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Eels in the media

Gronk

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the phantom menace said:
Ah, that explains it. Thanks both - and congrats to Mitchell Rein on a lengthy career!

The club should also really announce/pay tribute somehow when a player hangs up their Eels boots in any way.
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King-Gutho94 said:
Resources mate we cant afford to even get a Brendan Hands profile put on the Eels website.

Let alone announce a tribute to Mitch Rein.
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PJ was another one of the shock retirement players. He was on a SBS talk show a few years ago explaining how his career ended.
 
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Twizzle said:
wasn't it a bad back/neck ?
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Angry_eel said:
Yes, broke his neck or a neck disc.
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I thought it was from being grossed out after being spat on by Shane Dunley.

www.smh.com.au

Manly won't buy into spat over spit amid talk of fresh angle

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Remember when his barrister got him off by saying that Shane just had a reflux problem that day ? Good times.

www.abc.net.au

Dunley wins spitting appeal

Manly hooker Shayne Dunley is clear to play against Penrith on Sunday after the NRL appeals committee upheld his appeal against a four-week ban on Friday night.
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lucablight said:
I noticed with interest that Matt Thompson asked Phil Gould about what made their defence so good. Gus said something about it being based on principles but then refused to elaborate saying it was a secret.
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I don't believe that for a second. If there is some new way or principles that a team works out in defense or offence, then every other coach would break his neck to find out what they are and add it to their methods as well.

Besides there are no secrets in RL, let alone for more the 3 years. What about all the ex-Panther players or extended staff like Barrett, don't you think that they/he would have spilt the tea?

Very naïve to think that such a thing is possible for to long in the NRL. Gus just doesn't what to let the cat out of the bag to the wider public because then it will be scrutinised even further by everyone and seeing he probably has one of the main architects as his clubs coach now, that would be non productive for them. Why shine a light on something when you can down play it. Plus Gus loves to be mysterious and to seem smarter then everyone else.

But you can rest assured that most if not all clubs know exactly what the Panthers do, copying it though to the extent and quality of the Panthers is a different matter, because like all things it all depends on who the players in your squad are and if they fit into that style or not. If you don't have the quality cattle, then it doesn't matter what you know, just like the Dogs are showing us all this season. Otherwise they too would be playing and defending as well as the Panthers right? After all both Gus and Ciraldo know exactly what the Panthers know.

What you think that they said, 'Nup we don't want to defend that well', along with the rest of the NRL clubs too?
 
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EELS FORM TEAM OF THE COMP AFTER STUNNING RESURGENCE

It’s been quite the turnaround from the Parramatta Eels.

Six weeks ago, last year’s runners-up were languishing towards the bottom of the ladder, having won just four games from 11. They were also one of the worst defensive units in the competition.

At that stage, it had so far been a season of near misses and close results, but coaches and players were confident that things would soon take a turn in their favour – and it has.

Parra have since won five straight games and have remarkably improved from 14th position at the end of Round 11 to be 5th as of the completion of Round 17.

In that span, the Eels have tightened up the screws, letting in just 13.6 points a game and key players like Clinton Gutherson and Mitchell Moses playing inspired footy.

One thing that has stayed the same this season has been their electric attack, and the favourable trend on Saturday when the club recorded a 77-year first against the Dolphins.

The Eels’ 42 first half points was the most in the club’s history. They would only add six more points in the second half, but their 48 for the match would take Parramatta’s 2023 total to 440.

That figure is a whopping 52 points ahead of the second-highest scoring team (Rabbitohs).

With the Eels seemingly getting their defence sorted, they are a scary prospect for any side to face at the moment.

Moses, three nights off a solid performance for the Blues in State of Origin Game II, passed 1000 career points during the Dolphins’ rout. The halfback credited his teammates for bouncing back after a disappointing start to the season.

“We weren’t happy with how we started the year obviously but now it’s the first time we have won five straight in a very long time,” Moses told Lara Pitt on Fox League post-game.

“We weren’t too far off though and now we’ve been putting together some good performances and hopefully we can continue that for the rest of the year.”

Eels coach Brad Arthur also expressed how “proud” he was of his side over the past few weeks as they prepare for some “big games” coming up.

“We’ve won five in a row, we haven’t done that at the club in my time,” Arthur said after Saturday’s win.

“We were in a bit of a hole at the start of the year... So to turn it around and win five straight in this comp is a good effort.

“We have some big games coming up.

“I was proud of the boys for not losing their nerve over the past five weeks, and we’ve stuck to what we want to do and the style of footy we want to play and we’ve come out the other side of it.”

www.foxsports.com.au

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