Darren Senters comment........

[shadowboxer]

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Senter expects Sharks to grunt up front
Mar 11, 2004

Wests Tigers captain Darren Senter is expecting the Cronulla Sharks to use their big men in the forward pack to gain momentum when the two sides meet in Saturday's opening round double header match at Telstra Stadium.
"They’ve got a pretty big pack so I think they're going to play it up front, through the forwards," Senter says. "I am sure they are going to want their forwards to lay the platform for their backs to do the job out wide."

"They've got a new coach [and] a new assistant coach on board. They've got some quality players there. It's going to be a tough game first up."

But coach Tim Sheens has been recruiting heavily since he took charge of the club prior to the 2003 season and some kind of pay off is expected this year.

"We've signed some quality players in the off season – we've got some good young blokes coming through – so potentially it is the best side we've had on paper in a number of years," Senter said. "[We have signed] Scotty Sattler, we've signed Nick Graham, we've Scott Prince playing at half – I think over the years we’ve probably struggled in that position with a quality halfback. If we can keep him fit and on the field I think he is going to do some great things for us."

Senter has spent nine seasons with the Tigers since leaving the Bulldogs and the coming season will be his sixth as captain.

"It is a privilege to captain the side and as a kid I always aspired to play first grade football," he said, "but not knowing I would captain the side for such a long time and it’s a real thrill for me."
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Bring it on. You would have to be curious as to how this game will play out.

 

[Anonymous]

"I am sure they are going to want their forwards to lay the platform for their backs to do the job out wide."

Wow. I thought the plan would be to have the forwards not laying a platform, and the backs to fail dismally out wide.

What a gibberer.

 

[King of the Hill]

Correct, garbo!

 

[Jimbo]

"They’ve got a pretty big pack so I think they're going to play it up front, through the forwards," Senter says. "I am sure they are going to want their forwards to lay the platform for their backs to do the job out wide."

"They've got a new coach [and] a new assistant coach on board. They've got some quality players there. It's going to be a tough game first up."

"We've signed some quality players in the off season – we've got some good young blokes coming through – so potentially it is the best side we've had on paper in a number of years," Senter said. "[We have signed] Scotty Sattler, we've signed Nick Graham, we've Scott Prince playing at half – I think over the years we’ve probably struggled in that position with a quality halfback. If we can keep him fit and on the field I think he is going to do some great things for us."

"It is a privilege to captain the side and as a kid I always aspired to play first grade football," he said, "but not knowing I would captain the side for such a long time and it’s a real thrill for me."

Wow, fifteen cliches!! Where's Tony Squires when you need him?

 

[Anonymous]

:lol: :lol:

Do footballers get handed a pre-written template before they make the grade or something?

 

[daslacker]

Sharks have a big and overrated pack.
Kimmorley is your trump card.His the
tigers major threat.

 

[Jimbo]

Phhh, that's only three.

Wuss...

 

[King of the Hill]

:lol: :lol:

You've done very well there jimbo

 

[Anonymous]

The Tigers will be a real danger match, but if we can jump out of the blocks early then we stand a real chance of knocking them off. They have a monster pack and a lot of speed about their backs but the danger man is Darren Senter. If he's on his game, he'll really trouble us around the ruck area.

We'll be looking to pepper their back three with high balls and hopefully we can bash their forwards out of the game. Michael Sullivan will offer a lot of spark off the bench and could really turn the game on its head.

It should be a close game and injuries could be the key. If both sides can remain fit, expect it to be a real bash and barge affair played out in the forwards.

In the end, however, rugby league will be the winner.


... How to preview the game using something like 15 cliches...

 

[King of the Hill]

 

[daslacker]

The tigers have named a very defencive side.
But do they have any points in them?

 

[Jimbo]

Hey Slacker, here's a few more you can expect to hear on Saturday night...

"The Sharks are circling"

"They're taking big chunks out of the Tiger's defence"

"The Tigers are in for a mauling"

"They can smell blood in the water"

"IT'S FEEDING TIME!!"

 

[Once Dead]

Senter always fires early on in the season - he will be a worry........your forward pack is bigger than ours, i just hope that we haven't lost any aggression with the squad being relatively new...because we know Beattie, Nutley will be willing to go

 

[Eddie.]

Senter always starts the season well wouldnt surprise me if he bagged a try or two.

That would be sweat after the flak hes coped in here

Go Dazza!!

;-)

 

[Cometshark]

The Tigers will be a real danger match, but if we can jump out of the blocks early then we stand a real chance of knocking them off. They have a monster pack and a lot of speed about their backs but the danger man is Darren Senter. If he's on his game, he'll really trouble us around the ruck area.

We'll be looking to pepper their back three with high balls and hopefully we can bash their forwards out of the game. Michael Sullivan will offer a lot of spark off the bench and could really turn the game on its head.

It should be a close game and injuries could be the key. If both sides can remain fit, expect it to be a real bash and barge affair played out in the forwards.

In the end, however, rugby league will be the winner.

dam Danny didnt have a story for tomorrows paper till now, you've given him the sharks game plan

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Newsflash just in......Senter,Graham& Sattler are all in doubt. They were all caught out with the recent rain when they couldn't get their wheel chairs back under cover from the training paddock. Some bad rust set in and the wheel chairs are only at 60% speed at this stage. Because of the tight Tigers budget a hat wheel be going around the stadium on Saturday to go towards restoring the wheel chairs to their full capacity. Senter was heard saying" This hasn't been the best start to a season, last week my dog chewed up my walking stick. So I'm just going to have to take the bull by the horns, stand on my own to feet, make my own luck, take it one match at a time & not look to far ahead. "

 

[DJDL]

That's some funny stuff, Jimbo and Garbo.

I'm still waiting for the day when a player comes out for a press conference and instead of making a regular speech he just economises and says "okay, Player's Interview Handbook, page 2, line 3, page 12, line 7, page 33, line 1, page 17, line 25. Thank you"

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[braz]

Newsflash just in......Senter,Graham& Sattler are all in doubt. They were all caught out with the recent rain when they couldn't get their wheel chairs back under cover from the training paddock. Some bad rust set in and the wheel chairs are only at 60% speed at this stage. Because of the tight Tigers budget a hat wheel be going around the stadium on Saturday to go towards restoring the wheel chairs to their full capacity. Senter was heard saying" This hasn't been the best start to a season, last week my dog chewed up my walking stick. So I'm just going to have to take the bull by the horns, stand on my own to feet, make my own luck, take it one match at a time & not look to far ahead. "

hahaha hassan saleh :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[King of the Hill]

Hey Braz do they still have those stickers in the toilets at Campbelltown Stadium reminding the locals to wear condoms when they have sex?

 

[lolesi]

Newsflash just in......Senter,Graham& Sattler are all in doubt. They were all caught out with the recent rain when they couldn't get their wheel chairs back under cover from the training paddock. Some bad rust set in and the wheel chairs are only at 60% speed at this stage. Because of the tight Tigers budget a hat wheel be going around the stadium on Saturday to go towards restoring the wheel chairs to their full capacity. Senter was heard saying" This hasn't been the best start to a season, last week my dog chewed up my walking stick. So I'm just going to have to take the bull by the horns, stand on my own to feet, make my own luck, take it one match at a time & not look to far ahead. "

hahaha hassan saleh :lol: :lol: :lol:

haha west tigers :lol: :lol: