This week’s preview podcast comes with an extra dose of reaction as the boys offer their thoughts on the announcement that Jim Sarantinos will stand down from his position as CEO of the Parramatta Eels at the end of year.
On the actual preview front, the show dives into a diverse docket this week with the Eels taking on a different opponent in every grade. In the NSWWP, Parramatta host the table-topping Knights while the Jersey Flegg are jetting off to Sigatoka to face the Silktails. The NSW Cup are looking to avenge a heavy loss to the Bears from earlier this season as Lincoln Fletcher is called back into the grade to partner fellow young gun playmaker Lorenzo Talataina.
The NRLW are still hunting for the first win of the year in a tough campaign as they host the Bulldogs. They thumped their Western Sydney rivals in the preseason but have since struggled mightily to find any semblance of form. Can they spring the upset on Saturday?
The podcast wraps up with the NRL as the Eels and Cowboys get ready for a shoot out. Parramatta prevailed in a bizarre 3-point golden point upset earlier this year…what awaits the teams and fans on Saturday night?
The advances under Jim Sarantinos were indisputable and significant. Across the whole of his time recruitment was not bad – you could put together a list of impressive names. The flaw has been retention. I have no idea how closely he was involved in those decisions – maybe he trusted the wrong people.