@shane2801 said:
What planet you been on?
Its been going on with their club for years….11 years.
Find yourself an NRL history teacher
Let the bagging begin!!!
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What planet you been on?
Its been going on with their club for years….11 years.
Find yourself an NRL history teacher
the team plays to the best of their ability every week ….... sadly that ability is not on par with the top teams, but I am happy with their effort in a difficult game, the storm are unquestionably the most frustrating team to play, the ruck is a shambles with their tactics. As for us, our attack lacks complete confidence, farah is so far out of form it's a worry, benji just does not look like he is enjoying his footy anymore, lui and moltzen are not the best half backs in the club, moltzen is not a centre either, and that is not to say they are not putting in the effort, the team as a whole works their butt off each week, we just do not have the class and professionalism of the top teams at the moment, we sorely miss tuquiri, lawrence and payten, coupled with the loss of utai, that's a lot of strikepower out of the game for us. Robbie farah's future now depends on whether he can vary his game and change it for the better, opposition teams have him worked out this year, just watch him drift across field and pick off his runners, he doesn't have the pace at the moment to threaten the line, and no matter how many times he runs into a marker, the refs are not going to give him a penalty, so time to give that up. we are just not sharp enough in attack at the moment, but one positive is our defence over 80 minutes has improved dramatically, if we can pick a backline with players in positions they are suited for we can look to some improvement towards the end of the season. As for the semis ..... don't think we are going to be there, probably just outside them.
supercoach
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We were never going beat the storm in a arm wrestle, they are the masters at that but that is what we tried to do.
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@spaceman said:
Hope that is the last we hear and see from you,don't let the door hit you on the way out,go the cats :laughing: ,Magpies will beat them at the end any way.
Mothermagpie
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@alexaki said:
You didn't hear that Tim sheens said that the Storm had reverted back to their old ways. Kneeing Gareth in a muscle was one mentioned among others.
clontarfkid
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@seadoggy said:
Actually the individuals in our team DO have the ability ,but they arent motivated to play to their respective potential week in week out,AND they play with weak strategies to exploit respective oppostion,AND their individaul skills on simple things like passing the ball to a support player,not running into touchline,not kicking an an early tackle count ,& overall kicking game are under-optimised.
Its spellt COACH,& enjoy as we have him for another 3.5 years :brick:
@biggest tigers fan said:
Wasn't a crusher, watch it again. Unnecessary and overly aggressive yes, but not a crusher.
The problem with the Tigers is we want every team to play they way it suits us and we can't get down and dirty to match sides when they play that way. Our forwards don't want a bar of it so we go sideways and put ourselves under pressure as i said a few weeks ago our pack are pussies and they showed it once again today and Fafita is number one cheif head honcho Pusssiee, too much stand and fend not enough bump and grind.
He'll amount to nothing you heard it here first mark my words.
tig_prmz
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Except for kicking game, a couple of tactics and the disability of backs to finish off set moves, the game was good.
However, the most important thing of all:
EVERY FRIGGIN PERSON GAVE 100%.
Everyone was trying hard and you could see right from the start, they were there to win.
Congrats Tim Sheens.
However, the most important thing of all:
EVERY FRIGGIN PERSON GAVE 100%.
Everyone was trying hard and you could see right from the start, they were there to win.
Congrats Tim Sheens.
GNR4LIFE
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don't you love the comments that sour grapes conjure.'they're scum','they're cheats' :blah :blah :blah truth is they deserve credit for the way they've come back this yr.How many clubs could come back from what they have had to come back from,and end up on top of the ladder the very next yr.By all rights that club should have folded.Shows how much character the place has.They did their time,move on
Our completion rate was near 80% , that is higher then it was in any of our last 3 wins. We controlled the ball well , and defended well . Our attack wasn't good enough to beat Melbourne defense. we only conceded 12 points , if we do that every game we will most games .
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GoldXR50Leroy
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Geeze, in front of a huge home crowd our boys didn't lift.
So who's to blame, you would have expected us to rise to the occaision for a number of reasons, we had no origin players so here was our chance to shove it up to the selectors, Failed!.
The Storm had players missing after Origin so We were on paper the superior team, Failed!.
The forum supporters finally got their way with Moltzen at 1/2 back, Failed!.
A ground record crowd that should have bought the home side home in the 2nd half, Failed!.
Am I suicidal over the result, no.
While I thought we were the superior side on paper we were beaten.
However one aspect of the Storms defence perturbs me, while our defensive players are content to wrap up the ball I noticed that the Melbourne defenders are going back to all the grubby things that made us hate them Alongside of them being the All Star salary cap cheats.
Sika Manu's sickening crusher tackle aside around half of the tackles by the Storm saw the 3rd or 4th defender deliberatly attack the legs of an attacking player already held in the torso region.
A new/recent tactic that should be stamped out ASAP!.
So who's to blame, you would have expected us to rise to the occaision for a number of reasons, we had no origin players so here was our chance to shove it up to the selectors, Failed!.
The Storm had players missing after Origin so We were on paper the superior team, Failed!.
The forum supporters finally got their way with Moltzen at 1/2 back, Failed!.
A ground record crowd that should have bought the home side home in the 2nd half, Failed!.
Am I suicidal over the result, no.
While I thought we were the superior side on paper we were beaten.
However one aspect of the Storms defence perturbs me, while our defensive players are content to wrap up the ball I noticed that the Melbourne defenders are going back to all the grubby things that made us hate them Alongside of them being the All Star salary cap cheats.
Sika Manu's sickening crusher tackle aside around half of the tackles by the Storm saw the 3rd or 4th defender deliberatly attack the legs of an attacking player already held in the torso region.
A new/recent tactic that should be stamped out ASAP!.
glebe_tiger
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melbourne are the kings of the wrestle and controlling the ruck, even after the rule changes they still master this aspect. our ruck play is junk, we dont hold the opposing teams down long enough and get crucified by the opposition when we're attacking. people here say its been going on for years well we cant expect teams to play a quick game like us and expect the favours in return, until we win the battle of the ruck and go forward we can sign whoever and we will still not beat teams like the storm when it counts. and farah better forget about trying to catch markers offside and milking penalties, it aint happening this year and the refs are doing him no favours there.
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@Rambo2714 said:
The Tigers completed 81% of their sets against the Warriors, they were at 75% today.
From where I was sitting it was glaring obvious how much missing our left hand side in attack is hurting us. Having Lawrence back in 4 weeks will give us back that penetration and with Tuqiri outside him will give us the pace and class as well.
The boys put in a big effort today against the competition leaders and certain things just didn't go our way. The most positive i've felt actually over the last 4 weeks.
The boys put in a big effort today against the competition leaders and certain things just didn't go our way. The most positive i've felt actually over the last 4 weeks.
Gary_Bakerloo
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@tiger jim said:
I think this is a bit harsh. Even with Benji on the field we only managed 1 try in 60 minutes. For your chief playmaker to leave the field with 20 left and expect your first choice halfback, who is defending poorly and down on confidence, to immediately gel with his 5/8th who started at half, was named at centre and has also played fullback in recent weeks is a bit much.
The lack of points and the constant sideways attack was because we could not go through the Storm. They defended very well, as did we to be honest.
Let Leo and Moltzen have a week training together and then make judgement. I am actually looking forward to seeing how we play with Farah, Dynevor, Moltzen and MacKinnon.
The_Shiraz_Tiger
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We had 6 straight penalties at one stage in the 2nd half and a ton of ball in attack. There's still a lack of patience. We feel we have to score everytime we have the ball inside the opp 30\. Like other posters here I thought we played reasonably well against a front running team. However there's the top 5 on the ladder and then there's us. What a gap. Tiges still look like a bunch of young kids running around.
