LIVE GAME Round 27 vs. Eels

[Vicious]

Yeah he has been done for a while now but they make him play maximum minutes per game, ignoring the huge defensive load he takes on.
TDS should get 40+ minutes each week next year.

Don’t forget he was only playing half a game each week at the Panthers and often starting off the bench.
He’s a champion player, but he’s very small in the middle defending against giants week on week out for 80 minutes and when fatigued he becomes a defensive liability.

 

[Tucker]

Don’t forget he was only playing half a game each week at the Panthers and often starting off the bench.
He’s a champion player, but he’s very small in the middle defending against giants week on week out for 80 minutes and when fatigued he becomes a defensive liability.

We’ve always used him incorrectly.
What’s the bet we use Luai wrong next year as well?

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

He plays both sides of the field all year. He kicks the ball plenty of times. He touches the ball 4 times a set. It's not going to be easy to tell him to go from doing that dominant half stuff and then all of a sudden being a second fiddle to the new guy in town

? He is a rookie - a very very good one - but I’m also wondering how he features above Luai? The upshot is Latu looks really good. I love Galvin, but a kid and we are last for the 3rd time in a row

 

[Bellend]

Having went to the game tonight with great hope of a better show or dare i say a sniff of maybe a sneaky win. Man, i was so disappointed even from the warmup you could some players where not up for it. I have never bagged Alex Seyfarth but he should never ever be selected in any capacity to play first grade, Junior Tupou i am so glad he is leaving. Our general football in attack at times was brilliant, but when it wasn't it was at a c-grade level for the majority of the game, our basic tackling was so poor you thought you were watching under 10's division 3 level.

 

[cktiger]

If he doesn’t like it, he can piss off back Reggie’s.
He’s run the worst attack in the comp this year. Under no circumstances should he be allowed to do so again next season.

Doubt even Luai would have looked great with the crap we’ve rotated outside of him.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

Yeah I agree. We need a game manager. Which is why I've got fainu with luai next year. I know galvin is a 'superstar' but sometimes you need to do what's best for the team. He's only 18. He can play in another spot in the mean time. I reckon roosters will snap him up tbh

Do you everr manage a single day posting on this site without mentioning your belief that Galvin is leaving ?? Is it like a Tourette’s thing for you ?? Why do you need to post about it so constantly? I just do not understand why you feel you have some sort of Nostradamus vision on the subject that you feel we need to hear about !

 

[Tucker]

Doubt even Luai would have looked great with the crap we’ve rotated outside of him.

We’ll see next year.

 

[Tucker]

12pts down 40 mins to go, they needed to force parra to make the errors in their own 20. Instead WT were throwing the pill from the get go and making the errors, not earning the right to play that way. Gifted Parra field position with lots of dumb play.

So long season 2024.

They were instructed to do that.

 

[westTAHger]

Sadly yet another season of not reaching the pinnacle of score lines:
wests tigers 25
opponents 18

I wonder which will happen first, top 8 and playing the finals, or achieving the Mount Everest of score lines.🤔😉🤣

 

[Vicious]

He’s not a superstar. How has he earned that moniker?
Galvin may be the better player, but Fainu is the better half.

Both Galvin and Latu Fainu will be high quality players in the NRL for a long, long time.
Working out how to fit them both in our team and get the best out of them is the problem we need to solve.
Our forwards again got pumped and our outside backs were armttrocious.
With a couple more quality additions our forward pack has the capacity to become very good, but our centres and wingers are a major concern as we have no size, no speed, no power, it’s the most powered puff backline I have ever seen.
If we can get Turuva and Skelton playing at their best they will certainly help and if we can somehow get Olam fit and healthy on a more consistent basis that will also help.
When Starford To’a and Adam Doueihi are at their best they are both good attacking players who have a bit of size, speed and power in their game, but stating the obvious we need to dramatically improve their defence.
We also need to find a way to have Bula near his best on a more consistent basis.
Recruiting some fast, strong, powerful athletes in our backline has to be a high priority over the next couple of years, hopefully we can retain and see andcenerging Heamasi Makasini and the blistering speed of Onitoni Large help fill the void.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

They were instructed to do that.

Benji really needs an Iron Fist

 

[Squater]

Get drunk man, forget they exist. They don’t care one iota.

Great advise and will take it . Half way there already viva la France 🇫🇷

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Dont wander into a no go zone

 

[cktiger]

We’ll see next year.

Hopefully a better backline (and one that stays the same most games) to help with that.

 

[Tucker]

Hopefully a better backline (and one that stays the same most games) to help with that.

Won’t matter much. It’s our plays, our systems, team culture and likely our training. We don’t play first grade footy.

 

[TSP]

We’ve always used him incorrectly.
What’s the bet we use Luai wrong next year as well?

Every chance, on the cards and perhaps likely at this rate.

 

[TSP]

I think it was said earlier, but Benji hasn’t been nearly strong enough with the rubbish that’s been served up by highly paid senior players this year.

He talks about the kids earning their way into first grade, but it seems it’s automatic selection and open slather for senior holiday makers chugging hard on salary cap avarice.

And all we get is Brooksonian favouritism.

Continued selection of overpaid loafing halfwits who consistently underperformed when he should have knocked a few of their high horses ages ago and backed his truth telling with action.

Sure that he might be able to frighten a few kids into the extra yard, but the damage is done.

After tonight, if results count, Richo and Benji need to review what they are doing and tweak their plans.

It might be time to sign up a few plan b players instead of hope and pray every kid can work.

We can’t accept this result without blood. Things aren’t going well. We have to own up and face that before we move forward.

At least Jerome is solid, but he’s going to need a lot more help at there.

 

[rugbygoated]

Do you everr manage a single day posting on this site without mentioning your belief that Galvin is leaving ?? Is it like a Tourette’s thing for you ?? Why do you need to post about it so constantly? I just do not understand why you feel you have some sort of Nostradamus vision on the subject that you feel we need to hear about !

Benji is still going to be coach next year. Galvin will want to be the main man + more money. We don't have that for him. Put 2 and 2 together and boom. Roosters have the money and Walker could leave roosters, leaving galvin in the lucky position of playing for a decent team on bigger money

 

[bptiger 0]

Gee I hope hunt and bird don’t use the 10 day rule to pull out , that was a pathetic effort , dropped balls , simple missed tackles, pushing passes that were never on , benji has to take responsibility for all of the above , I don’t care who we sign , because I have come to the conclusion that benji is not a 1st grade coach

 

[TSP]

Blood must be spilt.

Both assistants would make a good start.

HB must relieve Richo and Benji of their command in retention and recruitment.

Take a black texta and delete it from their job descriptions.

They can frolic around and do whatever else they want, but their days of meddling around with the roster should be over.