Look, I'm already missing the footy, it's raining and my brain needs something to do. So I thought it might be fun to come up with your most left-field gameplan which you think nobody could possible have thought of, but just might work. Here's mine.
Read more…You might have noticed I've had a couple of weeks away from the site having enjoyed a big week of 40th birthday celebrations and a nice week-long family holiday. However, before that there were a couple of discussions I was in the middle of, surround
Read more…I think I've written the words "performance-based culture" a thousand times on this site over the many years I've been writing blogs and comments here. It's always been my view that you will never achieve sustainable success until you manage to put i
Read more…When I walked into my office this morning, people simply looked at me with sympathetic eyes and avoided asking me about my weekend. None of my friends over the past week sent me teasing emails or text messages crowing about the fact my side won the w
Read more…Today the club is going to announce a new sponsor. It has lined up our newest employee Luke Burt as well as Ricky Stuart to be on hand at the sponsor announcement. What the coach or our Welfare and Player Education Officer have to do with announcing
Read more…I carry around this philosophy I call the "ticket to enter". Ridiculously enough, I developed this in selecting my Melbourne Cup picks, so I'll explain how it works in that context.
I used to bet pretty seriously as a young adult. My bedroom was a se
Read more…Not to make excuses, but I thought I'd see if I could put together a side composing all of the blokes on our casualty list.
I reckon you could make an argument to suggest this 13 would beat the top 13 we put on the field on the weekend.
1. Jason S
Read more…I noted with interest this SMH article from earlier in the week that said that clubs would need to have a CEO if they're to be eligible for grants under the ARL Commission.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/clubs-will-need-ceo-to-collec
Read more…Parramatta look almost certain to finish with the 2012 wooden spoon after lapses of concentration again sunk their hopes against the Titans, with the Gold Coast prevailing 24 to 16.
The Eels started the match brightly and on a number of ocasions look
Read more…Very interesting selection in the NYC side this week with Kelepi Tanginoa selected in the centres.
I've always been worried with Kelepi if at about 180 cm and 100kg he might struggle to have the same kind of impact at NRL level as he's smaller than
Read more…Firstly, apologies for my series of rants today - I'm having trouble getting over the ANZ shift and feel the need to vent.
We've seen this week how much the NRL has bent over backwards to appease the broadcasters and get top dollar for their broadca
The billion dollar NRL deal should represent the start of a new era for Rugby League and our club.
We've already seen the level of professionalism in Rugby League increase dramatically with clubs listing on the stock exchange and some clubs employing
Read more…South Sydney Rabbitohs v Parramatta Eels
ANZ Stadium
Sunday 26 August 2012, kickoff 3:00pm
Rabbitohs: Greg Inglis, Nathan Merritt, Matt King, Dylan Farrell, Andrew Everingham, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Sam Burgess, Nathan Peats, Roy Asotasi, Chris
OK folks, it's become quite apparent that we're going to get a fair bit of election discussion over the course of the remaining year. However, as with all electioneering, it's become apparent that its going to involve a fair amount of argy bargy espe
Read more…I've said this before but I'm going to blog it again because I thought last year made it very apparent.
For all of you that have been concerned that Jarryd Hayne hasn't exactly set the world on fire at five-eighth yet, consider the difference that J
Read more…I noticed this article about Nathan Hindmarsh rejecting the South Sydney idea of having multiple skippers.
http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/07/31/eels-reject-multiple-skippers/
As I said in another thread, I actually like the multipl
Read more…Brad Arthurs has racked up a win in his first week as an NRL coach as the Eels ran out 42 to 22 winners over the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.
The Eels got off to a great start when Nathan Smith charged down a Peter Wallace kick and regathered to open
Read more…I have three kids. They’re like most kids. They scream. They tantrum. On occasions they’ve been known to hurl projectiles through the air.
However, if there is one thing I’ve learnt about dealing with kids, it’s that no matter how much they scream, t
Read more…If you look at all the players Ricky Stuart might be close to that are off-contract there is one very obvious big name. Brett Stewart.
If Hayne moves to six, you want the best one you can lay your hands on. As others have noted, fullbacks are incred
Read more…NYC
Pirtek Parramatta Eels NYC coach Steve Speechley has made six changes to the team that was defeated by the Melbourne Storm last Saturday.
Conor Broadhurst, Zach Clay, Trent Jennings, Kaysa Pritchard, Jordan Latham and Boyd Russell have all been
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