simz said:
Maybe we should make sure riccardi is signed up before next week.
yes. Yes we should.
Seriously - people on this site were panicking with our draw months ago - they were saying that we would be lucky to win two of our first five with the programme we had.
We played last years grand finalists with an almost full strength side and won.
We played the team the 'experts' installed as favourites, and won comfortably.
We lost to a vastly improved Sharks team in terrible conditions and had no calls go our way.
We lost to last years premiers and premiership favourites with some poor execution and missing fire power.
We walked into an ambush last night without our captain and ex player in a game that was only ever Parra's to win.
NOT ONE of these games have been at HOME.
Young players are getting the taste of first grade in small stints with no long term injury - forcing them into first grade for a long spell indefinitely - that could lead to them burning out or cracking under week in week out pressure.
Players like Tafua, Whare and Skinner will work that much harder when they get back to NSW Cup and when we call on them again they will be better for it.
2 from five is about par for the start to the season in the Hasler era (except when we blitzed then faded in 05). We will be killing it in August once players futures are settled and we have a solid home game stretch.
B2B with 2V
PS if you play with the aspect control on your TV when the Eagles are playing you can make Darcy Lussick into Vic Muro by setting widescreen on/off.
Seriously - people on this site were panicking with our draw months ago - they were saying that we would be lucky to win two of our first five with the programme we had.
We played last years grand finalists with an almost full strength side and won.
We played the team the 'experts' installed as favourites, and won comfortably.
We lost to a vastly improved Sharks team in terrible conditions and had no calls go our way.
We lost to last years premiers and premiership favourites with some poor execution and missing fire power.
We walked into an ambush last night without our captain and ex player in a game that was only ever Parra's to win.
NOT ONE of these games have been at HOME.
Young players are getting the taste of first grade in small stints with no long term injury - forcing them into first grade for a long spell indefinitely - that could lead to them burning out or cracking under week in week out pressure.
Players like Tafua, Whare and Skinner will work that much harder when they get back to NSW Cup and when we call on them again they will be better for it.
2 from five is about par for the start to the season in the Hasler era (except when we blitzed then faded in 05). We will be killing it in August once players futures are settled and we have a solid home game stretch.
B2B with 2V
PS if you play with the aspect control on your TV when the Eagles are playing you can make Darcy Lussick into Vic Muro by setting widescreen on/off.