LIVE GAME *SPOILERS* Round 2 vs Raiders

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Mighty_Tiger said:
Benji comment re away from his gameplan was related to the 2 chips at halfway in which he said we never practiced them and did 2 in short period of time.
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Well it’s a “ blame the players not me” line.

I don’t think he planned it, Freudian slip.

But it’s telling us they aren’t quite on board with him.

So he can tell them that if they listen to him, they will succeed.

The contrary position is that they listened to him and still screwed up that would be ‘ken catastrophic.
 
TigerVinnie said:
3. Naden
4. Olam
7. Sezer
6. Galvin

Hoping the additional experience added next week cuts out at least some of the school boy errors we consistently make. Klemmer is a few years past the modern game. Sullivan offers nothing. Tupou looks genuinely disinterested. All 3 need a rocket.
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Unfortunately Naden and schoolboy errors have been consistent his whole career
 
Todd Packer said:
I'll agree with you on a couple of the players.
How does Seyfarth get skinnier and weaker every year?
Why does Klemmer now look like a vegetarian.
Does the Centre Of Excellence even have a weights room?
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It’s a bit of a “white elephant” so far.

We’ve ripped off Zurich for sure.

We should lease it out to Interstate clubs as a base. Go back to LO and Lidcombe.
 
To be fair - this was the result we all expected. You look at both teams and recent results and combinations and it was always very unlikely that we would manage an upset. I was actually surprised it wasn’t more.
 
Twodogs said:
If Ramadan is a thing here, every WT is Muslim except Sezer and Galvin. They're all playing like they haven't eaten all day.
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If that was the case they would be hungry and I didn't see too many Wests Tigers out there that were hungry.
 
Mighty Mouse said:
To be fair - this was the result we all expected. You look at both teams and recent results and combinations and it was always very unlikely that we would manage an upset. I was actually surprised it wasn’t more.
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I cant believe nobodys mentioned hoe bad Batemen was hes just trash.Gives away free kicks cant make a break cant tackle should be in reserve grade
 
twentyforty said:
You could expect players relaxing if it were a conversion attempt?
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It shows that this team lack leaders and a strong captain. Could you imagine what Ricky would have done
Wiz said:
I was at the game today. As soon as I walked in and saw the teams warming up it was obvious they were taller, broader, and thicker than us (plus their squad had more fast twitch than ours). It’s been like this for 15 years now. We just don’t have the athletes to compete with the other teams. Almost all of our players have a physical deficiency compared to a prototypical player in the corresponding position across the league. For example:

Bateman is a 92kg second rower. That is lighter than most three quarters. His is a terrible contract with two more years after this one.
Papalii is less than 6 foot tall.
Seyfarth, Klemmer and Twal are string beans. They are all tall and lanky so the distribution of their weight means they have no power and are easy to tackle and can’t hit hard.
Staines is too light.
Faatapue is too short.
Toa is too slow.
I could name more.

This is before you consider endurance, heart and brains, which clearly our squad lacks.

You can carry a couple of players in your 30 man squad that have physical deficiencies. But our starting team is full of them.

We will only win one or two games this year and will get the spoon. No matter how hard our players try they are at a massive disadvantage physically.

Our squad is so poor and we have so many ordinary players tied up in multi year deals (Staines, Sullivan, Twal, Seyfarth) that we will probably get the spoon next year as well.
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I have said this many times over the last 10 years. We just don't buy big aggressive players. We have probably the smallest , lightest team in the comp. Boys v men. Not much hope for the future until we recruit or develop large fast players.
 
Huge difference in aggression and energy in D between the 2 teams. Until we improve our D we won’t win games. Some lazy attempts at times that allow them to keep the play alive and gain momentum that should never be allowed. They scored 2-3 tries that really should never have been tries.
Sullivan, Klemmer, Staines, Toa all very disappointing.
 
We didn't come outta the sheds at the start ready to play... They just rolled right thru us.

I've heard kids teams at GFs pumping themselves up before kick.off and they'd run thru a brickwall... Never lasted long hard for kids to keep that adrenalin going... We lack so much confidence or seems to me sometimes they don't wanna be there...
Still early days but doesn't look good... We give away start in every facet of the game.. Speed.. Power.. Height.. Skill.. Effort.. Etcetc... Maybe they ask know that and no words can get them up at kick off

I want a much better start to next week's game... Some attitude and show the sharks it won't be an Easy afternoon
I was going to attend I don't think I will now... The team annoys me enough as it is let alone bring ripped off at the ticket window
Pay 50 odd bucks for the prjvrluge of getting the shits? 🤣🤣
 
Poor support plays and ball movement is a major letdown too, our halves really don't have much....basically nothing....to work with. There's never anyone following the ball carrier. No-one running lines or decoys. Seems like we're the only team in the comp that gives our halves limited attacking options.
 
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