2006 Season- Game 4 - Cougars v Eagles May 28th, 2006
It was another wet day in Burnaby Lakes as the Cougars and Eagles prepared for Clash No. 3 in their long season series. For the previous 2 days, SuperCoach Grills and Skipper Vargo had been planning for the Eagles downfall via a Football Strategy Planning Retreat in Whistler under the "guise" of playing golf.
The Cougars hit the dressing rooms with a strong turnout and on paper; it was shaping up as one of the strongest teams, fielded for the year.
From the opening bounce however, the Cougars looked second fiddle against a fired up Eagles team. Boom new recruit Andy was dominating the centre bounces and Wakefield, and Stinky Atkinson were driving the ball out of the centre for the Eagles with ease. Once again Johnny Bowker was given the job of forming the Freeman blanket and quickly continued where he left off a fortnight before. Determined to "shake the blanket", Freeman temporary shook it off after delivering a crushing (but fair) hip and shoulder that temporary saw the blanket shaken up and in need of some quick repairs.
The Eagles continued to press forward. From the opening stanza Coops was in everything that came into the backline. With the ball constantly on the ground, it was only through his ferocious diving and tackling efforts, and the tough play of the two Brocks and Matty Neufeld that prevented the scoreboard from creeping higher into the Eagles favour. Hilton and Bagjera put on a couple of Eagles goals and the Eagles were off and running.
After moving up the ground from the full pocket, Grills began to gather a lot of stats across the centreline and began to swing the ball the Cougars way. A late Cougar goal to Vargo saw the Eagles with a handy but small lead in the sloppy conditions.
Cougars 1.0.6 to the Eagles 2.1.13
The boys were asked to lift in the second quarter to match the Eagles intensity as far as hitting the ball hard and tackling went, and that they did. A couple of key changes in the centreline and the Cougars began to turn the game their way. Despite a very, very late night the night before, DJ Bennetron began to fire up and relished an unusual role for him out on the Wing, where he began to pile up a lot of loose possessions. Having just driven into town and basically run straight onto the field, Shine Edgar wasted no time getting his hands on the footy and set up a number of Cougar thrusts.
Still it remained the dominant play of the backline that was crushing the Eagles hopes and setting up an almost impenetrable wall across CHB. Playing some of his career best footy, the "Guru" - Rob Edmonds was an inspiring force all game as he constantly got his right fist out to deny his opponents the ball time and time again. In one beautiful passage of play later in the game, he managed to garner about 5 quick possessions, only to fall antagonising close to a great goal after a snap from about 15 metres out...proving there is a reason backman play in the back !!!
The Cougars began to hit the goals, hard and if not for the (now seemingly) usual misses, the scoreboard could have been a Cougars blowout.
Half time - Cougars 3.5.23 to the Eagles 3.2.20
After half time, some drizzling rain was ominous as the Cougars began to rain goals.....or should I say - points on the scoreboard. Big Luke Cikerela moved to the forwardline and was instantly a solid target to aim for, providing a lot of hard leads and fighting hard to keep the footy in the forwardline. After a long layoff, Richie Ananadacoomaswarmy was trying to weave some black magic around the forward line and after an easy miss in front, he atoned for himself by quickly slotting through a nice goal.
Having lost the Bowker Blanket, Freeman can not have been to happy to have been introduced to the Scotty Sheet as Scott relished the opportunity to completely cover the Eagles coach and severely reduce his impact on the game.
With the Cougars backline continuing to control the game, the Cougars centreline was taking it in turns to drill the ball long. Jorgensen and McCutheon were getting plenty of tough possessions across the centre as the likes of Neufeld and Thompson drove the ball long. Jorgensen continually got himself into scoring position but had to put his hand up this week for the title of most points for the Cougars (much to the relief of Perennial point scorers - Grills and Vargo).
Hats off to the play of Eagles backmen Chuck Buchanan, Cam Maris and Pete Taylor who single-handedly tried all day to keep the Eagles in it and applied a lot of pressure that stopped a lot of Cougars chances from turning into goals rather than points.
3 quarter time - Cougars 4.11.35 to the Eagles 3.4.22
The 4th quarter was all Cougars. Determined to convert their dominance around the ground into goals, the team never let up and peppered the forwardline time and time again. It seemed that everyone wanted a piece and the scoreboard co-operated.
Clearly lacking for something to do in the backline, Coops (for the second time) found himself in front of goals and slotted his 2nd home for the game. Having never scored a goal in 42 previous games for the Cougars it was a deserving result for the Cougar who'd played the hardest footy all day. However, he was quickly reprimanded by Coach Grills who told him in no uncertain terms that backman should not be lurking in the forwardline....
With Coops out of the way, Grills was able to slot a nice goal of his own - which turned out to be career goal number 50 for the Cougars. Jorgensen finally slotted one through the sticks late in the game and despite another 5 points; the Cougars came off the field big winners.
Final Score - Cougars 8.16.64 to the Eagles 3.4.22 (this is eerily similar to our last game against the Eagles which was 8.15.63 to 3.2.20 - and also proves we need to do some goal-kicking practice....)
The Cougars hit the dressing rooms with a strong turnout and on paper; it was shaping up as one of the strongest teams, fielded for the year.
From the opening bounce however, the Cougars looked second fiddle against a fired up Eagles team. Boom new recruit Andy was dominating the centre bounces and Wakefield, and Stinky Atkinson were driving the ball out of the centre for the Eagles with ease. Once again Johnny Bowker was given the job of forming the Freeman blanket and quickly continued where he left off a fortnight before. Determined to "shake the blanket", Freeman temporary shook it off after delivering a crushing (but fair) hip and shoulder that temporary saw the blanket shaken up and in need of some quick repairs.
The Eagles continued to press forward. From the opening stanza Coops was in everything that came into the backline. With the ball constantly on the ground, it was only through his ferocious diving and tackling efforts, and the tough play of the two Brocks and Matty Neufeld that prevented the scoreboard from creeping higher into the Eagles favour. Hilton and Bagjera put on a couple of Eagles goals and the Eagles were off and running.
After moving up the ground from the full pocket, Grills began to gather a lot of stats across the centreline and began to swing the ball the Cougars way. A late Cougar goal to Vargo saw the Eagles with a handy but small lead in the sloppy conditions.
Cougars 1.0.6 to the Eagles 2.1.13
The boys were asked to lift in the second quarter to match the Eagles intensity as far as hitting the ball hard and tackling went, and that they did. A couple of key changes in the centreline and the Cougars began to turn the game their way. Despite a very, very late night the night before, DJ Bennetron began to fire up and relished an unusual role for him out on the Wing, where he began to pile up a lot of loose possessions. Having just driven into town and basically run straight onto the field, Shine Edgar wasted no time getting his hands on the footy and set up a number of Cougar thrusts.
Still it remained the dominant play of the backline that was crushing the Eagles hopes and setting up an almost impenetrable wall across CHB. Playing some of his career best footy, the "Guru" - Rob Edmonds was an inspiring force all game as he constantly got his right fist out to deny his opponents the ball time and time again. In one beautiful passage of play later in the game, he managed to garner about 5 quick possessions, only to fall antagonising close to a great goal after a snap from about 15 metres out...proving there is a reason backman play in the back !!!
The Cougars began to hit the goals, hard and if not for the (now seemingly) usual misses, the scoreboard could have been a Cougars blowout.
Half time - Cougars 3.5.23 to the Eagles 3.2.20
After half time, some drizzling rain was ominous as the Cougars began to rain goals.....or should I say - points on the scoreboard. Big Luke Cikerela moved to the forwardline and was instantly a solid target to aim for, providing a lot of hard leads and fighting hard to keep the footy in the forwardline. After a long layoff, Richie Ananadacoomaswarmy was trying to weave some black magic around the forward line and after an easy miss in front, he atoned for himself by quickly slotting through a nice goal.
Having lost the Bowker Blanket, Freeman can not have been to happy to have been introduced to the Scotty Sheet as Scott relished the opportunity to completely cover the Eagles coach and severely reduce his impact on the game.
With the Cougars backline continuing to control the game, the Cougars centreline was taking it in turns to drill the ball long. Jorgensen and McCutheon were getting plenty of tough possessions across the centre as the likes of Neufeld and Thompson drove the ball long. Jorgensen continually got himself into scoring position but had to put his hand up this week for the title of most points for the Cougars (much to the relief of Perennial point scorers - Grills and Vargo).
Hats off to the play of Eagles backmen Chuck Buchanan, Cam Maris and Pete Taylor who single-handedly tried all day to keep the Eagles in it and applied a lot of pressure that stopped a lot of Cougars chances from turning into goals rather than points.
3 quarter time - Cougars 4.11.35 to the Eagles 3.4.22
The 4th quarter was all Cougars. Determined to convert their dominance around the ground into goals, the team never let up and peppered the forwardline time and time again. It seemed that everyone wanted a piece and the scoreboard co-operated.
Clearly lacking for something to do in the backline, Coops (for the second time) found himself in front of goals and slotted his 2nd home for the game. Having never scored a goal in 42 previous games for the Cougars it was a deserving result for the Cougar who'd played the hardest footy all day. However, he was quickly reprimanded by Coach Grills who told him in no uncertain terms that backman should not be lurking in the forwardline....
With Coops out of the way, Grills was able to slot a nice goal of his own - which turned out to be career goal number 50 for the Cougars. Jorgensen finally slotted one through the sticks late in the game and despite another 5 points; the Cougars came off the field big winners.
Final Score - Cougars 8.16.64 to the Eagles 3.4.22 (this is eerily similar to our last game against the Eagles which was 8.15.63 to 3.2.20 - and also proves we need to do some goal-kicking practice....)
Goals - Coops 2, Vargo 2, Grills 1, Luke 1, Richie 1, Brad 1
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