Round 4 Drink of Choice – Erm, Industrial thinner of your personal preference? Fermented potatoes? Let’s wind the clock back to eight days ago: “If the Eels were to sit down for an intensive afternoon team session where…
Stat Attack Review – Round 3: Eels vs Titans
Eels 14 defeated by Titans 26 Crowd: 11,612 Well what more can really be said that already hasn’t been uttered, cursed or muttered a 100 times already? There is no doubt that there are many words or phrases that…
Whiskey Musings – Round 3: Eels Check Luggage Onto Plane, Forget To Check Themselves Into Game
Round 3 Drink of Choice – Methylated Spirits (not a whiskey, tonight didn’t deserve a whiskey damn it) If the Eels were to sit down for an intensive afternoon team session where they deliberately plotted out the manner in which…
Round 2 Spotlight – Nathan Brown (Shut It Down!)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Parramatta Eels are proud to present a true football player – Nathan Brown. In selecting the player in focus for this week, I’ve skipped those flashy backs and zeroed in on Brown for his vital role…
Stat Attack Review – Round 2: Eels vs Dragons
Eels: 34 defeat Dragons: 16 Crowd: 16, 023 What a great result for the Eels and a superb start to the season. For those of us who travelled down to the Gong, the sweetness of the victory made the 3-hour…
Post Game Grades – Round 2 at St George
Parramatta Eels 34 St George Illawarra Dragons 16 The Good: That’s more like it. 2017 is our first 2 from 2 start since 1999, and we technically find ourselves on a four-game winning streak. Oh, and we’re also top of…
Whiskey Musings – Round 2: Dragons Learn That Flammable & Inflammable Mean The Same Thing As Eels Torch The Gong
Round 2 Drink of Choice – Lagavulin 16 Year Old Scotch Whisky When do we start petitioning the NRL to allow us to play the closing game to each round? Get onto it Bernie, because Parramatta are thriving in…
Stat Attack Review – Round 1: Eels vs Sea Eagles
Eels 20 defeat Sea Eagles 12 Eels: Tries – 3 C.Norman (11 min), B. French (26 min), C. Gutherson (49min) Goals – 4 Gutherson (12min, 27min) 2/3 Conversions Gutherson 2/2 (17m, 65m) Penalty Goals Here we go aga………. Oops…
Whiskey Musings – Round 1: Eels Demand KFC For Sunday Dinner, Have To Settle For Roast Sea Eagles
Round 1 Drink of Choice – Suntory Hibiki 17 Year Old Whiskey On anything but a picturesque Sunday afternoon at newly christened Lottoland (erm, oval? land?) the Eels took great and painful lengths to dissect a surprisingly plucky Manly outfit…
Post Game Grades – Round 1 at Manly
Parramatta Eels 20 Manly Sea Eagles 12 The Good: We won and had a pretty impressive completion rate. The Bad: There are few other words that better capture Manly’s completion rate. Our inability to put the game away in…