Flame me for being positive, idc I think it's more realistic than some people would think.
I'm not going to go into detail and say "here are the positives.." but in all honesty I believe if any other team in the competition had this win/loss record in the season they would be and instant write off. It is the inconsistent nature of the Tigers that still gives them a better chance to recover than ANY other team. Look at it this way:
The quality of our attacking play in the Broncos half was of a way higher calibre than theirs. Possession to points wise we smashed them. Our goal line defense would have ranked very high amongst the league and let's face it, there's nothing you can do about a team holding possession and forcing line drop outs and not coughing up the ball.
Soft in the middle? I think we firmly put those weeks behind us when their only trys were from the backs. Amazing what happens when the commitment comes back.
Last week - dominant side for sure against a rabbitohs team that beat a top 4 team (mind you they probably won't be there for long).
Let's give the boys some faith as if we can fix a few elements to our game I think you'll find we'll be looking at some amazing wins. There were 2 silly mistakes for our loss tonight and they could be avoided easily with better decision making:
- the kick off the second try - failure to communicate - I think people are happy to blame Moltzen but when it comes to things like that happening both players are at fault to a degree. Neither player made an effort to catch the ball in the end (I.e poor communication and decision making).
- Blair's double possession loss - I think he had a solid game but when he pretty much let the ball go and a poor decision not to pull out of the charge = momentum lost not to mention game being minimum 2 trys away from victory at that point.
I can see us stringing together a few in a row at least in the immediate future. Starting as the "team to beat" at the start of the season at least on paper (no pun intended on Blair )but seriously I can see us taking Melbourne off their throne if anyone. Confidence will help that and once we start playing committed football with a few wins behind us we'll look back on this and laugh so smile tigers fans. Support your team and watch what happens when the scale finally tips.
Flame if you want but you better have some damn good evidence
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I'm not going to go into detail and say "here are the positives.." but in all honesty I believe if any other team in the competition had this win/loss record in the season they would be and instant write off. It is the inconsistent nature of the Tigers that still gives them a better chance to recover than ANY other team. Look at it this way:
The quality of our attacking play in the Broncos half was of a way higher calibre than theirs. Possession to points wise we smashed them. Our goal line defense would have ranked very high amongst the league and let's face it, there's nothing you can do about a team holding possession and forcing line drop outs and not coughing up the ball.
Soft in the middle? I think we firmly put those weeks behind us when their only trys were from the backs. Amazing what happens when the commitment comes back.
Last week - dominant side for sure against a rabbitohs team that beat a top 4 team (mind you they probably won't be there for long).
Let's give the boys some faith as if we can fix a few elements to our game I think you'll find we'll be looking at some amazing wins. There were 2 silly mistakes for our loss tonight and they could be avoided easily with better decision making:
- the kick off the second try - failure to communicate - I think people are happy to blame Moltzen but when it comes to things like that happening both players are at fault to a degree. Neither player made an effort to catch the ball in the end (I.e poor communication and decision making).
- Blair's double possession loss - I think he had a solid game but when he pretty much let the ball go and a poor decision not to pull out of the charge = momentum lost not to mention game being minimum 2 trys away from victory at that point.
I can see us stringing together a few in a row at least in the immediate future. Starting as the "team to beat" at the start of the season at least on paper (no pun intended on Blair )but seriously I can see us taking Melbourne off their throne if anyone. Confidence will help that and once we start playing committed football with a few wins behind us we'll look back on this and laugh so smile tigers fans. Support your team and watch what happens when the scale finally tips.
Flame if you want but you better have some damn good evidence
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_Posted using RoarFEED 2012_
