Gone missing

[JD1]

I love the tigers and always will. I understand footy and the eb and flow of good times vs. bad.

But my pet hate with out performances is when players go missing. When some seem to be trying hard to get us on the front foot and some are sitting 3 men out doing nothing waiting for service that never comes.

Thats why I could never fault benji, love him or hate him he was always there at the point when a something was needed. Im talking about people like Anasta, Ayshford, Lawrence, Murdoch-Massila, Blair and Bodene….who you know have a flair about them but just dont show it the whole time there out there. Be it interchange problems (dont get me started Tapau and Sue - 30mins or less...) or fitness. I like to see a player try his guts out. Thats when I really enjoy a game. This mind set is exactly what out problem is.

If your not running the ball, prepare for the next play, give your self room to get speeed or know the angle to make room. Its not rocket science you have all week to practise and be able to communicate. I dont know who the problem is,The coach, Farah or the fowards not taking on what the halves say ....but I know that it can be fixed.

How you ask? Well I think we need more rotation beetween NSW Cup and NRL, creating something different not letting the guys get complacent. For next week swap anasta - austin and brown - woods. This forces a bit of a mix up, woods will no longer be there and the spotlight will be on other forwards to get metres and fill the hit-ups and Austin well he is one of the players I talked about who you know....try there guts out. Not to mention how Anasta and Woods would go in NSW Cup it would be interesting for both. This team has all the right ingredients for greatness, just gotta get the right temperature for it to bake at.

 

[Tigersmurf]

Whilst I get where you are coming from JD, there is noting to gain by not playing our best players. Swapping Woods for Brown merely weakens our team. Sure Brown would go like a bull at a gate for 15 minutes but he would quickly run out of puff at that level and get found out.

In once did a training drill where I put the best players on one team and the weaker players on the other. The purpose was to demonstrate to the lesser players that they were just as capable and needed to be less reliant on the more prominent players in the team.

The end result….everyone ended up arguing and fighting and the game only lasted 5 minutes. The message was lost and I looked a fool for trying it in the first place.

 

[Newtown]

Getting to the heart of the number one WT problem. Well said. It is now up to the number two problem, Mick Potter, to implement and police this solution. Am I asking too much?

 

[spearby]

last week against the dragons our players played like they had never had a training run together they looked complete lost . this week potter has stuck with them again another one like last week he must put the axe to those not having a go .

 

[krayola]

Not saying they would, but what if the newly promoted players played even worse? Potter would look like even more of a muppet. I think he's right to give them another chance instead of making a kneejerk reaction. One game could be chance but two performances like that would be confirmation.

 

[ulluru22]

Not saying they would, but what if the newly promoted players played even worse? Potter would look like even more of a muppet. I think he's right to give them another chance instead of making a kneejerk reaction. One game could be chance but two performances like that would be confirmation.

I totally agree!! One more chance just in case last week was a one off and if they dish out the same crap then it's time to swing the axe!! Starting with Blair & Anasta….oops I'm getting ahead of myself!!