Round 7 Drink Of Choice – Balvenie Double Wood 12yo Margin Of Error – 5 Games Well shit, it is about damn time. It took six agonising, painstaking and frankly brutal weeks but the Eels have finally arrived in Season 2018.…
Stat Attack Review – Round 6, 2018: Eels defeated by the Raiders
EELS – 2 (Goals: M. Moses 1 from 1) Defeated by RAIDERS – 18 (Tries: J. Rapana, B. Austin, J. Papalii. Goals: J. Croker 3 from 4) GIO Stadium Crowd: 12,328 Ummm…. Yeah………. Honestly, I don’t need to say much.…
Whisky Musings – Round 6: The Talk
Round 6 Drink Of Choice – Southern Comfort Margin Of Error – 5 Games For 5 weeks fans have patiently waited for the Eels to turn the corner. From the capitulation against Penrith in Round 1 and the belt…
Post Game Grades – Round 6 at Canberra
Parramatta Eels 2 Canberra Raiders 18 The Good: [file not found] The Bad: A triangle has more points than we scored tonight. If your mate was as lifeless as our attack you’d be torn between calling an ambulance or the…
Stat Attack Review – Round 5: Panthers Defeat Eels
EELS – 6 (Tries: G. Jennings. Goals: M. Moses 1 from 1) Defeated by PANTHERS – 12 (Tries: J. Mansour. Goals: J. Maloney 4 from 4) ANZ Stadium Crowd: 10,061 Glass half full – we are getting better slowly. Trying…
Whisky Musings – Round 5: Parity Breeds Opportunity
Round 5 Drink Of Choice – Jack Daniel’s Old No.7 Something that has become increasingly apparent as I transition through my second year of post-game musings on TCT is that it is eminently easier to bang out a review…
Post Game Grades – Round 5 vs Penrith
Parramatta Eels 6 Penrith Panthers 12 The Good: We looked really, really good in the trial at Maitland. Fine. The effort today was really, really good, we got plenty of penalties (12 to the Panthers’ 11) and for the first…
Stat Attack Review – Round 4, 2018: Eels defeated by the Tigers
STAT ATTACK REVIEW: ROUND 4 EELS – 20 (Tries: Smith, G.Jennings, Hoffman, Auva’a. Goals: Moses 2 from 4) Defeated by TIGERS – 30 (Tries: Thompson 2, Rochow, Naiqama, Eisenhuth. Goals: Lolohea 5 from 6) ANZ Stadium Crowd: 30,420 It’s not…
Whisky Musings – Round 4: Who, What, When, Why, How
Round 4 Drink Of Choice – A Cold Shower I don’t know exactly what to make of that train wreck. I am truly struggling to frame my thoughts. Three parts pure catastrophe, one part modicum of hope; ultimately the…
Post Game Grades – Round 4 at Wests Tigers
Parramatta Eels 20 Wests Tigers 30 The Good: Yes, that middle 50 minutes was funeral-like awful. Still, I think there’s quite a bit to take out of that game, plenty of it bad (see below). However, there are some things…