[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pirtek Parramatta Eels head coach Michael Hagan and captain Nathan Cayless face the media following Sundays 22-16 loss to the Penrith Panthers at Parramatta Stadium.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Question: Hages would it be fair to say that was a pretty flat performance?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Michael Hagan: I think we lacked a bit of energy in the game for some reason. I thought we started poorly and made it hard for ourselves after that, to get ourselves back in the game, although I thought we gave ourselves some chance to get back in the game in the second half but (we) came up with one poor read in the defensive line which led to their last try.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We probably just ran out of time and a couple of chances in the end I thought. But I thought they played very well and deserved to win.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: How frustrated are you getting Hages playing this sort of game?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MH: I guess its frustrating for everybody, but I guess in some cases were sort of waiting for some things to happen and I think thats how the first half looked. We thought wed be ok but they skipped away to 16 points. And theyre a quality team and theyve got some players that can worry you with the football, which we knew, and they did that pretty well.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: I guess were all waiting for you guys to click do you get that feeling as well?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MH: Yeah, in some ways. But you know this week to week and the quality and the toughness of the competition, most teams are a chance of winning on the day and they I thought played with a little bit more energy and a bit better execution than we did and as I said they deserved to win.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: Nathan does it get hard waiting for things to click? Week to week its the same old story.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nathan Cayless: Yeah, we worked really hard in the second half to get ourselves back in the game and gave ourselves an opportunity but just for some reason our concentration at crucial times of the game, thats what hurt us today. And they were good enough to capitalise on that. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: Michael can you tell us what happened with Hindy today he wasnt going to play?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MH: Early in the week he hurt his foot, which is a separate injury to his toe, which he struggles with every week. Thursday he was definitely not playing and then yesterday the injury had settled down quite a bit and there was no concern of additional damage and he was happy to play and got through our session yesterday morning. It was probably a late call when Chad Robinson stirred his back up and pulled out, so Hindy felt obliged to put his hand up and typically did that for us and played 80 minutes again this afternoon. Fairly courageous effort from him to get out and play 80 minutes of footy.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: Is the confidence still in the squad Nathan? You have a loss like this when you were starting to make headway on the leaders how much does a loss like this set you back?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NC: Not too much, weve got to pick ourselves up and go again next week, its going to be a tough game next week. Were probably lucky in one sense that the competitions so close, but weve got to win those games that we expect as a team to win and do well in. We just gave them a few too many leg ups in the first half, they had us under a lot of pressure and they were able to convert that into points, which was a bit disappointing. But it was a great effort in the second half to get back in the game.[/FONT]
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