Has Gal done us a favour?

[momo_amp_medo]

Everyone’s commentary so far has been pretty much talking up the sharks to play in the finals ..... so we are definite underdogs. Just the way we should stay ..... under the radar. Great motivator that!

 

[jirskyr]

Never been more confident about a Tigers win, put your house on us, we're playing finals football.

Oh we are definitely still underdogs. If both teams fire, Sharks have a better roster. But they lack discipline, which has been the hallmark of 2018 under Madge, so we are quite opposite sides.

Our record against Sharks has fallen away recently - its 17 wins 12 losses (1 draw), still the second-best head-to-head we have (we are 21/37 against Cowboys), but we've lost the last 5 straight and lost 7 of the last 9.

We haven't beaten Sharkies since 2014, though that was actually Rd 26 at Leichhardt.

Interestingly, we have actually played Sharks a fair number of times in the final round, considering there have only been 20 instances (i.e. 20% of occasions):
Rd 26 2019
Rd 26 2014 (Tigers 26 def Sharks 20 at LO)
Rd 26 2011 (Tigers 30 def Shark 22 at Shark Park)
Rd 26 2001 (Sharks 36 def Tigers 12 at LO)

Also, we play them very often within the last 4 rounds (45% of seasons)
2002 - played Sharks 4th-last round, lost 34-18
2007 - played 3rd-last round, won 29-28
2008 - played 2nd-last round, lost 32-6
2009 - played 4th-last round, won 56-10
2015 - played 3rd-last round, lost 40-18

 

[WT2K]

Confident we'll send Gal out like the loser he is

 

[tigerap]

Confident we'll send Gal out like the loser he is

That would just make the day even more special to see him sook walking up the tunnel....

 

[Newtown]

@NT_Tiger He should leave the comments to a smarter Cronulla player such as Aaron Woods.

 

[gallagher]

@NT_Tiger He should leave the comments to a smarter Cronulla player such as Aaron Woods.

Good old Woodsy helped us bigtime last week. A very lazy defensive attempt that let Croker run 80m setting up a try.

 

[BalmainJnr]

They put everything into last week and came up short, would have taken an emotional toll. Would love G-train to sprout negativity in our direction all week. More fuel on the fire! Would be nothing better than being the last nail in his all time loser streak.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

@NT_Tiger He should leave the comments to a smarter Cronulla player such as Aaron Woods.

Good old Woodsy helped us bigtime last week. A very lazy defensive attempt that let Croker run 80m setting up a try.

I’d love to know woodsy’s inner thoughts as he walks into the tunnel at Leichhardt. Still reckon he knows he stuffed up by leaving

 

[hammertime]

It's going to be a tough task when they're being coached by the next cooper cronk.

 

[TYGA]

@NT_Tiger He should leave the comments to a smarter Cronulla player such as Aaron Woods.

Good old Woodsy helped us bigtime last week. A very lazy defensive attempt that let Croker run 80m setting up a try.

That is exactly where they are vulnerable a healthy Farah which is impossible would have been massive in this game. We need to spread the Sharks wide and hit them in the middle.

 

[jirskyr]

I’d love to know woodsy’s inner thoughts

It is what it is, feed with the Missus.

No, apparently he is still going to wear his 2040 undies, he has never stopped doing that. Weird.

 

[OzLuke]

Gallen is just trying to give his team a bit of a pep talk....nothing in it

Nothing like a bit of pep.....

 

[mike]

@NT_Tiger He should leave the comments to a smarter Cronulla player such as Aaron Woods.

Good old Woodsy helped us bigtime last week. A very lazy defensive attempt that let Croker run 80m setting up a try.


That is exactly where they are vulnerable a healthy Farah which is impossible would have been massive in this game. We need to spread the Sharks wide and hit them in the middle.

This is where a fresh Reynolds off the bench will really hurt them.

 

[jirskyr]

@OzLuke V. good!

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Gallen worries me. He is an almighty competitor. We need to negate any positive influence he has on the game

 

[jadtiger]

As long as Gallen carts the ball up twice in every set he will be doing us a favour

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Look, at the end of the day, it is what it is, and I'll let my manager deal with all that other stuff.

 

[tigerap]

I’d love to know woodsy’s inner thoughts

It is what it is, feed with the Missus.

No, apparently he is still going to wear his 2040 undies, he has never stopped doing that. Weird.

I doubt he has taken them off...gold n black

 

[CTigersWinComp]

@momo_amp_medo

I wish the media would focus more on the sharks, and let us be let us train

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Never been more confident about a Tigers win, put your house on us, we're playing finals football.

Really??? 😮. I’m never confident, even less so with everything riding on our last game of the season. This week is a nightmare for me!