God, it’s been a tough week for me. I’ve come to the realisation that our season is over and I need to move on until season 2014 kicks in again.
But what a glorious year, hey? Would it be too much of me to describe it as a fairy tale season?
At thi
Read more…Just to let you know that Patsy Stone and Miatch are now officially moderators. Both are long-term members who I trust to do a good, fair job of making sure people don't cross a line, and we stay within our code-of-conduct.
Read more…Supporting a losing sports team 'bad for health'
The day after a defeat for their local side, fans consume more fatty foods such as pizza, c
It shouldn’t surprise that Ricky Stuart has retained the same team that defeated the Broncos. I’m a big fan of rewarding wins, with players keeping their spot - it’s the type of mentality that helps you build a winning culture. But that aside, I thin
Read more…I arrived about 20 minutes into the NYC game and one of our boys was getting taken off in the medicab. I'm pretty sure it was Kaysa because he scored the first try and I didn't see him playing the rest of the match?
Anyone know what happened or how h
Read more…Ricky Stuart mentioned this in his article, and I was going to concur but thought it deserved it's own blog. Matthew Keating was outstanding against the Tigers. He racked up close to 60 tackles, I thought his service was up-tempo and he was probing
Read more…Ricky Stuart took a very interesting forward rotation into our game against Manly.
We started with four props in the pack - with Mannah, Allgood, Lussick and Moimoi all in the run-on side.
During this period, Moimoi played effectively as a second row
Read more…For the last couple of years, there has been one metric I've been shooting for with this site, and that's been to crack over a million page impressions in a single month. We went pretty close last month with about 950,000 and given our side's current
Read more…As most of you would know, I’m deeply, deeply passionate about the need for constitutional reform at the Parramatta Eels. It’s what prompted me to get involved in Parramatta politics, and I will continue to do so, until I see the club underpinned by
Read more…I'm starting this blog, because Turpy asked me this question in an old blog:
http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/the-polynesian-puzzle
I don't really want to start another Polynesian vs Anglo player debate. It turns into a shit fight because some pe
Read more…Just a plug for Wentworthville's 'Family Fun Day' on Sunday.
Bunch of the NRL boys will be going around in the main game, including Chris Sandow, and there's a bunch of things happening for the kids all through day.
Biggest drawcard will be me being
Read more…Just to settle a little difference of opinion as to whether the one we call Snake is a member.
Snake sent me through both his membership and his membership card earlier this week.
I've received both and can verify that he is indeed a member.
Anyway,
Read more…There has been some talk about the NRL introducing a marquee player allowance, which would help clubs recruit a marquee player outside of their salary cap. This has come about as the game aims to bring Israel Folau back to our game.
My idea is to int
Read more…I believe it’s fair to say that the Eels have been at a crossroads. Stay loyal to their roots, or aim to become something altogether different. I believe differing opinions on those two fronts, is what led to today’s shock departure of Ken Edwards.
Ricky Stuart has named the same team that took to the field against the Panthers to playthis Saturday in Canberra against the Raiders.
Willie Tonga made an injury free return to first grade football and will
Here's the NYC team list for this week. Very disappointing performance from the side last week (going down 44 to 10 to Penrith) and its not going to get any easier against the top of the table Raiders (although they haven't been quite the same side
Read more…We have to accept that right now, we're not just behind the eight-ball - we're behind a mountain. We're that far off the pace, that minor modifications to our side isn't going to bring anything but marginal improvement. And I'd classify what we have
Read more…I broke my heart to see Jacob Loko limp off again. Firstly, because he was the only player causing Manly any trouble but obviously because he's had so much trouble with injuries, it was terrible to see him coming from the field in that manner again.
Read more…I've been otherwise engaged for the last few days so I missed the whole hullabaloo about the Ken Edwards email and our recruitment issues, so I thought I'd share a few of my thoughts.
Most of you who have been on the site a while, know I'm a bit of a
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