Best post match I’ve seen from Michael Maguire

[Tcat]

@hobbo1 He looks like he could star in Philadelphia 2.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Wests Tigers: Round 18 https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra-premiership/2019/round-18/wests-tigers-round-18/

This post match interview is the reaction I’ve been waiting to see from our coach..... Change is in the air!!!!!


That was epic thanks for posting ...
Poor bastards on a hiding to nothing with this roster .
He knows what he’s got won’t improve and he knows there has to be a complete squad overhaul.
If he keeps up the beard , in 6 months he’ll be a dead ringer for @Geo lol

Madge ...what 18 weeks Coaching Wests Tigers will do



He’ll be dead soon lol

Wont be long before greenacres starts calling

 

[The_Patriot]

Having watched it again myself. Im extremely happy he has said what he has. This club has needed a line in the sand since 2011.

About time.

This clubs culture is weak as.

 

[CTigersWinComp]

@GNR4LIFE pick out of form players and get ahh 0 points each round?, or drop a few debut a few every other week and get ahh 0 again whats the difference?, hey they might shock us and get back to back wins 4 points

 

[TheDaBoss]

Having watched it again myself. Im extremely happy he has said what he has. This club has needed a line in the sand since 2011.

About time.

This clubs culture is weak as.

The coach we have been needing for a long time

 

[The_Patriot]

Having watched it again myself. Im extremely happy he has said what he has. This club has needed a line in the sand since 2011.

About time.

This clubs culture is weak as.

The coach we have been needing for a long time

For way too long!

Enough is enough.

 

[jirskyr]

@jirskyr
.......and where have Cleary's two big forward buys been this year?
This isn't the same roster that Cleary worked with, almost but a big part of the engine room has been MIA.

It is the same roster, except for Jennings. Cleary only had Farah and Mbye part of the season. Just that Madge uses it differently to Cleary.

The question you really should ask is why was Cleary able to get "his" big forward buys playing decent FG every week and Madge cannot? It's the same two players, but totally different output between the two coaches.

Again, I'm not saying I prefer Cleary or dislike Madge, it's just food for thought that we are almost certainly going to finish off worse under Madge this year than Cleary last year. I do hope that's part of a bigger plan for change, however finishing lower on the ladder than last year is an obvious statistic against progress.

 

[jirskyr]

the positive reaction is because madge reacted how i reacted after that performance. the communication out of WT so far was all about seeing the positives. they didn’t seem to care as much as we did about losing.

You are making a huge mistake to assume or imagine or deduce that what you see on telly / in public is the same as what goes on behind closed doors.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

@jirskyr
.......and where have Cleary's two big forward buys been this year?
This isn't the same roster that Cleary worked with, almost but a big part of the engine room has been MIA.

It is the same roster, except for Jennings. Cleary only had Farah and Mbye part of the season. Just that Madge uses it differently to Cleary.

The question you really should ask is why was Cleary able to get "his" big forward buys playing decent FG every week and Madge cannot? It's the same two players, but totally different output between the two coaches.

Again, I'm not saying I prefer Cleary or dislike Madge, it's just food for thought that we are almost certainly going to finish off worse under Madge this year than Cleary last year. I do hope that's part of a bigger plan for change, however finishing lower on the ladder than last year is an obvious statistic against progress.

Part of the reason could be they came here to play under Cleary and then he slinked away. Their drive and enthusiasm may have been sucked dry. They may not like Madge’s tougher regime.
If (and it’s a big if) this is the case they need to grow a set

 

[cochise]

The question you really should ask is why was Cleary able to get “his” big forward buys playing decent FG every week and Madge cannot? It’s the same two players, but totally different output between the two coaches.

Those 2 players were criticised on a weekly basis on here last season?

 

[Bob]

@jirskyr Ivan said himself tigers overperformed and did better than he thought they would last year.

The forwards are also another year older and the new coach obviously expected more from them, they are nearing retirement on their final contracts, rather than training harder and stepping up they would rather just wither off in reserves and take the pay check.

A huge miscalculation on Madge’s part, better to know now I guess.

I don’t think you can say Cleary did better than Madge. Even if they had similar rosters, it was different years and different hurdles to overcome. I think we would be better off this year with Madge than if we had Cleary again this season.

 

[happy_tiger]

His interview was under scrutiny by the Grandstand team at lunch time today

All agreed that it was to make sure everyone realizes they are on notice

The word "characters " was an interesting choice .....maybe someone is already ready and loaded

 

[krayola]

@Tiger-Tragic My bad then. Apologies.

 

[Snake]

@happy_tiger Is someone stirring the pot in the playing ranks? For a coach to have a presso like that ,somethings not right !

 

[Geo]

@happy_tiger Is someone stirring the pot in the playing ranks? For a coach to have a presso like that ,somethings not right !

He just did a mini Bellyache about 6 weeks to late..

When Bellamy said pretty much the same thing after the Storm lost a game that is he will find players who do ..everyone lauded him as a genius...Was something not right down there..I wonder,,

 

[happy_tiger]

@happy_tiger Is someone stirring the pot in the playing ranks? For a coach to have a presso like that ,somethings not right !

He just did a mini Bellyache about 6 weeks to late..

When Bellamy said pretty much the same thing after the Storm lost a game that is he will find players who do ..everyone lauded him as a genius...Was something not right down there..I wonder,,

I reckon something big will happen Tuesday ......

 

[TheDaBoss]

@happy_tiger Is someone stirring the pot in the playing ranks? For a coach to have a presso like that ,somethings not right !

He just did a mini Bellyache about 6 weeks to late..

When Bellamy said pretty much the same thing after the Storm lost a game that is he will find players who do ..everyone lauded him as a genius...Was something not right down there..I wonder,,

I reckon something big will happen Tuesday ......

define bigi

 

[hobbo1]

@happy_tiger Is someone stirring the pot in the playing ranks? For a coach to have a presso like that ,somethings not right !

He just did a mini Bellyache about 6 weeks to late..

When Bellamy said pretty much the same thing after the Storm lost a game that is he will find players who do ..everyone lauded him as a genius...Was something not right down there..I wonder,,

I reckon something big will happen Tuesday ......

4pm ?

 

[tiger magpie]

Madge might be unhappy but here is my wishlist for him;

1. Sack your scouts, get scouts who can find young good talent.

2. Look after them from the age of 15 just like Sydney Roosters, Broncos and Melbourne do.

3. Sack whoever it was that suggested buying Jennings

4. **GET A GOAL KICKER.** I watch Rugby as well in Canberra and there are 20-year-old kids everywhere who can kick goals from the side line in 3rd grade and under 16's

5. Tell Brooks to start playing the game and running at the line from the opening minutes NOT the last 10 when we have to play catch up.

6 STOP running inside line balls 10 meters from the defensive line . It is so easy to defend against it. Do it by running at the line and then an inside ball.

7. At training PRACTICE a few moves to put on inside the 20 meters that does not involve a stupid kick on the ***THIRD*** tackle

8. Get somebody who can pass from dummy half. The speed and direction of passing from dummy half is the slowest in the comp.

9. At training PRACTICE fast line speed defense. A slow jog up of your line means that the opposition gets over the advantage line every play the ball. Which means their kick on the 5th tackle is an attacking kick ........not a defensive one like ours.

10 GET a fast winger.

11 Get a centre? Get a full back

12. Stop paying Masters whatever he is getting to just run from dummy half.

13. Actually, when you do a move ( see point 7) Think about how he might actually be involved by running on to the ball at pace.

14. Go to UK and get a ball playing forward. Esinghuth / Taylor are not up to it and too slow. Perhaps even buy a fast UK winger who can kick goals. There's only about 30 of them!!!!

15. Sign Robbie off after his 300th. To slow,

16. With a small pack, have your forwards sometimes run two off the ruck and time your dummy half pass so they get the ball just behind the ruck (not 7 meters back ) so they at least get over the advantage line. Also kindly ask them to run a full pace ......not a quick 3/4 jog.

17, Tell Lawrence he is allowed to pass the ball.

18. Come up with a way to get out of our 10 meters OTHER than poor Corey Thompson ( at 85kg) hitting it up or fat , slow, unfit Jennings.

19 Heres a trick I was taught at under 10s 40 years ago. When you hit the ball up have somebody follow them in case they make a half a break. It also puts the defense in two minds.

20. Taylor is good but gives a minimal one penalty away a match. Dock him $2000 a penalty.

21 Instead of always waiting to the 4th tackle, try and be a bit inventive by using one of your moves ( see note 7) on the third or maybe the second.

22 Expand your moves beyond the "two players run through, pass out the back" It dosn't work.