Can we get down and dirty ??

[happy_tiger]

Sterlo just asked the panel on Sunday footy show . "Can we get down and dirty" ?? Thought I would put this question to the forum . If we don't every team in the NRL saw the blueprint to beating the Tigers because you know that is how Penrith and Dragons will play us in the next 2 weeks .

 

[system]

We need Ellis & Gibbs in the starting backrow to be truly effective.

Workers who will actually take hitups and provide options to stop our props getting obliterated one out.

Fulton occasionally tries it but is to small to be effective in it and Dwyer is seemingly glued to his corridor and will not get involved in any grind at all.

Edit:

Also start Woods in front of Fifita. It is glaringly obvious that Fifita excels in the back end of games but his run sideways and fend does not cut it for the opening exchanges

Moltzen can't be in the side if not replacing an injured half. It creates an obvious hole in our defensive structure that is too readily exploited. Not only is he a pretty innefective defender but due to the need of not having two halves defending next to each other it moves one of our backrowers out of the immediate fringe to strengthen the line and we get exploited on pace and getting wrong footed and also remove that essential forward to cut in and cover a inside the ruck attack

 

[tiger4ever]

Yeah that sounds good smeg.Dwyer is a bet 1 dimentional with what we have seen so far but hes pretty tough and will get much better.

 

[Tap_Twist_Snap]

We only ever play well when things go our way. As soon as the other team plays with some real mongrel and we are required to muscle up we have nothing. The leaders in our team only ever want to play pretty football. I can't see that changing with the players we have… Just have to hope we can start better so we get to play flashy footy.

 

[system]

Forwards hitting the ball at pace would also be a wonderful change

 

[murr99]

The answer to your question is NO,the new name for the tiger forwards is P P P…..

POWDER PUFF PACK.......all style no substance.

When it comes to getting down and dirty rolling up the sleeves doing the hard yards,we cannot compete.a football game is won up front,always has been and always will be,and until that happens we will struggle,and thats a fact.
Another point is,and has been a sore point for many ys is the fact that this team and many of the past teams dont aim up mentally,and that gets back to last nite.

When the hard yards needed to be done,mentally we when missing in action,instead of digging deep rolling up sleeves,all we did was dig our own grave.

Until we can fix the above problem,this team will NOT i repeat NOT compete with the top sides,and anyone who thinks other wise is kidding themselves.

PS i dont blame the coach or the players,i blame the whole organization,the problem has been there for all to see for many ys,and the only answer at the mo seems to be 😛ray: 😛ray: 😛ray: and just maybe that will help,but then again i maybe :deadhorse:
PSS i have been following the tigers for many ys,i have been a reg reader on here for ys,i dont post but i do read a lot of comments on here and this is my 2 bobs worth,agree or not,thanks for reading. :exclamation:

 

[angeman]

We need Ellis & Gibbs in the starting backrow to be truly effective.

Workers who will actually take hitups and provide options to stop our props getting obliterated one out.

Fulton occasionally tries it but is to small to be effective in it and Dwyer is seemingly glued to his corridor and will not get involved in any grind at all.

Edit:

Also start Woods in front of Fifita. It is glaringly obvious that Fifita excels in the back end of games but his run sideways and fend does not cut it for the opening exchanges

Moltzen can't be in the side if not replacing an injured half. It creates an obvious hole in our defensive structure that is too readily exploited. Not only is he a pretty innefective defender but due to the need of not having two halves defending next to each other it moves one of our backrowers out of the immediate fringe to strengthen the line and we get exploited on pace and getting wrong footed and also remove that essential forward to cut in and cover a inside the ruck attack

spot on on all three smeg!
1\. ellis and gibbs are our best two defenders and gibbs would suit the backrow better methinks…
2\. fifita should not start. woods is a better starting prop.
3\. moltzen not a centre.

my concern is that our defensive issues are the same year-on-year. why can't sheens fix this???

 

[tiger05]

I'm not convinced that Moltzen playing centre is an issue at all.

I do think that we need to put our best grunt forwards on at the start of the game. Fifita can be a wrecking ball but he doesn't seem as good doing the grinding stuff.

I'd go something like:

8\. Galloway
10\. Woods
11\. Ellis
12\. Gibbs
13\. Rhino

The problem with that line-up is Fifita and BMM coming on as interchange props whilst full of flair and ability may not cut it defensively.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Forwards hitting the ball at pace would also be a wonderful change

If anyone tries to tell me we are not coached this way… :bash

 

[Saturnalia]

Forwards hitting the ball at pace would also be a wonderful change

If anyone tries to tell me we are not coached this way… :bash

I've mentioned this earlier but whenever we sign forwards they always seem to lose the go-forward here.

I hope for Adam Blair's sake that's not the case….