LIVE GAME Round 19 versus Warriors

[jirskyr]

Yeah I guess...I think Sirro was at the end though. Brash was still going ok albeit at the end too.

A few handy blokes in the list admittedly, but amongst a few nobodies.

Adam Nable
Adam Starr
Asa Milford
Bernard Wilson
Chris McPherson
Chris St. Clair
Craig Freer
Darren Senter
David Bayssari
Ellery Hanley
Gary Edwards
Glenn Morrison
Greg Donaghey
Hudson Smith
James Langaloa
Jason Webber
Josh Bostock
Laloa Milford
Mark O'Neill
Mark Stimson
Marshall Scott
Michael Gillett
Michael Withers
Paul Sironen
Shane Walker
Stephen Bosse
Steven Jolly
Tim Brasher
William Kennedy

Gillett... the best Balmain could get!
(to the tune of that old Gillette razor ad)

 

[weststigers]

It's like being in Auckland.

100% away games next year...will be a long season.

 

[weststigers]

Gillett... the best Balmain could get!
(to the tune of that old Gillette razor ad)

Gillet was a personal favourite of mine. Still remember him scoring all the points in the 9-7 win over Norths that year.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

No instinct for hole running by Maka. Luai set it up perfectly

Needs to go back to Cup to develop properly as a centre.

 

[jirskyr]

It's funny .....at the end of the game I switched over to the AFL and my team Collingwood
After seeing the lack of fight from the Tigers to the never say die fight from Collingwood
Send Benji down in the off season to Melbourne and learn how to install that weekly attitude at the WTs

Not a single lad playing AFL that could cop the constant contact of League and still be "never say die". It's fine and dandy to hang on for a game of aerial ping-pong.

If Benji's going to Melbourne I would instead prefer he absorb the spirit of Bellyache.

 

[sydneytiger33]

I went and rewatched the rd 4 game yesterday before heading to Ctown. I'd argue that win had more to do with getting the warriors at a good time than us being brilliant. The same issues we've had all year (shit red zone attack, etc) were all present in that game too. We were just lucky that the warriors were going through the Metcalf thing that clearly unsettled them for a couple of weeks. In the rd 4 game, they were actually physically dominant for the majority of that game and their pack actually outran ours that night.

We won because of long-range tries that went down the Metcalf edge all game. If the warriors didn't parachute Metcalf into their squad for that game and kept going with Harris-Tavita, that game probably ends up like the score we had last night. There is a reason why we've only beaten the warriors once in 6 years. We have always struggled to handle their physicality and power up front.

It's almost like an alternate reality version of our previous game against the Warriors. We were down 10-0 but we rallied, scored and then two more to get into HT 16-10.

Came out 2nd half, held strong and got away with the match 32-14.

Instead tonight we had those few chances, blew them, Warriors instead played stronger 2nd half and got away form us.

I had a feeling if we iced a few of those chances, e.g. going into HT only 14-10 down with that late 1st attack, or Big Mak taking that pass early 2nd, we might have had a different momentum.

 

[sydneytiger33]

reckon we get thw job done tonight
Twal and May to lay a platform and punch holes through that soft wahs underbelly

this aged very well didn't it? It was men vs boys out there tonight. Even without their SOO players, they blew us apart through the middle.

 

[weststigers]

this aged very well didn't it? It was men vs boys out there tonight. Even without their SOO players, they blew us apart through the middle.

Same old story at Campbelltown

 

[Terry T.Nuts]

Same old story at Campbelltown

Love your boy ADs passes behind players and primo last play bombs surely him and Luai are the NSW halves next year.

 

[Terry T.Nuts]

Andrews and Latu next week please, another week of Luai and ADs pathetic attack is not good for the eyes.

 

[Tiger_claws]

I will start by saying the opening 20 odd minutes was the most inept footy I have seen. So many moments we were terrible, so many moments the ref was terrible. Around the 4th or 5th minute JFH elbows Toa on the ground, it was shown clearly on replay but not a word was spoken, Bula also taken out late in the second half but didn’t raise an eyebrow. Some real brain dead moments though from us Bunty on CNK, Romey kicking on tackle one when we have a mountain of possession. Some really poor calls from Wyatt when we actually started to dominate. The not played at decision that we had to challenge was crystal clear played at but instead of six again on the run we had to challenge. From the time it went upstairs it took 75 seconds for the ball to be back into play. Thats a huge rest for the Warriors. In fact in that period before halftime they started to struggle & we were on top there was 3 challenges. In total the bunker took just under 5 minutes to make those calls, thats 5 minutes of rest time for the Warriors in the last 10 minutes before halftime. Again we were embarrassing at stages but it wasn’t just poor red zone attack in the first half.