Excited despite the naysayers!

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BrissieTiger67

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After reading all the previews of Tigers for 2015 the trend was to focus on the 'lost a lot of experienced players' and 'lots of youth'. Then I watched the bulldogs game round 19 last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyxi78Hbik

The talent from Brooks, Moses, Woods, Farah, Austin were all on display in this game and it combined and was amazing. Its worth a watch again!!

And yes the dogs werent the best team but they made the finals so its all relative. Plus we didn't have Tedesco.

I am so looking forward to 2015 and really hope the team gets a good start to build enthusiasm and go from there.

:sign:
 
Hopefully we can bag a decent start with a few wins.

Titans (A)
Dragons (H)
Rabbits (A)
Bulldogs (H)
Eels (A)
 
Cant wait for the mighty Wests Tigers to once again reign supreme as the most exciting and likeable club in the NRL. Just need to be consistent, even when we have injuries.
 
yeah - I reckon given a fair shake with injuries, we can finish mid table. I'd be O.k. with that, although like everyone else, I'm hoping for a lot more. Go you tiges!
 
I reckon we have a good coach, and a good team. I will be really pleased if Wests Tigers put in for 80 minutes each week. If they do, we can't go wrong. Go Tigers
 
We had a team with bugger-all experience in 2005 too and look how that panned out.

Is our team really that inexperienced?

Farah - rep football and finals
Galloway - rep football and finals
Woods - rep football
Halatau - rep football and finals
Richards - rep footy and finals
Tapou - rep footy
Lawrence - rep footy and finals

Taylor - finals coach

I predict a 6 - 8 finish.
 
Me too BrissieTiger. I think our team will have a good year as long as injuries stay minimal. Can't wait for Saturday :smiley:
 
A few months ago I had us penciled in for the spoon or their about, I was not convinced we had the right mix in our roster and I was worried about what mental baggage they would carry into 2015 after the turmoil of 2014\. I am now starting to think that Taylor has really got the team heading in the right direction and their is a bit of a buzz in the camp. Anyway not long to go now and within the first month we should have a pretty good idea where we are going.

In saying all the above I still expect us to finish close to 8 but just miss out,but I also expect we will be a lot more competitive and very few blow outs if any and lay a great platform for 2016
 
Only expectation this year I have of wests-tigers is for their defence to improve.
So yes I am excited to see if this has changed in season 2015\. 😛ray:
 
What I saw in that game was Austin killing it, some silky skills from Moses and really bad goal kicking.
 
@TIGER said:
What I saw in that game was Austin killing it, some silky skills from Moses and really bad goal kicking.
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no patty richards, whadya expect :stuck_out_tongue:

moses is alright a kicker, same as benji was. around 70% id guess.
 
@Angry Tiger 1 said:
We had a team with bugger-all experience in 2005 too and look how that panned out.

Is our team really that inexperienced?

Farah - rep football and finals
Galloway - rep football and finals
Woods - rep football
Halatau - rep football and finals
Richards - rep footy and finals
Tapou - rep footy
Lawrence - rep footy and finals

Taylor - finals coach

I predict a 6 - 8 finish.
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2005 was a magic run, cant see it happening again to be honest.

the game is so different from 2005 its not even funny. heard a stat at the NRL AGM, players today train DOUBLE the time they trained 10 years ago (might have been 15 but i think they said 10).

but thats not to say we couldnt do well this season, i just think this club has been living off 2005 for to long. hell this rant isnt even directed at you, your post just reminded me of it haha :laughing:
 
@Angry Tiger 1 said:
We had a team with bugger-all experience in 2005 too and look how that panned out.

Is our team really that inexperienced?

Farah - rep football and finals
Galloway - rep football and finals
Woods - rep football
Halatau - rep football and finals
Richards - rep footy and finals
Tapou - rep footy
Lawrence - rep footy and finals

Taylor - finals coach

I predict a 6 - 8 finish.
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No, but what i find funny is that 3 players you've named (Halatau, Lawrence and Richards) shouldn't even be in the side according to most supporters. 4 if you want throw in Galloway. I'm not meaning you AT1, but i find it funny how people over the course of the summer have tried to play both sides here by saying how these guys shouldn't be there, yet when the topic of experience comes up, they include these guys to add strength to the argument when if they had it their way those guys wouldn't even be in the team to begin with.
 
I think our year is like all dependant on injuries to key players. For us we need Tedessco and Farah to be available for most games.

The other factor for us is how quick our youngsters come on, it is possible we get some very strong and semi consistent performances from Brooks, Moses et al, if so we can go well. They are still kids however and may be inconsistent.

I expect our young forwards to be up to it this year as long as Galloway and Woods are available most of the time, if they get asked to do much, I think they will wear down. Ava seems to be fitter this year, that is important to our team, but if Lodge and him are forced to chunk out 60 minutes, they wont be able to do it.

I'm cautiously optimistic that this side can go well and surprise, but Im a big believer in these kids and have been since I first saw them, hoping Im not putting too much faith in them.

If not this year, than next year is my view on this squad.
 
@GNR4LIFE said:
@Angry Tiger 1 said:
We had a team with bugger-all experience in 2005 too and look how that panned out.

Is our team really that inexperienced?

Farah - rep football and finals
Galloway - rep football and finals
Woods - rep football
Halatau - rep football and finals
Richards - rep footy and finals
Tapou - rep footy
Lawrence - rep footy and finals

Taylor - finals coach

I predict a 6 - 8 finish.

No, but what i find funny is that 3 players you've named (Halatau, Lawrence and Richards) shouldn't even be in the side according to most supporters. 4 if you want throw in Galloway. I'm not meaning you AT1, but i find it funny how people over the course of the summer have tried to play both sides here by saying how these guys shouldn't be there, yet when the topic of experience comes up, they include these guys to add strength to the argument when if they had it their way those guys wouldn't even be in the team to begin with.
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Yes I agree. For the record I would have all of these guys in the side for round 1\. The only player I have huge question marks over is Chris Lawrence. He just seems to have so many unforced errors in his game and yet he hardly gets involved. I can't get my head around how poor he has been since returning from that hip dislocation.
 
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