LIVE GAME Round 24 vs. Rabbitohs

[tigermate]

Papali’i 171m from 17 hit ups and 34 tackles in 48 minutes.
Why TF did we let him go?

Terrible decision … he was whacking guys in D too. Also he’s room mates with Steff no doubt had an impact leaving

 

[Oldman]

Anyone think Charlie Staines didn't ground the ball for the first try?

Yep
I was waiting for a replay, looked like his arm was under the ball then he rolled back to his feet and didn’t put the ball down again.
Probably just paranoid about anything positive that we do after what we have seen over the last 10 years

 

[Tom Shines]

Papali’i 171m from 17 hit ups and 34 tackles in 48 minutes.
Why TF did we let him go?

Bigger loss than Stefano

 

[innsaneink]

South’s were very average
we were better than normal, scrambled well a fair few times .
scored some good tries .
players had a dig and yep made some mistakes but were also good .
We need to come out hard against manly and take DCE out of the game , Brooks will be on a mission but he will be easily put off , just get in his face .
Spoon will,be decided against Parra , with those slimmer getting it

We are no chance
Rookie fullback
Rookie 5/8 that needs a rest
No half
A tiring 9

30+ manly

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Anyone think Charlie Staines didn't ground the ball for the first try?

I was surprised they glazed over it.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Papali’i 171m from 17 hit ups and 34 tackles in 48 minutes.
Why TF did we let him go?

It’s frustrating. Overall he’s been solid but how many games has he played out of his skin like that for us? Souths had no linespeed and he took advantage.

 

[Enmore_Tiger]

The fans performance on here with the negativity is worse than the players in that second half IMHO. What a drag reading through it.

Yes is was tough they didn't close it out, but I enjoyed a lot of green shoots. Particularly the goal line defence nearly all the game.

 

[innsaneink]

I was surprised they glazed over it.

I feel.like a donut now

 

[balmain boy]

Gus stirring the pot ( again). Would love to create doubt on “why he was there”.
But let’s be honest, everyone will be keen to monitor all of Galvins movements.

There's a decent restaurant at their club. Maybe he was just grabbing a bite while in there area

 

[balmain boy]

But along with organising your defence defusing bombs is probably your most important role ....imagine what happens if Cleary or Burton are the opposing kicker
You can't just brush it aside

You can't.
He needs to be catching 100 high balls everyday after training.
That's what a champion does. Goes the extra mile to make a weakness a strength

 

[innsaneink]

You can't.
He needs to be catching 100 high balls everyday after training.
That's what a champion does. Guess the extra mile to make a weakness a strength

Why are yiu comparing him to a champion?
He's had 4 games ffs.
Give him a break

 

[Tucker]

It’s frustrating. Overall he’s been solid but how many games has he played out of his skin like that for us? Souths had no linespeed and he took advantage.

He has played like that a few times this year. People have just labelled him without fact.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

Just wondering what was the situation with Ruben porter and latu fainu, are they both injured?

Both played KOE and Porter was the 18th man for 1sts. Latu was all class in a losing team. Hopefully he replaces Sezer next week. Porter was very quiet.

 

[Kaito]

Lol they all did some good things, and some terrible things.
I’d prefer they learned to play outside first grade.

Me too but its too late now. They're young vets lol

 

[GNR4LIFE]

lol I know but I think it’s his best position.

He can’t defend in the centers

With Skelton and Turuva on board next year, i don’t see wing in his future.

 

[balmain boy]

Why are yiu comparing him to a champion?
He's had 4 games ffs.
Give him a break

Because if he wants to play more first grade this is what he needs to do. If he isn't actively trying to improve his biggest weakness then he'll never make it as a first grader

 

[Tucker]

Me too but its too late now. They're young vets lol

The problem is, we will suffer through a few seasons where they are rocks and diamonds in the same game until they find their consistent footing.

 

[Oldman]

The Panthers had the right idea in only playing him for 40-50 minutes each game to preserve his body and get the best out of him.

I couldn’t believe he was back on after a 10 minute spell he didn’t replace the young hooker so he was back on as a forward when
Papali was still on the bench since around the 30 minute mark in the first half.
I just don’t get how we utilise our bench.

 

[watersider]

Mason looks really good as a prospect. He has that sharp cutting low to ground speedy you can't coach. Just have to tidy his play up.

I was really disappointed with twals defensive work. He was always around the ankles and no strength. In attack he lacked punch as usual. He's not had a good year.

Pole once again over Stefano. Stefano defensively is really poor. He hasn't developed that part of his game at all.

Api gets played too long. Cant they see it? Took him off at a weird time with 25 to go and then brought him back into middle with da Silva with 15 to go when we really needed a big body like papalii.

Papalii should have been moved to the middle earlier in the season and we should have kept him. He can play.

The biggest thing: we need to work on strength and tackling technique. When your game falls apart as ours did in the 2nd half you need to be able to fall back on tackling well and we just got shredded. We all talk about luai changing us, but he can't change our strength in the tackle. That has been our issue and it is still our issue. This season it's no better, or perhaps worse, than its ever been.

So relieved to get the win. Well done, tigers.

 

[Kaito]

The problem is, we will suffer through a few seasons where they are rocks and diamonds in the same game until they find their consistent footing.

Au contraire, mon frere. It will do them good,
Galvin & Tallyn are clear stand outs in from that WSHS
team. They're the stand outs, still kids this is amazing