Match Discussion: Round 25 vs Manly @ Leichhardt Oval, Lilyfield / Wanngal

[Nutz]

If we get Bird I'm going to hand my membership back and demand a refund.

Am I on my Pat Malone?

 

[Tiger05]

Your delivery's good...I think it's just your material. Try this...." so WHAT'S the deal with the peanuts in the little bag?...you can never get them opened and when you do they spill all ( eye roll here) over the place...."..
If that don't work it's OK....I have others

You are really good at that. Thanks for the tips. I'm going to go and try it on my kids.

 

[Tigerm]

If we get Bird I'm going to hand my membership back and demand a refund.

Unless he wins us the GF hahah

 

[Tigerm]

Am I on my Pat Malone?

Who's Pat and WTF are you? hahaha

 

[Nutz]

Who's Pat and WTF are you? hahaha

Pat Malone = Alone

 

[Das Hassler]

I was expecting to read from journos how we stuffed up letting go of Brooks.

Don't you worry...they were all locked 'n loaded...probably would have thrown in a couple of bonus " when will the management be accountables" for free as well

 

[Tigerm]

Doesn’t it feel good to walk around on the weekend knowing you’ve already won.

 

[Marshall_magic]

I wont be Booing Brookes , im actually enjoying watching Manly benifit from the actual good things he offers and what he was recruited for. Yes he was paid crazy money here but i cant recall any game he didnt try his hardest for the club unlike plenty of other shit merkins we have paid overs for and they didnt even have a go... Anasta,Imbo etc Then you have the others that were given an nrl carreer then walked 1st chance they got and then some also bagged the club. AKA Moses, Sharon and the f**king horse head etc. BOO those merkins!!

I kind of agree with this. He’s a serviceable supporting half but isn’t an organiser and never has been. The club lost 3 marquee players in one season then panicked and threw stupid money at him and tried to shoehorn him into a role he was never fit for. He also has a dreadful record in big moments. Has we locked down an actual organising halfback and played Brooks as a 6 on half the wage we were actually paying him he would have given us results.

That said, the narrative being pushed that he is some elite level half that was held back by the evil Tigers is rubbish. He’s never been in the top tier halves and never will be.

 

[Nutz]

I kind of agree with this. He’s a serviceable supporting half but isn’t an organiser and never has been. The club lost 3 marquee players in one season then panicked and threw stupid money at him and tried to shoehorn him into a role he was never fit for. He also has a dreadful record in big moments. Has we locked down an actual organising halfback and played Brooks as a 6 on half the wage we were actually paying him he would have given us results.

That said, the narrative being pushed that he is some elite level half that was held back by the evil Tigers is rubbish. He’s never been in the top tier halves and never will be.

Also the club was trying to sell the one club glamour poster boy that would inturn make the board look good.

 

[Marshall_magic]

I reckon i could argue Seyfarths been one of our top 5 players this year.

Api, Galvin, Bula, Samuela easily the top 4. Would say hes probably next down.

Api, Galvin, Bula, Samuela and Pole

Seyfarth and Sezer had their moments but also got binned for some idiotic stuff, which when we’ve struggled with ill discipline all season is a big mark against them.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Api, Galvin, Bula, Samuela and Pole

Seyfarth and Sezer had their moments but also got binned for some idiotic stuff, which when we’ve struggled with ill discipline all season is a big mark against them.

Yeah good shout, forgot about Pole. That’s the clear top 5. Seyfarth on the next line down.

 

[Nutz]

Api, Galvin, Bula, Samuela and Pole

Seyfarth and Sezer had their moments but also got binned for some idiotic stuff, which when we’ve struggled with ill discipline all season is a big mark against them.

I'm prepared to cut Seyfarth (say fart) some slack because he is one of the few that tries his heart out each game. I think he's starting to realize, as he gets more and more game time, that he's one of the senior guys now and you can see there is a bit of self belief happening.
He's still young, 25yrs, 191cm and 104kgs. I believe he has heaps of potential. I've seen him offload and as we saw against Manly when Latu put him through a gap that he's got a bit of toe too. We've seen him score crash ball plays this year as well.
Surely this is his best year so far. As you said Marshy, he's had some brain farts and ill discipline moments BUT if he can improve on that he should be in the run on side each game.

 

[Tigerm]

Api, Galvin, Bula, Samuela and Pole

Seyfarth and Sezer had their moments but also got binned for some idiotic stuff, which when we’ve struggled with ill discipline all season is a big mark against them.

We need a mongrel or two in the team though.

 

[Tigerm]

Yeah good shout, forgot about Pole. That’s the clear top 5. Seyfarth on the next line down.

But with an upward projection.

 

[Marshall_magic]

We need a mongrel or two in the team though.

I agree, however we aren’t a good enough side to cop continuous sin bins and win games. Mongrel is great but ultimately teams are punished now more than ever when its done wrong

 

[BrotherJim05]

Eels loss this weekend means that our win against Manly has set up one thing and one thing only........SPOONBOWL BABY! f**k YEAH!!!

 

[Nutz]

Did anyone see Api Koroisau bowl over Alex Seyfarth with a perfect sliding soccer tackle after Alex had scored. GOLD.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

A 1st for the year surely?

NSWRL site - Team of the Week.
. Lachlan Galvin. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 0. TOTW selections: 3

Making back-to-back appearances in Team of the Week, the young half had yet another shining performance after steering his team to a win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

Stepping up when halfback Aiden Sezer didn’t return to the field of play for the second half, the five-eighth ran for 204 metres, made three tackle breaks and kicked for 235 metres.

Apisai Koroisau. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 4. TOTW selections: 3.

The skipper for the Tigers was just about everywhere on Thursday night as he dragged Benji Marshall’s men to a second-straight win.

Trailing 16-0, his four-pointer kicked off a run of five unanswered tries. Koroisau added to that with four tackle-busts, 77 run metres, three conversions from four attempts and 33 tackles.

Samuela Fainu. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 0. TOTW selections: 2.

Fainu appears in TOTW for the second time in four matches following his efforts at Leichhardt Oval against his former club.

He finished the match with 130 run metres (70 post-contact) a line-break, five tackle-busts, 34 tackles, and powered his way over the line to score with seconds remaining to put an exclamation mark on their 34-26 victory.

Nine Sports 'The Mole' Team of the week.

1. Heath Mason (Wests Tigers)​

Put under immense pressure by Manly but after a shaky start, the pint-sized utility shone in the massive upset win by the Tigers, scoring a determined try and making a line break.

6. Lachie Galvin (Tigers)​

The exciting rookie gave a five-star performance in the shock win over Manly, showing great maturity to steer the Tigers around the park and lay on tries with pin-point passes.

11. Samuela Fainu (Tigers)​

Played the best game of his short NRL career, scoring a try and constantly troubling the Manly defence with his wide running in the big upset on Thursday night at Leichhardt.

One man's 'magnificent run' stands in Panthers' way

The Mole's Team of the Week

www.nine.com.au

 

[Tiger05]

NRL Round 25: How small details in a set have a big impact in the end, Fonua Pole, Jesse Ramien & Harry Grant - Rugby League Writers

There is a lot to cover after every round in the NRL. Throughout the 2024 season, this is a place where I’ll cover what is most important.

rugbyleaguewriters.com

This is awesome stuff with a big segment on the Tigers.

 

[Nutz]

NRL Round 25: How small details in a set have a big impact in the end, Fonua Pole, Jesse Ramien & Harry Grant - Rugby League Writers

There is a lot to cover after every round in the NRL. Throughout the 2024 season, this is a place where I’ll cover what is most important.

rugbyleaguewriters.com

This is awesome stuff with a big segment on the Tigers.

It's a good article with an accurate summation of attacking plays. Especially the part about Pole.
We were taught that one of the easiest way to go to you knees when being tackled thus allowing for a quick play the ball, was to lower your body height and use leg drive. This makes it very hard for defenders to roll you onto your back.It's s mainly because you reduce your body target area and the defenders have to stop your progress before rolling. But to roll you they now run the risk of a hip drop.
Pole can go to market at the end of the year however I read somewhere that he is one player we're trying to extend...get it done Richo.