NQ Cowboys v Wests Tigers - 2005 NRL Grand Final - Match Thread and *Spoilers

[bluenwhite]

that was the second-most boring grand final i've ever watched. 2000 being the most boring.

 

[elyod138]

You obviously have no idea shadow grinder, he was one of our best...

Congratz tigers, well deserved win but the might cowboys will be back in 2006

 

[shadow grinder]

that was the second-most boring grand final i've ever watched. 2000 being the most boring.

not wrong

 

[*Paul*]

Well done to the Tigers. Not a special GF, but entertaining enough.

 

[Ghoulies]

You obviously have no idea shadow grinder, he was one of our best...

Agreed.

that was the second-most boring grand final i've ever watched. 2000 being the most boring.

It wasn't a particuarly good spectactle, but it's still streets ahead of 2004.

 

[Iafeta]

Can someone explain to me the penalty against Steve Southern that resulted ina no try?

He's behind Jonathan Thurston, about a metre away in support incase Thurston pops a short pass or an offload, Dene Halatau makes a bad decision in my eyes, yet its a penalty?

What was Southern supposed to do? Not get behind Thurston to receive a possible offload?

 

[Ari Gold]

Tonight showed how the great game should be played....





How good was:

- the Cowboys offloads in the second half.

- Benji Marshall's flick pass

- Tiger's 98m try

- Thurston's inside pass

- Matt Sing's spectacular catch off a Tigers bomb

- Scott Prince's kicking game


Just Brilliant

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Can someone explain to me the penalty against Steve Southern that resulted ina no try?

He's behind Jonathan Thurston, about a metre away in support incase Thurston pops a short pass or an offload, Dene Halatau makes a bad decision in my eyes, yet its a penalty?

What was Southern supposed to do? Not get behind Thurston to receive a possible offload?

You've got to be kidding. Halatau didn't make a bad decision, Southern turned away from Thurston and pushed him over! Very straightforward decision.

 

[shadow grinder]

You obviously have no idea shadow grinder, he was one of our best...

Congratz tigers, well deserved win but the might cowboys will be back in 2006

ofcourse you will say that your a cowboys fan....was i seeing things when i saw him do 3 sh*t kicks in a row? and get caught with the ball on the last tackle?

 

[wittyfan]

Was I watching the same game? :?

 

[Iafeta]

There's already a thread

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=122055

 

[Jordan]

I'm absolutely devastated right now... we were well below our best, and I think I will lament our missed chances for a long time to come. Congratulations to the Tigers...they're a great team and it's so frustrating watching your team play them. Missed tackles are one thing, but some of there ball moment is so good that a lot of the time there wont be a tackle to miss.. they're just gone in a flash.

 

[bluenwhite]

there was no intensity in that match.. atleast in 2004 there was intensity.. (to the guy who said 2004 was worse)

 

[Iafeta]

You've got to be kidding. Halatau didn't make a bad decision, Southern turned away from Thurston and pushed him over! Very straightforward decision.

No, I'm not kidding.

Where the hell is Southern supposed to be. Turned away? He was running deadball line to deadball line, you make it sound ilke he's facing the halfway tunnel. So what you're basically saying is support players have got to be making eye contact or else its a possible obstruction?

Southern's intentions are not to push anyone over, its to be a support player.

 

[TheJester]

Iafeta,
On the replay we say the guy make a grab for Thruston and was barged out of the way by southern...

Fair Call

 

[shadow grinder]

what about the poor pre-game "entertainment" ...worst music ever. and that idiot at halftime.....please drive off a cliff.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

He went up to be a support player, but when Thurston threw the dummy Southern turned to his left and pushed over Dene Halatau, who was running to tackle Prince. It was all pretty clearcut imo. He ran up as a support player but when he got there he deliberately went out of his way to take out a defender trying to make a tackle.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Three words: Boring, boring, boring. Well, one word three times

Great flick pass from Marshall, great run by Richards but it was probably the only exciting passage in the entire game. Both teams played below their potentials but the Cowboys even more so. None of their players stepped up and that's what cost them.

Southern pushed Halatau, penalty deserved.

 

[I Bleed Green]

The Wests Tigers have broken the single-game record for saying f*** in one victory lap. :lol:

 

[shadow grinder]

what about the tigers players swearing their tits off...lol