Wests Tigers Team v Cowboys Rd 5

[TrueTiger]

The death of Tommy R just had me thinking I'd love our team to have the equivalent Wests forwards in the 70's- Donnelly, Brown, Gibbs, Foster, Boyd, Cooper, Luibinskis and O'Grady to name the main lot with Tommy directing from halfback. Every opposing team knew they were in for a battle and had to really earn a win. Respected and feared by many. These days, nah.

Common boys, man up for Tommy and give it to them.

Back in his day if someone from the club or family passed away.....Tommy would have himself and the team play their guts out for them....our boys must reciprocate on the weekend.....its in our blood...

 

[Russell]

feel like we might see the man in jersey 18 make his debut this week. good selections Madge.

I hope so, otherwise when Liddle has a rest and Mbye goes to hooker, we have MCK at centre, surely the hell not

You want three of our players to fail their HIA, just so you can keep MCK out of the centres.

Fairly drastic I'd say.

What are you talking about, where did I say that, I said this is what will happen when Liddle has a rest, which he will. MBye will go to hooker because we have no other options with that 17, and that leaves MCK to play in Mbye’s centre spot. No headbins, no injuries just bench rotation

Isn't the 18th man the replacement for 3 HIA's?

You needed to be more specific.

 

[Muffstar]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

 

[Russell]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

We are Wests Tigers, aren't we?

 

[isaaktigers]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

I’m a Balmain supporter and I agree somewhat on this, something significant needs to be done, more than a black armband.

Although I believe that they should play their best game just for Tommy, let’s see a cricket score!


If we lose Tommy will be haunting them

 

[851]

feel like we might see the man in jersey 18 make his debut this week. good selections Madge.

I hope so, otherwise when Liddle has a rest and Mbye goes to hooker, we have MCK at centre, surely the hell not

You want three of our players to fail their HIA, just so you can keep MCK out of the centres.

Fairly drastic I'd say.

What are you talking about, where did I say that, I said this is what will happen when Liddle has a rest, which he will. MBye will go to hooker because we have no other options with that 17, and that leaves MCK to play in Mbye’s centre spot. No headbins, no injuries just bench rotation

Isn't the 18th man the replacement for 3 HIA's?

You needed to be more specific.

No one mentioned injuries or HIA's, what the hell are you talking about. I will type slower for you, I said with the 17 players selected for sunday, we will end up with MCK at centre. This is because, are you keeping up with me, Liddle will be taken off for a breather, as he can't play 80 minutes, this will result in Mbye playing hooker and MCK taking Mbye's centre spot. Nothing at all to with injuries or HIA's, I am hoping this is not the case and Simpkin comes in to the 17 to avoid this, as it has never worked before

 

[Geo]

Wests Tigers will be wearing Black Jersey's on Sunday in a tribute to Tommy...

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

I’m from the Balmain side and love this idea.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

We are Wests Tigers, aren't we?

And?

 

[2005magic]

If we dont win this game on the weekend in tribute to Tommy Terrific I'll be filthy with the lads. No excuses guys.

 

[hank37w]

Can someone verify for me, I have a memory of several players making debut for Tigers off the reserves list? My memory says Madge likes to not name the rookies then promote them, keep them out of the press for the week.

No way to verify my assumption online as they only record the actual teams that took to the field in the databases.

I do think Simpkin is a smoky because Liddle simply can't go 80 and with a 4-forward bench, the only other option is moving Mbye out of centres for a stretch, subbing with MCK. That's an awkward swap.

Personally I am reminded of 2015 when we had a similar rough trot then played out the infamous "Taylorball" loss to Cowboys in the rain at Campbelltown. If such a thing would happen again, the only upside would be watching with some bittersweet amusement as the forum goes into meltdown.

A few interesting stats:
- we are on a 4-match winning streak vs Cowboys, which extends to 6 matches streak if you only take Sunday matches
- Tigers have all-time best win record against Cowboys (55%) and one of only 4 sides against whom we have a winning record
- Tigers have won 8/9 against Cowboys at Leichhardt (6/9 at CSS)
- Madge has not lost to Cowboys since taking over at Tigers, but had a surprisingly bad record with Souths only winning 3/11 against Cowboys

Those interesting stats are the very reason why some people are very nervous.

 

[Muffstar]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

We are Wests Tigers, aren't we?

We are but we need to recognize where we came from and support legends in these sad times.

 

[WT2K]

Matt Cecchin ref

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Tigers will wear their Magpies-inspired black jerseys as a mark of respect for the great Tommy Raudonikis for Sunday’s game.

 

[Roar_Power]

Gee if they ever needed a reason to win....and win well.

Do it for Tommy and us poor suffering fans!

 

[851]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

We are Wests Tigers, aren't we?

We are but we need to recognize where we came from and support legends in these sad times.

Exactly, if it was Pearce, Roach or Siro, I would expect them to wear an orange jersey, it’s called respect

 

[jirskyr]

Can someone verify for me, I have a memory of several players making debut for Tigers off the reserves list? My memory says Madge likes to not name the rookies then promote them, keep them out of the press for the week.

No way to verify my assumption online as they only record the actual teams that took to the field in the databases.

I do think Simpkin is a smoky because Liddle simply can't go 80 and with a 4-forward bench, the only other option is moving Mbye out of centres for a stretch, subbing with MCK. That's an awkward swap.

Personally I am reminded of 2015 when we had a similar rough trot then played out the infamous "Taylorball" loss to Cowboys in the rain at Campbelltown. If such a thing would happen again, the only upside would be watching with some bittersweet amusement as the forum goes into meltdown.

A few interesting stats:
- we are on a 4-match winning streak vs Cowboys, which extends to 6 matches streak if you only take Sunday matches
- Tigers have all-time best win record against Cowboys (55%) and one of only 4 sides against whom we have a winning record
- Tigers have won 8/9 against Cowboys at Leichhardt (6/9 at CSS)
- Madge has not lost to Cowboys since taking over at Tigers, but had a surprisingly bad record with Souths only winning 3/11 against Cowboys

Those interesting stats are the very reason why some people are very nervous.

Would those folks be less nervous if we had a far worse record against Cowboys?

 

[hank37w]

They would be nervous regardless of the record.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

Don't agree with the Magpies jersey we are Wests Tigers
Same as I would not want them to run out in a Balmain jersey

 

[Guest]

I think this week the FG side should wear a Magpies jumper like the reserves do and if the team is struggling then a Cattledog call needs to resonant around the ground.

Don't agree with the Magpies jersey we are Wests Tigers
Same as I would not want them to run out in a Balmain jersey

It's called respect.