How good’s winning! Our Eels defied expectations and responded to an embarrassing loss by defeating the highly fancied North Queensland Cowboys. Earlier in the day, the NSW Cup team had recorded their first win of the season by overcoming the…
The Preview – Round 7, 2024: Eels vs Dolphins
While I’m not taking much more from last week’s unexpected win than the ability to enjoy engaging with football again for the first time in a fortnight, the Parramatta Eels have a ripping opportunity to go back-to-back against a weakened…
From The Stands – April 16, 2024: Desire And The King
Professional sport is all about winning. Let’s take a cliche that we heard numerous times recently as the pressure mounted on both Jason Demetriou and Brad Arthur. “The NRL is a results driven business”. The jobs of players, coaches and…
Post Game Grades – Round 6 vs North Queensland Cowboys
The Cumberland Throw’s patented, award winning post game grades for the Parramatta Eels’ round 6 2024 clash with the North Queensland Cowboys.
It’s In Our Blood – 77 Years Of Blue And Gold
This has not been one of the better weeks for Eels supporters. In the grand scheme of the club and its history, there have been tougher times, way tougher. That’s not to downplay the current concerns of fans, because there…
The Preview – Round 6, 2024: Eels vs Cowboys
There aren’t a lot of positives to being an Eels fan right now. It has become tradition for Parramatta to deliver a month or so of putrid football in every season, but usually we don’t expect that to start until…
From The Stands – April 10, 2024: Time To Turn Up
Disappointing, frustrating, confusing. We can all probably add far more colourful adjectives to our thoughts about what we witnessed from the Eels on Sunday. Most of us are realists. We understand that having a linchpin like Mitch Moses missing from…
The Preview – Round 5, 2024: Eels vs Raiders
It’s five days on, but I’m still not ready to forgive and forget the Easter Monday calamity that the Parramatta Eels delivered to fans. I’ve barely engaged with football all week long, though the relentless bore of Zac Lomax rumours…
The Corner Post – April 5, 2024: Round 4 Delivers The Highs And Lows
How did you enjoy those five days of footy over the Easter break? That probably depended on the fortunes of your team. The long weekend delivered it’s share of surprises, and there were unhappy fans of a number of clubs…
From The Stands – April 2, 2024: Wrong Selection Calls And A Lost Identity
The words I used to describe the Eels first three games were discipline and composure. Strangely, those two qualities went AWOL against the Tigers. To be honest, my worries started from the moment the starting team was announced. Winning games…