Andrew Fifita

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@Cat&Fiddle said:
There's nothing tiresome or crappy about drawing a line between criticism that is ignorant and that which is informed. IMO if you haven't played rugby league at a competitive level your views are of limited value.

You can pull your $120 NRL jersey over your fat gut whilst typing out your learned critique of the coaches 1-17 but to me your diatribe sounds like a sparrows fart. :laughing:

Mate….your constant references to your so called expertise is getting bloody tiresome.

What really did happen on that 78 Kangaroo tour?

Why dont you regale us with some of your vast knowledge, instead of taking swipes at those that bother to comment on tha game.
 
@Cat&Fiddle said:
The Tigers won tonight because the opposing team was prevented from scoring more tries (and penalty goals) than the Tigers scored against them. Yes, the Tigers didn't score 38 points as i predicted - but as I predicted Chris Lawrence was the first try scorer, thank you NSW TAB!
Well done coach and team!

Just letting you know fiddler there is a forum called league unlimited…..its for gooses..I recomend you join it
 
It was coincidence. Big Keithy was ready to come back on, and Sheens just overreacted.

Fifita had a few strong runs, and he dropped the ball as well. But if that is the criteria for hooking someone, we'd have had no one left on the field.
 
Just a theory.

As Galloway was warming up he was yelling at his trainer as he had already told him to make the interchange (unless you have to you always make them with ball in hand) and his frustration spilled over. The call was likely made at least 5 minutes before to allow some warming up by Galloway. He must have seen the fatigue and wanted it done right now. It is not unreasonable to think that was Fifitas last hitup before coming off
 
Yeah but what I am saying hybrid is that he yelled that at his trainer as he had wanted him replaced in the preceeding minutes. It makes sense considering Galloway was standing on the sideline with the card in the hand ready to roll.

More to do with frustration at his runners not enacting quick enough than slating Fifita from where I sit
 
Smeg…your right...he was blowing up because he was trying to make the change and they were too slow getting him off...

Besides though...i actually don't mind him hooking players like that...it gives them a good kick up the b*m... I actually think its good to knock some of these young stars coming through down a notch every now and again. I bet next week he concentrates on his play the balls more!!!!
 
I have to agree. I thought that was a VERY harsh call to hook Fifita off. I hope it just appeared that way and was not the actual reason for his subbing. Our ball control last night was atrocious and i actually thought Fifita had a real dig for us in that second half.
 
@Torbizlo said:
Fifita went on after 15mins coz we had defended our back-sides off. he came on and defended from the get-go and still managed good meters. he should be the first one picked on our bench every week. when he comes on after the tigers have had a good start and an even share of posession, he destroys teams with that big "don't argue" fend. great player. great future.

I agree!!!!!!!!!
 
@ron burgandy said:
i think it was an over-reaction by wally lewis…galloway was warming up before then...just a mere coincidence

I don't think sp Ron - Sheens was visibly furious - the swear words and then the " get him off " was not your normal forward rotation.
 
I wouldn't swap Fifita for any other young prop going around. He just needs to occasionally take a hard hit up and not necessarily look to fend or offload. Sometimes we just want the meters and to hurt the opposition.

I also noticed Dwyer a little lazy in defense in the second half. Missed a couple that should have been made. I am happy to put it down to fatigue and conditions.
 
Hmmm….just wattchin it again....we should have got a penalty...

Hands all over Fifita...

Guess Dumb and Dumber didn't see it that way....
 
Just on Fifita, he's still only 20 or 21 years old now. Certainly his development over the last 18 months has been impressive but he still has a long way to go given his age. He will certainly benefit from another off-season under Folkes in the gym and he should be stronger and fitter next year. As was shown last night, his main weakness is his defence around the ruck, along with too much arm grabbing. As he develops his game more, hopefully he'll start putting his shoulder into it more, his first shot in defence last night was a good one but it dropped away afterwards.
 
I think people are being waaaaay too harsh on Sheens on this point. It was clear that Galloway was already waiting to come on, so Fifita was always coming off, its just the mistake makes it look bad.

In all honesty, I thought most of the forwards were below par, but when it comes down to the last 5mins, scores close, I'd much rather forwards I can trust on the field, like Gibbs and Galloway, as opposed to Fifita, who has massive potential, but is definitely a loose cannon, and not the safer bet we needed in that situation. His defense last night was very poor and lazy, not up to first grade standard, and whilst not perfect, Gibbs was a lot better than him in this regard.

He definitely is a player to hold on to for the future, but needs to work on his discipline, both on and off the field, before he can be more heavily relied on at the crunch time.
 
Who was fifita hooked for as galloway was still walking up and down the side line with the 10 card 2 sets of 6 later..
 
@Raptor said:
Who was fifita hooked for as galloway was still walking up and down the side line with the 10 card 2 sets of 6 later..

From memory I think it was Mitch Brown who came on around that time?
Brown went to the left centre position where ayshford had been playing, did ayshford move into the 2nd row?
 

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