Result sucked, but there were enough positives

[Tigerdave]

😂 a year since your last post, so you rock up when we lose because you like the negativity and drama.

This is not an airport, you don't need to declare your departure.

 

[boonboon]

Lots of positives for me in the cold light of day. Reality is if anyone could kick we would be saying great defensive performance, 80% completion, Reynolds back, Forwards all played great, outside backs getting better and Reynolds had a great game

Negatives were really Brooks (again) and Masters goal kicking everything else went well

 

[Zach]

There were positives.

but the problem is, the negative's out-way our positives, always. so its so hard to see when we do do things right. and its few and far between.

Penrith we're giving us this game to win. GIVING it to us. and we cant even oblige by winning. what more do these boys want or need to become winners?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Tbf, they threw absolutely nothing at us till the last minute.

 

[Onthebus]

Jennings made the crucial defensive error which resulted in the try

We had enough ball to win 5 games, that was a disgraceful effort, only good part was Grub playing well

 

[Harvey]

Reynolds, Matterson, Twal and Aloiai were the standouts. The rest of the side is bog average.

I am not convinced that Madge has his bench rotation right.

Please can we lose MCK?

 

[Onthebus]

MCK needs to go, he offers nothing coming off the bench

 

[kingbrooks]

No real positives for me.

Any other team in the NRL wins that game comfortably. Penrith were awful and we were average at best.

 

[TIGER]

I've never understood the argument of "we we're good but it was just that we didn't execute"

Yeah the reason why we didn't execute is because we are crap at it,
So how can you say we were good?

I afraid Maguire used up his spray a week too early, and he knew he couldn't deliver another one so soon so he went the other way and said he was proud of them and praised them.

I honestly don't know how you could praise a team when the opposition played worse than any team has ever played, yet we still couldn't beat them.
They deserved an even bigger spray than last week imo and they should have got one regardless of whether he delivered one last week.

This team cannot beat sides that are terrible, the opposition seem to drag us down to their level.
That's why we'll never make the 8

 

[cqtiger]

At least the sun came up.

 

[newtiger]

No one gave any credit to Panthers defence, they defended their arse off.
A lot of good teams would have struggled to score against that defensive effort.

 

[tonza]

Fox was just the same. You would swear only one side played last night. It was all about Penrith. Brady was on the panel so everything was about how the Panthers were going. The other commentators were kissing Brandys arse all night. No one dare mention the Tigers were out playing them and out muscling them for most of the game. We have a goal kicker then we win, full stop.

 

[voice_of_reason]

No one gave any credit to Panthers defence, they defended their arse off.
A lot of good teams would have struggled to score against that defensive effort.

It was a very defensive game and both teams D was excellent (hence the score). I'm struggling to think of a clean line break for either team.

There are some seriously challenged fans here. I thought most of our guys performed well. OK Brooks wasn't great, Masters kicking was poor and Jennings cost us a try in a brain fart but beyond that our guys were pretty solid. I'm more dirty on ET for a couple of really dumb penalties - they're100% preventable but he does it every game.

Anyway, I was super-disappointed last night but then I think of the starving children and realise it's only a game 🙂

 

[Newtown]

He doesn't have to be a gold kicker. Even a bronze/silver kicker and we win the match. I would be trying MBye and Corey Thompson as goal kickers whilst Marsters settles his goal kicking yips and gets back to reasonable kicking for,.

 

[maxxy86]

On a lighter note our kit looked the goods …

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Im sick to death of trying to scrape to look for positives, we hold the ball in the last 5 we win. The good teams do that we do not. The panthers were atrocious and yet they still won, if we played that bad we would have been lapped. The worst part for me was imagining those two worms who are the Cleary's smiling like Cheshire cats.

 

[Madge]

full stop.

 

[eyewonder]

matt shirvington obviously not just a pretty face.maybe he is a closet wests tigers supporter.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

All we needed was 1/3, just one!

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Yes their defence was very good, the only thing about their game that was. Very reminiscent of our early season form last year - great defence, but zero attack!

Cleary has already stamped his mark on the side, to see that Penrith outfit play with NFI in attack is almost criminal!