The Opposite of Flat Track Bullies

[Xcalibre]

This current Tigers team is the opposite of flat track bullies. They can only beat the best teams in the comp. It's very strange.

Can anyone remember another team like that? I can't. Plenty of teams get the odd upset against much more fancied opponents but I can't remember a team who beat the top 4 teams, yet didn't make the finals.

 

[mozza91]

We came 7th in 2009 and beat the 6 teams who finished ahead of us during the season. Lost a fair few games to teams that didn’t make the 8.

 

[Vic Mackey]

This current Tigers team is the opposite of flat track bullies. They can only beat the best teams in the comp. It's very strange.

Can anyone remember another team like that? I can't. Plenty of teams get the odd upset against much more fancied opponents but I can't remember a team who beat the top 4 teams, yet didn't make the finals.

We’ve done it fairly regularly

In 2014 &15 we were garbage yet beat both Grand Finalists both years. In fact I believe we were the only team to do that both years.

 

[unforgiven]

We’ve done it fairly regularly

In 2014 &15 we were garbage yet beat both Grand Finalists both years. In fact I believe we were the only team to do that both years.

Yep there is actually a term for this phenomenon, its actually called Wests Tigers

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Yep there is actually a term for this phenomenon, its actually called Wests Tigers

It's actually called 'masochism'.

 

[AJB1102]

Giant killers. Showed against the Dogs though it takes a bit out of them and fair enough. I'd be proud if I was a Tigpie, they've done pretty good.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Funnily enough, we used to do it too under Ivan. Used to beat the Storm with regularity, over there and in finals in 2008/11. in 2008, we lost to the 14th placed twice Bunnies, including at home when they were 1-10 and dead last. Think they paid odds of about $20 H2H that game. Also that year, lost to the 15th placed Cows, and the 13th placed Titans. I'm sure there's more instances from around that time.

 

[butchmcdick]

Funnily enough, we used to do it too under Ivan. Used to beat the Storm with regularity, over there and in finals in 2008/11. in 2008, we lost to the 14th placed twice Bunnies, including at home when they were 1-10 and dead last. Think they paid odds of about $20 H2H that game. Also that year, lost to the 15th placed Cows, and the 13th placed Titans. I'm sure there's more instances from around that time.

Hey that 2008 cows teams was special

No shame in losing to a team that contained the wolf brother and Anthony Watts

 

[Liddell]

Funnily enough, we used to do it too under Ivan. Used to beat the Storm with regularity, over there and in finals in 2008/11. in 2008, we lost to the 14th placed twice Bunnies, including at home when they were 1-10 and dead last. Think they paid odds of about $20 H2H that game. Also that year, lost to the 15th placed Cows, and the 13th placed Titans. I'm sure there's more instances from around that time.

Wasn’t $20 but it was huge. I think they gave out a line of 20.5.

Sandow’s first game.

 

[DeeJ]

Titans beat most of the top teams last year except Brisbane. Now they are back to their rightful place.

 

[Meth]

Funnily enough, we used to do it too under Ivan. Used to beat the Storm with regularity, over there and in finals in 2008/11. in 2008, we lost to the 14th placed twice Bunnies, including at home when they were 1-10 and dead last. Think they paid odds of about $20 H2H that game. Also that year, lost to the 15th placed Cows, and the 13th placed Titans. I'm sure there's more instances from around that time.

Yep that’s been us, frustratingly, from time to time

 

[Diesel]

This current Tigers team is the opposite of flat track bullies. They can only beat the best teams in the comp. It's very strange.

Can anyone remember another team like that? I can't. Plenty of teams get the odd upset against much more fancied opponents but I can't remember a team who beat the top 4 teams, yet didn't make the finals.

Warriors in their early days were like this too

 

[Xcalibre]

OK I guess it's not very unusual then haha.

The Warriors and Tigers are perennially inconsistent, but I don't recall them having seasons where they beat many of the best teams. The old memory makes it hard to remember each season exactly though.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Wasn’t $20 but it was huge. I think they gave out a line of 20.5.

Sandow’s first game.

Yep, remember it well - I was there. Sandow kicked the field goal to ice the game. Awful, awful performance. Much like this afternoon (except this year we don't beat the front runners)

 

[typicalfan]

Titans beat most of the top teams last year except Brisbane. Now they are back to their rightful place.

Back to beating Brisbane?

 

[gregstar]

Saints in ‘89 performed well against the top sides bar the raiders.

They were crap against the rest.

 

[DeeJ]

Back to beating Brisbane?

Once every 10 years is acceptable.