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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Read more…Everything we know about Brad Arthur suggests he’s a no-nonsense type of guy and judging by his team selections for Round 1, that’s the style of football Parramatta will be focused on.
In all of his pre-season interviews, Arthur has made a point to
Read more…Went along to the season launch tonight at the Riverside Theatre and it was quite an impressive night. Well done to the team who put it together. Point form run-down for y'all.
1) Sterlo was the MC again, as he was last year, and there is something q
Read more…Parramatta has scored a comfortable win against a second-string Tigers side, notching up 60 points to 14.
The Eels started the match well with Taniela Lasalo and Tim Mannah dominating the middle and we got over after just four minutes with Ken Sio s
Read more…At this stage, it's looking like our backline is pretty much decided upon for round one.
1. Hayne 2. Sio 3. Tonga 4. Hopoate 5. Morgan 6. Norman 7. Kelly
Maybe Hoppa & Morgan swap positions, until Hoppa gets back into the swings of things. Outside ch
Read more…I don’t know about you, but I kind of struggle to keep my emotions in check when I’m watching the footy, particularly on the tele. It’s gotten to the point where my wife clears out and takes my youngest boy with her for game time, to avoid the swear
Read more…So from all reports Chris Sandow was particularly impressive last night. I can't help but think that for us to do anything more than make-up the numbers this year, we need Sandow's attack. If Sandow is consistently threatening around the ruck, it's g
Read more…I posted a couple of comments earlier today about how I'd play Joseph Paulo at seven, and take advantage of his size and get him to play a very direct half game, using a lot of short-balls to the likes of Fuifui and Haye around the centre of ruck.
Ju
Read more…Who will be the player that either emerges from the clouds, or takes a surprising step forward this year?
I've had mixed success on this front - I didn't make a blog on this last year, but I did write that I expected our young forwards - and named Ke
Read more…I know there was a lot of team blogs during the off-season, but for those of us who have just gotten back into the footy and given we've got a bit more info on who is likely to be playing where, I thought it was time to crack open a team list blog.
Read more…A number of 1Eyed Eel members have pointed out that Brad Arthur has stated that none of the players in this week's trial will be playing in the nines. Based on that, one would think our nines dquad is going to look something like this:
1. Justin Hun
Read more…I'm back.
Firstly, thanks to everyone, for keeping the site civil during the off-season and to our fantastic mods for ensuring things never spun out of control. I generally try and give myself a break from the site during December/January but inevit
I'm sure when the Eels coaching staff sat down with Lee Mossop to discuss his shoulder, they looked at their front-row depth and probably came to the conclusion I have: 'Meh'.
If there is one spot Parramatta is well-served this year, it's the front-
Read more…Chris Hutchinson, the coach that has delivered Parramatta's only recent premierships when he took our Harold Matthews to back-to-back premierships and this year won the National Title has resigned from Parramatta and taken up the head coach role at M
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