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Mongrel money: Bargain buys, strategy shake-up powering Parra – NRL.COM
In most eyes, the Eels’ summer at the market saw them pick up a mismatch of mongrels and bitsers that wouldn’t amount to much. But with Parramatta’s bargain buys…

“To win a competition, if it means Ive got to pick up dog poo for the rest of my life, Im happy to do that.”
Brad Arthur offered up that backyard analogy the day before his season started, referencing a long-held, yet to be delivered promise to his daughter the Arthurs get a family pooch when Parramatta gets a premiership.
In most eyes, the Eels’ summer at the market saw them pick up a mismatch of mongrels and ‘bitsers’ that wouldn’t amount to much.
But with bargain buys Isaiah Papali’i, Tom Opacic…
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