The Cupboard (chat) is back

UPDATE: The Cupboard (chat) has been restored. From my perspective, managing the site has been a lot easier since it was removed. However, I know a lot of you, really enjoy the chat aspect of the site so please don't abuse it, and behave the same way

What now?

After enjoying a week away from everything, following what I think might just have been the busiest week of my life, I'm back and feeling mightily re-energised.

Obviously, there were follow-on shocks from the election. I'm disappointed with what tran

While I'm Away

I'm away on a holiday this week, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so will only be logging on very rarely this week. While I'm away, I have given the moderators more license to delete blogs and posts that fly anywhere neat the wind of our code

No personal blogs, etc targeting members

Hello all,

Do not post blogs, pictures, videos, etc that put any other member in the position to be ridiculed, etc.

I'm quite serious about this, any content will be deleted immediately and if its a repeat violation, the member will be suspended.

Ph

Let us all put Parra first

“Proud history. New Beginnings”.

New coach. Yes. New CEO. Yes. But still lurking behind those changes was the same old board, with their ever-growing baggage and problems.

Only now that we have a new board, to match the new coach and new CEO can th

The Eels Under 16s National Title match to be broadcast on Fox Sports

From the club:

In great news for the Pirtek Parramatta Eels Harold Matthews Cup side, the National Titles played this Sunday, May 12 will be broadcast on

The madness has to stop

Every time I think that our club’s administration can’t get any lower, they find new ways to shock me.

Besmirching the character of every one of those candidates on the ParraFirst team is a disgrace. I truly hope that someone is leaning on Eric to p

Worrying story about sponsorship

Not sure if anybody saw the story on the weekend about The Star pulling the pin on their sponsorship of South Sydney.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/the-star-pulls-pin-on-2m-sponsorship-deal-with-south-sydney-rabbitohs/story-e6frexnr-1226

Eels are Harold Matthews Premiers

Junior Footy Blog

Tomorrow, marks the start of the Parra district junior footy competition. I thought it might be nice to have a blog for everyone who has kids or is involved in the competition (or indeed any junior footy, we won't discriminate) to chat, boast, whinge

Mannah's ankle could be broken

TheParraEels via Twitter

I've been hung

I'm really, really busy at work so I'm going to post a short piece on this, but I thought you might all be interested to know that I have been found guilty and suspended for 12 months. Not only that, but my reinstatement as a member will then be cond

Ricky - time to stop playing it safe

Since arriving at the Eels, Ricky Stuart has played it safe. Straight bat. Few risks.

It’s time for that to change.

On face value, you might say Stuart has taken risks. He promoted youngsters Vai Toutai and Kelepi Tanginoa out of nowhere to the fir

Junior Rep Finals

Both Eels junior sides are playing for spots in the Grand Final on the weekend.

Harold Matthews are looking to defend their title against Wests at 2:45, while SG Ball will play against Balmain at 1:15pm. Both at St Mary's Stadium.

If you're not doi

Match Report: Rookie Panthers flog hapless Eels

Parramatta’s shocking away form has continued with the Eels going down in an embarrassing 44 to 12 loss to a young, inexperienced Panthers side.

The match couldn’t have started worse for Parramatta. They lost Ryan Morgan in the warm-up with Cheyse B

Quick analysis: Eels vs Titans

Unfortunately, this was a golden opportunity missed by Parramatta to actually sneak into the top eight. With a couple of winnable games against out of form teams, the two points that should have been snapped up on the Gold Coast would have been a boo

Match Report: Eels throw away match to Titans

Parramatta have blown a golden opportunity to edge themselves into the top eight as they threw away a match-winning lead before eventually losing 28 to 22 to the Gold Coast Titans.

The match start ominously for the Eels when debutant Anthony Don sco

In support of transparency, fairness and freedom of expression

Eventually, all organisations will be dragged kicking and screaming into the reality that in today’s hyper-connected world, the one guiding policy that must be pursued is transparency.

Ruling authorities, still stuck in the pre-Internet era, often a

The Albert Kelly conundrum

As far as wraps on junior halves go, Albert Kelly has been perhaps at the top of my list since I started paying attention to the juniors.

A lot of kids look good in juniors, but you sometimes just get those kids who do stuff that nobody else can. The

We have 3,000 members

This morning Rick Young became our 3000th member!