Taupau

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Marty Taupau ,,,my favourite tiger.As for Farah ,don't be too harsh we all know he can't play in the halves .anothers sheens coaching blunder .smith should have been moved to five eight and Farah into hooker .that was a simple call .

 

[Snapper]

Imo Farah started thinking he was too good 5 years ago and focused on being beaten to the NSW side by Ennis and sulking about it rather than just knuckling down and improving as a footballer. Farah hasn't improved since then in anything but defence (arguably). He's gone backwards in decision making, service from dummy half and his run first pass second style is going to work less and less the older and slower he gets. He's also far more of a hog now. Cherrington needs game time this year and lots of it because Farah is fading fast.

And who is gonna tell Farah the truth.

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[Snapper]

I agree Marty Taupau Great player we have so many internationals now we need to put it together on the field now for the Wests Tigers.

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[foreveratiger]

Des Hasler must be thinking, how did I let this player slip from my grasp? Every time he watches him play, no doubt.
Bulldogs loss is our massive gain :wink:

 

[Tigermama]

Imo Farah started thinking he was too good 5 years ago and focused on being beaten to the NSW side by Ennis and sulking about it rather than just knuckling down and improving as a footballer. Farah hasn't improved since then in anything but defence (arguably). He's gone backwards in decision making, service from dummy half and his run first pass second style is going to work less and less the older and slower he gets. He's also far more of a hog now. Cherrington needs game time this year and lots of it because Farah is fading fast.

Could it be that he's not your favourite player,
Sounds like he was solely responsible for the loss.
Yes he had a bad one , but he's Not a half and should never have been picked as one in a test match. I notice Smith hardly shone at 5/8th either.
As far as shockers go there were others who were much worse. Walker for example was terrible all game, and If DCE is supposed to be the future of the Queenslanders , then I can't wait for the coming SOO's. He really was crook.
Cronk was way below anything I've seen from him before. Papalli will be lucky if he sees a green and gold jumper again .
The whole team played looked like they haven't had a training run together.
But never mind , let's blame one player , and replace him with Cherrington. ( hope that works better than the last "new big thing"
What was his name again??? Oh yes that's right Luani.

Well said . Great post goldcoast tiger. Why single Robbie out ? The whole team was terrible even with Inglis and Cherry on. Everyone in that team played a part in lossing the game. Back on track Martin and Blair were awsome for the Kiwis. Well done boys.

 

[Tigermama]

Imo Farah started thinking he was too good 5 years ago and focused on being beaten to the NSW side by Ennis and sulking about it rather than just knuckling down and improving as a footballer. Farah hasn't improved since then in anything but defence (arguably). He's gone backwards in decision making, service from dummy half and his run first pass second style is going to work less and less the older and slower he gets. He's also far more of a hog now. Cherrington needs game time this year and lots of it because Farah is fading fast.

And who is gonna tell Farah the truth.

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MacDougall will :laughing:

 

[quintus]

I had to find a new favourite player thanks to Robbie's antics this season so I am announcing that it will be Marty Taupau…. :sign:

 

[MacDougall]

I agree. Taupau is a champion. He'll play for NZ for a long time. I love his playing style. He's the prototype for the signings we should be making. Young, junior rep pedigree, stuck behind a lot of seasoned first graders in a strong side in a position that side is strong in. That's where you find gold.

As for Farah, he arguably IS my favourite player, and has been for years. I thought the media thing this year was a big media wah fest as usual. I am more concerned about having 900k per year of our salary cap taken up by a guy who's playing ability is slowing down and loses the plot mentally when the feng shui in his lounge room is out of order.

Luani was never rated as a "next big thing" by anybody, in fact he played a lot of backrow in NYC and was more of a utility type of hooker like a Lewis Brown. Cherrington was best on ground for NZ juniors the other day and was the NYC hooker of the year and our captain. He's better than Luani ever will be. Anybody who's seen either of them play would know that. There are quite a few clubs out there where Cherrington would have already seen first grade.

I'm not saying let's drop Farah for Cherrington round 1\. I'm saying that the writing is on the wall and Cherrington needs game time, and more of it than three games thrown in the deep end when Farah is in Origin. Cherrington needs to play some games off the bench with Farah IN the side.

 

[gallagher]

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Well said . Great post goldcoast tiger. **Why single Robbie out ?** The whole team was terrible even with Inglis and Cherry on. Everyone in that team played a part in lossing the game. Back on track Martin and Blair were awsome for the Kiwis. Well done boys.
Why single Farah out? Maybe because he's a tiger's player and we are tigers fans on the tigers forum? Do you think I give a stuff that Walker was terrible?
The same reason you singled out good games from Tapau and Blair for the kiwis but not Johnson. We're interested in the form of our players, no-one else.

AS others have said Tapau is unbelievable. He needs a starting spot.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Imo Farah started thinking he was too good 5 years ago and focused on being beaten to the NSW side by Ennis and sulking about it rather than just knuckling down and improving as a footballer. Farah hasn't improved since then in anything but defence (arguably). He's gone backwards in decision making, service from dummy half and his run first pass second style is going to work less and less the older and slower he gets. He's also far more of a hog now. Cherrington needs game time this year and lots of it because Farah is fading fast.

Could it be that he's not your favourite player,
Sounds like he was solely responsible for the loss.
Yes he had a bad one , but he's Not a half and should never have been picked as one in a test match. I notice Smith hardly shone at 5/8th either.
As far as shockers go there were others who were much worse. Walker for example was terrible all game, and If DCE is supposed to be the future of the Queenslanders , then I can't wait for the coming SOO's. He really was crook.
Cronk was way below anything I've seen from him before. Papalli will be lucky if he sees a green and gold jumper again .
The whole team played looked like they haven't had a training run together.
But never mind , let's blame one player , and replace him with Cherrington. ( hope that works better than the last "new big thing"
What was his name again??? Oh yes that's right Luani.

I fully agree with you about Taupau but not about Farah or Luani.
Luani was being pushed by a lot of posters well before this season( similar to Cherrington. Don't get me wrong , I would love to see Cherrington make f/g and be a huge success. And have no problem with him getting some time in the top grade this season. But it's a huge jump to first grade and who knows what will happen.
However to take the second half of this season (including the test last night) as the death knell for Farah as our top hooker is stretching things IMo.
With a fresh start I would expect that Farah will respond to the criticism he's had and will be back to his best in 2015\. I've said it before , I know, but Farah has carried this club on a lot of occasions over the last few years, and Deserves better treatment than he's had from some supporters this season.
And I hope that by the time he has finished his career that Cherrington has shown that he is as good as most think .

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Des Hasler must be thinking, how did I let this player slip from my grasp? Every time he watches him play, no doubt.
Bulldogs loss is our massive gain :wink:

Just because he played out of his skin for us this yr, doesn't mean he would have for the Dogs. Sometimes players need a change of scenery to bring it out in them.

 

[foreveratiger]

Des Hasler must be thinking, how did I let this player slip from my grasp? Every time he watches him play, no doubt.
Bulldogs loss is our massive gain :wink:

Just because he played out of his skin for us this yr, doesn't mean he would have for the Dogs. Sometimes players need a change of scenery to bring it out in them.

Yeah very true , it's always easy to judge in hindsight , who knows maybe with a different Coach in JT his style of play might change if JT wants him to play a different role that his used to and his form could change for the worse , just going to have to wait and see .
I don't think JT will get him to change to much (the way he plays) he will just play to Tapau strengths .

 

[tig_prmz]

i got no inside sources, but imo taupau's work in the pre-season plus kidwell's connection has got the best out of him. not saying taupau was lazy before, but he's working on his game harder than anyone and you can see it.

great stuff.

 

[Russell]

i got no inside sources, but imo taupau's work in the pre-season plus kidwell's connection has got the best out of him. not saying taupau was lazy before, but he's working on his game harder than anyone and you can see it.

great stuff.

I wouldn't give Kidwell any accolades for Marty's form myself.
I wouldn't give Kidwell any accolade for anything except probably breaking the most points scored against us.

I think Marty has done all the hard work himself, it is also his own enthusiasm and talent. Well done Marty - could be our answer to that brilliant back rower we are seeking.

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

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Well said . Great post goldcoast tiger. **Why single Robbie out ?** The whole team was terrible even with Inglis and Cherry on. Everyone in that team played a part in lossing the game. Back on track Martin and Blair were awsome for the Kiwis. Well done boys.

Why single Farah out? Maybe because he's a tiger's player and we are tigers fans on the tigers forum? Do you think I give a stuff that Walker was terrible?
The same reason you singled out good games from Tapau and Blair for the kiwis but not Johnson. We're interested in the form of our players, no-one else.

AS others have said Tapau is unbelievable. He needs a starting spot.
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Sorry Tigermama but Gallagher is right with this one.

 

[Doc_Tiger]

Didn't see the game, but glad to hear the kiwis won and won well. Especially glad to hear Tapau and Blair had big games. Putting Farah in at 5/8 is classic sheens isn't it? What a complete fool. Suprised that he didn't have a back rower at half, a winger in the front row and fullback as a lock.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

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Well said . Great post goldcoast tiger. **Why single Robbie out ?** The whole team was terrible even with Inglis and Cherry on. Everyone in that team played a part in lossing the game. Back on track Martin and Blair were awsome for the Kiwis. Well done boys.

Why single Farah out? Maybe because he's a tiger's player and we are tigers fans on the tigers forum? Do you think I give a stuff that Walker was terrible?
The same reason you singled out good games from Tapau and Blair for the kiwis but not Johnson. We're interested in the form of our players, no-one else.

AS others have said Tapau is unbelievable. He needs a starting spot.

Sorry Tigermama but Gallagher is right with this one.

Glad you think so Jerry.
If you look at the game with reality in mind ,it is pretty simplistic to be critical of a (let's take Farahs name out of the equation) replacement hooker,
While it would be nice to take no notice of anyone else's game , it would also be completely unrealistic. We all watch Tigers players more than the others to some extent , but there is some things that you can't disregard if you are to have any credibility whatsoever.
For instance: A young centre (on debut) shifting to fullback.
Also Inglis, the main attacking weapon in the spine , (around whom most of our game plan would have revolved ) being sick in the first half then not returning.
The Australian Captain and hooker being moved around all over the place during the game . The Nsw hooker being shifted between hooker and half( and I think at one stage also 5/8)
He has never been a half and should never been picked as one.
You had Cronk looking like he was not interested. What do you expect any hooker to come on and do .

Sheens had a shambles on his hands. As he did when he was mixing Farah and Marshall up all over the field.

In a test match , or actually almost any high level game , if you take
2 members of the spine completely out , and shuffle two of the other three players around like a bingo barrel and have the third one having his worst rep game. You've got what was served up last night.
Smith Cronk, DCE, Inglis, Walker, and Farah, couldn't do anything about it , neither could anyone else on the field .
So as you have already admitted to singling farah out for criticism . It shows your credibility (or lack thereof)
And will have no bearing whatsoever on what Farah does through 2015

 

[Geo]

Gee I'm glad we didn't single out Taupau….wait....

 

[happy_tiger]

Taupau is brilliant off the bench

Why would we use him differently ??

 

[Tony33]

Imo Farah started thinking he was too good 5 years ago and focused on being beaten to the NSW side by Ennis and sulking about it rather than just knuckling down and improving as a footballer. Farah hasn't improved since then in anything but defence (arguably). He's gone backwards in decision making, service from dummy half and his run first pass second style is going to work less and less the older and slower he gets. He's also far more of a hog now. Cherrington needs game time this year and lots of it because Farah is fading fast.

Don't let his off-field issues sway your judgement. He was absolutely killing it this year when our team was in form and was arguably our best player along with teddy during that period. Read through a few of the threads from the earlier rounds this year, you might even find yourself praising him..

His form after origin was horrendous but deadset you would think we're talking about a Ben Roberts or Beau Fallon. The bloke has had a poor 3 months in 11 years of dedicated service for our club and has been a soruce of inspiration countless times. His entitled to a chance to redeem himself, just like Chris Lawerence, Benji Marshall, Adam Blair, etc. were afforded.

If his form hasn't improved by round 6 next season then I'd be getting worried.

Can't wait for his return to form (hopefully early next year) so all the bandwagoners can jump back on.

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