That would be a great idea, let’s get rid of toa. Just after May gets ruled out for the season! Let Luke go now u want to send another outside back off, great idea?!?
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Effort was fine.
Execution with the ball abysmal.
Dumb & stupid, nowhere near finals standard
Its a waste of our time us trying to play deep...you need speed, fast players to execute this.
We are slower than a slug on drugs
king_sirro
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I wouldn't right him off. Alamoti was the same. I thought he would be too slow and just be a gun kid that didn't make it. I have no doubt Maka is better than Alomoti so it will simply come down to his mindset and work ethic. He will make it, but he needs to be brought along correctly. Benji has set him back at least 12 months
king_sirro
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Yeah i know. Its a really hard situation. Their styles simply dont gel. I believe Doueihi will be named our next captain either next year of when Luai goes. IMO he is a strong running game changing 6. He is the one we have to be loyal to here, not the guy leaving.
Would it be that terrible to say "hey look, our future is AD and Latu in the halves and we want to fast track that. You 2 just dont bring the best out in each other and our attack suffers. Jerome, you will be the 14 and if your not keen on doing that in 2027 we wont stand in your way leaving early".
TheEnz
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Just watched that break again, he was actually getting away from every chaser including Dom Young, bar Ponga, he slowed down to fend ponga when he should have just pinned his ears back and motored for the corner...that's inexperience not a lack of speed.
Love_the_WestsTigers
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One thing for a fact; we have slow players in our team. No one with pace to beat anyone genuinely quick
Tiger_claws
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Just reaching out to all my brothers & sisters on the forum today. Man I am really down today after yesterday’s game. Normally after chatting to the boys at work on a Monday morning I snap out of it. Today has been tough. Anyway just thought I would reach out & hope everyone is doing ok. Such a tough slog being a Tigers fan.
Tigerdazz2
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You have to forgive him for the knock on where that sticky spray stuff wrecked his play the ball.
Just last week a ref allowed play on after a drop exactly the same as Alex's, animatedly explaining to the defending team why. That play led to a try.
Benji should flick an email to the NRL for a "Please Explain" ( aka Crack a Pauline) over this. Why was it good enough for one team but not the Tigers?
While he's at it he can ask again why Api got 10 in the bin and a 3 week suspension when what he did was innocuous compared to some we've seen of late that only copped being placed on report and then only cop a fine at the judiciary.
If he doesn't say something, this crap will keep on happening.
426Tlgerland
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Sure is a penalty , but again there seems to be rules for some players and rules for others , Ponga gets away with murder , shoulder charges , and legs out when he jumps for,the ball but nothing when he is clearly doing illegal tackle , bulla is clearly in the air , no other player contesting only Ponga doing illegal tackle , game changer
Bula is the fastest and then we have Jake Averillo next year who is quick but yes you are right, tigers backs are slow
BlackWhiteGold
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Finally someone else who looked closely at the break away. Makasini is not slow.
It's a simple gtame. Big men run hard and straight onto the ball near the line. Don't want to see those front rowers thinking they are ball players( Terrell May). Just run hard. Look at Manly with Humole. Every week we spread the ball in the 20 zone for nil outcomes.
Benji does'nt have the balls to say that.
Ur kidding , this kid hit the field at the end of the season last year and looked fantastic, ran hard and hit hard , have not seen that at all this year , he has gone backwards , so it’s either he can’t handle playing 1st grade on a permanent basis, or we have thrown him to early , and he needs a season in nsw cup
I picked that up straight away , way didn’t we use our captains call
If they’d penalised him, he would have to be put on report and we can’t have the protected species missing Origin.
After some searching I believe Roberts is probably out for the season.
It was a broken foot which should be healed by now but apparently there is about 3 months of rehab after the 6 weeks for the bone to heal.
Didn't Knights score from that play? So I think the bunker would have looked at it if so.
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