ILLAWARRA PREMIER LEAGUE
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Dapto Dandaloo continued their perfect start to the season with a convincing 3-0 triumph over Albion Park on Saturday.
The Fury were dominant from start to finish against a wasteful White Eagles outfit at Terry Reserve to cement their place at the top of the competition with three wins from three matches.
Sam Munro, Cameron Morgan and Fabian Iacovelli all got on the scoresheet for the visitors in a display which will surely put their title rivals on notice.
In fairness, the damage could very well have been worse for the hosts, who were lucky not to be out of the match before the interval.
Fury coach Noel Spencer was ecstatic with his squad's display.
"We have been speaking all season in regards to putting in a 90-minute performance and that is exactly what we got today," he said.
"Under really difficult conditions we played some good stuff and thoroughly enjoyed the three points.
"We have been working on our defence lines and staying compact.
"We are starting to progress with that and I think it showed ... it was a clinical performance."
The only sour note in the win was the late dismissal of Fury midfielder Vaughan Patterson for swearing.
It came after his side already held their 3-0 advantage.
They took the lead just ten minutes in when Iacovelli rode a challenge on halfway before getting to the byline for the cross. His patient delivery from the left flank found Sam Munro, who finished with aplomb.
It could well have been two in the 23rd minute but Park had keeper Bryce Daenell to the thank after he pulled off a sensational double save from Munro's attempts.
His efforts only delayed the inevitable though as Dapto-Dandaloo doubled their advantage five minutes before the break.
White Eagles coughed up possession far too easily in front of goal and the ball eventually found its way to Cameron Morgan to give the Fury a 2-0 lead at the break.
Albion Park showed signs of resistance in the second stanza but that was put to rest when Iacovelli tapped in at the back post in the 56th minute to seal the Fury's win.
"It is always nice to get off to a good start," Spencer said.
"Now we run into a few games with the FFA Cup and Bert Bampton Cup so we are going to have to rotate the squad accordingly and will look to next Wednesday then South Coast United, which will be no easy task."
The result ends the White Eagles' unbeaten start to the 2015 season.
"We were poor today. We just weren't at the races," Albion Park coach Steve Micevski said. "I just don't think we were switched on.
"We are still a work in progress ... credit to them."