Andrew Fifita

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@Geo. said:
It was a Try….Video ref ruled strip play on ...It was then a Ref's call cause the vision didn't show Farah grounding the ball...Badger did see it....not sure Archer would have.....

The Wok overrules Gus....
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Wok defecates on Gus (as many would like to)!
 
@redemption said:
why do so-called supporters whinge about a CORRECT decision that served our cause??????

this is so tiresome and pathetic I noi longer have words to describe the death-riding mongrels that plague these forums!
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settle precious, its called discussing footy, and has been going on since footy began.
 
@scarcev said:
@redemption said:
why do so-called supporters whinge about a CORRECT decision that served our cause??????

this is so tiresome and pathetic I noi longer have words to describe the death-riding mongrels that plague these forums!

settle precious, its called discussing footy, and has been going on since footy began.
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third with three weeks to go - 100% finals bound - and yet more despised by our own so-called supporters than the majority of grass-roots supporters????? what the f*** ******* ** **** *** *** ******?

you people need to get a grasp on reality & realise we exist in a competition that boasts a relativelky even talent-pool. we can and will not win every game (however we have even had great success against Melbourne in recent years despite the blatantly UN-even playing field in that case).

Respnding to some myths:

NO team is at their best every round - we DON'T "only win because out opposition played sh*t" (as per the catchcry of the archetypal death-rider) - we DO receive bad refs calls despite what Gus, Laurie or blind old Rabs would have you believe - we are NOT a poor/soft defensive forward unit - we are NOT a financial basket-case OR a corrupt pack of cheats - and we CAN BEAT ANYONE ON OUR DAY!

all is good - why are the kids sweating so badly that they need to take it our on their own boys?
 
It was definately a try. In this era and in any era, that is a try. A knock on is when you knock the ball on or when you drop it in front of you. When the ball gets knocked out of your hands deliberately, loose carry or not, it is not a knock on caused by you.

The term 'loose carry' is a joke.
 
Fifita:
I know it has been said but wow I am really looking forwrd to this guy playing over the next few year.
He is young, strong and knows how to hit a gap but he also has a massive fend, even when someone jumps on him he seems to push them off.
I hope he love the Tigers as we would love him to stay.
He does has a bit of an attitude but he deserves it
 
The problem with a kid like him is he has had about the same impact as your Willie Manu's, Daine Laurie's, Adam Cuthbertson's, the list goes on.

Once the youthful exuberance goes, then what is left? Hopefully he continues, but putting him on a long term contract will breed complacency in him and give him a big head.

2 year extension at most. Probably a 1 year extension with a view to a long term deal at the end.
 
@MacDougall said:
The problem with a kid like him is he has had about the same impact as your Willie Manu's, Daine Laurie's, Adam Cuthbertson's, the list goes on.

Once the youthful exuberance goes, then what is left? Hopefully he continues, but putting him on a long term contract will breed complacency in him and give him a big head.

2 year extension at most. Probably a 1 year extension with a view to a long term deal at the end.
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Just quietly I think he is going to amount to a little more than Manu, Cuthbertson and Laurie…
 
In yesterdays post match Interview, Coach Sheens said that Andrew was dropped for a while due to being overweight.

This is ill discipline ( I'm guilty of Tim Tam binges myself).

Definitely retain the guy as good Props are hard to find and a lot more expensive to recruit.
 
He just bumps tacklers off all over the shop, and if he can learn to offload then backs hanging around him will get so many line breaks
 
@Balmain Bug said:
It was definately a try. In this era and in any era, that is a try. A knock on is when you knock the ball on or when you drop it in front of you. When the ball gets knocked out of your hands deliberately, loose carry or not, it is not a knock on caused by you.

The term 'loose carry' is a joke.
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Absolutely correct. Enormous difference between 'dropped' and 'knocked out'. That begs another question viz. If the ball is deliberately played at by the defender, which it inevitably is, why does the referee not proclaim another 6 tackles, if it is retrieved by the ball carrier or one of his team mates?
 
@Citizen Tiger said:
@Balmain Bug said:
It was definately a try. In this era and in any era, that is a try. A knock on is when you knock the ball on or when you drop it in front of you. When the ball gets knocked out of your hands deliberately, loose carry or not, it is not a knock on caused by you.

The term 'loose carry' is a joke.

Absolutely correct. Enormous difference between 'dropped' and 'knocked out'. That begs another question viz. If the ball is deliberately played at by the defender, which it inevitably is, why does the referee not proclaim another 6 tackles, if it is retrieved by the ball carrier or one of his team mates?
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If that had occured on the half way line, the decision would have been, (a) two in the tackle and stripped….penalty to Wests or (b) knocked out by the defender, six more tackles. As it occured near the tryline, not over it, the ball was knocked out by the defensive team, knocked back by them, and fallen on by Farah. It is a no brainer. Try to WestsT.

Check out the scoreboard. And for you people worried that Penrith got the wrong end of the stick, check out the bad decisions handed out to the boys against Souths. I will never again complain that we have got the best of some decisions as over the years we have been on the receiving end of some of the worst decisions ever given.
 
@magpiecol said:
@Citizen Tiger said:
@Balmain Bug said:
It was definately a try. In this era and in any era, that is a try. A knock on is when you knock the ball on or when you drop it in front of you. When the ball gets knocked out of your hands deliberately, loose carry or not, it is not a knock on caused by you.

The term 'loose carry' is a joke.

Absolutely correct. Enormous difference between 'dropped' and 'knocked out'. That begs another question viz. If the ball is deliberately played at by the defender, which it inevitably is, why does the referee not proclaim another 6 tackles, if it is retrieved by the ball carrier or one of his team mates?

If that had occured on the half way line, the decision would have been, (a) two in the tackle and stripped….penalty to Wests or (b) knocked out by the defender, six more tackles. As it occured near the tryline, not over it, the ball was knocked out by the defensive team, knocked back by them, and fallen on by Farah. It is a no brainer. Try to WestsT.

Check out the scoreboard. And for you people worried that Penrith got the wrong end of the stick, check out the bad decisions handed out to the boys against Souths. I will never again complain that we have got the best of some decisions as over the years we have been on the receiving end of some of the worst decisions ever given.
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Exactly. I don't know why everyone is so confused about the decision. The panthers player hit the ball, not fifita's arm, so it's not a knock-on by fifita or a loose carry
 
I thought it was a try on second look. The tackler dislodged the ball no question so it's play on from there. I've played this out in my head several times and if Penrith had gotten that one I would have been annoyed but would have had to accept it as it was a fair try…just looked ugly.
 
If Sheens hates him then why is Sheens protecting him - saying he was injured when really he was dropped for being overweight.

I hope we sign him. I would hate him to go to the eels or panthers and tear us apart!

He has great impact…..is his brother on the improve?
 
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