WestsBenTigers
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9\. Taylor
10\. Moses
11\. Brooks
12\. Townsend
The rest looks pretty good!
Wests Tigers v Cowboys trial match *LIVE,,
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9\. Taylor
10\. Moses
11\. Brooks
12\. Townsend
The rest looks pretty good!
Cairnstigers
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Just watched the game and noticed in the 3rd quarter that Josh Reynolds moved to Hooker and to Dummy half
Thompson went to fullback in defence but onto the wing in attack
Brooks in the halves with Goodinet
Tui on the bench
I liked what Tui produced from the back but can see him in the halves with Brooks again at times throughout the year
Interesting to note that when Thompson was at the back Cowboys didn't score and Thompson was doing a lot of talk
I thought our young forwards had a great game as to did Masters and Milne
The big surprise for me was Gamble
I thought he had a great game apart from the one kick in the rain
He is on my bench after that performance
Although the cowboys gave away 5 penalties for incorrect play the balls we were good enough to make the most of our opportunities
Even better we have 4 starting forwards to come back
And Benji offcourse
Thompson went to fullback in defence but onto the wing in attack
Brooks in the halves with Goodinet
Tui on the bench
I liked what Tui produced from the back but can see him in the halves with Brooks again at times throughout the year
Interesting to note that when Thompson was at the back Cowboys didn't score and Thompson was doing a lot of talk
I thought our young forwards had a great game as to did Masters and Milne
The big surprise for me was Gamble
I thought he had a great game apart from the one kick in the rain
He is on my bench after that performance
Although the cowboys gave away 5 penalties for incorrect play the balls we were good enough to make the most of our opportunities
Even better we have 4 starting forwards to come back
And Benji offcourse
happy_tiger
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It's really going to depend on who starts as half for each side Rd 1 at this stage
Depending on who clubs start with probably 12th -14th
This was my rankings , I still think when push comes to shove Bird will play 7 at Brisbane and depending on the Dogs also
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Halfbacks
1 Thurston
2 Cronk
3 Pearce
4 Johnson
5 DCE
6 Norman
7 Hunt
8 Cleary
9 A Reynolds
10 Bird
11 Croft
12 Taylor
13 Brooks
14 Townsend
15 Sezer
16 Mbye
jirskyr
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I also watched the game last night. Was interesting to have read all these comments before watching.
I agree Felise did well but I also agree with Patriot, I thought Aloiai was the best forward on the park in terms of showing what he could offer the team for impact in 2018\. Big, hard to handle, good acceleration. Felise worked hard and that impressed me in the humid conditions, but obviously it's a trial and Clearly was running players on and off with unlimited interchange.
Given that Mikaele and Grant also looked pretty good, I thought the Cowboys really gifted us field position with their mistakes, but also their ordinary line speed and defence. Pretty much every forward rolled through them.
Aloiai appears to be continuing his development well, just needs to take that next step in maturity and football brains to be a threat every week.
Overall I thought it was a terrific team performance, which is what impressed me most. We dominated all game and despite Cowboys gifting possession like those PTB penalties, we were only pinged for 1 (?) in contrast and most of their other dropped balls / kick errors / bad passes were caused by the Tigers line speed and intensity. It's always been true if you flood Thurston you drastically reduce his impact, and we've always had a good record against the Cows because we handle Thurston better than average.
So if we can keep up that team intensity, the talk, the work in defence… good things will follow. But the platform looked good, the team had plenty of capacity to be lazy or fade out of the game, but did not, everyone was working hard.
I agree Felise did well but I also agree with Patriot, I thought Aloiai was the best forward on the park in terms of showing what he could offer the team for impact in 2018\. Big, hard to handle, good acceleration. Felise worked hard and that impressed me in the humid conditions, but obviously it's a trial and Clearly was running players on and off with unlimited interchange.
Given that Mikaele and Grant also looked pretty good, I thought the Cowboys really gifted us field position with their mistakes, but also their ordinary line speed and defence. Pretty much every forward rolled through them.
Aloiai appears to be continuing his development well, just needs to take that next step in maturity and football brains to be a threat every week.
Overall I thought it was a terrific team performance, which is what impressed me most. We dominated all game and despite Cowboys gifting possession like those PTB penalties, we were only pinged for 1 (?) in contrast and most of their other dropped balls / kick errors / bad passes were caused by the Tigers line speed and intensity. It's always been true if you flood Thurston you drastically reduce his impact, and we've always had a good record against the Cows because we handle Thurston better than average.
So if we can keep up that team intensity, the talk, the work in defence… good things will follow. But the platform looked good, the team had plenty of capacity to be lazy or fade out of the game, but did not, everyone was working hard.
balmain boy
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Brooks had a poor game. Not sure how anyone could say he was anything but poor. Yeah he ran a little bit, never threatened though. Gave away 3 7 tackle sets, regularly only found 10m from penalties, and there was that god awful pass 10m behind everyone which led to the Cowboys try with 5 seconds to go in the first half.
he keeps playing like last night and he'll be in nsw cup by round 5.
Oh and on those lists you'd definitely have premiership winning Townsend above Brooks, and Foran instead of Frawley. Brooks would be 14th/15th. Ahead of Sezer and probably Croft based on croft limited first grade experience.
he keeps playing like last night and he'll be in nsw cup by round 5.
Oh and on those lists you'd definitely have premiership winning Townsend above Brooks, and Foran instead of Frawley. Brooks would be 14th/15th. Ahead of Sezer and probably Croft based on croft limited first grade experience.
Go_You_Good_Things
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While Brooksy didn't set the world alight on Saturday . . . . credit where it's due.
He did kick way too long. Every one of his "grubbers" was long. He got lucky once and NQ played at the ball, but they all had way too much on them. That goes for his kicks for touch as well. All bar one made the touchie run further downfield. The touchies have seen 4.9 gajillion kicks for touch and know pretty much exactly where to stand so they don't have to run.
He got the ball at least 8-10m past them nearly every time.
He took the line on much more, and did make a few half busts. Enough to attract more defence on him.
And yes, there was THAT pass.
So while he wasn't perfect, I thought it was a step in the right direction at least.
If he don't work out, we saw a few minutes work from his 2018 replacement.
Tweed_Tiger
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highlights from trial
https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2018/02/19/wests-tigers-v-cowboys–-trial-match-highlights/
https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2018/02/19/wests-tigers-v-cowboys–-trial-match-highlights/
The_Patriot
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Ive been a Luke Brooks fan but i thought that was one of his worst games.
smoking_gun
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Aside from Frawley I'd take every starting halfback over brooks.
Let's be honest. We have seen enough of him to know he's not going to be elite. 4 seasons under his belt and nothing. The simple things still elude him like repeat sets, field position etc wests tigers have a LONG history of over rating their juniors, he's almost top of the list.
There's a reason he didn't leave and had his contract reduced. If the Cronk/Pearce thing eventuated sooner things may have been different for him
Let's be honest. We have seen enough of him to know he's not going to be elite. 4 seasons under his belt and nothing. The simple things still elude him like repeat sets, field position etc wests tigers have a LONG history of over rating their juniors, he's almost top of the list.
There's a reason he didn't leave and had his contract reduced. If the Cronk/Pearce thing eventuated sooner things may have been different for him
The_Patriot
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No doubt they can all improve.
