Following a shut-out of the flamboyant and attacking focused Wests Tigers on Easter Monday, our Eels head into today’s western Sydney derby 3-1 and the potential to top the table at rounds end. If someone propositioned me in December last…
Forum Folly – Penrith Panthers
For the latest Forum Folly, I headed over to Panther Pride to see what was happening up the M4. My statement last week about people out that way getting on their dial up internet and computers from radio rentals seemed…
Parramatta vs Penrith – An Off Field Analysis
As the Eels get ready for the local derby this weekend, I started to think about the comparison between Parramatta and Penrith. Mitch got me considering the topic further when this week he tweeted about Penrith being the Eels little…
The Eels Forwards – A Strength That Defies The Critics
When the season previews were being prepared by various media outlets, a common theme was noticeable amongst the experts. Although many believed that an improved season was on the cards for the Eels, they also raised question marks about the…
TCT Consensus Power Rankings – Round 4
The Easter weekend of footy has come and gone along with some of the best and worst footy seen in a while. The Broncos and Cowboys played out a match fitting of both their standings in the TCT Power…
Post Game Grades – Round 4
Parramatta Eels 8 – Wests Tigers 0 The Good: The second part of the scoreline – keeping the Tigers (an incredibly potent attacking side, mind you) to zero is always going to be a reason to smile. Winning ugly is always…
Tigers Analysis – What To Expect & How To Capitalise
How good was our defense against the Bulldogs last Friday night? Sixties and I were saying in our postmortems that you’d probably have to go back to the earlier years of Brian Smith’s tenure to find a defensive line as…
Forum Folly – Wests Tigers
Spent some time on the Wests Tigers forum this week. What a polite and realistic site that is. Albeit lacking the kabab stories of The Kennel from last week, there were still some gems to be found if you looked…
Player Managers – Walking A Fine Line?
There is little doubt that player managers are a necessity in the world of professional sport. Liaising with clubs, fielding offers, negotiating contracts and TPAs, dealing with media requests – these would all be distracting for athletes who want to…
TCT Consensus Power Rankings – Round 3
Would you look at that? It is Wednesday and the TCT Consensus Power Rankings are out! What happened I hear you say? Just yours truly on the end of your standard ‘BA’ style tongue-lashing from the rest of The Cumberland…