LIVE GAME Round 16 v Raiders

[SeanT]

Combination of never getting the rub of the green and stupidity from players & coaches.

1 Blowing our captain’s challenge
2 Edge defence between Seyfarth & Mason
3 Two costly Skelton brain f*** ups
4 Why didnt we bring TDS on with 10 to go & move Api to lock

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Yeah Skelton should be dropped for that. Can't cop Il discipline now. Go back to reserves and sought it out.

No Isea but a fresh player would of been great in the last 10 minutes. Our one out slow plays are just rubbish.

 

[liltiger]

Other thing I just realised that's really stifling our attack seems Luai is left side dominant and at times creates space for Douhi that he just can't capitalise on. Luai or Latu needs to start doing that on the right side with Toa who is lethal. Our attacking raids are predominantly on the left then we shift right, but when we make space on the left Douhi can't capitalise on it. If Toa had those chances he'd burn the opposition.

 

[tiger_one]

CROWD: 9,328 at Campbelltown Stadium, #NRLTigersRaiders tonight.

 

[stephen]

100% he was gonna go into the forwards and that’s probably a big reason why he left. Latu is special and can turn this club around

Maybe. Some of Luai's penalties recently have been due to frustration. He can't do here what he did at Penrith because he's not working with talented, well drilled players around him. Latu & Luai need more grunt in the pack, & options either side. Perhaps KPP is one piece, but need more.

 

[Halbrowne61]

CROWD: 9,328 at Campbelltown Stadium, #NRLTigersRaiders tonight.

May it RIP

 

[cone]

The try saver on Luai was a hip drop AGAIN.

The foot out on the 40/20… the penalty against Bula for the non contesting run through.

Things don’t go our way. But we lose because we have a few reserve grade standard players that let us down in big moments. We lose because we don’t have the slick combinations because our team have been disrupted.

As frustrating as it was, the second half fight was extraordinary. The team looked happy. Latu is STRONG, zippy and has decent hands.

We are building. I truly believe that. We are three players away from a competitive team.

We can complain about the refs all we want but every team gets dud calls. It only affects us more because were underdone and running half a team of bums out there.

Teams like Melbourne get on with it and their class sees them through 95% of the time. That’s where we need to get to

 

[HUNT 101]

The better team lost tonight.....😮‍💨

 

[Mighty Mouse]

I rekon it's tough to be hard on Benji. Yeh the attack isn't great, but as a whole, if you've watched this playing group over the past 5 years, we look a lot more united and competitive under his coaching. I can't speak for his coaching pedigree or style but it's obvious that culturally, he's got his ducks in a row.... have we been as competitive as this under any other coach recently? Has any other coach been able to bring some decent players to the club? Although i'm frustrated too and wanted to chuck my remote at the tv after that loss, we're clearly improving as a whole...

 

[Lestronge]

I thought he was average to poor.

Just can't win games. Why?

That team was like a rock on the line . Ricky’s teams are like the roosters , the most cynical team in the game on the tryline . They will do anything to stop the try , and really it’s up to the ref to call them out on it early .
He didn’t do it , so ruck infringements and offside on the tryline all game , was the signature dish tonight .
The called the refs bluff . It is what it is… typical Ricky Stuart coached team

 

[TSP]

Our attack in the first half was a deeply regrettable affair.

Just needed to nail one opportunity and the game was ours.

We get to their line on the 2nd and it’s like an invisible force field appears.

We need more options and players who can hustle.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

As a club, who in f$$ks name releases a player the day of the game???
A shit club does!
Second, if your not going to play him put Sukkar in u imbecile, api was gone the last 25 minutes, yet played on.
Wouldn’t surprise me to find out that Moses leaked the news via Galvin.
Any way I think it’s time for bunji to go. Bring the old para coach back from England!
Bunji has shown he doesn’t have what it takes to manage a team.

He’s nothing more than an assistant at this point of his career. He is not a head coach. It’s incompetence, bordering on negligence that’s it gone on this long with absolutely no one overseeing him.

 

[gallagher]

Benjis done a great job with building the family culture, playing with your bros clearly sparks something special.
Luallii Bros
Fainu Bros
Api and Tito are cousins

Should seriously try to pry Fonuas brother from Melbourne

He's done that for sure. He's like a rep coach, he just needs someone to actually run the team now.

 

[old_man_tiger]

😂

The tears will be real when you figure it out...a decade plus clearly not enough for some

😘

 

[Furious1]

Mason can f right off. Him and Sayfarth cost us that game. Sayfarth at least redeemed himself abit in the second half, Mason did nothing but stifle the attack and allow Canberra to either run through him or around him. Da Silva to 14. Other thing I don't get, if we have Dasilva on the bench why isn't he at hooker and Api at 14 when the Raiders pack were out on their feet. Wtf is Benji doing.

Cmon mate, he’s a good bloke. Looks like he can’t coach for shit, but that doesn’t matter

 

[cone]

Other thing I just realised that's really stifling our attack seems Luai is left side dominant and at times creates space for Douhi that he just can't capitalise on. Luai or Latu needs to start doing that on the right side with Toa who is lethal. Our attacking raids are predominantly on the left then we shift right, but when we make space on the left Douhi can't capitalise on it. If Toa had those chances he'd burn the opposition.

Hopefully Tiny helps with that, imagine he played tonight with match fitness we probably win

 

[Droppy05]

I’d say Latu did enough to finally earn himself a starting spot. Time to play 80 mins. He looks likely every time he runs the ball. More dangerous ball runner than Galvin.

And tackles like a lock forward!

 

[Lestronge]

The tears will be real when you figure it out...a decade plus clearly not enough for some

😘

😂

 

[south West tiger]

Don't know if anyone else noticed and there was no replay aired but the winger in the hair pull incident was at least 5m offside from the kick. Funny how the video ref was happy to go back to the start of the play on the bula offside but only looked at the tackle on that one

 

[innsaneink]

Dickhead Smithies headbutted Pole and split himself open

 

[Tucker]

TEAM STATS

We had …

Nearly 4 mins more possession
400 more run metres
100 more post contact metres
21 more tackle breaks
4 less ruck infringements
1 interchange up our sleeve

We hardly lost a stat but we just cannot take advantage at the moment.

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It’s the spine.
They are good individually, but are clunky as all hell as a unit.
Api is buggered from attempting near 60 tackles per week.
Bula is returning good stats but isn’t busy enough and makes a lot of mistakes.
The halves are chopping and changing a lot. Luai played a lot better tonight. Fainu needs some miles in his legs.