Moltzen shock option for Tigers semi

[Ayden]

Could Flanagan play 5/8?

 

[Newy_Tiger]

Is it a possibility? I heard Fittler mention on the footy show he was looking good.Would help our chances against Canberra…. if we get there.

 

[Masterton]

Fittler was talking up Moltz's chances on the Footy Show, though I'm sure everyone would prefer some good news for Benji.

 

[hadds75]

If hes fit hes fit. If hes playing with an injury or less ROM then no i wouldnt play him. But if the reason for not picking him is a little match fitness and co then id pick him. Even if Marshall is fit id probably give him a run in the 17 for 10-15 minutes. He could be lethal coming on after 50-60 getting into dummy half … like all there speedsters last night.

 

[Cos_Borg]

Would be great if ready but we need the Dragons to win for the Tigers to continue…...............

 

[benjibrotown]

If Moltzen and Benji are both available, I rekon play Moltzen, leave Moltzen on the bench and dont put him on the feild unless Benji has further troubles with his knee.

 

[Guest]

Can anyone here name a player who has come back from a traditional full knee reconstruction in 6 months? A lot of people here are living in false hope. Moltzen looks fit because he is fit, but putting his knee to the test in semi final football after having a knee recon 6 months ago is not realistic and won't be risked.

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

Anyone got an update on Marshall's injury?

 

[glebe_tiger]

Massive risk if he plays. Maybe its worth it coz our season is on the line.

 

[RatedRKO]

Massive risk if he plays. Maybe its worth it coz our season is on the line.

We still don't know if were playing yet.

For a grand final I think we could risk it, in the position we are in I doubt it though.

 

[habibsta33]

If Moltzen and Benji are both available, I rekon play Moltzen, leave Moltzen on the bench and dont put him on the feild unless Benji has further troubles with his knee.

6.marshall
7.lui

14.murdoch masilla
15.fifita
16.payten
17.moltzen

LETHAL!!…...please let it happen 😛ray: 😛ray:

 

[alexaki]

I'd risk him…he's going to Canberra next year anyway.....isn't he?

 

[Luke]

Tim Moltzen is looming as the shock replacement should Wests Tigers superstar Benji Marshall fail to overcome a knee injury that threatens his involvement in Friday night's semi-final against Canberra.

Moltzen hasn't played since undergoing a full knee reconstruction in April this year, but is set to visit a specialist this week who he hopes will give him the clearance to resume playing this weekend.

The 21-year-old has been training with the Tigers squad for the past few weeks, though club officials have been insisting the fullback/halfback would not be rushed back in 2010 with a view to having him back on deck for the start of next season.

But Marshall's injury may hasten his comeback, the Tigers without a recognised replacement for the Kiwi playmaker and Moltzen desperate to play.

Club doctor Donald Kuah remained hopeful that Marshall would be right to face the Raiders, despite the pain being so bad he left the Tigers with 12 men for the last five minutes of regular time in their 19-15 golden point loss to the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night.

"He actually did it 15 minutes before he came off, he tried to keep playing with it," Kuah said.

"We'll know the next two or three days. It was just a direct hit on the inside of the knee.

"He is some chance of playing." The Marshall injury is just the start of the Tigers' injury problems, with Gareth Ellis (back), Geoff Daniela (hamstring) and Liam Fulton (knee) also pulling up sore after the heart-breaking loss.

Then there is the mental anguish they will need to put behind them after blowing several chances to win the game in the dying stages, including when Chris Heighington failed to dive on a ball from a scrum win with just 20 seconds remaining which gave Roosters skipper Braith Anasta a chance to send the game to extra time via his dramatic field goal.

"We probably should never have let a 15-2 lead slip away, but the manner in which we lost makes it feel even worse, we had our chances," Ellis said.

"That (getting our heads right) will probably be the biggest challenge for us over the next few days - we can't sulk for too long because we've still got a great opportunity to progress in the competition.

"We need to put that to bed and move on as quickly as we can." Ellis took several painkillers just to get on the field against the Roosters before being forced off late in the game, but remained hopeful of making the trip to the nation's capital.

"It's a little bit stiff and a little bit sore but that's to be expected after a tough game," Ellis said.

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[system]

I just don't like the idea. Ligaments need month after month of rehab and that is followed by months of conditioning. Loading that up with a step at full pace of the leg sitting wrong in a tackle will see him miss half of next season as well. Not to mention there is no way he would be fit enough to handle 80 minutes of finals football

 

[RatedRKO]

I just don't like the idea. Ligaments need month after month of rehab and that is followed by months of conditioning. Loading that up with a step at full pace of the leg sitting wrong in a tackle will see him miss half of next season as well. Not to mention there is no way he would be fit enough to handle 80 minutes of finals football

Yeah I agree, as fit as he might appear to be he can't be ready yet.

 

[steven_tiger]

Do it. As Ellis said, we still have a great opportunity.

 

[Tigerdave]

I don't like the idea….what are his chances of doing more damage to the leg?

 

[magpie_mania]

i don't like the idea….what are his chances of doing more damage to the leg?

especially on a cold dewy canberra night where good footing is hard.

 

[Fraze23]

Im pretty confident benji will play

 

[Frazer4Wests]

I feel is topic is redundant.

Benji will be fine.The knee is just bruised it will settle down.