Round 3 Recap: Eagles go to circus; Laugh at Giants

Who said that was going to be boring? Well me for one. And it was. I admit that I switched over to the Hawks game at the end of the 3rd quarter. The first term was all fun and games but then we went into 'Eco-Mode' and cruised the rest of the way.

Sure, the mercenaries, old men and wayward youth of the Giants tried to decapitate some of our guys and end the careers of others, but in football terms they were abysmal. Brogan and Palmer in particular were completely reckless on two occasions as was some other guy whose name I can't be bothered remembering.

Their orange guernseys were also a true travesty. But at least a bumper crowd showed up to their first home game as the figure easily eclipsed the 6000 mark...But at least the ground was in good condition. Well, except for the mud and the fact that it looked like a WAFL ground. If only GWS had've played like a WAFL side then we may have had a half decent contest.

Here are the 5 areas meant to keep things interesting...SPOILER ALERT: They didn't.

1. Margin
It didn't reach the high hundreds. Though we did  have the biggest scoring 1st quarter in our history.

2. Cox and Nic-Nat vs Giles
Giles was predictably dominated by our duo.  He did kick 3 goals in the end though with 11 hitouts. Nic-Nat (26) and Cox(14) combined for 40 hitouts.

3. JJK's Kicking
Okay he only kicked 2.1 with both goals coming early. Still, he didn't need to do anything and like the rest of the team went to sleep after the first.  Shuey with 5 goals and Masten with 3 did a great job converting.

4. H² Goals (Hill/Hams)
H² were rather silent with a goal for each H.

5.The Replacements
 These guys didn't have a great day. McG was the sub and Dalziell injured his right leg when a kamikaze GWS kid flew into him in the second quarter. Kobe had 19 possessions but he wasn't influential. Mitch Brown was solid.

Needless to say, I'm glad this game is over. 3 weeks against teams that have collectively gone 0-9 through  has been like an extension of the preseason. The real stuff is next week, 5:40 at Subiaco against the Hawks.

Bring it on.