Saturday, May 29, 2004
Sheens worried about motivated Eels
Tigers coach Tim Sheens has told AAP he is wary of an Eels outfit staring down the barrel of four straight losses.
With cover stories in Big League and Rugby League Week slamming the Eels this week, Sheens realised the Eels know they have a point to prove.
"Obviously they are going to be highly motivated to play and the stories are only going to make it more so. They'll take that personally. When you aim the criticism at a club you aim at everybody and the players will take that pretty tough.
"We had a similar situation last year when we played Souths. They had been calling for (Souths coach) Paul Langmack's head ... and they came out and beat us. I would much prefer Parramatta to have been travelling along quite okay to be quite honest."
With cover stories in Big League and Rugby League Week slamming the Eels this week, Sheens realised the Eels know they have a point to prove.
"Obviously they are going to be highly motivated to play and the stories are only going to make it more so. They'll take that personally. When you aim the criticism at a club you aim at everybody and the players will take that pretty tough.
"We had a similar situation last year when we played Souths. They had been calling for (Souths coach) Paul Langmack's head ... and they came out and beat us. I would much prefer Parramatta to have been travelling along quite okay to be quite honest."
