Warriors Semi vs Roosters Semi

[GNR4LIFE]

Ok, so I wanted to wait till I could be sure that everyone (or close to everyone) had what happened in the Warriors final out of their system and have put season 2011 behind them and now are looking ahead to 2012 before asking this question.
The question is, looking back at both games, which had the bigger affect on you and hurt more?
For me, I know on the surface the game that probably hurt more was the Warriors game, because it was further into the finals, and was a result that knocked us out of the competition, but for me personally, the Roosters game hurt a whole lot more. With the Warriors it was just a simple, them coming from behind by us throwing the game away, albeit with some might say a dodgy call at the end. Then look at the Roosters game.The game was an emotional rollercoaster. We were ahead 15-2 with 15 to go, were in control for the entire game, before we allowed 2 late tries to let them get it to 15-14\. With 1 minute to go we were on the ropes being forced to drop it out from under the posts, then Dwyer produces the hit of the last 20 yrs to you would think win us the game. I remember after the hit, going from total jubilation to feeling sick to my stomach when Waerea-Hargreaves stayed down, thinking it could be a penalty right in front of the posts, then back to jubilation when I saw the scrum packing, then watching in horror as Heigno had a brain melt and forgot how to pick the ball up and the Roosters diving on it and kicking a field goal after the Siren. Then there was the 20 mins extra time where Lui shaded the uprights by inches, and finally Kenny-Dowall running 70 m for the intercept
so, with all that said, for me it was the Roosters game that hurt a lot more based on the emotional roller-coaster, and how drained i felt at full-time. How they got themselves up against the Raiders the next week, in front of a hostile home crowd i'll never understand
what are your thoughts?

 

[Sabre]

The semi v Dragons last year hurt more than both.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

The Warriors hurt more GNR. We had that game in the bag and threw it away.

As much as I hate the Roosters, that semi against them was an absolute war and both sides were all-round as good as each other it took nearly 100 minutes to separate them. Both teams gave everything, even after the tank was empty. I walked away from that one knowing that our boys gave it their all. The Roosters deserved that one.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The semi v Dragons last year hurt more than both.

fair point

 

[Tiger_Watto]

I agree Sabre… I still have the transcript from Greg McCallum explaining why we didnt recieve a penalty for the Jeremy Smith knee incident on my wall...

I wasnt too worried about the Roosters game to be honest. Frustrated, but content we stuffed up. I have a similar feeling towards the Warriors game this year as I feel it was our fault the result went against us. (Even though I still dont believe the Inu try shouldve been awarded)

I think beating the Dragons August this year was my favourite victory this year. I was dancing on the table, beer in hand telling every Dragon fan at the pub what I thought!!!

 

[Demonborger]

We suck at keeping a lead :frowning:

 

[TigersFan4Life]

Warriors, without a doubt. I didn't move from my seat for about ten minutes after full time. The finality of it was soul destroying.

 

[TIGERDAVIS]

Personally the Warriors game hurt a lot more. It was my second finals game (The Dragons week 1 was my first) and to see the other heart-broken Tiger fans made it even worse. I saw my beloved team throw away everything they had worked for right in front of my eyes.

I am just hoping nothing like that will happen in 2012….. GO THE TIGERS! :sign:

 

[happy_tiger]

We were screwed in both so they both hurt Only saving grace with the Roosters game was it wasn't an elimination game so we lived to fight another day

 

[batboy]

There is a certain point in most games we lose that we shouldn't where we start to play the clock… We seem to just go through the motions and usually end up getting to an ordinary kick, Until we actually start to lose field position and will them back into the game.
I have seen it again and again.. The most memorable was the Roosters in 2010 at C'Town... There was 15 Minutes to go, We were up by 2 (I think) and Farah starts kicking for the corners inside thier 30?? Like 2 points was gonna be enough to win it with 15 on the clock???
They switch off, Change the game plan and basically hand the chance for victory to the opposition. It's dumb footy but it doesn't stop happening.... As frustrating as it is, It happens time and time again.
Farah is the man with the Ball in his hands first and the Captain....
Change starts right there...
Here's hoping 2012 will bring a smarter Wests Tigers

 

[Tommy Magpie]

Both were as bad as each other.
Both led to a sleepless night, knowing we had both in the bag and let them go.

 

[Joel Helmes]

Thanks for bringing up some bad memories!!

I survived the 89 Grand Final - I can take anything else that comes our way :stuck_out_tongue:

 

[2041]

The Warriors hurt more GNR. We had that game in the bag and threw it away.

As much as I hate the Roosters, that semi against them was an absolute war and both sides were all-round as good as each other it took nearly 100 minutes to separate them. Both teams gave everything, even after the tank was empty. I walked away from that one knowing that our boys gave it their all. The Roosters deserved that one.

I see what you're saying but I don't quite agree - not when we played most of golden point with 12 men and down our star playmaker. What are the chances Marshall makes the field goal Lui missed, or just generally creates something somewhere else? What are the chances Fulton doesn't throw the massive miss pass if we had an extra player on the park (or if Fulton isn't basically playing 5/8 to start with!).

I guess what I'm saying is that the Roosters deserved a close game but they needed a lot of breaks to win it - I'd disagree on that basis with "deserved".

Purely in terms of how much they hurt I'd say Roosters first, then Warriors then Dragons. With the Dragons game I genuinely didn't expect us to win. Oddly enough it hurts more in retrospect because I can now see how close we were: on the night itself I never convinced myself we were going to pull it off. The Warriors ought to be the most painful but actually we were so poor at the back end of the game that I mainly felt angry and frustrated. The Roosters, well, the last couple of minutes and golden point just made me feel physically sick, like I'd been gut punched.

Out of all three games the moment that will live with me for longest is Heighington not falling on the ball at the back of that scrum.

 

[happy_tiger]

Thanks for bringing up some bad memories!!

I survived the 89 Grand Final - I can take anything else that comes our way :stuck_out_tongue:

Balmain won that game

Then Warren Ryan lost that game

 

[simonthetiger]

Very tough on Ryan!!

When ur up by ten with ten to go it made sense to get fit defender types on!!!
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[happy_tiger]

Very tough on Ryan!!

When ur up by ten with ten to go it made sense to get fit defender types on!!!
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Why not go with the ones who got you where you were in the first place Simon .They were both international players who I'm sure would of got you home just with there experience

Don't want to make it worse but I was on the Raiders that day with all the Qlders in the side

 

[stryker]

Don't want to make it worse but I was on the Raiders that day with all the Qlders in the side

Right Happy…out in the carpark NOW!!!

 

[happy_tiger]

Don't want to make it worse but I was on the Raiders that day with all the Qlders in the side

Right Happy…out in the carpark NOW!!!

Which car park Stryker ??? :roll

 

[stryker]

Don't want to make it worse but I was on the Raiders that day with all the Qlders in the side

Right Happy…out in the carpark NOW!!!

Which car park Stryker ??? :roll

Any one will do…that scar hasnt healed yet!

For mine the roosters was a devastating loss because we played so well early on, had a heap of tries disallowed, suffered many injuries, saw the hit of the year to win us the ball back with a minute to go then produced a shocking turnover which let them back in. To top it off we then had to watch a near length of the field try for the win with chook fans going ballistic all around us.

The warriors was equally as devestating but you could clearly see that the boys were out on the feet and were over run by a good quick side who hadnt just gone through 3 months of sudden death footy.

As bad as the Roosters game was emotionally, it is still the second best Tigers game I have seen live. It was amazing.

 

[underdog]

The warriors loss for mind felt so hollow - It was ripped out from under us with two minutes to go, and to this day I still believe the ball was touched in the initial contest for the bomb, and was knocked forward into Loti's hands.

It was like… that's it... over. gone. done. in the last two minutes.

Dare I say it - I now know how the Dragons supporters felt in 2005\. I thought we had it all worked out - I was completely numb after the fulltime siren. I skulked into my garage (man-pad), totally ignored my wife's best efforts to console me, locked the door, and drowned myself in more beer than I care to admit to after that game.

That was a game was should have won by 30 points, the way we were tracking into Half Time!

The Roosters one was the worst feeling I had ever had for a game of football at the time, however looking back on it, and re watching the 720P version of it on my media centre at home, I have come to appreciate the fact that it was one of the best games of football I have ever seen.

Just a side point, one of the most _underrated_ victories in our history IMO was the next week game vs the Raiders in Canberra - we were down and out, written off, hostile RECORD crowd, and our boys dug deep and took the biscuits.

So or me, the Warriors is actually worse - we should have thumped them, plain and simple. The roosters wasn't quite as much as a shock, and a thoroughly more entertaining game.