Mannah: We've Been Looking Forward to this All Year

Dyldam Parramatta Eels co-captain Tim Mannah says the Blue and Gold has been looking forward to bringing a premiership game to Darwin all season.

The Eels made their first visit to #eelsterritory back in February in Alice Springs, and Mannah says it's a more confident Eels side now than six months back.

"We’ve been really looking forward to this game all year, and maybe the win in Alice Springs [in pre-season] gave us a bit of a kick start to the year."

"We’ve gout a very young team and I think they’ve gained a lot of confidence over the season; they've got a bit of a spring in their step and hopefully we can get the result we need on Saturday."

And when it comes to Saturday's opposition, while they're in contention for a wooden-spoon finish to 2014, Mannah says he's anything but complacent about facing the Raiders.

"Ricky [Stuart] will be definitely having them up for a big game," Mannah said.

"They lost by 50 points last week and as a professional athlete we know anyone that gets beaten by that score always wants to come back and put their set foot forward. We’re sure they’ll be doing that this week, too."

http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2014/08/07/mannah_we_ve_been_looking_forward_to_this_all_year.html

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Replies

Hamish August 8, 2014 at 1:56pm

Well I hope they don't have gout.
- GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman > Hamish August 8, 2014 at 2:05pm
  
  lol
  
  Beat me too it.
  
  Are they octopus' with sets of feet?
- macybrown > Hamish August 8, 2014 at 2:07pm
  
  hahaha.
  
  Keep away from the crocodiles boys.
Alan Hunt August 8, 2014 at 2:12pm

I've been looking forward to us smashing the myths rabble twice this season, and if we manage to do that we go a long way of sticking the wooden spoon right up his clacker.
- macybrown > Alan Hunt August 8, 2014 at 2:27pm
  
  So looking forward to this game...hope they play like their lives depend on it.
  
  Feels almost semi-finals'ish already.
GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman August 8, 2014 at 2:59pm

Am I correct in saying that if we win this match that we cannot get the spoon?

I realise the chances are very small anyway but it is still mathematically possible is it not?

Wouldn't it be nice if it was this match that prevents us from a third straight spoon AND against Ricky.
- ParramattaFB > GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman August 8, 2014 at 3:33pm
  
  Yep, if we win this game the wooden spoon is out of our reach
slip August 8, 2014 at 4:38pm

I would rather have a nutter who talks shit than Timmy as captain. I fall asleep reading his comments.
Danny Crnk it up August 8, 2014 at 8:02pm

Timmy can fly.....