Rodney Eade Quotations

Peter was unlucky not to play in round one and then it has been difficult to make a change since, but he will play this week in the ruck and we have got confidence in him because he played well in most of the last 10 games last year.

If we were playing for four points this weekend, he would probably play.

He'll probably miss this week's practice match and then he'll be fine.

He's been doing wrestling and competitive-type stuff for the past month.

He's pain-free so we're fairly confident that he'll certainly be right by the first round, but hopefully be able to get one or two practice matches in.

It can also play on their minds and maybe affect their mental state.

People are dancing at shadows. I can't believe people are worried so much about kick-ins.

People are saying we're playing very well at the moment but there are going to be up and down periods, it's not going to be plain sailing the whole time.

People are saying we are going to benefit from the new rules the most, but Lindsay mightn't be close enough to take advantage of the quick kick-in. We might lose an advantage there.

We'll give it a couple of weeks for the swelling to go down and he'd probably have an operation at the end of the month.

We're not too sure yet, that he'll have his first run today. I think the best way to put it is that we're hopeful he'll get up so we'll give him till the last minute and see how he goes.

We see him hopefully as a 200-game player for the Bulldogs and a future leader for us as well.

The three injuries we've got long-term are all over six foot five.

Our aim next year is to make the finals and the sooner we can do that during the season, like at Rounds 18 or 19, (the better). Then we can we can re-assess our goals.

They will probably be right this week, I would think.

These two young gentlemen have exceeded all expectations as players and are really going to form part of the backbone for the future and I think it's a great credit to them.

I'm not to sure about the figure, but there's no doubt when you look at the premier who gets $250,000 and the night premier gets about $220,000 which is about the same - (it) seems like a bit of an inequity.

I just thought he needed to be down here for his son. He got in the car straight away.

I haven't had a chance to talk to the match committee or the board at this stage, but I would imagine Brad would take the captaincy.

He's such a good kid. He just wants to do the right thing. It wouldn't have occurred to him that there might be a problem.

He's probably a 20 year old really as far as his development.