Dazzling Darius
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Raiders or tigers? Who would you rather play?
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Raiders
Pros ​
Wayne would have learnt a lot from the last time we played them without Jeremy Smith (who is in great form) and Beau Scott (a tackling machine).
Will be coming into this game having won 7 on the trot. Surely they are due for a loss. A remarkable effort from Furner to keep them motivated for so long without letting the hype get to them, which leads to my next point.
The hype surrounding this game against the tigers could backfire against the raiders as it will have the hysteria in Canberra of a Grand Final if they win.
The last time we played I think they got about 14 sets in a row. A freak occurrence that couldnt possibly happen again.
Playing them in Sydney. I think this is a huge bonus for us.
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Cons -​
Our record against them (even though Im not too fussed about records as there has been such a change in personnel and coaching staff that it has nothing to do with them).
Playing the team that is riding THE wave as the eels did last year and have become the peoples favourite team (for those supporters out of the race).
If their forwards dominate we seem to get flustered when we should be looking to give the ball some width and use our backrowers / centers to make some yards.
Using the niggle that they often do against us tends to throw us off our game. We need to keep a cool head as shown against manly who tried everything they could to get us off our game.
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Tigers
Pros -​
When we played them earlier this year I think we really had their measure. Boyd running through marshall for his first try of the year brought tears of joy to my eyes.
We have a far more dominating forward pack that works well for our game plan.
Some of their players are under an injury cloud.
Our rock solid defence to frustrate them into errors and poor options in attack.
Saint Benny on twitter may have put farah off his game.
Cons -​
If they beat raiders, they will have regained a lot of confidence.
Their style of play (if the passes actually stick) could run us ragged. If this happens and they race away to an early lead (like they did against the roosters), we may find it hard to chase points.
Saint Benny on twitter has fired farah up for the game of his life.
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I am not really fussed as to who we play cause I am very confident that we will beat either of these teams. I would like though to play Canberra which would mean the tigers would be out in straight sets which would be a joy to watch.
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Raiders
Pros ​
Wayne would have learnt a lot from the last time we played them without Jeremy Smith (who is in great form) and Beau Scott (a tackling machine).
Will be coming into this game having won 7 on the trot. Surely they are due for a loss. A remarkable effort from Furner to keep them motivated for so long without letting the hype get to them, which leads to my next point.
The hype surrounding this game against the tigers could backfire against the raiders as it will have the hysteria in Canberra of a Grand Final if they win.
The last time we played I think they got about 14 sets in a row. A freak occurrence that couldnt possibly happen again.
Playing them in Sydney. I think this is a huge bonus for us.
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Cons -​
Our record against them (even though Im not too fussed about records as there has been such a change in personnel and coaching staff that it has nothing to do with them).
Playing the team that is riding THE wave as the eels did last year and have become the peoples favourite team (for those supporters out of the race).
If their forwards dominate we seem to get flustered when we should be looking to give the ball some width and use our backrowers / centers to make some yards.
Using the niggle that they often do against us tends to throw us off our game. We need to keep a cool head as shown against manly who tried everything they could to get us off our game.
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Tigers
Pros -​
When we played them earlier this year I think we really had their measure. Boyd running through marshall for his first try of the year brought tears of joy to my eyes.
We have a far more dominating forward pack that works well for our game plan.
Some of their players are under an injury cloud.
Our rock solid defence to frustrate them into errors and poor options in attack.
Saint Benny on twitter may have put farah off his game.
Cons -​
If they beat raiders, they will have regained a lot of confidence.
Their style of play (if the passes actually stick) could run us ragged. If this happens and they race away to an early lead (like they did against the roosters), we may find it hard to chase points.
Saint Benny on twitter has fired farah up for the game of his life.
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I am not really fussed as to who we play cause I am very confident that we will beat either of these teams. I would like though to play Canberra which would mean the tigers would be out in straight sets which would be a joy to watch.
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