Hello
I'm a long time parasite, now first time poster here.
I moved to Perth over a year ago now and the last game I went to was the Fathers Day massacre of the Broncos 68-22.
So it was great to see the mighty eels again today, I think overall the result bodes well for the year, I'm excited.
Parra started with a more inexperienced team than St George and the scoreboard reflected that. As Anderson slowly brought on the more experienced players Parra got back into the game to trail by only 2. A freak bounce from a kick led to the Dragons try that gave them an 8 point lead with time winding down, they then scored again when the game was pretty much over.
Shack was great, he made some crunching tackles early and later on made some good hard runs, excellent buy.
Humble handled it, he didn't look brilliant but didn't look out of place either.
Inu was just like last year, not a good sign. He didn't do anything wrong but just doesn't seem like the player he used to be, or could be.
Mateo looked good, he didn't play the first half but started in the second. He made a break and sent KK away with his first touch of the game, KK nearly scored. Parra scored later in that set anyway.
The guy who looks a bit like Moi Moi went good, I didn't have a program so there were some players that I had no clue about, but the Moi Moi clone played like a Moi Moi clone.
Not as big an impact of Fui but runs straight and hard, not stopping at the line like Cayless.
With Poore, Moi Moi, Cayless, Moi Moi jnr., Hindy, Smith, Mannah and Shack our forwards look a lot better than I thought. With the dynamite backline we're going to have a ripper season, bring it on.
Edit- one other thing to look out for is our kick offs, some were like midfield bombs. They went high and come down in the middle, putting the Dragons under pressure to rush in and catch it. They may not do it in the proper comp but you never know.
