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Oscar Wilde said it. Brad Arthur agrees with it. Following a 2020 Parramatta Eels campaign that promised plenty only to fall all too familiarly short, there has been talk. Plenty. Arthur has heard most of it. And wants more of it. "If people aren't talking about you, if there's no expectation, then it means you're at the bottom of the ladder and you're no chance," the Eels coach says. Parramatta enter 2021 much the same as they have the past few seasons. With a premiership window well and truly open, but with repeated semi-final failings looming large, Arthur knows things are heating up out w...

Bryce Cartwright sacrificed more than $300,000 to revive his career at Parramatta, but it was a point-blank conversation with Brad Arthur that convinced the Eels he can be toughened up to fit into the club's uncompromising pack. Cartwright has begun his first Parramatta pre-season after severing ties with the Titans in September, signing a one-year, near-minimum wage ($115,000) deal after earning an estimated $450,000 on the Gold Coast. Once heralded as Penrith's future and a NSW Origin squad member, the 26-year-old's fall from grace on the Glitter Strip was dramatic after being released by t...