Match Discussion: Round 24 vs South Sydney @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah / Dharawal

[WA Tiger]

I know why. They lack integrity and that bit of dog in them.

I don't give a flying f**k about status or chances of glory. I find it sad when people are like that.

I miss those days.. when u could call a spade a spade.. none of this partridge family twattle

 

[Tigerm]

Gallery: NRL Round 24 vs Rabbitohs

Some great pics from Wests Tigers' Round 24 victory against the Rabbitohs at Campbelltown.

www.weststigers.com.au

Not too often these days we get to celebrate.

 

[Nutz]

Gallery: NRL Round 24 vs Rabbitohs

Some great pics from Wests Tigers' Round 24 victory against the Rabbitohs at Campbelltown.

www.weststigers.com.au

Not too often these days we get to celebrate.

Good pics. You can tell it means a lot to them.

 

[WA Tiger]

I know why. They lack integrity and that bit of dog in them.

I don't give a flying f**k about status or chances of glory. I find it sad when people are like that.

Having said that I’m not reading that article where Stefan says he loves the boys.. Fk off Stefano, you substandard hit and miss merchant

 

[Tiger05]

Having said that I’m not reading that article where Stefan says he loves the boys.. Fk off Stefano you substandard hit and miss merchant

Well said. I heard him say I love the club. Well why go to market as soon as you can and piss off.

 

[WA Tiger]

Well a win's a win but there's nothing there to get excited about. Souths lost that game just as much as we won it.

We had enough possession on their line to score 5 more tries. We looked so ordinary in attack for most of the game. Our defence is softer than a nerf ball. Souths were making so many easy metres out of their own end, and there was not a set all game in which we did not miss a tackle. Sometimes multiple misses in the same set. Luckily for us they shot themselves in the foot when they got into try scoring situations. Our attacking sets, coming out of trouble, and by comparison, barely made 35 metres on average.

Our goal line defence was fairly good though so hats off there. Sezer made a couple of try saving one on one tackles on big guys. That tackle LL made was fantastic. Has Sezer been charged with the crusher tackle? If so, that will probably be his season.

One person I want to single out was Klemmer. There was a Souths turnover on our line about half way through the second half. He's grabbed the ball so he could play the ball and let Faataape take the hit up. Did not take a hit up for the rest of the set. He should be chafing at the bit to take a hard hit up and help the team. This is everything wrong with the forward pack.

Api has gotten into a bad habit of taking a step back before passing out of dummy half. I'm not sure if this is because he's not seeing what he wants out the team as far as shape or lead runners goes, but it's allowing the defence to get right in our faces. His service has been pretty poor lately and it's getting worse.

For mine, Galvin has been the only positive the entire season, and the possibility of what things might look next year with Luai coming over. Aside from that, and even though we've somehow won more games, I think most of the team has gone backwards. We're saddled with a coach who probably won't make it, and we have 3 more years of him left. Unless we do what we always do and sack him at some stage next year and cop the payout yet again.

Robbie might have had some good advice for api before they had their spat and now Robbie’s leaving ..api may have been too high on the pedestal to listen..he’s not very relaxed on that presser seat is he..

 

[simmo1]

My take is he is a utility player. I think he is too small just now.

He is small, but his defence only has to be better than Doueihi and Faatape which isn't a high bar.

 

[Marshall_magic]

We offered him top dollar that he didn't deserve and he said no. That is all on him. My pet hate today is people blaming society or other people for their actions.

And our previous CEO agreed to a bad deal that has played into his favour so he could beat his chest about retaining a key player. Stefano and his agent played the club like a fiddle. Yeah the “I love the club” stuff is bullshit but he made the best move for his career, so good on him. As I said, it was an idiotic clause to put in the contract and has backfired.

 

[Tiger05]

He is small, but his defence only has to be better than Doueihi and Faatape which isn't a high bar.

It's hard to argue with this one isn't it.

 

[Nutz]

Apparently there was an ugly scuffle between Souths and Tigers fans at the ground last night.
Were any of our forum members involved?
Where were you @Ned Kelly and @Tigerm
Have you two got alibis?

 

[Nutz]

A lot of journos are heaping praise on Api after the win but I noticed he seemed very flat and some of his clearance passing was very ordinary. He needs a break.
His stats reflect this.
Four runs. That's way down for a premium hooker.
37 all run metres...what the??
1 hit up
15 post contact metres??
Dummy half runs 3
Tackles 35, topped the tackle count but missed the most with 11 plus 2 errors.
Compare some of these with an earlier game stats. When we beat Cronulla 32-6
41 Tackles 91% a big difference.
12 runs
76 run metres
29 post contact metres
2 try assists

Most games he's had reasonable stats but appears to be dropping off.
Maybe it because he's just playing mire of a hooking role and allowing the halves to do more.