Finals footy has come a week early for the Eels as we get a Thursday night CommBank blockbuster against our modern rivals, the Melbourne Storm. If there has been a bigger home game than this in recent years, I got…
The Preview – Round 24, 2022: Eels vs Broncos
The lazy rugby league headline writers (so basically all of them) will have it in drafts already: “X point turnaround as Broncos rebound after week from hell”. In a game where form is week to week it always seems to…
The Preview – Round 23, 2022: Eels vs Bulldogs
It isn’t the psychological profile I prefer in my football teams, but if it’s true that the Parramatta Eels need to lose one to win one then the Canterbury Bulldogs are in for it this weekend. The Eels have occasionally…
The Preview – Round 22, 2022: Eels vs Rabbitohs
Here we go again. After tumbling down Mount Redfern on every attempt to conquer it over the last three years, the Eels have brushed themselves off and are taking another crack. The attempts haven’t been pretty, rarely has Parramatta even…
The Preview – Round 21, 2022: Eels vs Sea Eagles
It hasn’t been the traditional lead-up to a clash of Manly and Parra, but this shapes as the most important clash between the heroes in Blue and Gold and their dastardly northern beaches nemesis in some time. A win just…
The Preview – Round 20, 2022: Eels vs Panthers
It feels like I’m wasting my time previewing Parramatta games at this point. Tactics and matchups don’t matter, the only question pertinent to the result is whether the Eels play well or not. Not once this year has Parramatta lost…
The Preview – Round 19, 2022: Eels vs Broncos
Alright Eels fans, time to get serious. A brutal run to the finals begins this week, as Parramatta hosts Brisbane in the most crucial matchup of their season so far, at least until next round. Brad Arthur is preparing his…
The Preview – Round 18, 2022: Eels vs Warriors
The Eels begin a three game homestand this week, with a run to the finals that features six of eight matches at CommBank and all but one clash in the Thursday or Friday time slots. While there are big questions…
The Preview – Round 17, 2022: Eels vs Tigers
I am not feeling season 2022. Maybe it’s the impending departures and team shake-up after many years of squad stability. Maybe it’s being worn down from years of being close but not quite there, of club-wide issues that remain unresolved…
The Preview – Round 16, 2022: Eels vs Rabbitohs
When the 2022 draw came out, the round 15-16 double is the one I circled as the test of where the Parramatta Eels are at compared to years gone by. You could set your watch to an Eels hiding at…