Easily pleased you are after he's played 3 competitive games of which we've lost 2 and as a team looked decidedly average in 2 of them. He did naff all tonight too.
As I say....
That's a ridiculous post.
We did look average as a team in 2 of them, but he stood out in the first, and played very well again last night. In the other which we lost he went off injured with plenty of the game left, and I very much doubt we would have lost had he not gone off.
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Blue 'n Amber wrote:Does he?
Easily pleased you are after he's played 3 competitive games of which we've lost 2 and as a team looked decidedly average in 2 of them. He did naff all tonight too.
As I say....
Delaney has looked excellent in all 3 games so far.
I thought he took the ball in really well last night and defended resolutely.
In a game that was not for the outside backs I thought he shone as much if not more than any and I include Inglis in that.
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
Eastwood is quality. Just what we needed this year, and even with all our success over the past few years, is the sort of player we have missed. And I only see him improving once the weather gets better, I would guess the boggy pitches wont be suiting his style. Very quick for a fat lad, he's the sort of player you would dread lining up against. You know he's a handful to put down in attack, and you'd be having half a look to see if he was steaming your way in defence. He does miss a few tackles because of his tendancy to go for the smash, but I'm more than happy to allow a few missed for the entertainment of seeing a couple of super shots. Even though those misses might one day cost us, I watch for the entertainment.
As for Delaney, I think the fact current golden boot winner Greg Inglis was fairly quiet and rarely looked dangerous is testiment to Delaneys defence. Not a bad performance in his first game back from injury.
On the defence note, I also think big raps should go to Danny Mcguire. He put some great shots in last night and stopped the ball getting wide on numerous occasions. He has had some criticism in the past for his defence, which I have always thought was a tad unfair.
Bluey said that Eastwood qould become a cult hero with the Leeds fans and I think he's part way there already. Not only did he wallop their forwards about all night long, he also ran down Billy Slater. In attack we didn't put together too much all night, but as already noted, when the pitches harden up Greg is gonna take some stopping going forward.
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