If there was one decision I think the Eels could take back over the last couple of months, it would have been the signing of Esi Tonga. Last year, rumours abound that Esi's party boy reputation was well deserved and so it was no surprise to see him r
Read more…I’m a fan of co-captains. I’ve long argued that there wasn’t anyone within the Parramatta squad who could take on that responsibility themselves and that therefore the role needed to be somehow divided.
In July last year I posted the blog ‘One skippe
Read more…Hi guys,
As many of you would have likely noticed I've had a fair bit of downtime from the site since the election, and I think the mods have done a really tremendous job of keeping things on a pretty even keel as those who have been here for years w
Read more…With rumours circulating of the Eels moving in on Matt Scott, it begs the question where should Parramatta be spending their money?
Prop has always been a contentious position in this regard, and Wayne Bennett's thoughts on not over-spending on the e
Read more…Hello 2013.
As an Eels fan, I don’t really know what you have in store for us. Usually at this time of year, I’ve had enough time to get over the disappointment of the year prior and I’m stock full of confidence again. However, this year, I think I a
Read more…This week the club had its first PDRL board meeting and I checked in with Sharpy who assures me that the question I asked at the AGM asking the club to ensure that those people who were not in Sydney would have the opportunity to vote next time round
Read more…Culture is a very difficult thing to build. There are some things that are wonderful about the Parramatta culture. Some things probably not so much.
The one area I’m hoping that Ricky Stuart makes a big difference is in terms of individual accountab
The selection of former Parramatta international Eric Grothe Jr on the Eels football club's board was expected to be questioned with suggestions he was never eligible to run for the post.
Sources said a list of the football clubs financial members –
Read more…So pretty much, I think the majority of people on this site will agree that the constant niggling that goes on between a small number of members on this site is not appreciated.
As such, I'm bringing in inter-personal bans. When I've had enough of th
Read more…Yesterday at the AGM, I asked the current board why they made the decision to not allow our out-of-area members to vote. I said that if we were going to be a membership-based club and going to promote our membership to regional Eels then we could not
Read more…From the Telegraph today...
MEET the kid that every NRL club wants. At 18, David Klemmer is already drawing comparisons to"Glenn Lazarus in his hey day.
Klemmer is 120kg and plays the best part of 80 minutes every game. In 2012 he ran for a stagg
About a month or so ago, Tony Maroun who runs the 3P campaign, told Steve Sharp that he already had the numbers and that Steve should abandon the ParraFirst campaign, run as an independent and then 3P would "look favourably" upon him coming into the
Read more…ParraFirst is looking for some volunteers to help us in handing out the how-to-vote cards. You'll hopefully be helping to usher in a new era for our club plus you'll get one of these spiffy ParraFirst hats.
Message me or let me know in the comments
Read more…The most positive thing to come out of the past month for me, is the fact that I honestly believe Ken Edwards is a very genuine, capable chief executive who will push the club forward.
I've been particularly impressed the Edwards hasn't stepped back
Read more…Well, the good news is that I don't have to think about conflict of interest and how I involve myself with this site going forward. To be honest, that's a massive relief because I think I would have struggled not being able to post in the manner as I
Read more…Schubert's wrong price tag drove Folau to Tahs
Full story at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/schuberts-wrong-price-tag-drove-folau-to-tahs-20121204-2atas.html#ixzz2E5gENWoU
IF NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert had initially determined
Read more…I should know by now not to let myself get riled up by silly, little off-handed comments but one of Guru Jnr’s tweets tonight has particularly annoyed me.
The tweet said: “Parra juniors need to be heard. Juniors must have every possible opportunity t
Dear Mr. Shane Mattiske,
Acting Chief Executive Officer,
National Rugby League
I’m writing this to you as a lover of Rugby League and a supporter of the Parramatta Eels.
Firstly, let me say this. No club has more reason to care about the adherence t
Read more…There's perhaps only one area where you get a true insight into the quality of your board and that's when they fulfil their responsibility of keeping their stakeholders informed on their progress via their annual report and annual general meeting.
T
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So we’ve all seen that finally we have a deal in place with Parramatta Stadium that at least guarantees eight games per year at Parramatta Stadium. However, as Cagey pointed out in another blog, the question is what about the other home games we’re g
