Benji

[Goose]

I think guys are harsh, take out the short drop out, which was poor, given the upside was so low, thought his running us around the park was really good, set things up nicely on the left edge and kicked well.

The missed tackles were disapointing , however, halves miss tackles in the front line it happens, but he was far from poor tonight.

 

[Flippedy]

He didn't play badly, his performance just wasn't as dominant and faultless as last week. I think we all expect utopia every week with Benji, but it's not gonna happen.

 

[rossop]

Couple of bad tackle attempts in the second half and the short line drop-out was a very poor decisions. His recent great goalkicking was off the mark but all up his control was good. Not ten out of ten like last week but maybe a seven IMO.

 

[derailed]

This thread is a bit harsh. Wasn't a great game but wasn't terrible.

Like others have said the short drop was dumb but Benji trys that stuff every week.

A few missed tackles but he is a half and it was very wet give him a break.

 

[tigerdre]

I must have watched a different game. He lead us around the field superbly. I agree the two missed tackles could have been costly but you lot are harsh
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I must have been watching the same game
Maybe he was trying to much with the boot but to me he's looking like a genuine 1/2 back
& to be fair the storm did an excellent job in keeping him quieter than normal
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[tw33k]

He missed a couple of crucial tackles rushing out of the line but other than that I thought he was pretty good. Oh, that short drop out was a very bad decision. Gave me a heart attack!

 

[hammertime]

I didn't think the short dropout was that bad

- It pays off, we get the ball again and hold out the half. It paid off last week!
- If they get it, we have rock solid line defense and being so close to the line, it would eliminate Melbourne throwing up a bomb.
- It also conserves our energy from not having to run up field and work back to the goal line.

I see it as a good option if we have good goal-line defense, which we do.

 

[tw33k]

Seriously? With 55 seconds left in the half and the score's 2 all you kick the ball as far as you can. It's not the time for a low percentage play.

 

[Mighty_Tigers]

Seriously? With 55 seconds left in the half and the score's 2 all you kick the ball as far as you can. It's not the time for a low percentage play.

The score was 2 nil at the time lol Benji no guts no glory got to love it!That's what makes Benj BENJI

 

[tw33k]

My bad, it was 2 nil. Even so…

 

[hammertime]

My bad, it was 2 nil. Even so…

55 seconds is pretty much a set of 6.

I agree, it gives more onus for Benji not to do it. But still don't think it's such a terrible option.

It also is like going for a Try over a conversion. It gives the other team no respect and can play on their mind. Not a bad play before they walk into the tunnels.

 

[Staks]

My only criticism of the game is the last tackle options on the Storm line. Benji should of had a bigger presence and demanded the ball imo

 

[hellman]

My only criticism of the game is the last tackle options on the Storm line. Benji should of had a bigger presence and demanded the ball imo

Its pretty hard when Iosefa is simply doing whatever he wants. Benji had some poor moments but I'm not going to blame him for Iosefa's dumb plays.

I think Benji's short drop out was dumb and his missed tackles were poor. Overall he had an okay game - not a great one but it was okay.

 

[russelldp]

I'm happy with Benji playing more of a traditional half back's game, but IMO he needs to run more.

A couple of times against Storm, the situation screamed for him to take the line on two off the ruck, but he either kicked or passed.

His passing and kicking will be much more difficult to defend against if he dummied and ran twice a half.
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[Juro]

It seemed to me that Benji went missing in attack for the last 15 minutes or so.

 

[tig_prmz]

It seemed to me that Benji went missing in attack for the last 15 minutes or so.

melb had the ball almost all of last 10 mins. any time tigers did, iosefa pretty much hogged it

 

[Flippedy]

It seemed to me that Benji went missing in attack for the last 15 minutes or so.

**melb had the ball almost all of last 10 mins. any time tigers did, iosefa pretty much hogged it[**/quote]

Exactly, I don't know what to make of Iosefa yet. Does some good runs out of dummy half, but he seems to think he is the team's main play maker after being here for all of 3 weeks! Appears to be trying too hard to impress, imo.

 

[diedpretty]

His worst is equal to others best

That's right.

Still I didn't like his performance tonight. In saying that the hooker kept taking control when he shouldn't have.

I agree with that - every time Iosefa jumped out from dummy half our attack looked ordinary and without any purpose and took a couple of settler plays to get back in order - i thought Humble played a better dummy half role in just shuffling the ball out - it just goes to show how much we depend on Robbie.

 

[swisstiger]

His worst is equal to others best

That's right.

Still I didn't like his performance tonight. In saying that the hooker kept taking control when he shouldn't have.

I agree with that - every time Iosefa jumped out from dummy half our attack looked ordinary and without any purpose and took a couple of settler plays to get back in order - i thought Humble played a better dummy half role in just shuffling the ball out - it just goes to show how much we depend on Robbie.

Ditto all the comments about Iosefa…. Many times since he has come into the side he has jumped out of dummy half and floated across the defensive line looking to set up a play. The only problem is no one in the team seems to have any clue as to what he is actually doing which has resulted in him off loading in the last second and the receiver getting what can be best described as a hospital pass or him being tackled with the ball for a wasted tackle.

Don't get me wrong. It's good to see a bloke have a go but not to the detriment of what the team is trying to achieve, and to be honest the times he has done these things we have been in good attacking position. I hope in time he gets in tune with how the team plays.

In saying that, I have to question his signing in the first place as we have had Politoni in the system for a few years and by all reports he has been trained to play like a Farah clone.

Is Politini out of favour with Sheens?
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[Citizen_Tiger]

Probably its fairly difficult to remain at the heights he reaches at his best.

His worst is equal to others best

x2

Benji made a few wrong decisions in defence, but under conditions I cannot blame him.
The only issue I have is that short drop kick. Anyway, genious minds think at a different level :slight_smile:

Go Tigers

His long kicking game was first rate, a magnificent 40/20 to get things rolling, followed by several kicks that hit the ground, in great field position, between receivers. You could blame him for coming out of the line a couple of times way too quickly, but it's not that long ago punters were complaining about him hiding in defence! The bloke can't win.

On balance his game was decent, against a very well drilled outfit, away from home, in cold and drizzly conditions. He's human, he can't replicate his highlight reel every time he runs out for a game