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  1. Poupou Escobar

    Stay on your wing ffs!!

    Interesting commentary from Andrew Johns on our defensive decisions on Penrith's first try, at 4:05 in the extended highlights: https://www.nrl.com/watch/matches/telstra-premiership/2023/round-26/panthers-v-eels/ "Once the ball player comes right into the line like Nathan, the outside defenders...
  2. Poupou Escobar

    Winning after a Townsville final?

    Is it harder to back up after a big match in the tropics in September? History says it is. There have been nine occasions where teams played a finals match in Townsville and then had to play the following week. Their record in that second week was a combined 2 from 9 (22%). Here's those...
  3. Poupou Escobar

    It’s game day ffs!

    Wake up merkins! The footy is about to start!
  4. Poupou Escobar

    Eels attack after ten rounds

    So after ten rounds we have scored the third most points in the competition, despite having played half our games against the top five defensive sides. We have made one fewer line break than the Panthers. We need to fix our own defence, but our attack is humming. Good job Murph!
  5. Poupou Escobar

    Doing the same thing and expecting different results

    You merkins need to listen to this podcast: https://player.fm/series/the-rugby-league-digest/the-parramatta-splurge-with-ben-darwin Rugby League Digest. You've probably heard of them. This is their latest podcast, about the 1996 Eels and their poor performance. However it's from a facts-driven...
  6. Poupou Escobar

    Whose play-the-balls lead to the most tries?

    These merkins: Papali'i 10 Campbell-Gillard 7 Nrown 6 Kaufusi 6 Lane 6 Paulo 5 Drown 4 Gutherson 4 Matterson 4 Smith 4 Moses 3 Niukore 3 Opacic 3 Cartwright 2 Scrum 2 Sivo 2 Turnover 2 Blake 1 Ferguson 1 Greig 1 Stone 1
  7. Poupou Escobar

    Arthur's wins until 55%

    16 to go. Come on Arthur's!
  8. Poupou Escobar

    Team succession 2020 -> 2021

    So because I don't do anything detailed or with any level of care or quality, I thought I'd put together a rough list of where each team is likely to improve/decline this year. However I might get bored and only do some of the teams. I'll see how I feel. Eels Improvements Top 17 gains: Opacic...
  9. Poupou Escobar

    Old Eels

    Interesting article: https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/11/25/stat-attack-the-oldest-and-youngest-teams-in-2020/ The three oldest teams in the comp finished in the top four this year. The youngest team ran last. This reminds me of our 2018 season where the two youngest teams finished in 15th and...
  10. Poupou Escobar

    Roosters evolution

    I thought it might be interesting to look at how the Roosters rebuilt after their 2002 premiership squad declined. It'll mostly just be a list of years since 2004 (their third straight grand final) with win rate and position, as well as new signings who played in the top 17 in their first year...
  11. Poupou Escobar

    Arthur's losses until 50%

    Right now he needs six more (wins minus losses) to hit parity. He might even do it this year. As a side note, Gutherson has won more games than Tom Trbojevic and Trbo has lost more games.
  12. Poupou Escobar

    Solid article about defensive workrate

    This clever merkin has worked out a better stat for ddefensive involvement than mere tackles-per-minute: It's a pretty good read, and illustrates some stuff about current and former Eels players. A quote:
  13. Poupou Escobar

    Winning Eels

    I find it disturbingly interesting to follow the win rates of players while playing for Parra. Particularly whether they've won more or less than half their games in an Eels jersey. Obviously those players who hadn't played first grade for us before this year will have positive records as...
  14. Poupou Escobar

    Winningest Eels in 2019

    Small sample but what the f**k. Here's the win percentages of our players this year. Number of games in parenthsjjs: 75% Stone (4 games) 67% Evans (9) 67% Drown (3) 67% Nrown (3) 57% Gower (7) 57% Hoffman (7) 56% Salmon (9) 55% Mennings (11) 55% Moeroa (11) 54% Sivo (13) 50% Gutherson (14) 50%...
  15. Poupou Escobar

    The off contract thread 2023

    This was the state of the 2018 off contract thread in August: It appears Niukore was either re-signed without an announcement, or his initial contract had an extra year in there (perhaps an option?) which was likewise never announced. Leleisiuao, Mahoney and Stone were also already contracted...
  16. Poupou Escobar

    Consecutive top four finishment

    So I was just having a shit, and the thought struck me. This year could be a fairly significant achievement for us, even before we get to the finals. If we again finish in the top four, it will be the first time we have achieved consecutive top four finishes since '98-'99. Only the second time...
  17. Poupou Escobar

    2018 Salary Cap information, including NRL Development List

    Hay Guys! Looks like there is something official about minimum salaries and shit for next year. Feast your eyes (but f**k them too) on this: https://www.nrl.com/operations/the-game/the-salary-cap/ Interesting bits: So we need to sign/upgrade a player by March, and then grab another by the...
  18. Poupou Escobar

    The off contract thread, 2018

    These merkins are (as far as I know) off contract at the end of the season. By this I mean, there has been no signing announcement regarding each player's contract status beyond next year. Some weren't announced at all, and might have signed beyond 2018, while others were announced up until the...
  19. Poupou Escobar

    How good are our hookers? (Not a Bernie joke)

    So I've been involved in a respectful and intellectual discussion on a different Parramatta Eels forum, and I compiled some stats comparing King, Kritchard and Cameron Smith. I repost them here for your arguing pleasure. Obviously some are of less use than others, but I include them here because...
  20. Poupou Escobar

    Winningest Eels

    So the longest serving Eels have, surprise surprise, generally lower win percentages than those who have played the fewest games. Obviously Davis and Ualesi completely disprove my assertion and I am therefore wrong: Games Name Win% 198 Mannah 40.4% 87 Radradra 50.6% 77 Norman 53.3% 77 Terepo...

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