Wests Tigers Team v Manly..

[Magpieger]

Cheeks to the Ctrs, never saw that coming. Didn't mind when he played there the year when Marsters had his giid season with us.
Edit: Meant good.

 

[tony soprano]

Well talau still gets to play in the team.

 

[Snake]

Mikaele dropping is strange.

He's very young, and showing signs of improvement again. Offers more than Seyfarth IMO.

MCK is.... left-field, feel as though Madge is settled on Mbye as the utility and nothing more. BJ to come in, if not I fear it will be MCK to start.

MCK has been playing well in Reggie's it's Reggie's .. Madge obviously has no confidence in anyone else in reserve grade.

 

[JC99]

Seyfarth over Mikaele is madness. Sure he's going well in NSW cup but he was diabolical in firsts last year and is not an impact guy.

Mikaele isn't dominating or anything, but in the past few weeks he's been good at bending the line and helping generate momentum with his carries. He's been growing into that 25-30 minute bench prop role. If Seyfarth is keeping it warm for Blore's return (with Blore to 11 and Ofahengaue to 16), then fair enough. But Madge is kidding himself if he thinks Seyfarth is a genuine bench option going forward.

Chee Kam over Leilua is stupid too. How many times does MCK in the centres need to be tried and failed? Joey at least offers some upside, MCK is a bench second rower and not a centre.

Pretty silly to judge Seyfarth off last years performances he was thrown in too early and was found out. He's playing better than ever now and deserves the call up. Mikaele is lazy and makes errors, runs the footy well but don't we want consistency?

Watched Seyfarth lately the guy has a huge motor could be the reason

Blokes been a machine. Strong carries strong defence hasn't done much wrong

 

[Speed2burn]

Cheeks is better than Joey..
Too many haters and naysayers on here
Pull ya heads in !

I actually think MCK has earnt his spot in the 17 somewhere

Maybe it’s Madge trying to set a standard. Atleast you know he’ll give it his all

 

[Snake]

Well talau still gets to play in the team.

That's an interesting one.

 

[Lukic]

Seyfarth over Mikaele is madness. Sure he's going well in NSW cup but he was diabolical in firsts last year and is not an impact guy.

Mikaele isn't dominating or anything, but in the past few weeks he's been good at bending the line and helping generate momentum with his carries. He's been growing into that 25-30 minute bench prop role. If Seyfarth is keeping it warm for Blore's return (with Blore to 11 and Ofahengaue to 16), then fair enough. But Madge is kidding himself if he thinks Seyfarth is a genuine bench option going forward.

Chee Kam over Leilua is stupid too. How many times does MCK in the centres need to be tried and failed? Joey at least offers some upside, MCK is a bench second rower and not a centre.

Um... what upside does Joey offer? Please enlighten me?

Joey can be good in the centres. Obviously his time here has been marred by brain snaps and awful decisions on the field, but it's not as though he was completely useless last year either. Nofoaluma was one of the top try scorers in the league playing outside him after all (though much of that is to do with Benji too). It's not like we're picking Beau Scott in the centres who will completely stifle our attack but be defensively rock solid. Chee Kam gives us the same issues as Joey (less the aggression) without the possibility, even if remote, of elite attacking play.

 

[JC99]

Cheeks is better than Joey..
Too many haters and naysayers on here
Pull ya heads in !

I actually think MCK has earnt his spot in the 17 somewhere

Maybe it’s Madge trying to set a standard. Atleast you know he’ll give it his all

Problem is he's no centre

 

[Tigerboy]

All the Round 7 team news!
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Tue 20 Apr 2021, 04:00 PM

Wests Tigers Coach Michael Maguire has named his 21-man squad face the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on ANZAC Day this Sunday at Bankwest Stadium.

The match is the first time since 2004 that Wests Tigers will play on ANZAC Day, with Maguire's side looking to bounce back from their last-start defeat in Round 6.

After an impressive NRL debut, Jake Simpkin has retained his place in the side and will start the match at hooker with Moses Mbye named on the bench as a utility.

Local junior Alex Seyfarth is the new face on the bench as he replaces Thomas Mikaele, with the 22-year-old set for his first game of the year after playing four games in his rookie 2020 season.

Michael Chee Kam also starts in the centres in place of the injured Asu Kepaoa — who is out for the season after suffering a torn ACL last weekend — while Joey Leilua returns from concussion and has been named in the reserves.

Following another strong game for the club’s Knock-On Effect NSW Cup side, Tom Amone is the other player named in the reserves to round out the 21-man squad. Western Suburbs Magpies will feature as the curtain-raiser on Sunday, with Ben Gardiner’s side looking to extend their winning streak to five games in a row as they face the Blacktown-Workers Sea Eagles at 11:20am.

Wests Tigers defeated the Sea Eagles 52-18 in their pre-season trial match earlier this year at Leichhardt Oval, and have won five of their last six regular season games against Manly.
1 Daine Laurie
2 David Nofoaluma
3 James Roberts
4 Michael Chee Kam
5 Tommy Talau
6 Adam Doueihi
7 Luke Brooks
8 James Tamou
9 Jake Simpkin
10 Stefano Utoikamanu
11 Joe Ofahengaue
12 Luciano Leilua
13 Alex Twal

14 Moses Mbye
15 Luke Garner
16 Alex Seyfarth
17 Zane Musgrove

18 Jacob Liddle
19 Thomas Mikaele
20 Tom Amone
21 Joseph Leilua

I would prefer 15 and 17 to start over 10 and 11

That’ll help

 

[Cairnstigers]

Oh hello Chee Kam.

Surely it's a Herring

 

[diedpretty]

Joey named in NSW Cup Side
1. Zac Cini
2. Allan Fitzgibbon
3. Reece Hoffman
4. Joey Leilua
5. Kiah Cooper
6. Billy Walters
7. Jock Madden
8. Tom Amone
9. Jacob Liddle
10. Thomas Mikaele
11. Edenn Rogers Smith
12. Kelma Tuilagi
13. Tom Freebairn

Interchange:
14. Joseph Taipari
15. Shawn Blore
16. Austin Dias
17. Etuale Lui
19. Zach Dockar-Clay

That side would give the firsts a run for their money.

 

[Sco77y]

Chee Kam surely doesn't end up starting. Seyfarth rewarded for his excellent start to the season. Besides that wasn't expecting much different

I'd imagine Joey will come in for MCK.

How so? Wishful thinking. One can only hope.

Although on second thought I don't trust him to get a job done. He pretty well sucks.. So I'm sure Chee Kam couldn't be worse.

 

[Lukic]

Seyfarth over Mikaele is madness. Sure he's going well in NSW cup but he was diabolical in firsts last year and is not an impact guy.

Mikaele isn't dominating or anything, but in the past few weeks he's been good at bending the line and helping generate momentum with his carries. He's been growing into that 25-30 minute bench prop role. If Seyfarth is keeping it warm for Blore's return (with Blore to 11 and Ofahengaue to 16), then fair enough. But Madge is kidding himself if he thinks Seyfarth is a genuine bench option going forward.

Chee Kam over Leilua is stupid too. How many times does MCK in the centres need to be tried and failed? Joey at least offers some upside, MCK is a bench second rower and not a centre.

Pretty silly to judge Seyfarth off last years performances he was thrown in too early and was found out. He's playing better than ever now and deserves the call up. Mikaele is lazy and makes errors, runs the footy well but don't we want consistency?

I don't think it's that silly. Seyfarth hasn't really changed his style as a player - just improved at what he does. He's an high work rate and not an impact guy. If Twal got injured and Seyfarth was called up to replace him, I'd totally get it. Mikaele for Seyfarth aren't like for like swaps though, I question how effective Seyfarth will be coming on for 25 or so minutes when it's not his game.

 

[facepalmer]

Okay I guess Madge doesn't rate Cini at all.

 

[Leichardt61]

If i'm being honest i had very little confidence in a win last week and about the same amount of confidence this week. Therefore the tigers are most likely gonna play out of their skin. I'll be damned if it isn't wild supporting the tigers.

 

[Speed2burn]

Cheeks is better than Joey..
Too many haters and naysayers on here
Pull ya heads in !

I actually think MCK has earnt his spot in the 17 somewhere

Maybe it’s Madge trying to set a standard. Atleast you know he’ll give it his all

Problem is he's no centre

Well he’s up against either Brad Parker or Morgan Harper

Certainly no world beaters

And if he so happens to be getting carved up early there’s the option of shifting Mbye there

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Joey named in NSW Cup Side
1. Zac Cini
2. Allan Fitzgibbon
3. Reece Hoffman
4. Joey Leilua
5. Kiah Cooper
6. Billy Walters
7. Jock Madden
8. Tom Amone
9. Jacob Liddle
10. Thomas Mikaele
11. Edenn Rogers Smith
12. Kelma Tuilagi
13. Tom Freebairn

Interchange:
14. Joseph Taipari
15. Shawn Blore
16. Austin Dias
17. Etuale Lui
19. Zach Dockar-Clay


That side would give the firsts a run for their money.

No they wouldn’t .

 

[Cairnstigers]

Joey was having a good game until he got concussed
I expect him in over MCK
Infact I don't think MCK will be in the final 17
I think we might see Amone
We Blooded Simpkin and he killed it last week
Why not Blood another Hungry Warrior
MCK is also off contract at years end so why bother now if we have better

 

[DJG]

I'm Totally surprised that Nofa and Roberts are still a Centre/Wing Pairing.

 

[izotope]

Surely has to be BJ in for mck. Cant think of a worse centre.