Chee Kam

[GNR4LIFE]

It didn't cost us the game at all. Everybody clocked off especially Tedesco. Teddy's to blame for that Feldt try, he was nowhere near where he should have been. But, everyone is to blame for that one, we weren't exactly on top before the Chee-Kam penalty.

You'd never see Slater or Boyd out of position like that.

 

[tigerbenji]

Chee Kam is a 2nd rower, Look who we have out, Idris Suli & Kev. Probably our 5th choice centre.

 

[Tim Sheens]

My immediate thoughts that I yelled at the TV when he put the shoulder in were "you effing idiot, you've let them back in the game"

Simply stupidity from MCK that definitely changed the game by taking the foot of the cows throat. It gave them the field position that they had been lacking and then the confidence came on the back of it.

 

[LCA]

I think he's improved though. That's a good sign for 2018.

 

[TCL]

I think our guys were fooled by the kick. It left the boot and looked like it was going to go dead.

 

[WestsBenTigers]

I thought he had a good game last night.

Sure he might have given away the penalty but ultimately I would rather MCK be in the team than Lovett.

He isn't a centre but does do a few silly things every now and again.

I think he is a great depth player, he has talent but needs to gain some discipline in order to get a crack in our 17.

 

[newtiger]

Chee Kam is a 2nd rower, Look who we have out, Idris Suli & Kev. Probably our 5th choice centre.

If my memory serves me correctly he played frontrow for Canberra in the under 20's and was the NYC player of the year.
He is playing out of position in the centres.

 

[Guest]

We were fairly flat for large portions of last night. I suspect the boys struggled to get up after a physical encounter with the Chooks the week before. The grubber kick for Feldt's second try was the nail in the coffin, no desperation to chase that ball and Lolo had nothing in attack due to making 35 tackles, the Cows did their homework on him as JLJ provides little to no threat with the ball in hand.

 

[Guest]

Chee Kam is a 2nd rower, Look who we have out, Idris Suli & Kev. Probably our 5th choice centre.

If my memory serves me correctly he played frontrow for Canberra in the under 20's and was the NYC player of the year.
He is playing out of position in the centres.

Backrow. He's a backrower by trade.

 

[everett8]

I think someone on here are being harsh on MCK.

He is a second rower not centre. Even the great lock Bradley Clyde use to struggle when Canberra used him as a stop gap centre.

MCK needs to bulk up in the offseason and play off the bench in 2018.

 

[stevied]

I think someone on here are being harsh on MCK.

He is a second rower not centre. Even the great lock Bradley Clyde use to struggle when Canberra used him as a stop gap centre.

MCK needs to bulk up in the offseason and play off the bench in 2018.

I agree with you Everett. Some people on here really have it in for certain players and it doesn't matter what good things they do, they will always get slamned when they make the slightest error. I think Chee-Kam was one of the Tigers' best players last night and has been the last few weeks. He made several strong, determined runs, showed commitment in defence and cleaned up one or two loose balls on the deck. Regarding the shoulder hit, it was a questionable penalty and to hold him responsible for the ensuing Cowboys try is ridiculous. He is a second rower and, in the end, it was probably a lack of overall speed in the Tigers backs that was a major contributing factor in the loss. They had little penetration in attack and couldn't contain the NQ right side attack but this is not Chee-Kam's or Chee-Kam's fault as they were both playing out of position.

 

[earl]

I've knocked Chee Kam over the season but he has been really really good over the past couple of weeks. He was great last night. I reckon that penalty was nowhere near a penalty.

 

[southerntiger]

MCK was having one of his best games for us until that moment. It was a stupid moment. Until then, I was confident we could go hold out and win.

 

[hobbo]

It was dumb to the point that he didn't take Morgan's head off …if only.

 

[fergiefurr]

i think he saw the shoulder charge on nofa go unpunished so assumed it was free reign

 

[Russell]

i think he saw the shoulder charge on nofa go unpunished so assumed it was free reign

As you would assume.

 

[The_Old_Fox]

He wins the boofhead of the night award, but you can't drop him next week based on that aloner..it was Morgan who pulled the game out of the hat for the cowboys..those couple of in goal kicks were just too good.

 

[Mac_tiger]

i thought he had a solid game. Very good leg drive in his hitups. Pretty good meters. The shoulder charge penalty was pretty soft, particularly after the no penalty for the shoulder charge on Nofo in the set prior.

 

[FreddyK]

Re: Chee-Kam's brain explosion - I got rather heated at home and now that I have calmed down I can say that he was having a good game. This isn't the first time that the Tigers have shown an inability to close a game down. They appear to be okay chasing but they are not front runners.

The three big issues that they need to address before the new season are 1) fifth tackle option 2) closing a game down - look at the Storms ability to shut down a game 3) short kicking game

I should also add that Ivan has really brought the team along so I'm looking forward to a brighter 2018.

 

[barra]

I thought he was having one of his best games in the first half. But I have noticed that he goes well with footwork, strength, defending UNTIL he starts to tire then looseness and bad habits become apparent.

Unfortunately, his kick charge undid any good. It was a real game-changer. (although Nofo copped a similar shoulder hit when trying to catch the pass and score)