Round 5 v Melbourne Storm (Team List)

[benched tiger]

Starting the game with a small backrow rarely amounts to the WT dominating opposing forward packs, players like Fulton would be better suited coming on when the bigger opposing forwards tire.!

 

[deemac77]

Anyone going to take the $5.50 being offered?

 

[azsportza]

Anyone going to take the $5.50 being offered?

Tab.com.au is offering $6 for us, $1.14 for the Storm.

All I want from this game is some competition. Even if we get beaten, there needs to be effort. The Storm will blow us away if we even given them a hint of a chance. We have the talent in the side to give them a run for their money. If we put in effort and not just lay down, even with a loss I'd be happy.

 

[Apey]

Hope some of you were watching the footy show just now, Billy Slater talking about the Storm v Tigers game said something along the lines of "the Tigers have some class in their line-up, not just Benji here but Tim Moltzen as well..."

 

[madunit]

He's taking the piss, surely

 

[super_coach]

Although next to no chance against the Storm in Stormville, we have some slight chance of winning as their pack is not quite as dominating as some other teams like,Souths,Manly and The Chooks. We will never beat those three teams while we have something like our present roster!!!!!

I find it funny the joint venture is about two teams who were forced into a marriage who had a lot in common and one of those things was a history of brutal and skillful forwards and now as a combined entity we have the weakest forward pack in the NRL maybe with the exception of the Eels.

I know I keep harping on it but Sheens has left the place in a shambles and we will not see any notable improvement for about four to five years

 

[macnaz]

Thats so true about our brutal forwards. Even in the early days as Weststigers win lose or draw other teams used to hate playing us, they knew they would be sore any sorry afterwards. Back then if we had the speedy backs we would have been a top four side. We then transformed into this attacking side that could score from anywhere. Now we are soft and our attack is mainstream

 

[deemac77]

oogghh, cheap jibes from Slater.

 

[deemac77]

He's taking the piss, surely

Cheap Jibes from Slater.

 

[Matchball]

We need a Tyrone Smith or Jason Lowrie style players.

Can't remember having anyone as effective and consistent since.

 

[benched tiger]

Can any one remember the last time we caused an upset,Parra and the Panthers don't count ..lol

 

[Shanghai Charlie]

Storm in Melbourne last year!

But....good point. Not very often we cause one.
Big teams dont fear us.

 

[innsaneink]

personally we havent really caused an upset for years because Ive come to expect us to win most of the time, (up till last year maybe) a far cry from the last days of Wests and early WTs, when flickering hope was all I could muster going to most games.

Last year Melb were without their origin blokes

 

[madunit]

I'll be going tonight. I'm not expecting a win, but i am expecting us to perform a shitload better than we have in our last 2 games at least.

There was some heavy rain yesterday arvo, been none since & theres none expected tonight. Will be cloudy today so the field could be a bit slow.

 

[madunit]

I just want to see some plays attempted at least. Need to kick to the corners as well

 

[STORM.99/07]

Cheap Jibes from Slater.

What did you expect Billy to say."Molly is crap and benji is past it".he was just trying to put a positive spin on the game.
Good on you Billy....

 

[madunit]

He could have said nothing

 

[phenisha]

the mole on twitter said that tedesco will start at fullback

 

[Matchball]

I have that feeling we can upset them tonight.
We have nothing to lose and I hope we play that way.

 

[madunit]

Only seen 4 tigers fans so far....