Never been so proud

[jirskyr]

I think if we can replicate the past 4 weeks for the rest of the season, we are good enough to make the Top 8.

Spirited loss to Raiders, who aren't travelling as well as 2019 but still have much more strike than we have. Decent win over Cows with a bad finish, then a commanding win over Bulldogs to show we learned from the bad 2nd half. Close-fought loss to Panthers.

What this form is showing is that Tigers can really choke-out struggling sides and compete with the best sides. We lack just that forwards depth and wide strike power to consistently beat the better finals-bound sides.

Next 4 weeks a real test for us and probably defines the season.

Rabbits travelling the same as us and very very beatable.

Then Broncos, who are due for a win and not as bad a roster as the results seem to indicate, but you will expect to beat them to keep yourself in the 8.

Then Parra, which is the biggest test all year and a true indicator of where we stand. We will be strongly underdogs for this match and I expect Tigers to throw everything at them, might be a real energy-sapping match or the key to ongoing fortunes.

Follow that by Warriors. Assuming you don't get over Eels, Warriors are an inferior side to Tigers and are playing at a year-long travel and homesickness disadvantage. You will want to see a strong performance after the Eels match, which may be at some risk as the Eels match may take a toll.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Hi guys, I get the angst of Saturday night , but I think it’s time to let it go . Whether you agree it was BJ, the ref , Bad play , Penrith dog tactics , LUKE BROOKS LOL, whatever , we can put it down one that I’m not sure that got away , but one we can feel like cemented us as a real threat to this comp. which we definitely weren’t before . Sometimes a loss shows more than a win . And I really feel that way about this one

 

[rihannafan1]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

AND I didn't say we didn't lose the game because of the Ref - but he didn't do us any favours. Just one six again or a penalty under the new rules can lose you momentum for 10-15 minutes and it is very difficult to get it back. That sort of thing can lose you the game.

Yeah, fair call. It has been pretty interesting to see really defined momentum this season and you're right, the rules have created that.

 

[JD Tiger]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

Yes we lost, yes the ref didn't cause us to lose, we did. But, the ref missed a lot of incidents, and made a lot of calls, more so against us than for us, and that's why it feels we were hard done by again.

 

[rihannafan1]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Yep, I hear you on the momentum killers.

 

[JD Tiger]

I think if we can replicate the past 4 weeks for the rest of the season, we are good enough to make the Top 8.

Spirited loss to Raiders, who aren't travelling as well as 2019 but still have much more strike than we have. Decent win over Cows with a bad finish, then a commanding win over Bulldogs to show we learned from the bad 2nd half. Close-fought loss to Panthers.

What this form is showing is that Tigers can really choke-out struggling sides and compete with the best sides. We lack just that forwards depth and wide strike power to consistently beat the better finals-bound sides.

Next 4 weeks a real test for us and probably defines the season.

Rabbits travelling the same as us and very very beatable.

Then Broncos, who are due for a win and not as bad a roster as the results seem to indicate, but you will expect to beat them to keep yourself in the 8.

Then Parra, which is the biggest test all year and a true indicator of where we stand. We will be strongly underdogs for this match and I expect Tigers to throw everything at them, might be a real energy-sapping match or the key to ongoing fortunes.

Follow that by Warriors. Assuming you don't get over Eels, Warriors are an inferior side to Tigers and are playing at a year-long travel and homesickness disadvantage. You will want to see a strong performance after the Eels match, which may be at some risk as the Eels match may take a toll.

If we can get 3 out of that 4, wow, I say we'll make the finals. 2 out of 4, will make it difficult. 0 or 1 out of 4, year over.

 

[Geo]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

 

[hobbo1]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

I’m still livid ???

 

[happy_tiger]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

Cmon Geo ...seriously ...how many times has Joey broken a leg , been disembowelled , been crucified , had a coronary , needed a labotomy when we have a drop out

 

[hobbo1]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

Cmon Geo ...seriously ...how many times has Joey broken a leg , been disembowelled , been crucified , had a coronary , needed a labotomy when we have a drop out

The game has stopped when we have a drop out ..big difference to when we’re on a roll and they stop play ?

 

[Geo]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

Cmon Geo ...seriously ...how many times has Joey broken a leg , been disembowelled , been crucified , had a coronary , needed a labotomy when we have a drop out

The game has stopped when we have a drop out ..big difference to when we’re on a roll and they stop play ?

I'll send the panadol..

 

[hobbo1]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

Cmon Geo ...seriously ...how many times has Joey broken a leg , been disembowelled , been crucified , had a coronary , needed a labotomy when we have a drop out

The game has stopped when we have a drop out ..big difference to when we’re on a roll and they stop play ?

I'll send the panadol..

And a stiff drink ?
He reminds me of Frank spencer
( some mother’s do have em )

 

[BZN]

Disagree with some of the criticism of the ref. In some ways we bossed him around. We slowed the game down a bunch for the first 60 with players resting, some legit and some questionable. He allowed us to do it.

You would be joking. You are "Geeing us up."

Sure we bossed him around so much he gave us all the favorable calls.

Give me a break.

I never said he favoured us. But he did genuinely allow us to take plenty of time where some refs wouldn't have and where in the past we wouldn't have been smart or bold enough to do it.

Yeah he made some crap calls. I didn't see the Garner knock on either but don't we have a captain's challenge to correct that mistake? Or the nonsense Mansour play the ball call? I saw some people on here saying Douhei didn't take the ball into touch. He did. I saw some people on here saying Api hit Luciano on purpose when that's really quite a stretch. It was those overreactions I'm talking about when I mention the refs.

The ref didn't make BJ decide not to pass when he had the overlap. He didn't make Chee Kam miss the tackle that led to the try. He didn't make Brooks put in two crap grubbers close to the line. He didn't cause Eisenhuth to be offside on a kick chase or make BJ hit a guy for now reason. He didn't lose us the game, the players did and we wouldn't be complaining if we'd won. Simple.

We made some dumb errors agreed
But some of the refs calls were deadset momentum killers

The supposed Garner knock on..

Kikau not being called square at marker when he tackled BJ

Penrith decoy runner taking out one of our defenders ( penalty all day )

Kikau’s 2 high shots not going punished
Etc....

Kirosau’s dog shot on Lucy which has gone unpunished and killed of that set

All piss poor decisions which are massive momentum changers

Not to mention the guys who go down with a split toenail while the attacking team get to the 5th tackle then all of a sudden the trainer 55m away stops the game..gives em a rest..bloke goes off..restart kick defense set..

Yep, stopping the play in a situation like that is nothing but a disgrace @Geo.
I thought the only time the trainer could ask for the game to be stopped was if there was a 'serious' injury and/or if the injured player was likely to be in the way of play. But that wasn't how it was in either of those cases.
Therefore it's a case of just plain cheating from the Penriff trainer.