Today I am going to Parra ground to see the clash between Eels and Penrith. I have an open mind - our team may loose or win but one thing I can say about them that those 16 players are very brave and tough to meet any challenge. They give their best effort day in and day out and I am happy about that. Some of the days they falter we all do. Everyday in our office is not the same we all make mistake. I feel proud when I see blue and gold army on the field it is a feeling I guess cannot express in words. I am proud that I am EELS supporter not because of our great history our club carries but they way they perform day in and day out in spite of ref bad decision, poor media coverage.
About our coach, Bryan Smith I do not believe that a coach is not performing intentionally as the way media puts out. I read the interview with Bryan Smith and I feel we are too hasty to judge him. Every year we are churning players after players who join other clubs and they are successful. It is true Salary cap has hit us big time.
Let's take a hypothetical situation... if we had retained the same team, as 2001 do you think our performance would have been like this. Personally I do not think so. We have lots of good players in fact one of our ex-player is a captain for a team. We have produced players like PJ marsh, Himdmarsh brothers, Hogdson, WIllie Tonga. There are clubs in NRL who can go around the salary cap
I would like to see how the team like Roosters, dogs perform this time.
I have changed my attitude toward the game. I started ignoring media because I feel they are very much politicised. At the end of the day no players wants to loose. That is the fact. We have a new team and I think we need sometime to develop a style. If we can reach that height in 2001 we can do that again. If the players we have stay for another 2 years we can achieve what we have set to achieve.
Lastly, we do not have players who will back us in media or other place. I would expect legends like Peter Sterling, Kenny to come forward and take an active role in our club. I think our club is one of the greatest clubs and I am proud of it and so lots of people around.
I know it is not far that we will rule the comp... For time being I would request fan to have patience.
Thank you.
About our coach, Bryan Smith I do not believe that a coach is not performing intentionally as the way media puts out. I read the interview with Bryan Smith and I feel we are too hasty to judge him. Every year we are churning players after players who join other clubs and they are successful. It is true Salary cap has hit us big time.
Let's take a hypothetical situation... if we had retained the same team, as 2001 do you think our performance would have been like this. Personally I do not think so. We have lots of good players in fact one of our ex-player is a captain for a team. We have produced players like PJ marsh, Himdmarsh brothers, Hogdson, WIllie Tonga. There are clubs in NRL who can go around the salary cap
I would like to see how the team like Roosters, dogs perform this time.
I have changed my attitude toward the game. I started ignoring media because I feel they are very much politicised. At the end of the day no players wants to loose. That is the fact. We have a new team and I think we need sometime to develop a style. If we can reach that height in 2001 we can do that again. If the players we have stay for another 2 years we can achieve what we have set to achieve.
Lastly, we do not have players who will back us in media or other place. I would expect legends like Peter Sterling, Kenny to come forward and take an active role in our club. I think our club is one of the greatest clubs and I am proud of it and so lots of people around.
I know it is not far that we will rule the comp... For time being I would request fan to have patience.
Thank you.
