OFFICIAL Liam Fulton [Discussion]

[Black_n_White]

Benji played against Melbourne…

He half sat out due to turf toe, not knocking him on it, but he was a passenger for most of that game as others worked us up and down the field.

I personally can see potters experiment this week, I dont think we wil be hampered in the field percentage with Benji gone, and can understand the option of setting Liam the task of tattooing himself on Sutton. Potter seems like a fool to many, but i see him trying to identify our strengths and weaknesses. I just wish we had a full compliment to allow Potter to experiment across the board.

 

[smoking_gun]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

 

[Tigersmurf]

Dumbest coaching move ever. EVER! you don't drop your best players in the situation we are in. Potter has had an absolute brain fart

Disagree gun, it has been a couple of years since Benji was our best player. He deserved to be relegated.

The problem I have is that Potter is trying to prevent us being down by 24 in the first 30 minutes, but there is not enough skill in that halves pairing to score any more than 10-12 points.

I love that Potter benched him, but part of me cannot help but think they were both in on it. Particularly after his article on the weekend. Could have been Benjis idea…..I hope not though.

 

[LaT]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

As long as you include yourself in that category, no offence taken.

 

[foreveratiger]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

As long as you include yourself in that category, no offence taken.

:roll :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Classic

 

[foreveratiger]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

Yep agreed x2

 

[Black_n_White]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

As long as you include yourself in that category, no offence taken.

:roll :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Classic

My ratings are stuffed and dont work… Im on this one too.

 

[happy_tiger]

No offence but there is a lot of peanuts on here. Jesus.

Hows Robbie ??

 

[TJL]

Fulton at 6 is like giving me a run. I'm a 44 year old prop/second-rower who hasn't played footy since 2005 but [This word has been automatically removed] it give me a run. LOL!

 

[avocadoontoast]

So much hate for Benji - he might not be playing great, but neither has anyone else. He's one of the stars of our team and now we've basically sent him packing. Mark my words, if he does indeed go to Penrith, he will absolutely murder us next year.

Everyone seems so obsessed with Fulton defending against Sutton. Who cares? There's no way we will score a point with Fulton and Siro in the halves. Fulton tries hard but all he can do is tackle. You don't put players at 5/8 because they can tackle. That's just insane.

The big problem with this team is Potter and the coaching staff. Potter has shown himself to be an incredibly poor coach this season. Stupid team selections, no structure in attack or defense. He reminds me of Steve Kearney, but possibly worse. At least with Sheens we were interesting to watch. We attacked all the time. With Potter we have NO attack and our defense is even worse. ITs painful watching them play.

 

[badger]

I just cant see how taking our best defender out of the forwards against such a big and mobile forward pack is a good thing. Apart from Robbie who else is going to stop them

 

[Guest]

Courtesy of the official Wests Tigers website:

Tiger Talk column: Liam Fulton
Wests Tigers

Thursday 16 May 2013 5:08 PM
Tiger Talk column: Liam Fulton

Liam Fulton is this week's guest columnist for the Tiger Talk column.

The colum appears each Wednesday as part of a special Wests Tigers section in the Campbelltown Advertiser.

TIGER TALK
A new week means a new opposition for Wests Tigers.

As a player in a team that is struggling for a victory, you have to remain very positive that things will turn. And we know it will. Like all things in life, hard work pays off and we are doing plenty of this at training.

No one likes to lose, and it is even harder to take when you have lost six in a row. But like I said, it will turn. It has to.

I thought our first half performance in the loss to the Sharks was pretty solid. We played some very good attacking football and the signs were good for the second half.

We came out confident at 6-all but some poor mistakes by us combined with some disappointing defence saw the Sharks jump away to an 18-6 lead very quickly. From there,we were chasing our tails and the harder we tried, the less it came off.

When you get beaten, you certainly do look at your own performance and the team’s. We have done plenty of soul searching this week and know what we need to improve and play for the full 80 minutes.

This week, we face another big challenge in the South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium. The Rabbitohs are the form team of the competition and naturally, where they sit on the ladder, will be very hard to beat. But it is not impossible. If you think negative, you have already lost the battle in your mind.

Their forward pack is very big and those Burgess brothers certainly add plenty of starch to their side. They drive off their momentum and we will have to be on our game defensively to try and shut them down, otherwise their slick backs will get plenty of ball.

Greg Inglis has been a revelation for them at full-back and is such a champion player. He can be a real handful to pull down if you give him plenty of space.

This will be another good test for us and I’m confident we can turn things around. You have to be, like I said before. If we work hard for each other and focus on our game, then you are halfway towards winning.

Souths and the Wests Tigers have always had a good rivalry and it will be the same on Friday night. We know the Souths fans will be out in force so I encourage our supporters to stick with us and get to the ground in numbers. We need your support like never before.

To make it easier for our fans who are not members, there is a special two game Wests Tigers membership deal that provides general admission seating for the Souths match and our home game the following Friday night at Leichhardt Oval when we tackle the North Queensland Cowboys. It’s great value. I hope we can get a win up to make it even more special.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

**Fulton's there to tackle Sutton, that's all**

Sutton would run straight over the top of Benji on current form and has been tearing teams part all year

Yep, spot on. It seems to me our side has been picked this week looking towards minimalising the damage on the scoreline more so than winning. That said, Fults won't go any worse than Benji has been going. Just hammer Sutton the big skirt, he doesn't seem to like the physical stuff much, he is a front-runner of the highest order.

 

[pHyR3]

reading that made me wanna chuck a tenner on the +20.5 at the TAB….but I dont think i will. Hate betting on my team, especially recently, cause if the tigs lose the pain gets doubled by losing your money too.

 

[king_sirro]

reading that made me wanna chuck a tenner on the +20.5 at the TAB….but I dont think i will. Hate betting on my team, especially recently, cause if the tigs lose the pain gets doubled by losing your money too.

I backed us at $8 and also backed Liam first tryscorer

 

[system]

Courtesy of the official Wests Tigers website:

Tiger Talk column: Liam Fulton
Wests Tigers

Thursday 16 May 2013 5:08 PM
Tiger Talk column: Liam Fulton

Liam Fulton is this week's guest columnist for the Tiger Talk column.

The colum appears each Wednesday as part of a special Wests Tigers section in the Campbelltown Advertiser.

TIGER TALK
A new week means a new opposition for Wests Tigers.

As a player in a team that is struggling for a victory, you have to remain very positive that things will turn. And we know it will. Like all things in life, hard work pays off and we are doing plenty of this at training.

No one likes to lose, and it is even harder to take when you have lost six in a row. But like I said, it will turn. It has to.

I thought our first half performance in the loss to the Sharks was pretty solid. We played some very good attacking football and the signs were good for the second half.

We came out confident at 6-all but some poor mistakes by us combined with some disappointing defence saw the Sharks jump away to an 18-6 lead very quickly. From there,we were chasing our tails and the harder we tried, the less it came off.

When you get beaten, you certainly do look at your own performance and the team’s. We have done plenty of soul searching this week and know what we need to improve and play for the full 80 minutes.

This week, we face another big challenge in the South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium. The Rabbitohs are the form team of the competition and naturally, where they sit on the ladder, will be very hard to beat. But it is not impossible. If you think negative, you have already lost the battle in your mind.

Their forward pack is very big and those Burgess brothers certainly add plenty of starch to their side. They drive off their momentum and we will have to be on our game defensively to try and shut them down, otherwise their slick backs will get plenty of ball.

Greg Inglis has been a revelation for them at full-back and is such a champion player. He can be a real handful to pull down if you give him plenty of space.

This will be another good test for us and I’m confident we can turn things around. You have to be, like I said before. If we work hard for each other and focus on our game, then you are halfway towards winning.

Souths and the Wests Tigers have always had a good rivalry and it will be the same on Friday night. We know the Souths fans will be out in force so I encourage our supporters to stick with us and get to the ground in numbers. We need your support like never before.

To make it easier for our fans who are not members, there is a special two game Wests Tigers membership deal that provides general admission seating for the Souths match and our home game the following Friday night at Leichhardt Oval when we tackle the North Queensland Cowboys. It’s great value. I hope we can get a win up to make it even more special.

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[system]

reading that made me wanna chuck a tenner on the +20.5 at the TAB….but I dont think i will. Hate betting on my team, especially recently, cause if the tigs lose the pain gets doubled by losing your money too.

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[innsaneink]

This article reminds me of something ive noticed with Souths, they tend to drop off towards the end of the 1st half it seems, halftime has done them woders, maguire must rip into them and they often come out and blitz teams

Betting wise im staying right away from this game but I think theres a lot of value this w/end

 

[Shooshmeister]

Do us proud Liam, who know, he may have a blinder at 5/8.

 

[Black_n_White]

I dont think Fulton is there only to tackle Sutton… We have started every game strong, had trouble converting into points but have been in the arm-wrestle against the best. Not trying to put the boot into Benji, but he often released the pressure through poor kicking and decisions, which turns the tide of field position and pressure to which we eventually buckle. Fulton will be no frills, stick to the game plan, lift the defence and just be his solid self. The Bunnies will punish us for the smallest of mistakes and with half decent field position have a pack that will roll them into striking distance.

Yes we get the benefit of starting with an extra second rower on the park, but he is more than capable of pulling off a standard dependable halves roll... getting us into a grind and keeping us there.