LIVE GAME Round 2 versus Eels

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ancient_magpie said:
What's your opinion now Tigermate.
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1 game.

I just watched the replay again

5 minutes in - we get stripped for numbers out the back and Parra pass to lane and bomb a try.

I mean - all I’m saying is it’s one game and we played poor for the first 25 mins and any good team might’ve put a few tries on us and the game would’ve been gone.

We won yes and we clicked in attack after a while but Parra were poor

Fingers crossed we aren’t as shit as I think
 
upthetigers said:
I'm not getting too carried away with the win. Watched the dogs game afterwards and their intensity seems to be on another level. Admittedly, they did drop off in the second half but that was after the game was won.
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If we played dogs today we would’ve been gone in the first 20 like the titans

Man they’re intense
 
tigermate said:
1 game.

I just watched the replay again

5 minutes in - we get stripped for numbers out the back and Parra pass to lane and bomb a try.

I mean - all I’m saying is it’s one game and we played poor for the first 25 mins and any good team might’ve put a few tries on us and the game would’ve been gone.

We won yes and we clicked in attack after a while but Parra were poor

Fingers crossed we aren’t as shit as I think
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Dolphins have been awful too. Another chance to build more cohesion next Saturday. It’ll take a bit to work out our style this year.
 
the most pleasing thing about all of that was the fight and attitude we displayed to keep Parramatta scoreless until there was 60 seconds left.

the first 25 was a car crash, we were clunky and it got ugly in bits and pieces, but the attitude and desire of this team shone thru today.

enjoy it, ladies and gents. for the first time in many, many moons, we can be proud of our footy side.
 
jrtiger said:
the most pleasing thing about all of that was the fight and attitude we displayed to keep Parramatta scoreless until there was 60 seconds left.

the first 25 was a car crash, we were clunky and it got ugly in bits and pieces, but the attitude and desire of this team shone thru today.

enjoy it, ladies and gents. for the first time in many, many moons, we can be proud of our footy side.
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Was more excited before today than I’ve been since the last rd when Cleary was coach, 7 long years.

Thank heavens for the review & Richo.
 
I’m quite drunk atm but the team played well and I was glad to see the spine gel.

We look so much better with Bula and Api in the side. To’a had a blinder too.

We should be proud of them in those conditions too. I seriously walked outside for five mins and was drenched in sweat despite just standing still. Imagine having to play an NRL game.
 
We smacked the Sharks round 2 last year so I'm going to temper expectations on that basis and also because I think this Parra squad is truly awful due to Moses' absence and Gutherson's departure.

With that said there's upside to this team and I'm taking a lot of positives out of some of the individual performances.

Our right edge ... when's the last time we had speed like that? A lot of people wrote To'a off but if he can stay healthy, he's got the talent to be a very good centre. Turuva can score tries, we know that, but he's been exceptional defensively. We suffered through near a decade of Nofoaluma's boneheaded defensive decisions, so to see a guy consistently making the right call is a breath of fresh air.

Then in the pack - May and Hunt ... wow. May's effort in these conditions were insane. It's not hyperbole to suggest it was one of the best front row performances in Wests Tigers history. Then obviously with Hunt you know you get a 120kg wrecking ball carting it up, but his effort on defense was brilliant. Try-savers around the line, but what about when he outsprinted Lomax when Parra made a break down the right edge? That was essentially a try saver too.

Unlike wins in the past where it felt like we just had a good day or our opposition had a bad day, this felt more like a sum of all of our players contributions where we were good across the pitch both in attack and in defence. It feels like this is the level our players are at and they should be able to sustain it, if not kick on and go up another gear.
 
tigermate said:
If we played dogs today we would’ve been gone in the first 20 like the titans

Man they’re intense
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Man you can only play what’s in front of you , and that first 25 looked like the heat was getting to the players . It looked like it took a long time for all players to adjust . Plus the ball would have felt like drenched in rain , if that rain had all kinds of salt in it , and someone kept running a bar of soap over the ball .
The opportunity you mentioned , was one opportunity early in the game .
What about when we demoralised them by defending 6-7 sets straight on our line.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tigers team do that . Against anyone . And there’s been historically worse teams than that eels team make us look bad.
You’re right about the attack . It didn’t look crisp , but for the first time in years , it seems like it doesn’t need to right at the line where unless it’s absolutely perfect we aren’t scoring .
Don’t get me wrong it will need to be better and more clinical at speed when we play the top sides , but I feel it’s litterally a comp of basically 2 conferences . The top 4 , which might include the broncos , storm , panthers and sharks . Maybe the bulldogs . And everyone else . I bet you the eels get a win next week or the week after . They’re not that far away .
I really hate this woe is me , we only won because they’re shit , rhetoric . They didn’t look like scoring all game , and only could when we had players go down and the ref didn’t pull the game up in the last minute .even last week we held what looks to be a pretty good knights team to 10 points. .
At the very least if the guys start to build confidence in the defensive structures they will stick to them when it gets tough . Which really can only be built with victories . Soo I don’t understand where your head is at right now …
 
Lestronge said:
Man you can only play what’s in front of you , and that first 25 looked like the heat was getting to the players . It looked like it took a long time for all players to adjust . Plus the ball would have felt like drenched in rain , if that rain had all kinds of salt in it , and someone kept running a bar of soap over the ball .
The opportunity you mentioned , was one opportunity early in the game .
What about when we demoralised them by defending 6-7 sets straight on our line.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tigers team do that . Against anyone . And there’s been historically worse teams than that eels team make us look bad.
You’re right about the attack . It didn’t look crisp , but for the first time in years , it seems like it doesn’t need to right at the line where unless it’s absolutely perfect we aren’t scoring .
Don’t get me wrong it will need to be better and more clinical at speed when we play the top sides , but I feel it’s litterally a comp of basically 2 conferences . The top 4 , which might include the broncos , storm , panthers and sharks . Maybe the bulldogs . And everyone else . I bet you the eels get a win next week or the week after . They’re not that far away .
I really hate this woe is me , we only won because they’re shit , rhetoric . They didn’t look like scoring all game , and only could when we had players go down and the ref didn’t pull the game up in the last minute .even last week we held what looks to be a pretty good knights team to 10 points. .
At the very least if the guys start to build confidence in the defensive structures they will stick to them when it gets tough . Which really can only be built with victories . Soo I don’t understand where your head is at right now …
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Dude we pumped the sharks last year round two and we all know how that went

I’m happy - but it was far from polished

Defense was great

Attack was still very unstructured

And that’s fine

But unstructured attack is benjis life - which is why we only made the finals 3 times in his 13 years with us.

I just wish we were more polished but hey let’s hope we click next week
 
tigermate said:
Dude we pumped the sharks last year round two and we all know how that went

I’m happy - but it was far from polished

Defense was great

Attack was still very unstructured

And that’s fine

But unstructured attack is benjis life - which is why we only made the finals 3 times in his 13 years with us.

I just wish we were more polished but hey let’s hope we click next week
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That game against the sharks felt like a bit of an ambush last year . Wasn’t it round 3 because we got lapped round 2 after the bye ?
I also think a big issue last year was injuries , and the team this year seems fitter , and has more balance with TDS, hunt and bird off the bench . The team is much better than last year . But they need to work hard on sharpening those plays and getting them closer to the ad line , because you’re right , they’re not going to be able to execute against the better sides if they don’t .
I just feel like last year we needed everything to be perfect to win a football match . I don’t get that feeling with this team. But that’s not to say I’m content with the performance . I’m happy with it . But we need to be better, and strive for perfection.
 
Lestronge said:
That game against the sharks felt like a bit of an ambush last year . Wasn’t it round 3 because we got lapped round 2 after the bye ?
I also think a big issue last year was injuries , and the team this year seems fitter , and has more balance with TDS, hunt and bird off the bench . The team is much better than last year . But they need to work hard on sharpening those plays and getting them closer to the ad line , because you’re right , they’re not going to be able to execute against the better sides if they don’t .
I just feel like last year we needed everything to be perfect to win a football match . I don’t get that feeling with this team. But that’s not to say I’m content with the performance . I’m happy with it . But we need to be better, and strive for perfection.
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Its last year and shark players dropped like flies before and during the game ,it means jack this year ,but my ,if we played like that every game.How can we have it (that games enthusiasm ) then just not next. week.We look ok for a team thats gelling.hope we build on the combos n get more steel in our backbones
 
Not sure it has been said but even though I dislike the end over end bomb to the corner we do so often over the years, I do.like Luai's accuracy and height on the kicks. Last year with Sezar and Brooks before him the ball would land 15-20.?metres out with the defence a bit away. Today Luai's kicks were 8-10 metres out and the defenders are on them straight away. So much defending when there first tackle is on the 10m line instead of 20-25m out
 
Something is amiss with Samuela Fainu…..he has had a poor start to the season…looks disinterested, doesn’t run with any intent….todays stats…58m on only 5 runs…led the missed tackle count with 5….last week he was just as poor
 
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