Round 11 V the Tigers

[OldPanther]

May isn't playing over Egan this weekend.

 

[Blues Riff]

Mahe Fonua has been axed to the Intrust Super Premiership after showing up to training late last Sunday.

Missed the bus eh?

 

[Fangs]

Like the side. Kikau will play less minutes but be equally if not more effective. Hasn't been as damaging in his last few games so niggling injuries might be playing their part.

No Wallace, not a loss to be honest. He needs to be 100% fit if he is going to help us in 2018.

 

[mxlegend99]

What do you think Ivan would do if someone was grubbing it up getting in Nathans face and injured him?

Must be tough... a coach would normally want his forwards roughing up the other teams 7. But if they did that it could be injuring his son and decreasing his rep chances. But he slso cant exactly tell his guys to take it easy on Nathan.

Be much easier in DWZ/MWZ shoes. They want to go out and put a shot on the other.

 

[tripster]

What do you think Ivan would do if someone was grubbing it up getting in Nathans face and injured him?

Must be tough... a coach would normally want his forwards roughing up the other teams 7. But if they did that it could be injuring his son and decreasing his rep chances. But he slso cant exactly tell his guys to take it easy on Nathan.

Be much easier in DWZ/MWZ shoes. They want to go out and put a shot on the other.

Definitely tough for Ivan. I imagine he just wouldn’t say anything specific to his players about it. I also say that because we know Ivan is a decent human. If it was someone like Ricky Stuart or Bellamy I have little doubt he’d be telling his players to go and f**k him up - whatever it takes to get the win.

 

[OldPanther]

Definitely tough for Ivan. I imagine he just wouldn’t say anything specific to his players about it. I also say that because we know Ivan is a decent human. If it was someone like Ricky Stuart or Bellamy I have little doubt he’d be telling his players to go and f**k him up - whatever it takes to get the win.

Yeah Ivan seems like the type who target a player and make him defend more to make them tired but not injure someone out of the game.

 

[franklin2323]

Like the side. Kikau will play less minutes but be equally if not more effective. Hasn't been as damaging in his last few games so niggling injuries might be playing their part.

No Wallace, not a loss to be honest. He needs to be 100% fit if he is going to help us in 2018.

Kikau did his ankle a few weeks back, was in doubt for last week with a hand injury and then was down with his shoulder early in last week's game. So less minutes is good to get him to the bye. It will be good to be able to give the backrow a break they have been epic

 

[franklin2323]

Yeah Ivan seems like the type who target a player and make him defend more to make them tired but not injure someone out of the game.

I want that. Keep Maloney fresh and attack away from Peachey's bad defence.

 

[OldPanther]

Kikau did his ankle a few weeks back, was in doubt for last week with a hand injury and then was down with his shoulder early in last week's game. So less minutes is good to get him to the bye. It will be good to be able to give the backrow a break they have been epic

To use a footy cliche 110%. Our back row has been nothing short of amazing.

I want that. Keep Maloney fresh and attack away from Peachey's bad defence.

Good point. Will free up our attack a lot more than recent weeks. If Maloney/Peachy side can combine effectively while the other side holds the line we should win pretty easily.

 

[franklin2323]

To use a footy cliche 110%. Our back row has been nothing short of amazing.

Good point. Will free up our attack a lot more than recent weeks. If Maloney/Peachy side can combine effectively while the other side holds the line we should win pretty easily.

Everything has been on Cleary which is understandable but it will free up Katoa and Maloney. Also will take heaps of energy so will allow Kikau against tiring defence

 

[OldPanther]

Everything has been on Cleary which is understandable but it will free up Katoa and Maloney. Also will take heaps of energy so will allow Kikau against tiring defence

Yeah the Tigers use high energy defence. We saw Eels score 20 points on them late in the game because of it.

 

[franklin2323]

Yeah the Tigers use high energy defence. We saw Eels score 20 points on them late in the game because of it.

I still think it will be close. It is the margin one in my tipping Comp probably play safe and us by 8 but we will beat them

 

[umina panther]

How far away is Blake? We can't win a comp with Jimmy and Peach next to each other

 

[unKwn]

How far away is Blake? We can't win a comp with Jimmy and Peach next to each other

RD 14 im pretty sure. it's after the bye and it's against raiders

 

[unKwn]

 

[franklin2323]

RD 14 im pretty sure. it's after the bye and it's against raiders

Yeah no point rushing him

 

[OldPanther]

RD 14 im pretty sure. it's after the bye and it's against raiders

Yeah this article says round 14. Can't wait to get him back (don't rush though). One of our best.

 

[franklin2323]

No one wants to leave a good thing to have. Though on this we released Hiku and TMM so we could offer him a deal. I'd hate to see how we would be if we didn't keep him

 

[superpanther]

we are screwed.. Ben cummins is the ref!!!!!!

 

[OldPanther]

we are screwed.. Ben cummins is the ref!!!!!!

Tigers fans are saying the same thing.