My Ten Cents Worth....

[Johnny Tobin]

The MRC thing is freaking me out.

Not me.

I am expecting to lose Moa and Maloney for a week as worst case - and I still think we will win.

[Spirit of 66]

Player 1, Keith Page - I despised. Been a Easts man a tad longer than yourself. I recall Page sent off 3 Easts players prior 72 and one of them was cleanskin Johnny Peard against Manly on the SCG match of the day

I was at that game. I'm trying to remember the other 2 he sent off. I think Jim Morgan was one.

I'm also still seething about the final of the pre-season competition that year. Souths v Easts at the SFS. We scored two tries to nil, but lost 10-8. Page gave the Vermin 10 penalties to nil.

(Ben Cummins is Keith Page reincarnated. They both smell like sulphur.)

[Spirit of 66]

I think his name explains why he may be scarred. They didn't win a game that season.

Correct, JT, but I didn't became a Roosters fan until my Dad took me to see them play (and lose) the minor semi-final in 1967.

So I'm just another bandwagoner after all...

[Johnny Tobin]

Correct, JT, but I didn't became a Roosters fan until my Dad took me to see them play (and lose) the minor semi-final in 1967.

So I'm just another bandwagoner after all...

You have been around so long you have rusted on to the bandwagon.

[bondi paul]

Correct, JT, but I didn't became a Roosters fan until my Dad took me to see them play (and lose) the minor semi-final in 1967.

So I'm just another bandwagoner after all...

I too was at that semi final against the Berries ( Canterbury) . The year of when limited tackles was introduced. 4 tackle rule.

[bondi paul]

[QUOTE=Spirit of 66;n618801]

I was at that game. I'm trying to remember the other 2 he sent off. I think Jim Morgan was one.

I'm also still seething about the final of the pre-season competition that year. Souths v Easts at the SFS. We scored two tries to nil, but lost 10-8. Page gave the Vermin 10 penalties to nil.

(Ben Cummins is Keith Page reincarnated. They both smell like sulphur.)

[/QUOTE
Could have been John Quayle and Louis Neumann but Peard was a definite

[Parkway_Drive]

It was just fantastic, Friday night.
We smashed them in every meaning of the term, ....they won't recover for awhile.
Our forwards have gone to another level since JWH has been unavailable, every bloody one of them.
You could say our form in the first half was so hot that it melted the numbers of our friggen jerseys.

But I still worry.
The optimist in me died a couple of years back, but I remain a realist.
Friday night will be hard to top, as 12 in a row becomes nerve wracking.
And we will cop the game managers with their QLD agenda.
It won't be easy from here.

Trent has a difficult task to keep this team on a high for another few weeks.
He's already proved to me that he's one of the two best coaches we've had, but winning this year would prove he's in the great catagory.
Good thing for us that the powers that be under- value the minor premiership.(should be more dough to the club but)

Can we keep this up?

T.I.T.
The red bars have spoken.

GO EASTS.

Good post mate!

Actually enjoyed this thread, nice reading a bit of history albeit not very happy memories about Keith Page (before my time as a supporter). It actually for a moment got me a bit worried about his evil spawn Ben Cummins.

Having said that we have been getting a fair crack from the refs and I don't expect it will change dramatically come the finals cos if it did it will be irrefutable proof the NRL is corrupt.

We have the team to win it this year and I really only see the Storm as the team that could stop us if we are anywhere near en song.

It is a new competiition the finals, history beckons our team, streak or no streak, the equation now is to win 3 games.

Just like 2013 I expect a replay for our 1st week semi final as the decider.

[Darkone]

Good post mate!

Actually enjoyed this thread, nice reading a bit of history albeit not very happy memories about Keith Page (before my time as a supporter). It actually for a moment got me a bit worried about his evil spawn Ben Cummins.

Having said that we have been getting a fair crack from the refs and I don't expect it will change dramatically come the finals cos if it did it will be irrefutable proof the NRL is corrupt.

We have the team to win it this year and I really only see the Storm as the team that could stop us if we are anywhere near en song.

It is a new competiition the finals, history beckons our team, streak or no streak, the equation now is to win 3 games.

Just like 2013 I expect a replay for our 1st week semi final as the decider.

A 'Perfect Storm' is what we need for our finals preparation

If we get past them no one will stop us

[eddie]

Good post mate!
Actually enjoyed this thread, nice reading a bit of history albeit not very happy memories about Keith Page (before my time as a supporter).
.

Thanks mate.
I liked reading that too, I was only about 6 when we lost that gf to Manly, and didn't hear about Page's influence on things.74 and 75 would've wiped out some of the pain I imagine.
Love to see us beat the horses in the big one this time around.
They have never experienced the pain of losing one before.

Surprised you see Melbourne as the biggest hurdle, but we'll know after next week.
No more live games for me now.Dunno if that's a good or bad thing? lol

[eddie]

I am expecting to lose Moa and Maloney for a week as worst case - and I still think we will win.

Moa was the only one I am slightly worried about with the MRC.
And It would suck to lose him for a week.
Sam has played a lot of good games for us, but I rank last week as his best.

[Johnny Tobin]

Moa was the only one I am slightly worried about with the MRC.
And It would suck to lose him for a week.
Sam has played a lot of good games for us, but I rank last week as his best.

He was on a mission.

[stephenj]

leave 66 alone i started following easts in 65 and i got scarred in 66 but in 67 with gibbo we made the semis! its been great ever since although knocking down the sports ground was a low point

[eddie]

knocking down the sports ground was a low point

Hated that too.
Spent a lot of sunday arvos at that joint when i was younger.
Hate plastic stadium.
Everytime I watch our games on telly I feel like offering to spray paint 2/3rd's of the empty seats white and red, in a V pattern.