8/10.. Awesome Start

[Tony33]

I know were at a 3-2 record after five rounds this season but i honestly think we have had one of the best starts to the season of any team in the NRL. We have effectively played ten halves of football and saying we performed brilliantly in almost all of them would be a massive understatement when you consider the preceding years and the inconsistent form of all other teams.

We have been "outperformed" in only two halves this year and that being against the dragons and warriors in the second stanzas and not without reason. The warriors melt-down was basically due to a horrible run of injuries and reshuffles, ruining our attacking and defensive structures and halting the momentum we had built in the first half. When you couple that with a few dubious refereeing calls, its amazing we managed to stay with them for 60 odd minutes. Nonetheless, we were outperformed in that half.

The second disappointing half was against the dragons and was in round 1 with a few of our players still missing (galloway, simona) however we had another melt-down in the second half and were well-outplayed by an enthusiastic dragons side.

These are the two matches which we have lost this season, however we have been more then competitive in both matches if not being the better side for at least half of the match. Yes they were losses, but it was something so different to those losses we accumulated over disappointing 2012-2013 seasons. They were somehow still exciting…

So by my calculations that shows we have played 8/10 awesome halves of football and comprehensively beaten two top 4 teams and this season's front runners. I can't help but be excited at our teams start to the season. So much fulfilled potential yet still playing way above expectations. I know were only five rounds into the season, but its a start. Now the challenge is for our boys to keep it up and find that consistency which has for so long eluded our club. From the outside looking in, I think it is a challenge they're willing to conquer.

 

[Milky]

Wont be easy missing Teddy.

 

[Doc_Tiger]

You're dead right tony33\. Perfect assessment. We often fall into a trap though, of losing against the bottom order teams. Hopefully that won't be the case again this year. Bring on the cows, we usually get a good result there - usually. Particularly in g/f's. :slight_smile:

 

[Tigersman]

You're dead right tony33\. Perfect assessment. We often fall into a trap though, of losing against the bottom order teams. Hopefully that won't be the case again this year. Bring on the cows, we usually get a good result there - usually. Particularly in g/f's. :slight_smile:

And in Semi Finals and In the wet.

 

[Tony33]

So happy to be a tigers supporter right now. Battled through the struggles of the last 2 years and now were reaping the rewards…

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[Kul]

Good post

 

[Tiger_In_The_Gong]

Good contribution Tony, thanks.

 

[pHyR3]

Wont be easy missing Teddy.

it's doable.

unlike before it's not a mid game reshuffle, we have time to train with the new reshuffle (which wont be massive) and win games without him. Manly do it all the time without stewart, we've got to do the same or we'll end up like souths, relying on 1 player too much.

 

[tig_prmz]

We lost the 2nd half against manly 12-8 and iirc souths scored a couple of tries which made us lose that half as well?

We have scored the first 2 tries in every game though iirc?

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[Tony33]

We lost the 2nd half against manly 12-8 and iirc souths scored a couple of tries which made us lose that half as well?

We have scored the first 2 tries in every game though iirc?

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Its not about the scoreline but more so the performance. We were by far the better teams in both those halves you mentioned, conceeding points when the match was no longer in the balance

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[sideline_eye]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

 

[pHyR3]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

losing a half 12-8 doesn't always mean you were the worse team in that half.

we were by far the better team in both halves on sunday

assuming you're saying that the stats mean we lost the half in your post

 

[sideline_eye]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

losing a half 12-8 doesn't always mean you were the worse team in that half.

we were by far the better team in both halves on sunday

assuming you're saying that the stats mean we lost the half in your post

No, look, it was just my little attempt at humour but my brilliant subtlety seems to have escaped you. But seriously, aren't we becoming a tad desperate if we go about claiming half victories? They don't give out competition points for that, do they?

 

[pHyR3]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

losing a half 12-8 doesn't always mean you were the worse team in that half.

we were by far the better team in both halves on sunday

assuming you're saying that the stats mean we lost the half in your post

No, look, it was just my little attempt at humour but my brilliant subtlety seems to have escaped you. But seriously, aren't we becoming a tad desperate if we go about claiming half victories? They don't give out competition points for that, do they?

surprisingly, my reading comprehension skills aren't exactly the envy of the world :laughing:

 

[Tony33]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

losing a half 12-8 doesn't always mean you were the worse team in that half.

we were by far the better team in both halves on sunday

assuming you're saying that the stats mean we lost the half in your post

No, look, it was just my little attempt at humour but my brilliant subtlety seems to have escaped you. But seriously, aren't we becoming a tad desperate if we go about claiming half victories? They don't give out competition points for that, do they?

Im no statistician just giving an opinion. Why would the original post show desperation ? It simply describes our unexpexted success so far this season. To show desperation one would have to be desperate and with a 3-2 record to start the season i dont think the Tigers are desperate for "half victories"… Yet

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[tig_prmz]

We lost the 2nd half against manly 12-8 and iirc souths scored a couple of tries which made us lose that half as well?

We have scored the first 2 tries in every game though iirc?

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Its not about the scoreline but more so the performance. We were by far the better teams in both those halves you mentioned, conceeding points when the match was no longer in the balance

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at the end of the day, you gotta look at the scoreline IMO

i agree with you that we won 8/10 halves physically and tbh we won't lose many ruck battles this year at all. we are smashing each and every team in the ruck win or lose.

just pointing out that our edge defence needs some work and we need to avoid fatigue towards the backend of the game. in saying that though, against manly, we turned up with the intention of playing the 80 rather than the 60-70 that we've played previously.

 

[Tony33]

We lost the 2nd half against manly 12-8 and iirc souths scored a couple of tries which made us lose that half as well?

We have scored the first 2 tries in every game though iirc?

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Its not about the scoreline but more so the performance. We were by far the better teams in both those halves you mentioned, conceeding points when the match was no longer in the balance

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at the end of the day, you gotta look at the scoreline IMO

i agree with you that we won 8/10 halves physically and tbh we won't lose many ruck battles this year at all. we are smashing each and every team in the ruck win or lose.

just pointing out that our edge defence needs some work and we need to avoid fatigue towards the backend of the game. in saying that though, against manly, we turned up with the intention of playing the 80 rather than the 60-70 that we've played previously.

Will just have agree to disagree about the point im trying to make but ill leave you with a question. In 2010 we played a horrible game up at Suncorp against the baby broncos and only managed to win with a last gasp intercept by Benji. We won that game but it well and truely felt like a loss to me and iirc by many forum members with heaps of criticism. Our overall performance last week was 100x better than that match considering the circumstances yet we still lost, but most were pleased with most parts of the performance. At the end of the day the two points are the most important thing theres no denying that but my original point was in regards to "performance".

So which performance were your more impressed with the win in 2010 or the loss last week ?

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[happy_tiger]

The scary thing is we could of quite easily been 5/5

The match up with the Roosters will be another line in the sand moment for the Tigers

Depending on who is fit for Saturday , we could beat the Cowboys and after watching the Eels on Friday night the Tigers v Eels game potentially could be one of the matches of the season

We both match up pretty evenly in the forwards and both sides forwards are going hell for leather

 

[TurnStyle]

in round one there was the boils thing as well, so i think that is quite mitigating as well.

 

[sideline_eye]

Gee, Tony33, you're not a statistician are you?

losing a half 12-8 doesn't always mean you were the worse team in that half.

we were by far the better team in both halves on sunday

assuming you're saying that the stats mean we lost the half in your post

No, look, it was just my little attempt at humour but my brilliant subtlety seems to have escaped you. But seriously, aren't we becoming a tad desperate if we go about claiming half victories? They don't give out competition points for that, do they?

Im no statistician just giving an opinion. Why would the original post show desperation ? It simply describes our unexpexted success so far this season. To show desperation one would have to be desperate and with a 3-2 record to start the season i dont think the Tigers are desperate for "half victories"… Yet

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Well, I'll be blowed! There I was thinking that this topic was all about halves of games and that you had us 8/10\. I suppose it really must be true that you can do anything with statistics even if you aren't a statistician. They still don't give out competition points for half games, though. I'll leave it there, Tony, the whole thing is meaningless anyway.