A number of the guys have been suffering from sore throats and upset stomachs. So to be fair to them we're giving them as long as we possibly can to get over it so we have the largest pool of players available for selection, |
Actually, I can't run or catch quite as well as I used to anymore, |
Effectively, we have only one full-time prop who is fit - Lee Harrison. Euan might make it for the weekend but we will probably have to ask for a club prop like Eric to step up. |
He requested an early release to pursue his playing elsewhere so it's by mutual agreement he's leaving. |
He was the type of person that made everyone around him want to be as enthusiastic and passionate as he was. From a winning and losing standpoint, he had a lot to do with the Eskimos winning. |
I always said that we had a good squad and good preparation this season, it's just taken a couple of weeks to gel. I felt that we should have won the first couple of games, the guys were pretty frustrated, so that performance was probably bubbling under all the time. |
It was a fantastic squad performance. Our defence was outstanding throughout the game. Tonight's result has banished the ghost of our first two performances when we did not finish teams off. The guys were focused and determined and really played as a team. It was the kind of performance that has always just been bubbling under the surface. |
It was flat out there. There was no atmosphere which definitely did not help, |
It would have invalidated making the team if Jackie Parker wasn't on the team |
People are going berserk. They were lined out in the street yesterday, filling their tanks and topping off, |
Teams in the other Celtic League countries are playing in front of seven and eight thousand. We are not getting an advantage from being at home. |
We got ten points up and seemed to think that all we had to do was turn up and play, |
We now have real problems at prop because Euan Murray is still to return from injury, and Ben Prescott may have to undergo a shoulder operation, |
We now have real problems at prop because Euan Murray is still to return from injury, and Ben Prescott may have to undergo a shoulder operation. That leaves us with only one full-time prop in Lee Harrison. Euan might make it back this week, but if he doesn't we'll be looking for a club prop to step up, probably Eric Milligan [of Glasgow Hawks]. |
We won't know until later how serious it is although it doesn't look too clever. |