Match Discussion: Round 17 vs Sydney @ Allianz Stadium, Moore Park / Gadigal

[TroyJax]

Our young blokes played like kids last night and got their arses handed to them by grown men professionals.
Doueihi got a pasting at centre, Stef did f**k all after talking shit all week about JWH and our attack regressed back to useless.
We are still 2 years away from finals footy.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Our young blokes played like kids last night and got their arses handed to them by grown men professionals.
Doueihi got a pasting at centre, Stef did f**k all after talking shit all week about JWH and our attack regressed back to useless.
We are still 2 years away from finals footy.

I will b stunned if we make the finals within 2 yrs.Id like to place a bet on the next expansion team playing finals footy b4 we do.

 

[Ned Kelly]

I will b stunned if we make the finals within 2 yrs.Id like to place a bet on the next expansion team playing finals footy b4 we do.

Sadly I agree with you.

 

[Tiger05]

Our young blokes played like kids last night and got their arses handed to them by grown men professionals.
Doueihi got a pasting at centre, Stef did f**k all after talking shit all week about JWH and our attack regressed back to useless.
We are still 2 years away from finals footy.

I agree with your points apart from the 2 years away from finals footy. We can make the finals next year. Doueihi and Stef are not big parts of our team. They just aren't. They are both inconsistent players who every so often look awesome but those players are never going to be key players for your team.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Even Trent Robinson didn't think either Tigers player should have been sin binned -

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[TroyJax]

I agree with your points apart from the 2 years away from finals footy. We can make the finals next year. Doueihi and Stef are not big parts of our team. They just aren't. They are both inconsistent players who every so often look awesome but those players are never going to be key players for your team.

How do we make finals with no attack and a weak forward pack? Sure Luai will spark the odd win, but he is a fart in the wind without a mongrel pack and we dont have one.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Coach Presser: NRL Round 17 vs Roosters | Wests Tigers

Api Koroisau and Benji Marshall chat to the media after their Round 17 clash against the Roosters

www.weststigers.com.au

He’s been impressive at press conferences.

Even Trent Robinson didn't think either Tigers player should have been sin binned -

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

www.foxsports.com.au

To his credit. You won’t hear that from many other coaches. That’s why he’s a successful coach.

I think Api wanted to stop your roll on tbh just lifted the physicality.

Not everyone in our side was as committed.

Manu was destroying us before his injury. He was frightening.

 

[Nutz]

How do we make finals with no attack and a weak forward pack? Sure Luai will spark the odd win, but he is a fart in the wind without a mongrel pack and we dont have one.

Apart from a couple of players, our team is disintegrating into one that wouldn't make the finals of reserve grade, probably get the spoon on that comp as well.
Our roster is pathetic.
Our backline doesn't have a 'Manu' or our fwds doesn't have a 'Crichton'. All we have is a sprinkling of NRL players topped up with crap.
Like it's been since we started this rock show.
Every year we supporters are encouraged to stick it out, things will turn around.....yeh right, we've heard it over and over and....................................

 

[Vic Mackey]

Even Trent Robinson didn't think either Tigers player should have been sin binned -

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

‘Tell me I’m wrong’: Robbo raises alarm over NRL crisis in sin bin plea after Bennett blast

www.foxsports.com.au

i had no issue with the refereeing overall, just the sin bins, they didnt effect the result or even the scoreline, just frustrating as a fan of a side thats now had 13 sin bins

 

[Nutz]

Sezer was cruelled by roosters line speed multiplied by poor service from Api.

He did have a couple of poor defensive efforts in our 20

As for the game plan we need to stick to it, whenever any sort of scoreboard pressure is put on us we go to shit, it becomes ad-lib rubbish in the oppositions 20, we need to put trust in systems, and take calculated shots in attack, not try to score every play. All the good teams will set their plays to an area on the park and then attack with some shape, doesn’t matter what the scoreboard says, they don’t go chasing points with stupid as-lib footy unless an actual opportunity presents itself.

I agree, Api's performance and service was poor. He had no forwards putting their hands up with dominating runs, reflected by few offloads. We were sooooo flat. WHY?

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I agree, Api's performance and service was poor. He had no forwards putting their hands up with dominating runs, reflected by few offloads. We were sooooo flat. WHY?

Api is allowed the odd less than stellar game.

I don’t blame him for trying something, we were being put to death out there.

It went a bit haywire as things go.

But Api is one of our best and most consistent players.

 

[Tiger05]

How do we make finals with no attack and a weak forward pack? Sure Luai will spark the odd win, but he is a fart in the wind without a mongrel pack and we dont have one.

It'll be interesting. Galvin and Bula to me look pretty good in a team that isn't firing. Then you have Api and Luai. Turuva & Olam are quality. Doueihi at times in attack is class. Bateman and Samuela Fainu can both create on the edges.

I'm hopeful that our attack improves significantly next year.

 

[Nutz]

Api is allowed the odd less than stellar game.

I don’t blame him for trying something, we were being put to death out there.

It went a bit haywire as things go.

But Api is one of our best and most consistent players.

Don't take too much attention to me TSP...Just like Api I'm entitled to put in a post slamming the team.
I rarely do it but laying in bed with newly pinned SI Joints (pelvis) and on painkillers, I just wanted a good performance from our squad to cheer me up.
But no, we put in a lacklustre below NRL STD performance.
Why?
Because our roster sucks.
Our pileup of halves options and no other go to players like the SOO type quality players that every other team has is soooooo annoying.
We got ourselves in a good position with our salary cap after struggling with sub STD players for years and when we were finally free we sign up a thousand halves, a prop at the end of his career as with Bateman, Sezer etc and the cycle continues.
Those players can put in good performances in a better side, not with us.
Anyway, I'm going back to sleep. Hopefully when I wake up I'll read some good news.
Something like LO is saved.

Wests Tigers confirm home grounds for next three years

Wests Tigers have confirmed where the club will be playing its NRL home games over the next three years.

www.weststigers.com.au

 

[Pezz70]

Api is allowed the odd less than stellar game.

I don’t blame him for trying something, we were being put to death out there.

It went a bit haywire as things go.

But Api is one of our best and most consistent players.

I agree 100% Api is the best player on the park for us, while I cited his poor service that was in defence of Sezer, who I felt sorry for, but Api’s game could be easily justified by acknowledging that the bloke works his arse off behind a pack of forwards who don’t quite cut the mustard, he gives 110% every play and is constantly playing under fatigue. Pity a few of our forwards can’t play with the same commitment when under a bit of fatigue.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Don't take too much attention to me TSP...Just like Api I'm entitled to put in a post slamming the team.
I rarely do it but laying in bed with newly pinned SI Joints (pelvis) and on painkillers, I just wanted a good performance from our squad to cheer me up.
But no, we put in a lacklustre below NRL STD performance.
Why?
Because our roster sucks.
Our pileup of halves options and no other go to players like the SOO type quality players that every other team has is soooooo annoying.
We got ourselves in a good position with our salary cap after struggling with sub STD players for years and when we were finally free we sign up a thousand halves, a prop at the end of his career as with Bateman, Sezer etc and the cycle continues.
Those players can put in good performances in a better side, not with us.
Anyway, I'm going back to sleep. Hopefully when I wake up I'll read some good news.
Something like LO is saved.

Wests Tigers confirm home grounds for next three years

Wests Tigers have confirmed where the club will be playing its NRL home games over the next three years.

www.weststigers.com.au

All good.

We couldn’t do much (even after clearing some of the cap issues) because the club management was far and away the worst in NRL history. Failed on every single kpi except sending us bankrupt which was a surprise to all and sundry when the HB junta was installed.

I can only imagine how many paper shredders they broke in the very little time they had to to evacuate:


Rome wasn’t built in a day.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Very hard to get that Ai program to draw a proper white elephant @Nutz

I had to type in

“ biggest failed rugby league investment in NRL history”

Im for selling it off and ploughing the cash to revamp LO. Richo can build as many corporate boxes and urinals as he wants to then.

The COE has pretty much become a holiday resort at the moment.

$78m parking lot for all it’s achieved.

 

[TroyJax]

It'll be interesting. Galvin and Bula to me look pretty good in a team that isn't firing. Then you have Api and Luai. Turuva & Olam are quality. Doueihi at times in attack is class. Bateman and Samuela Fainu can both create on the edges.

I'm hopeful that our attack improves significantly next year.

Well good luck with that.

 

[Tigerm]

Surprised Faataape kept a spot?

Don’t see this going any better than last week’s game.

 

[Tigerm]

Wrong thread

 

[Tiger05]

Surprised Faataape kept a spot?

Don’t see this going any better than last week’s game.

If Olam is available will he drop out ?

I hope we perform better than last week.