Match Discussion: Round 10 vs Newcastle @ Scully Park, Tamworth / Kamilaroi

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I'll be blunt here.

On paper and in performance, they are above us. While Newcastle are not playing the "A" game plan due to no Ponga, their "B" game in my opinion is pretty damn underrated. They are playing with a lot of grit and are giving their opponents very little. Their "B" game is stronger than ours at the moment.

I will say this in our favour. Our boys are definitely trying and have tried their rings off all year. I could not say the same thing about our team last year. But, when you have the worst first choice back 5 in the comp and an 18 year old teamed up with our worst signing of recent memory in Bud Sullivan (Im honestly thinking he was Pascoe's farewell present to us), my expectations of a positive result are not high.

Ultimately, the great hope of the side lies in our pack. Sadly, Stefano has had a month long quiet patch and our two highly paid backrowers have shown nowhere near enough in attack to justify their price tag. The Knights backrow (Frizzell, KPP and Elliot) are absolutely superior in performance and are a shitload cheaper as well.

Knights by 13+ if on a dry track.

Blunt indeed!

 

[Captain Apollo]

Tamworth open for business after Tigers call time on bush deal

Tamworth have opened their rugby league heartland to any NRL club looking to take rugby league to the bush in 2025.

www.nrl.com

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Tamworth open for business after Tigers call time on bush deal

Tamworth have opened their rugby league heartland to any NRL club looking to take rugby league to the bush in 2025.

www.nrl.com

I wish them luck.

I’ve been calling for full time NSW country side for a long time because the game is very popular out there.

Australia’s Samoa, over represented in talent.

 

[Speedy Gonzales]

Winnable game. But so was the dragons game, and many other games we’ve bottled in the past

 

[Tigerm]

Team Update: Round 10 vs Knights

Wests Tigers have trimmed their squad to 19 players ahead of Saturday's ANZAC Round match against the Broncos at Campbelltown.

www.weststigers.com.au

 

[Tigerm]

Coaching Insider: Round 10 vs Knights

Benji Marshall talks to media ahead of Wests Tigers Round 10 clash against the Newcastle Knights at Scully Park, Tamworth.

www.weststigers.com.au

You have to wonder why we are leaving this area?

 

[Tigerm]

The weather is ordinary, hopefully it favours us.

 

[Tigerm]

Blocker being positive about the team, not getting invited to a game, must’ve got to him hahahaha

 

[Pezz70]

Can’t believe how dumb the tigers are, shirt dropout when they’re in front. Kick the friggin ball down field, play the percentages. Every week we seem to think of something dumber to do. Bula having a blinder then does something absolutely ridiculous

 

[Tiger Ted]

Y the fk did they waste the challenge

 

[simmo05]

Can’t believe how dumb the tigers are, shirt dropout when they’re in front. Kick the friggin ball down field, play the percentages. Every week we seem to think of something dumber to do. Bula having a blinder then does something absolutely ridiculous

A whole team of thick merkins it seems

 

[Das Hassler]

Half an hour in I've been impressed/ surprised by Sullivan's composure...so far so good

 

[Pezz70]

10 seconds to go. Bloody useless

 

[simmo05]

10 seconds to go. Bloody useless

10 commandments

 

[Tigerm]

That was a good play by Gagai, pretty hard to defend?
I think if we can come out with the same mindset (not like last week) we can win this.

 

[Tigerm]

Half an hour in I've been impressed/ surprised by Sullivan's composure...so far so good

Yep a much better effort from him, and we needed it.

 

[Tiger Ted]

10 commandments

As per the script.Nothing ever changes with this rabble

 

[Tiger Ted]

That was a good play by Gagai, pretty hard to defend?
I think if we can come out with the same mindset (not like last week) we can win this.

Hope ur right but I have zero confidence especially with a 2nd rower playing in the centres

 

[Tigerm]

Finally play without a back on the bench and we lose a back.

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

If the Wests Tigers were a movie it would have to be dumb and dumber. Why did Bula strip the ball out? He'd done his job and saved what should have been a certain try. Let them play the ball, he'd already given his team mates a chance to defend. Gets binned and then they compound the error by using the dumbest challenge of all time. I guarantee that will come back to haunt us in the second half.

Naden running towards the sideline after it had been pissing down. You could see that result coming a mile away.

Aside from that we're still somehow in the game. We need to start the second half strong as we weren't making yards in our sets until the game was 15 minutes in. Our defence couldn't bruise a grape.