNews

THE Territory's adopted NRL team Parramatta has spent the past two days visiting their new home away from home.

Eels officials joined Chief Minister Adam Giles and Sports Minister Matt Conlan for a tour of Anzac Oval in Alice Springs on Tuesday, whic

Why Ricky can't possibly walk

If there is a coach in the competition who has positioned himself as a "player's coach", it's Ricky Stuart. It has been a consistent refrain in his dialogue whenever he has talked about his plans for the club. Whenever fans have asked more of the pla

1Eyed Eel FAQ about the "turmoil" at our club

Okay, 

I have possibly not seen so much FUD flying around about our club in my entire time as a fan. Let me take a moment to distil it or for you, and give you what I believe is pretty good understanding of the situation as it stands.

Question: Is

1Eyed Eel tribute to our fans and members

You, my poor people, have been through the wringer. You have copped it all. Back-to-back wooden spoons. Demoralising thrashings. Incessant bad media. I'm sure you've copped it deluxe almost week-in, week-out from your buddies and non-Eel supporting f