TEAM LIST Round 4 vs. Storm

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Will the new half pairings perform like Batman and Robin ? Will King Doowie after changing tracks again,be full steam ahead,? or another train wreck ? Will loose fingers Laurie save the day ?
I tip Api, Papi, and our masked crusaders to star, with the Forbes Ferrari to prove Sheens has no idea about players ability.
 
KingRobbie said:

Premier pep talk: Perrottet gatecrashes Wests Tigers training​

Christian Nicolussi
March 23, 2023 — 11.31am

Dominic Perrottet gave an impromptu pep talk to his beloved Wests Tigers on Thursday morning as the NSW premier and NRL strugglers try to overcome the odds and celebrate respective victories this weekend.

Roughly 12 hours after going head-to-head with Labor leader Chris Minns in the final debate ahead of Saturday’s election, Perrottet spotted the Tigers players shuffling across the bridge behind Concord Oval, and asked club CEO Justin Pascoe if he could address the players.

A passionate Tigers fan, Perrottet told the players about how they had started the 2005 season in similar sluggish fashion, only to go on and win the premiership, beating North Queensland in a grand final few saw coming.

The Tigers play the Storm in Melbourne on Friday, hoping to avoid an 0-4 start to the latest campaign.

Tigers coach Tim Sheens was happy to welcome Perrottet, and regularly stressed himself how a slow start was not an indicator of how the remainder of the season would pan out.

“He didn’t turn up here deliberately, he was driving past as we were going across the road,” Sheens told the Herald.

“Normally we train here [at Concord Oval], but the ground is undergoing renovations.

“It was great he could stop given his workload at the moment. He knew where we were [on the ladder] and what the story was. It was a nice little stop.”

For the record, a Tigers-Coalition double is paying $19.25 with the bookies.

The Tigers, meanwhile, have shifted Adam Doueihi to fullback for the clash against the Storm. The hosts have lost Jahrome Hughes to suspension, but welcome back Cameron Munster.

Doueihi could yet remain at fullback, especially if Brandon Wakeham and Luke Brooks click in the halves.

The Lebanese international has been struggling with turf toe, and did not complete Thursday’s final traning session, but is still expected to line up at AAMI Park.

Sheens said Doueihi was “quite happy” about the move from five-eighth to the No. 1 jersey.

There were whispers at the start of the season about Doueihi moving to fullback from next year, especially if Mitchell Moses finally made up his mind about his 2024 plans.

“If you look at the World Cup where Adam played for Lebanon, his size, when he chimes in on the edges, he’s a big fullback, and big fullbacks like Latrell [Mitchell] are hard to nail one-on-one with the football,” Sheens said.

“He’s got the good skills to get the ball away, and he reads the game very well, obviously being an ex-halfback and five-eighth — he’s not an ex — but he can still play there. At the moment, with him reading the game and organising the offence is a bonus for us.”

Daine Laurie started the season at fullback and will return via the bench against Melbourne. Jahream Bula has plenty of raps, but is a development player and unavailable for first-grade selection until midway through the year.

Sheens said “we’ll soon see” if Doueihi’s best position was No. 1, but reserved judgment on whether the switch would be permanent.

“This week it’s what we need with what we’ve got available ... I’m not prepared to say it will be a permanent move,” Sheens said.

Big-money winger David Nofoaluma will return to reserve grade, but Sheens said he remained in the club’s plans, and “he’s taken it well, he’ll put in a good effort on Saturday when he plays State Cup”.
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What are those plans? Does it involve Storm?
 
If the boys can win the battle in the middle & push up & support Api when he makes those darts out of dummy half then we can cause some damage. If we play anything like the first two weeks + the first 60 minutes last Sunday then we are in for a very long night.
 
sparci said:
So we're actually going ahead with adam at fullback god help us. laurie far better option if not staines
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Yeah the incumbent fullback and his replacement fullback, that played well and had great stats, both got replaced by a bloke that played one of his worst games ever and has already been stamped never to play fullback once before.
That is one hell of a selection criteria Tim has.
 
Buttface said:
Yeah the incumbent fullback and his replacement fullback, that played well and had great stats, both got replaced by a bloke that played one of his worst games ever and has already been stamped never to play fullback once before.
That is one hell of a selection criteria Tim has.
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again just picking players because of their contract value
 
we will get a lead and daine will come on at fullback shifting doueihi to 6 pairing with brooks and that will be all folks back to square 1.

STAYING OPTIMISTIC
 
We need to go into the game just focusing on winning the 1st half... Cannot afford to be behind v storm ..

we are the only team winless so this is massive
 
Hope we win and also hope the keyboard warriors who will post furiously from tonight for the next few days about who was good and who was shit actually watch the game .Its a more accurate source of information on individual performance than just reading all the posts . LOL
 
aturkey said:
Where is the Ken Maumalo thread? I wanted to say how happy this makes me. He plays like a slug and wingers shouldn't be slug like
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I always thought this signing was more to do with the NZ National side for the WC than the WT, also believe it may have been a contributing factor in getting Ice to transfer.
Pardon my suspicious mind but with Madge in charge of both teams it seemed an obvious link.
 
Wests Tigers: The Tigers are 1-17 with no late changes. Daine Laurie is set to return from injury via the bench with Adam Doueihi named at fullback and Brandon Wakeham in the halves. Alex Seyfarth re-joins the bench in place of Joe Ofahengaue, while John Bateman and Isaiah Papali'i will start in the back row for the first time together. Starford To'a is 18th man.

Stat Attack​

  • The Storm have won seven of their past nine games against Wests Tigers.
  • Wests Tigers second-rower John Bateman has won two from two at AAMI Park.
  • The Storm have lost their last three games at AAMI Park.
  • Wests Tigers forward Joe Ofahengaue has lost all 11 games against the Storm.
  • Storm fullback Nick Meaney has scored five tries in his past five games against Wests Tigers.
 
Stevec said:
The Storm game is the test
All last year our backline was excused because they were playing behind a second rate pack with no go forward
Well tomorrow they have a new expensive and high class pack vs a Storm pack without
Big Nelson and no more Bromwich brothers or Kafusi or Brandon Smith and no Hughes
Storm have been poor this year so we should win and if not it will say our backline is rubbish
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Yep backline is rubbish
 
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