Round 3 Recap: Eagles Make Ugly Ducklings Look like Beautiful Swans

The Eagles faced their demons Saturday night, who were actually Swans, and did not prevail. It was another extremely frustrating performance against our modern nemesis (the embodiment of evil).
It was a game reminiscent of past matches against Sydney (Post-Juddas) where the Eagles tease us into thinking they're going to win only to be overrun in the final few minutes.
I would even go so far too say there is no rivalry anymore. We can't beat them. They, in terms of wins and losses, dominate us.

Goodes was brilliant. Scott Selwood said:

Goodes probably came in and towelled us up a little bit towards the end there. That was a big disappointment.

 It reminded me of that Simpsons scene where Homer is running around the boys changing room trying to whip Uter with a towel. That was funny. Oh, that was funny.



Their midfield was better than our midfield. This isn't surprising, our midfield is fairly tame. 
We ran out of puff and they didn't. Young Selwood admitted as much after the game:

Our major strength so far this season has probably been our fourth quarters, and today that definitely wasn't the case," he said.

Enough said. Congrats to the bastards.

To the positives and again it was our rucks (68-38 in hitouts). Cox is back to vintage Cox. He is the best, most talented, most versatile, most accomplished ruckman in the competition. He is healthy again and he is slaughtering the opposition. He won the HMAS Sydney II Trophy....hmmm...I don't know what the hell that is and frankly enough with the trophies and cups.  
Anyway, as much as Naitanui doesn't do, we should praise what he does do. He provides Cox with much needed opportunities to rest, either upforward and in the forward line. Moreover, he can be highly influential both without and without the ball. His goal with 6 seconds left in the first quarter was simply extraodinary.  
I thought our forwards were solid, although they faded late.

Where does that leave us? 2-1 after 3 games is where a realist would've put us. A realist would put us 2-2 after next week's outing against the Hawks in Tasmania.
As a misanthropic Eagle I would have to agree with those realists. The Hawks look strong. They get Rioli back ( a boost for both them and my Supercoach team). But hey, we should be fired up following that breakdown.

Our midfield needs to win some clearances and use the ball better...I've heard that before.

Until next time

Mis. Eagle.