What a strange week. It seems incongruous to report feeling frustrated in a week which delivered great results, but that’s exactly how the past seven days in PARRAdise impacted me. The Eels club were scattered far and wide in their…
Stats That Matta – Round 4, 2019: Eels Defeat Sharks
STATS THAT MATTA Round 4 EELS 24 (Tries: M. Jennings x 2, M. Niukore, B. Takairangi. Goals: M. Moses 4 from 4) Defeat SHARKS 12 (Tries: S. Feki x 2. Goals: K. Flanagan 2 from 2) Saturday, April 6 2019…
From The Stands – Our Kingdom For Our King
What price should you place on leadership? The words from Jack Gibson are more succinct then I could ever be. He said, “to win a championship, you’ve got to have a nucleus of five or six real tough, hard competitors. To…
The Preview – Round 4, 2019: Eels vs Sharks
Date: Saturday, 6th April, 2019 Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park Kick Off: 7:35pm Head Referee: Chris Sutton Assistant Referee: Chris Butler Head-to-head: Played 92 Eels 42 Sharks 48 Drawn 2 Odds: Eels $2.00 Sharks $1.85 Broadcast: Foxtel Last Four…
This Week In PARRAdise – Issue 3: Losing Isn’t Impressive, But It Won’t Hurt
The first loss of the year. Is it good news or bad? Can we even answer that question before the Eels take on the Sharks this week? There seems to be universal consensus that the Eels matched it with the…
From The Stands – Know Your Role
Like any supporter, I always hope for a win and cannot accept defeat easily. Accordingly it was wonderful to watch from the stands as my Eels team took it to a premiership heavyweight like the Roosters and competed with self-belief,…
This Week In PARRAdise – Issue 2: Managing The Media
As an Eels supporter site, The Cumberland Throw has become part of the NRL social media family. First and foremost, we are Parramatta supporters, so when the time comes to report or comment on issues in the club, we are…
The Preview – Round 3, 2019: Eels vs Roosters
Date: Friday, 29 March, 2019 Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park Kick Off: 7:55pm Head Referee: Gerard Sutton Assistant Referee: Peter Gough Head-to-head: Played 147 Roosters 76. Eels 65 Drawn 6 Odds: Eels $3.00 Roosters $1.40 Broadcast: Foxtel, Nine Last…
From The Stands – Actions Speak Louder Than Words
In the days leading up to last weekend there were many words spoken. There were the reports of Dylan Brown apparently making himself available to the biggest offer. Then there was the backlash from supporters taking the reports at face…
This Week In PARRAdise – Issue 1: Getting The Monkey Off The Back
Welcome to this week in PARRAdise, a weekly wrap covering the main events of the past week for the Parramatta Eels. In what may be a case of the football gods smiling on a poor forsaken Eels supporter, I’m able…