RD 5 Eagles v Panthers Review

[Mickyj]

I reckon South played 100% better than the first three quarters of last week. Maybe if they had of kicked straighter at crucial points of the match it may have been a different result. South played smarter footy in the slippery and gale force cross breeze conditions by not being handball happy like we were. I'm biased, but I think BOG should go to Ken McGregor for his number of repels out of defence, a sure mark in those winds and didn't waste his disposals. But going on last year, James Boyd will probably be awarded the 3 Magarey Votes.

On a side note, Anthony Carlile would have to feel unlucky, a rarest of rare free kicks in the SANFL (a deliberate out of bounds) against him, which was just plain wrong. He paddles the ball about 30 metres along the boundary line under pressure, gathers it and handballs it in front of him. It goes out of bounds and gets penalised.

I don't recall wind like that before during a match, just nudging out the 2000 match at Richmond for mine. But the rain during the Reserves was something notable:



The scores were:

Reserves:
Eagles 5.3 9.6 10.8 18.10 (118)
South 1.0 1.1 2.2 2.5 (17)

League:
Eagles 4.1 5.1 8.2 11.4 (70)
South 0.1 2.7 4.8 5.11 (41)

I think that the rain at Noarlunga at the start of the 16s was heavier that what's in the picture. It was so heavy that I could just see the goals at the Northern end from the timekeepers box.

All I know is the roof of the Jarman stand sounded like it was going to lift off in the wind. And on the way home the birkenhead bridge was closed due to an unexpected king tide .Going over the other bridge I think the rich people living in new port quays may have been worried the river was lapping at their front doors,not joking.
So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

[Mickyj]

And at least for this week, if the premiership ladder looked familiar enough with Central on top, what about now...

1 Central 4 4 0 0 486 295 62.23 8
2 Eagles 5 3 1 1 422 339 55.45 7
3 North 4 3 1 0 360 326 52.48 6

And the Reserves:
1 Eagles 5 4 1 0 583 307 65.51 8
2 Central 4 4 0 0 371 234 61.32 8

Spellcheck you may confirm what my lad has been telling me .Percentage for the Eagles doesn't matter as long as the Eagles keep winning due to the Draw.He tells me the only time percentage will be a problem is if one of the other top teams has a draw as well.

And yes Smac just like the old days.Big worry for the other SANFL is that the Eagles will and need to improve more as the year goes on .Plus the side is winning without Mark Passador .
Makes everyone think hey

[Dutchy]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

[Mickyj]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

yep But I was there .Were u at adelaide oval wasn't many there for the Anzac day clash.I'll edit this by saying I just read you were at Adelaide Oval .So no offence meant .

[Dutchy]

I certainly appluad those that went, but we cant start accepting these small crowds.

Overseas they get 70,000 to stadiums when its minus 10 and snowing!

[Jackal]

Eagles just did enough against the Panthers who had a real crack at it, I thought Boyd and Rolfe were very good and McKernan shows he has class. Eagles had all the luck - we got the best deal from the umps for a change and South missed some very easy opportunities to close the gap.
The next 2 weeks will see where we are at, we were good against Glenelg who are out of form and we have only beaten the bottom team (Port) and South.

[qwerty]

I certainly appluad those that went, but we cant start accepting these small crowds.

Overseas they get 70,000 to stadiums when its minus 10 and snowing!

Overseas they also have also have populations probably 20 times the population of Adelaide.

It looks like crowds were down everywhere yesterday.

[mighty_tiger_79]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

when we were struggling thats all we were getting to games and didnt even have the weather to blame

[matt1]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

when we were struggling thats all we were getting to games and didnt even have the weather to blame

No doubt the Eagles need to improve their attendances. But, let's not start throwing stones..... Have a look at Glenelg's supporter base demographics compared with the Eagles. A team who started in 1991 with half the supporters of Woodville and West Torrens.... the other half left because of the merger. It would seem the Bay supporters are up and about and have found their mouths again after a few years of good crowds!!!!

[spell_check]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

when we were struggling thats all we were getting to games and didnt even have the weather to blame

No doubt the Eagles need to improve their attendances. But, let's not start throwing stones..... Have a look at Glenelg's supporter base demographics compared with the Eagles. A team who started in 1991 with half the supporters of Woodville and West Torrens.... the other half left because of the merger. It would seem the Bay supporters are up and about and have found their mouths again after a few years of good crowds!!!!

I don't think you interpreted that quite right - mt79 said that that's all they were getting to games in fine or decent conditions.

[eaglehaslanded]

Good win and another 2 premiership points in the bank. Solid effort by Kenny McG and McKenzie, Allmond is a gem - just a pity we will lose him to the AFL in the near future. I had a feeling though in dryer weather we probably would have won by 10 - 15 goals. Sorry South supporters but your in for another very long winter.

[wedgetail]

Kenneth was a great leader on saturday. Onballers will need to lift this week against North. North recently have run us off our feet because they have got the ball first.

[Mickyj]

Kenneth was a great leader on saturday. Onballers will need to lift this week against North. North recently have run us off our feet because they have got the ball first.

Very well spotted wedgetail .eagles onballers need to lift .

[Dutchy]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

when we were struggling thats all we were getting to games and didnt even have the weather to blame

No doubt the Eagles need to improve their attendances. But, let's not start throwing stones..... Have a look at Glenelg's supporter base demographics compared with the Eagles. A team who started in 1991 with half the supporters of Woodville and West Torrens.... the other half left because of the merger. It would seem the Bay supporters are up and about and have found their mouths again after a few years of good crowds!!!!

I wasnt having a go at any club actually, I was just commenting on that Micky said it was a good turnout, which it wasnt

[Mickyj]

So all in all in that weather 1200 fans would be a good turnout.

1200 fans is a terrible turnout no matter what the conditions are

when we were struggling thats all we were getting to games and didnt even have the weather to blame

No doubt the Eagles need to improve their attendances. But, let's not start throwing stones..... Have a look at Glenelg's supporter base demographics compared with the Eagles. A team who started in 1991 with half the supporters of Woodville and West Torrens.... the other half left because of the merger. It would seem the Bay supporters are up and about and have found their mouths again after a few years of good crowds!!!![/quote]

I wasnt having a go at any club actually, I was just commenting on that Micky said it was a good turnout, which it wasnt[/quote]

I only meant in the weather conditions don't tell me the entire round was well attended except for woodville oval .I am just glad the game was at woodville and not norlunga no one would have gone .

[Monkey]

Eagles are a class above the Panthers. Clay Sampson as a coach

[Aerie]

Luke Powell is set to miss 2 months according to the Messenger website. He's having a groin operation. Massive blow to the Eagles.