Best plan to shut down Tonga and Mighty Mouse?....

[LarryCorowaUpTheSideline]

Fulton to the centres?

Any other suggestions?

Comment?

 

[Vic Mackey]

Dominate in the forwards

 

[tigers_are_premiers]

Tackling him will maybe stop him..

Look...we really need to wrap the ball up.. 2nd phase plays always seem to kill us.

 

[Tigers_are_Pro]

1. Fitzhenry mark up on Tonga
2. Fitzhenry and co tackle Tonga
3. Fithzenry grabs Tonga's balls
4. Tonga king hits Fitzhenry, knocks him out.
5. Tonga gets sent off.
6. Fitzhenry taken off.
7. ?????
8. $$$$$

 

[gronkathon]

Put a measuring guide from a carnival at the players entrance set to 4 foot saying "You must be this tall to enter" Gallant will have to go home

 

[The Gambler]

Does Tonga normally play the same side as Lawrence? If so I don't think we have too much to worry about.

 

[madunit]

He's opposite Lawrence I believe.

 

[Tiger Hawk]

They both play on the left.

So they won't be marking one another. It's going to be Ayshford or his replacement (if he doesn't play).

As to shutting down Gallant, that's easy (in theory) and it's the same game plan as the Parra game - good line speed, strong first contact and eliminate off-loads. Nullify their second phase play and his impact will be minimal.

 

[Talanexor]

I think you boys might struggle to get any go-forward without Galloway in the team. Add to that Benji's less-than-spectacular long kicking game, it could be hard to get up the other end of the field.

I think we can expect to see the ball spread early to Lawrence and Tuqiri - our right-side defence held up last week, but it was hardly tested.

Although if the rumours are true and Sheens is moving Ryan to centre, Tuqiri to fullback and Fitzhenry onto the wing, this won't happen.

 

[gronkathon]

People are now saying Ellis is also out

 

[TigersFan101]

1. i think fulton will be assigned to shutting down thurston
2.swap chris to right centre
3. just tackle hard

 

[madunit]

With no Ellis, Galloway or Ayshford, we should consider

1 - Ryan
2 - Tuqiri
3 - Fulton
4 - Lawrence
5 - Brown
6 - Marshall
7 - Moltzen
8 - Gibbs
9 - Farah
10 - Moors
11 - Flanagan
12 - Fifita
13 - Heighington

14 - Payten
15 - A.Schirnack
16 - Cayless
17 - Fitzhenry

Have either heighington or Flanagan chasing Thurston all night.

Fulton will be all over Tonga, we should pretty much at least keep them quiet.

Have Tuqiri running at Tonga as much as possible.

 

[Radical Rat]

People are now saying Ellis is also out

What people?

 

[Tiger Hawk]

Why do people think that Fulton would be capable of defending one in? Not saying outright he isn't but it's just such a different proposition defending in the centres.

Furthermore, you're removing one of our best ruck defenders from where he's most comfortable and effective and replacing him with Fifita - really?

Replace a centre with a centre (or at the very least an outside back) if Ayshford is out. If Ellis is also out, the pack should be:

8. Gibbs
9. Farah
10. Payten
11. Flanagan
12. Fulton
13. Heighington

with Moors, Cayless & Fifita on the bench.

FFS, one of our biggest issues in the past has been shuffling players around and weakening more than just the position that is injured (eg Farah to halfback). Now people are advocating it?

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Why do people think that Fulton would be capable of defending one in? Not saying outright he isn't but it's just such a different proposition defending in the centres.

Furthermore, you're removing one of our best ruck defenders from where he's most comfortable and effective and replacing him with Fifita - really?

Replace a centre with a centre (or at the very least an outside back) if Ayshford is out. If Ellis is also out, the pack should be:

8. Gibbs
9. Farah
10. Payten
11. Flanagan
12. Fulton
13. Heighington

with Moors, Cayless & Fifita on the bench.

FFS, one of our biggest issues in the past has been shuffling players around and weakening more than just the position that is injured (eg Farah to halfback). Now people are advocating it?

I agree and Sheens seems to as well - Daniela is on standby is Ayshford doesn't play. A centre replacing a centre. f**king finally.

 

[madunit]

Daniella is not a centre. he is a piece of crap winger.

Fulton and Payten would be better Centres than Daniella.

If Having Fulton at centre is so bad, just switch him with Flanagan, both are just as capable out wider.

 

[TigersFan101]

no way on earth daniela will be able to take tonga, fulton should definetly be there if blake is ruled out

 

[Tigers_are_Pro]

Lets pray Ellis is still in.

 

[Tiger Hawk]

Are you guys Tim Sheens in disguise? Fulton at centre.....Fifita in the second-row.....God help us.