That was somewhat emotionally draining… whilst I’m definitely more in support of Madge than some, I’d like to say it’s totally understandable and fair to retain the opposite viewpoint even now as that win seemed/felt like a long time in the making and may not directly correlate to coaching.
However, is anybody feeling a little bit of a fever this week??? Not going to say I’ve had full-blown visions just yet but one thing we must all concede is that was a BIG effort mentally and physically to get up again at Leichhardt finally.
What we can’t afford to do (in my opinion) is to put all of our eggs in the one basket much like we did not do in ‘05 - as it was unexpected and organic - and single out certain particular games as more important than others because of our personal desires… al a absolutely hammering Mitch
We need to absolutely expect and strive for 2/3 wins through this period and no less as we will definitely drop one or two against battlers on the way home. We always have. The most important thing we can do for this weekend’s fixture is to dial the emotions all the way back and plug in like we did during the second forty on Friday, this is because I believe Parra will much more likely suit up as antagonists and try to rattle US during the game - Brown’s.
It won’t work, but they’ll get a lot of confidence from a lot of ball and as usually happens when the forward battle is even or not in our favour we really fatigue due to youth. Need to retain mental stamina for close to 80 and this is our best chance to do it yet.
The media will be quick to jump on the “Tigers are grubby” train if we win in such brutal fashion again but my whole point is there is absolutely no way we will
Madge must keep the boys playing tactically smart.
Give nothing away and smash them up the guts - just do not get into a tit-for-tat battle with their ref baiting maestros and we’ll come out on top again in the latter stages. Win the right to rub their noses in it and take advantage of the clear speed we seem to have now right across the park that has surprised and stifled the better teams this year… when we’ve played them.
As much as I’d love a +f/a, it’s more likely to be tight and even a slugfest at times…
I finally feel like we have something to prove and fire in the belly. Let’s not waste this general energy and direction
However, is anybody feeling a little bit of a fever this week??? Not going to say I’ve had full-blown visions just yet but one thing we must all concede is that was a BIG effort mentally and physically to get up again at Leichhardt finally.
What we can’t afford to do (in my opinion) is to put all of our eggs in the one basket much like we did not do in ‘05 - as it was unexpected and organic - and single out certain particular games as more important than others because of our personal desires… al a absolutely hammering Mitch
We need to absolutely expect and strive for 2/3 wins through this period and no less as we will definitely drop one or two against battlers on the way home. We always have. The most important thing we can do for this weekend’s fixture is to dial the emotions all the way back and plug in like we did during the second forty on Friday, this is because I believe Parra will much more likely suit up as antagonists and try to rattle US during the game - Brown’s.
It won’t work, but they’ll get a lot of confidence from a lot of ball and as usually happens when the forward battle is even or not in our favour we really fatigue due to youth. Need to retain mental stamina for close to 80 and this is our best chance to do it yet.
The media will be quick to jump on the “Tigers are grubby” train if we win in such brutal fashion again but my whole point is there is absolutely no way we will
Madge must keep the boys playing tactically smart.
Give nothing away and smash them up the guts - just do not get into a tit-for-tat battle with their ref baiting maestros and we’ll come out on top again in the latter stages. Win the right to rub their noses in it and take advantage of the clear speed we seem to have now right across the park that has surprised and stifled the better teams this year… when we’ve played them.
As much as I’d love a +f/a, it’s more likely to be tight and even a slugfest at times…
I finally feel like we have something to prove and fire in the belly. Let’s not waste this general energy and direction
