POTTERS NEEDS TO USE AXE !

[bp_tiger]

HAPPY UR KIDDING IF U THINK KORRO IS WORSE THAN ROWE AT LEAST HE HITS IT UP AT PACE AND HE HITS THEM HARD WHEN HE TACKLES ROWE JUST LETS THEM RUN THROUGH HIM OR AROUND HIM. SO EVERY ONE THINKS THAT CHANGING THE BACKLINE IS WORST THAN HAVING SOMEONE U CANT TACKLE OR HIT THE BALL BACK UP OTHER THAN WALKING INTO THE LINE.

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

bp spot on and Jerry way off.

Rowe will never play first grade as long as Teddy is fit. So I frankly don't care if he "will continue to improve"; as it's irrelevant for the Tigers. Same goes for Luani, except that in the meantime Luani is at least a competent replacement and is far from useless. Same cannot be said about Rowe.

Regardless of whether we all agree or not, it is very evident that even the staunch Potter admirers are re-thinking their loyalty to him when he picks Rowe, let alone Anasta. And I think that's fair enough.

Surely Rowe's improvement is relevant when Tedesco is injured, like right now for instance.

Absolutely.big sirro is clueless.I also clearly stated that Rowe was our 3rd choice due to injuries.Potter needed to see what he had in rowe after our first two choices went down with injury.

 

[happy_tiger]

HAPPY UR KIDDING IF U THINK KORRO IS WORSE THAN ROWE AT LEAST HE HITS IT UP AT PACE AND HE HITS THEM HARD WHEN HE TACKLES ROWE JUST LETS THEM RUN THROUGH HIM OR AROUND HIM. SO EVERY ONE THINKS THAT CHANGING THE BACKLINE IS WORST THAN HAVING SOMEONE U CANT TACKLE OR HIT THE BALL BACK UP OTHER THAN WALKING INTO THE LINE.

Koroibete probably hasn't made a tackle in his last two games of NRL

Watch the Saints game and in particular watch Koroibete

If you still want him after that , go right ahead

That game would give Potter nightmares every time it came to even thinking about reselecting Koroibete

Some people seem to think their is only one part to playing rugby league , attack

Defence wins football games and the only way we will beat the Roosters is defence , we won't outscore them Sheens style in a 36-34 scoreline that's for sure and certain

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

Bp relax a little.Our first choice fullback in teddy is injured as is our second choice A FULLY FIT Tim Moltzen.So our choices at fullback at the moment is slim and Rowe is next cat up.I think Anasta was worse than rowe yesterday and the weeks before aswell and Anasta has to go.Theres a massive difference between Rowe and Anasta and thats Rowe will continue to improve whereas anasta was on the slow decline but now looks a fast one.Potter made the tough call last year of benching marshall and farah so hes not scared to make the big call.Relax on Potter.He will make the right call.

bp spot on and Jerry way off.

Rowe will never play first grade as long as Teddy is fit. So I frankly don't care if he "will continue to improve"; as it's irrelevant for the Tigers. Same goes for Luani, except that in the meantime Luani is at least a competent replacement and is far from useless. Same cannot be said about Rowe.

From the start I said rowe was 3rd string.Ummm what if teddy gets injured like ummmm he is now. Rowe,Luani and other second/third string types are kinda relevant then arent they champ.So to use your words frankly maybe you should grow a brain.

 

[Newtown]

I believe that last week potter was thinking of a replacement for Rowe before he picked him again. Why doesn't Potter ask the State Cup coach what he thinks of Sleiman as a fullback. I believe he will answer in the affirmative. Potter must use the second tier now and pick Sleiman. With so many injured players returning in a short number of weeks Now is the time to use the second tier not when it's not needed.

 

[mremedy]

HAPPY UR KIDDING IF U THINK KORRO IS WORSE THAN ROWE AT LEAST HE HITS IT UP AT PACE AND HE HITS THEM HARD WHEN HE TACKLES ROWE JUST LETS THEM RUN THROUGH HIM OR AROUND HIM. SO EVERY ONE THINKS THAT CHANGING THE BACKLINE IS WORST THAN HAVING SOMEONE U CANT TACKLE OR HIT THE BALL BACK UP OTHER THAN WALKING INTO THE LINE.

Koroibete probably hasn't made a tackle in his last two games of NRL

Watch the Saints game and in particular watch Koroibete

If you still want him after that , go right ahead

That game would give Potter nightmares every time it came to even thinking about reselecting Koroibete

Some people seem to think their is only one part to playing rugby league , attack

Defence wins football games and the only way we will beat the Roosters is defence , we won't outscore them Sheens style in a 36-34 scoreline that's for sure and certain

Koroibete is still quite raw. I recall in a NSW Cup game this season where Koroibete ended up on the left side of the field after a hit-up. He stayed there for a few tackles and the trainer and a few players had to yell at him to get back on his wing.

I think he has potential, however he has yet to acquire the instincts to be consistent in first grade.

 

[bp_tiger]

REALLY JERRY IS THAT ALL U CAN DO IS INSULT PEOPLE FOR HAVING A POINT OF VIEW, MAYBE I SHOULD LEND U A BRAIN, IDOIT.

 

[bigsiro]

Because real rugby leagues sides replace fullbacks with fullbacks ,wingers with wingers and don't make wholesale changes in a backline to fix one position ( no matter how important it is )

Not necessarily true. And even when they do replace like for like it may not work out. Real rugby league sides don't solve problems by sticking with inferior players.

One way or the other we had to find out whether Rowe could crack it at top level .

True. I was all for the Rowe at FB experiment. It needed to happen.
Sadly it failed.
Let's move on and try something else.

Everyone needs to stop thinking like Sheens and start thinking normally

Simona will be out for at least 3-4 weeks and if we bring Nofoaluma in we then need to stick Koroibete back in which is worse than Rowe in my opinion

Not in my opinion. Rowe at fullback is worse than Koro on the wing. FB is more crucial.

Tedesco won't probably be back until the Knights game , we need to face facts that we have issues which won't be solved before the Roosters game and we are probably best off sticking with the same combination

Why?
Please don't be offended but that logic suggests that you think that we should stick with Anasta too. :smiley:

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

REALLY JERRY IS THAT ALL U CAN DO IS INSULT PEOPLE FOR HAVING A POINT OF VIEW, MAYBE I SHOULD LEND U A BRAIN, IDOIT.

What is an IDOIT.You can keep your brain but try not to scream so much next time. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

 

[bigsiro]

To Jerry and mremedy, I was merely taking the position that after trying out Rowe for 3 games I see no point in keeping him in first-grade in the hope that he will improve there. He is not in our long-term plans nor is an appropriate short-term, stop-gap solution. More importantly, he is just not up to scratch at the moment, so if the Tigers wish to invest in his development then by all means, but not in first grade.

And Jerry, way uncalled for. If you are unable to cope with people disagreeing with your opinion then perhaps you shouldn't post it here in the first place.

 

[happy_tiger]

Because real rugby leagues sides replace fullbacks with fullbacks ,wingers with wingers and don't make wholesale changes in a backline to fix one position ( no matter how important it is )

Not necessarily true. And even when they do replace like for like it may not work out. Real rugby league sides don't solve problems by sticking with inferior players.

One way or the other we had to find out whether Rowe could crack it at top level .

True. I was all for the Rowe at FB experiment. It needed to happen.
Sadly it failed.
Let's move on and try something else.

Everyone needs to stop thinking like Sheens and start thinking normally

Simona will be out for at least 3-4 weeks and if we bring Nofoaluma in we then need to stick Koroibete back in which is worse than Rowe in my opinion

Not in my opinion. Rowe at fullback is worse than Koro on the wing. FB is more crucial.

Tedesco won't probably be back until the Knights game , we need to face facts that we have issues which won't be solved before the Roosters game and we are probably best off sticking with the same combination

Why?
Please don't be offended but that logic suggests that you think that we should stick with Anasta too. :smiley:

No I said in another thread that if Austin is fit we should probably make a change

We have more of a chance defending a 16 point scoreline (that's about the maximum I reckon we can score )with Rowe as fullback and Nofoaluma as a winger than we will with Nofoaluma as a fullback and Koroibete as a winger

We need to take a defensine mindset into this game

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Lol one loss and he should sack half the side.

Get a grip

**Two habitual non-performers stood out again yesterday**. Team improvement is about getting rid of the proven dead wood.

One of those being a 20 yr old kid in his 3rd game, and only there as cover? Goddamn, cut the kid some slack.

Must be killing some of you blokes that you can't bash Blair this yr.

 

[mremedy]

To Jerry and mremedy, I was merely taking the position that after trying out Rowe for 3 games I see no point in keeping him in first-grade in the hope that he will improve there. He is not in our long-term plans nor is an appropriate short-term, stop-gap solution. More importantly, he is just not up to scratch at the moment, so if the Tigers wish to invest in his development then by all means, but not in first grade.

And Jerry, way uncalled for. If you are unable to cope with people disagreeing with your opinion then perhaps you shouldn't post it here in the first place.

Fair enough bigsiro, my earlier post was simply to state that Rowe's development is in our interests.

In regards to our back three; I think that replacing Rowe with Nofoaluma and having Koroibete on the wing is not without its problems either.

 

[Cosimo_Zaretti]

Koroibete probably hasn't made a tackle in his last two games of NRL

Watch the Saints game and in particular watch Koroibete

If you still want him after that , go right ahead

According to NRL match centre, Marika made 2 tackles against the saints, and missed another two.

 

[Saturnalia]

Knives are out after 3 games,

Can't wait for another 19-20 yo to debut so people can demand that his contract be terminated the minute he gets driven backward in a tackle.


 

[innsaneink]

With all the injuries and suspensions we have to deal with which will cause enough disruption as it is,even more changes and disruption is probably just what we dont need

 

[Newtown]

Lol one loss and he should sack half the side.

Get a grip

**Two habitual non-performers stood out again yesterday**. Team improvement is about getting rid of the proven dead wood.

One of those being a 20 yr old kid in his 3rd game, and only there as cover? Goddamn, cut the kid some slack.

Must be killing some of you blokes that you can't bash Blair this yr.

It's got nothing to do with giving a 20 year old kid some slack. Bringing a 20 year old into first grade when he is not ready is unkind. It is much kinder to let him develop and find his confidence in a lower grade than throwing him to the sharks. Why do you think Moses hasn't yet been selected in first grade? The answer is that he is in the same boat as Rowe. Give both Moses and Rowe another few months to develop and they will be in first grade.

 

[bigsiro]

For what its worth, I watch U20's and have been a keen follower of Rowe. I don't know if anyone can say (hand on heart) that he has been anywhere near as good as last year OR as good as we thought he might be in the U20's comp this year.
Despite this, I still thought he should have been tried in first grade when Teddy got injured (you can check my posts on other threads). I talked him up and am genuinely disappointed that Rowe isn't quite ready, but that's life.

_As I was submitting this post I saw Newtown's response and I totally agree with that post._ We are chucking him the deep end and he is barely treading water, so come on guys, let's call a spade a spade and get behind him developing further in the lower grades. Keeping him in first grade is not doing him or the Tigers any favours.

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

To Jerry and mremedy, I was merely taking the position that after trying out Rowe for 3 games I see no point in keeping him in first-grade in the hope that he will improve there. He is not in our long-term plans nor is an appropriate short-term, stop-gap solution. More importantly, he is just not up to scratch at the moment, so if the Tigers wish to invest in his development then by all means, but not in first grade.

And Jerry, way uncalled for. If you are unable to cope with people disagreeing with your opinion then perhaps you shouldn't post it here in the first place.

Your the one that started all this crap.So dont cry like a baby when someone else replies to your post in the same manner that you INITIALLY replied to them.Grow up clown.PM me if you like but this forum is for constructive conversation of the wests tigers not cry baby antics.Pull your head in. :sign: :sign: :sign:

 

[stevetiger]

Tedesco won't probably be back until the Knights game , we need to face facts that we have issues which won't be solved before the Roosters game and we are probably best off sticking with the same combination

Yep. I think we have to leave things as is however I think Potter has to sack Anasta soon if he doesn't turn his game around. He isn't helping Brooks however he is hindering him. Alternatively just tell Anasta to defend and give the ball to Brooks.