Replies

  • Cannot see why not, but unfortunately the battling line looks as fragile as poppa's hips!lol it appears it could be a tough summer 

    • Nothing wrong with my hips Mickey. It what hangs off them thats a bit wobbly!

      • Please no pics pop's!lol Keep it PG.

      • 13189252285?profile=RESIZE_400x

  • In the absence of 'experts' in the field I'd think the batsmen at the top of the order need to book a bulk visit to a good shrink. The fog and uncertainty need to expelled so they can play once again assured. Only Travis, Marsh and Carey are currently mentally fit to play a role in the test team. India has a dynamic bowling group, but they're aided large by the meek effort of some of our batters.

    • Hope you're right Mick, I always look to our cricket team to take my mind away from the o'rf season. If there's no bounce back from them, my only back-up is the Thunder. 

      • Yeah RJ, cricket is a great game takes our minds off footy for while but now its seems NRL is 365 day business - all it takes is a great knock or great partnership and it can turn a series 

    • They need a talk from Steve Waugh. Learn what it takes for the mental disintegration of your opponents. To do that, you have to be completely switched on and focussed yourself.

      The lack of red ball cricket has also not helped. Where is the Sheffield Shield? That's supposed to produce Test Cricketers, but all we have seen is T20 and a few one-dayers.

  • Team overall is getting too old and the current state of Shield cricket is uninspiring.

    We are on the decline, unless a few unexpected youngsters jump out of the ground.

    The bowlers tend to be pretty good game to game but the batters (ex Head) are basically flat track bullies.

    Khawaja (38) should be pensioned off. Labuschagne (30) is hopelessly out of form. Smith (35) seems to be past it. Starc (34) is all over the shop innings to innings. Lyon (37) is not ever going to do a Warne and rip thru a team. Hazlewood (33) is good but he is no McGrath. Cummins (31) is inconsistent but generally good.

    We miss Green but also need a genuine bowling all-rounder who can be our Flintoff, Pollock etc. I thought Cummins might turn into that but his batting is getting worse.

    My opinion only and I am sure others will have different thoughts.

    • Have to agree with everything you've said Badger. Depressing but true. Also we can't continually bowl using the seam while the blokes from the Sub-Continent excell in that manner.

This reply was deleted.

Latest comments

Longfin Eel replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"That's a pretty wide list of things to be responsible for. I'm not defending MON's record here, but I'm not sure the club got the responsibilities right here, especially considering the training facility was always going to take up a lot of time for…"
8 minutes ago
Poppa replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"LOL, that philosophy has kept Dictators and Butchers at the head of History Tapes for God knows how many centuries Randolph.
I would prefer to at least understand what the incumbents are doing wrong, what we can learn by that and once found guilty…"
20 minutes ago
Adam Magrath replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"I couldn't care less that he has gone. I've seen him interviewed this year and he seems happy with life at Newcastle and with the knights. He's a father and all seems to be going well. Good luck to him. He has well and truly moved on from being at…"
1 hour ago
Coryn Hughes replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"💯 
6. Plan B - The Eels then go ahead and completely waste 250-300k (whatever it is) on Jonah Pezet, money that would’ve kept Dylan at the club. We throw away 9 years of DB’s development, his combination with Moses (who wanted Dylan at the club),…"
1 hour ago
KENDOZA replied to Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin🐐 - Mark O'neill's 🪓's discussion Huge opportunity - Parramatta Eels Head of football option
"I meant if he was ceo lol didn't read it properly"
2 hours ago
Parramanaic replied to Johnny Suede's discussion Dragons knock back bid for Su’A to join Parramatta this season
"Glad we didn't get the c**t, what a prick and coward to do such a thing to a woman...standing on her throat? Wow, what a man. Hope he gets life."
2 hours ago
LB replied to Johnny Suede's discussion Dragons knock back bid for Su’A to join Parramatta this season
"Good point, we are not condoning what he did. Just that in 2013 many here kept saying we have him coming and he hasn't arrived.........yet"
10 hours ago
The Captain replied to Johnny Suede's discussion Dragons knock back bid for Su’A to join Parramatta this season
"He's coming, he will have to Zoom into court because he's literally mid-flight on the way to Australia.
But for real, these charges were put to him years ago, I think it's surfaced again because it's finally going through court. And if he's found…"
11 hours ago
Perpetual Motion replied to Johnny Suede's discussion Dragons knock back bid for Su’A to join Parramatta this season
"So he's not coming?"
11 hours ago
Kurupt - Your Mums Favourite Thug replied to Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin🐐 - Mark O'neill's 🪓's discussion Parramatta sign Harrison Edwards immediately
"Not such a bad thing, he has trimmed down significantly after realising he has to work for a living if he can't play footy."
12 hours ago
JC replied to Johnny Suede's discussion Dragons knock back bid for Su’A to join Parramatta this season
"The long running Hock joke on this site has to officially end, he has been charged with rape and repeated assaults on a woman in the UK."
13 hours ago
LB replied to Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin🐐 - Mark O'neill's 🪓's discussion Huge opportunity - Parramatta Eels Head of football option
"Well as GM he wouldn't have authority to sack them."
14 hours ago
Prof. Daz replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"NOS, I cannot answer all your queries but will comment on those I can. 1) Of course Brown left for $$$. Absurd to buy his PR that he didn't. But Moses rejected a giant Tigers offer back in 2023 or so, hence we know Brown chose to go, he wasn't…"
14 hours ago
Randy Handlinger replied to Poppa's discussion Poppa's Corner: SCAPEGOATS..... A funny thing, you can say it with a cry in your voice!......The Parra Lament
"You are overthinking it. BlahBlahBlah listing speculative shit we know nothing about helps no-one...it's just busywork.
Sometimes results require heads to roll. We are here. Simple as that...so now it becomes "Who's Heads"???
Can't do Ryles, that…"
15 hours ago
Parra_Greg replied to Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin🐐 - Mark O'neill's 🪓's discussion Huge opportunity - Parramatta Eels Head of football option
"Not to be a vulture but Im going to put it out there....with the illness Belamy has been diagnosed ....is there a posibility there are to be major changes at Melbourne and Frank Ponissi might be looking for a change ?"
15 hours ago
Axel replied to Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin🐐 - Mark O'neill's 🪓's discussion Huge opportunity - Parramatta Eels Head of football option
""
15 hours ago
More…

Keaon done deal

As of Thursday, December 11, 2025, South Sydney Rabbitohs forwardKeaon Koloamatangi has reportedly agreed to a deal with the Parramatta Eels, but it is not yet officially announced by the clubs.  Soon to be announced.

Read more…
14 Replies · Reply by Poppa Jan 9
Views: 2406

 

<script src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<!-- Sidebar -->
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<script>// <![CDATA[
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
// ]]></script>