Conservative

[innsaneink]

There was a lot of talk in the media this morning, quoting players as well….about the Tigers ''new'' conservative style brand of football we will be playing this year.
Dunno where this has come from....maybe I missed something in the off season, but I dunno....I havent studied the stats but apparently our copletions were very good....and I guess thats reflected in the closeness in the contest ( 4 tries to 3) ....but if this conservative style is valid and legit then I dont like it.
There were excuses or more precisely reasons for last nights style, forwards were dominated and its hard to play any footy let alone free flowing footy if thats the case.
Our footy at its best is high intensity, high ball movement which at times is ad lib but more often than not structured which would take weeks and weeks of practice.....we will improve Ive no doubt...I just think theyve been reading the hype, turned up last night expecting to win and got embarrassed.

PS I recon if Lui passes a split second earlier we score (game on) instead of the ball hitting a dog head and they score

Rip in

 

[gatorman]

Heard on Fox Sports 2 last night Sheens say that we are going to play more conservatively and structured this year and that they had been working hard on it.

Thought we threatened more when we played the Wests Tigers way, could be up for a few early defeats till they shake out the style.

However thought our forwards were the reason for the loss last night. That and the abysmal kicking game from Marshall and the virtually non existant one from Farah.

 

[Adman]

There was a lot of talk in the media this morning, quoting players as well….about the Tigers ''new'' conservative style brand of football we will be playing this year.
Dunno where this has come from....maybe I missed something in the off season, but I dunno....I havent studied the stats but apparently our copletions were very good....and I guess thats reflected in the closeness in the contest ( 4 tries to 3) ....but if this conservative style is valid and legit then I dont like it.
There were excuses or more precisely reasons for last nights style, forwards were dominated and its hard to play any footy let alone free flowing footy if thats the case.
Our footy at its best is high intensity, high ball movement which at times is ad lib but more often than not structured which would take weeks and weeks of practice.....we will improve Ive no doubt...I just think theyve been reading the hype, turned up last night expecting to win and got embarrassed.

PS I recon if Lui passes a split second earlier we score (game on) instead of the ball hitting a dog head and they score

Rip in

Awesome post. Exactly what I was thinking. Especially regarding that ball head butting a dogs head. It was a simple game plan, to some degree was working, 2 badly missed tackles resulting in tries really put a heap pressure on the team. Execution down their end was also bad. Plenty of chances to pile on another 12 points but lost too poor decisions from our chief playmakers

 

[Guest]

Hopefully it's just a smokescreen. The Tigers looked boring last night, admittedly they also looked flat, but the entertainment factor did not come to the fore last night. I think it's going to take the Tigers a few weeks to shake the cobwebs after last night, but stranger things have happened.

 

[cunno]

I think conservative might be another word for 'flat' which is the way the team played last night.

 

[Balmain_Bug]

Fonz = IDIOT

 

[Demps]

I love the way we conservatively missed all those goal kicks

 

[Icon]

Hopefully it's just a smokescreen. The Tigers looked boring last night, admittedly they also looked flat, but the entertainment factor did not come to the fore last night. I think it's going to take the Tigers a few weeks to shake the cobwebs after last night, but stranger things have happened.

I don't think it's a smokescreen, Benji mentioned on the field straight after the match finished. A smokescreen would have required a plan.

 

[Team_Tiger]

FFS. Play like the Tigers we know and love.