As a rugby league fan (me being an eels fan aside), i know you blokes lost, but surely you can't be too dissapointed.
You played a team which had lost 4 in a row to start the year, who welcomed back their game breaker, and a team who had copped it all year in the media. I guess we can also say the hindy announcement, and the fact this was a 4th home game in 5 games for the eels helped our cause.
In contrast, you blokes have been to england, NZ, and on the road for pretty much every game this year. You were missing 3 internationals, and had another 1 go off with 15 mins to go.
Taking all this in to consideration the boys were far below their best, dropped alot of ball and some silly penalties, but kept hitting back, and hanging in there. I mean you guys even took the lead with 22 mins to go. I agree with Toovey i think a normal manly team would have won, without the injuries (not counting suspension as it;s his own fault), you guys would have a much better record than 2-3. You can't deny the opposition either.
Anyways i hate manly, always have and always will, but if you guys had of won, we would all be praising how gritty and determined the win was despite not being at their best. I think it's amusing that a result overrides what actually happened throughout the game.
You played a team which had lost 4 in a row to start the year, who welcomed back their game breaker, and a team who had copped it all year in the media. I guess we can also say the hindy announcement, and the fact this was a 4th home game in 5 games for the eels helped our cause.
In contrast, you blokes have been to england, NZ, and on the road for pretty much every game this year. You were missing 3 internationals, and had another 1 go off with 15 mins to go.
Taking all this in to consideration the boys were far below their best, dropped alot of ball and some silly penalties, but kept hitting back, and hanging in there. I mean you guys even took the lead with 22 mins to go. I agree with Toovey i think a normal manly team would have won, without the injuries (not counting suspension as it;s his own fault), you guys would have a much better record than 2-3. You can't deny the opposition either.
Anyways i hate manly, always have and always will, but if you guys had of won, we would all be praising how gritty and determined the win was despite not being at their best. I think it's amusing that a result overrides what actually happened throughout the game.
