While I may have my holidays mixed up, this Easter I’m going to be thankful for a week of off-field insanity that has left me with zero room to focus on the performance of the Parramatta Eels. Last week was…
The Preview – Round 6, 2025: Eels vs Raiders
Happy Darwin is Done day to all who celebrate, and given that the audience here should be almost entirely Eels fans (with maybe a few stray, curious Raiders dropping by; hello Raiders fans, always had a soft spot for you…
The Preview – Round 5, 2025: Eels vs Dragons
It is everyone’s dream to be the best version of yourself when bumping into your ex for the first time since the breakup, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen for you. With Clint Gutherson dropping by to pick his hair…
The Preview – Round 4, 2025: Eels vs Sea Eagles
Here we go again. It’s Manly. It’s Parra. It’s Brookvale. It’s wet. It could be very ugly. Despite the bounce back in effort shown by the Eels last week, the high flying Sea Eagles on their home track is one…
The Preview – Round 3, 2025: Eels vs Bulldogs
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I got what I deserved for having faith in a Parramatta Eels turnaround last week, in the form of two hours of steaming, sweating misery and disgusting football.…
The Preview – Round 2, 2025: Eels vs Tigers
What a week. I’ve lived through some dark weeks as an Eels fan; salary cap dramas, Ricky Stuart’s overhead projector, nearly every Magic Round since it started, but these last seven days were right up there. The rare combination of…
The Preview – Round 1, 2025: Eels vs Storm
Welcome to season 2025! Going by the discourse this past week, Eels fans are in midseason form when it comes to groaning and bemoaning as the news of Mitchell Moses’ extended absence has sent waves of negativity through an ocean…
The Preview – Round 27, 2024: Eels vs Tigers
A mercy to us all, by 8PM tonight season 2024 will be in the books, one way or the other. Either the Wests Tigers or Parramatta Eels will take the dreaded wooden spoon, both deserving candidates but only one can…
The Preview – Round 26, 2024: Eels vs Dragons
It’s Member Appreciation Day for Parramatta fans today, and while the most appreciative thing the Eels could do for me in season 2024 is put me out of my misery, I’d settle for a second best of an upset win…
The Preview – Round 25, 2024: Eels vs Broncos
The 2024 season has been in the “let’s get this over with” phase since just about round 4, but this week feels especially like a game that is making up the numbers. Minor chance of victory, neither team with much…