Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:09 pm  

When were we last top of the league ???

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:53 pm  

Great attacking performance, gloss taken off slightly by those two soft tries at the start of the second half, although the second one had a HUGE forward pass in the build up. Hunslet got a bit of a towelling at Halifax as well today so hopefully we'll still be top this time next week! Match report online: http://www.sheffieldeagles.com/index.ph ... Itemid=502

Great attacking performance, gloss taken off slightly by those two soft tries at the start of the second half, although the second one had a HUGE forward pass in the build up. Hunslet got a bit of a towelling at Halifax as well today so hopefully we'll still be top this time next week! Match report online: http://www.sheffieldeagles.com/index.ph ... Itemid=502

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:10 pm  

Wonderful day out today - didn't sample the carnival though (looked fun), sampled some very well kept Ale at The Greyhound before the match.

Great turnout 1815 - looked like more than that to me - big applause to Tim and everyone involved in the promotion & marketing. Good atmosphere - hope we can get as many down to t'Lane a week on Thursday.

No disrespect to Swinton, they're not a bad side, but we really showed our attacking prowess today. Just need to concentrate and smarten up in defence for the full 80.

Hirsty's 2nd try was ridiculous! Had no right to go over from 10 metres out and 3 defenders with him

Has anyone else noticed that Menzie seems to have cleaned up his tackle technique a bit?

Hoping to make it up to Hunslet next week - sponsored Dog Walk in the morning and a Friend's Birthday Meal in the evening - should just about sneak it and bring me Mam with me for a Mothering Sunday Treat.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:13 am  

Ches, was the Greyhound OK?

Do they have a room for hire - or hopefully even free?

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:58 am  

Great in attack mode but now and then the defence seems to go to sleep. We can get away with this against the weaker teams but the better teams might well exploit this more than Swinton could.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:05 am  

From the time of scoring our first try against Leigh we went 80 minutes without conceding a single point (20 mins vs Leigh, 60 mins vs Doncaster) and scored 79 points in that time. We were just a bit complacent at the start of the second half yesterday.

I'm not overly concerned.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:47 am  

Great stuff, a big win and subsequently going top (albeit after one game) will hopefully convince any new comers that were there today. 6 wins in a row and hopefully we can make it 7 next week!

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:51 am  

Was a good win, we did let in some soft tries though but they have got a good little squad there, especially their backs with Higson, Armstrong and Dodd. Their number 6 was a handful as well but can't remember his name.

Good win though! When is the last time we won 7 from 7...?

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:41 pm  

I thought attacking wise we were excellent, some great on the line defending but also some silly mistakes in defence but we will sort those out.

Im delighted at the crowd, great to see such numbers, excellent work by Tim and co. My only concern is how we keep them coming back. Thats whatll get us there.

Onwards and upwards...

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles vs Swinton : Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:27 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

I thought attacking wise we were excellent, some great on the line defending but also some silly mistakes in defence but we will sort those out.

Im delighted at the crowd, great to see such numbers, excellent work by Tim and co. My only concern is how we keep them coming back. Thats whatll get us there.

Onwards and upwards...

To be fair yesterday was a great game for newbies. Plenty of tries, nice weather and a decent atmosphere.

If a percentage of the kids that came in for free start bringing their parents along then we're doing something right.

The people that came to watch us in SL are still out there, they just need tapping in to.