“All around this chaos and madness, Can’t help feeling nothing more than sadness“ Those lines from the Cold Chisel song, When The War Is Over, used to apply to the Eels. Fortunately the stability that now exists, from Club Directors through…
Whisky Musings – 2021 Round 6: Parramatta Invoke Diplomatic Eelmmunity
Round 6 Drink Of Choice – Nikka From The Barrell No Ryan Matterson. No Waqa Blake. No Dylan Brown. A 15-year hoodoo hanging over their heads. Coming off their first defeat of the season where they were out-muscled and out-enthused. On paper…
Post Game Grades – Round 6 at Canberra
Parramatta Eels 35 Canberra Raiders 10 Well for starters, the full time siren sounded at 9:25pm tonight, a time also echoing the scoreboard: 35 to 10. That’s pretty cool, right? Hoping for our first win in Canberra since the Bronze…
The Spotlight – April 13, 2021: Can We Suspend The Match Review Committee?
News has just broken that Dylan Brown has taken an early guilty plea for a crusher tackle and will serve a one week suspension. Cue my outrage! Three short weeks ago there was a media furore surrounding Felice Kaufusi’s tackle…
Stats That Matta – Round 5, 2021: Dragons Defeat The Eels
ROUND 5 Sunday 11th April, 2021 Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 24,384 defeat Eels 12 defeated by Dragons 26 Eels Scorers: Tries: I. Papali’I, C. Gutherson Goals: M. Moses 2 from 2 The Eels came back to earth with a thud…
From The Stands – April 12, 2021: The Sky’s Not Falling But We Need Player Accountability
I might have a wonderful vantage point From The Stands of Bankwest Stadium, but that loss to the Dragons was a tough game to watch. But let’s be very clear about one thing – the sky is not falling in.…
Post Game Grades – Round 5 vs Dragons
Parramatta Eels 12 St George Illawarra 26 There’s not a lot of Good to come out of tonight’s clash, but here’s 5 little things to take away from Round 5: 1. There’s still plenty of games to go, and tonight’s…
Bumpers Up – April 11, 2021: Player Milestones and Player Protection
That long Easter weekend was a true footy feast. Five days of NRL, including our Eels Easter Monday win over the Tigers. Round Four finished and it almost seemed like Round Five was the next day. Here at TCT, Forty…
Stats That Matta – Round 4, 2021: Eels Defeat Tigers
Monday 5th April, 2021 Stadium Australia Attendance: 29,056 VS Eels Scorers: Tries: B. Ferguson x 2, T. Opacic x 2, M. Niukore, I. Papali’i, C. Gutherson Goals: M. Moses 4 from 7 attempts This was far from the perfect…
From The Stands – April 6, 2021: Getting Smart In Recruitment
The Eels victory over the Tigers at Stadium Australia was not pretty but our team are now four from four – a decent start to the year. Across town, those Tigers people aren’t happy – something about being robbed of…