Round 6 v Knights

[Tiger05]

Brooks has gone backwards at an alarming rate.

This is the big concern isn't it. He has a tonne of attributes to make him a good player. He is fast, strong for a half, a massive boot on him and he can make a nice pass.

He can't put it together though at all can he.

 

[simmo1]

Brooks has gone backwards at an alarming rate.

Still hasn't had a performance close to his debut game. How long do you persevere? Is looking more and more like the next Beau Henry than the next Andrew Johns.

 

[wittyfan]

What does Milone get a point for ? For turning up ?

Milone held his own tbh.

 

[gordsy]

Thought Moses was good ,Robbie was solid , Lawrence busted him butt
Brooks is shite, he is n outright thief for the money we're paying him, let alone an upgrade. Also thought Woodsy got caught out being lazy around the ruck a couple of times today. This something he really needs to work on.

Grant is turning out to be a really good buy.
Rankin was better but that ball he missed when he was walking instead of running cost us dearly.

I think we missed Simona as well, especially when I saw Jeremy Smith outrun Milone.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Looking back at post # 42 on page 3.

Taylor was in the drivers seat in regards to offseason signings. He has to make some decisions regarding the makeup of his back row and reserves bench and or about his own abilities as a1st grade RL coach. It is his position on the line after all.

Can he motivate the team ? Are his game plans right in regards to his own team and their opposition?

 

[Tiger05]

Taylor is a massive concern. He stuffed us up last year. I don't think it's his fault this year but he isn't getting us playing good footy is he.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Looking back at post # 42 on page 3.

Taylor was in the drivers seat in regards to offseason signings. He has to make some decisions regarding the makeup of his back row and reserves bench and or about his own abilities as a1st grade RL coach. It is his position on the line after all.

Can he motivate the team ?

No

Are his game plans right in regards to his own team and their opposition?

No

 

[madunit]

Tedesco - getting a lot of ball when he shouldn't be. This sort of shit not only stunts our attack, but it cripples Tedesco's attacking power to have the ball all the time.

It also means he gets tackled a lot more which increases his chance of injury.

Rankin and Naiqama were horrible. Milone didn't get involved at all. Nofoaluma and Tedesco were the only backs to earn their pay today.

Brooks is looking more and more like he should be a five-eighth. Moses was good without being great. Kicking game from both halves though was not good enough.

Sironen was tentative. He has started to run good lines, but he doesn't run with any intent, but more as though he's intending to be a decoy runner, which just makes him easy to defend.

Halatau, well I've been saying all year that he should not be in the NRL. He lacks size, power, impact and ability in attack and defence. It's like putting Robert Lui in the back row.

Big changes need to be made.

Sadly they won't. We even got the same old rhetoric from Taylor in the Presser "we need to be tougher"

That's your f**king job. If they are tough enough, then you haven't done your f**king job.

Our board needs to be tougher.

 

[Tigerm]

What did everyone think of the second ball on the field being kicked towards Rankin while trying to take a catch, then scoreing on the next set.

I thought it should have been at least a scrum to us, it ended up a match winner.

When you are down, nothing seems to go right for you, dose it

 

[Tiger05]

What did everyone think of the second ball on the field being kicked towards Rankin while trying to take a catch, then scoreing on the next set.

I thought it should have been at least a scrum to us, it ended up a match winner.

When you are down, nothing seems to go right for you, dose it

That wasn't good but it's not an excuse is it.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Sat through the replay last night and knowing the result, having read some comments here regarding Brooks and Moses it was easy to see that Farah is very frustrated.

Go as far as saying that he ran the ball and kicked the ball because of the ability of the 6 & 7 and not because it was in JT's game plan to have Farah do that. Didn't always come off though and so that will no doubt go against him in JT's ratings of his players this week.

Couldn't fault his effort and desire for the team and the same can be said of Lawrence yesterday.

Storm this week at Leichhardt and based on games v Storm at Leichhardt over past years, we will win and JT will come out with some great words of wisdom like 'we played tougher this week'

 

[macnaz]

Milone held his own tbh.

I agree he didnt do much wrong , in fact he just didnt do anything. Certainly not the worst player but he wasnt in the best top 3.

 

[macnaz]

Some certainties about WT's .
Play a winless side into form - tick
Concede a try before or after halftime - tick
Give up a big lead - tick
Be on the wrong side of the penalty count -tick
Get a rough deal from the judiciary - tick
If something out of the ordinary happens ,we will be affected - tick
Theres just a few things that have been part of this club for years and doesnt ever look like changing. Im sure ppl can think of other things.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Some certainties about WT's .
Play a winless side into form - tick
Concede a try before or after halftime - tick
Give up a big lead - tick
Be on the wrong side of the penalty count -tick
Get a rough deal from the judiciary - tick
If something out of the ordinary happens ,we will be affected - tick
Theres just a few things that have been part of this club for years and doesnt ever look like changing. Im sure ppl can think of other things.

thats what i was thinking last night. everytime you hear a commentator say 'i dont think ive ever seen that happen before' it will generally be somethings that affected us.

on sunday i can see us down by 4 and nofo scoring in the corner on the bell. rankins attempts the goal, its looking good and all of a sudden a satelitte comes falling out of the sky into the goal posts. the ball goes straigt over where the posts would have been but the touchies say 'i cant tell' and the refs say 'nothing we can do'

we then go on to lose in golden point after a cronk field goal is sailing wide until a pelican flies past, gulps the ball up and flies through the posts.

 

[macnaz]

Lol.. exactly.

 

[The Charlatan]

I've bagged him every week, but rankin was one of our best today. His dummyhalf runs were actually good.

Rankin was one of our better ones today, which isn't saying much. Scrambling defence saved two tries, his read on the pass saved another and ran hard out of dummy half. Stuffed up one try that I remember though.

Brooks only ever looked threatening when he ran the ball. He has no idea with his passing game.

 

[The Charlatan]

Oh, and Sims should get a start with the Socceroos with that strike, complete with shuffle to line the shot up.

 

[Clifferd]

Maybe Brooks should be more of a 2nd hand pivot, looks way more comfortable taking the line on and running the ball

Moses to me looks a much better passer/organiser of the game. Leave all that stuff to him

Either that or bring in Littlejohn to steady the ship for Moses and give Brooks a month in reserves to find his feet. I still feel like he has a lot to offer

 

[Tigerted]

Brooks is the most pathetic half I've seen for years.Whenever the ball goes to him I cringe as I'm expecting a dumb pass a brainless kick or a clumsy dropped ball.Even Taylor would be aware that he is a massive liability but something tells me Taylor's hands r tied re dropping this bum to nsw cup.

We won't finish above 15th spot again this yr.

We need a major overhaul of our squad .Theres only 7-8 players that r worth retaining.

 

[The Charlatan]

f**k I'd even move Rankin to six and Moses to 7.