Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers

[rihannafan1]

Liddle gets the 9 jumper, Mbye the 1. They're incumbents.

Simpkin looks good for his age, reminds me of Harry Grant finding his feet in firsts with Storm a couple of season's back. No harm in him playing CC for most of the season. He'll get his shot for sure. Liddle has looked more assured in the trials and is more of an NRL player at this stage.

If Laurie is so good at back I think it'll allow the Tigers to shop Mbye more aggressively as it seems he isn't in our long-term plans. But Mbye will be around our team this year as the 1 I think Laurie may be a bit of a utility as he can play a few backline positions.

I'd give benefit of the doubt to incumbents if we'd made the finals in the last 10 years. But we haven't.

Liddle will start at 9 but Mbye has no business being in the team after both his performances in the past and the way players played yesterday.

He can cover for injuries and no more

So you'll just let 800k sit on the sidelines? Big risk. You can't ignore his cost, regardless of how well one player played for 40 minutes in a trial game against a 2/3 Manly team who are average anyway.

Honestly, at this stage of the year salaries. Mean nothing.

Interesting, thanks. Why's that? I'd have thought that they mean something to the media and certain individuals, both of whom can destabilize a team.

You have your side assembled, now is about preparing for the year. You are not worried about choosing players based on what they are paid but who will do the better job. The next time you put weight in salaries is when you are making decisions around recruitment and retention.

That is overly simplistic as you are constantly reviewing your roster but my point is you do not choose your side based on what you are paying guys. You select the best players from your top 30.

Right, thanks. I guess Mbye will get the Reynolds treatment from last year then.

What are you going on about?

Mate, I was referring to how Reynolds was highly paid and not played but got picked in the squad every week. Similar to how Mbye will be. That's what I was going on about. I didn't mean it to come across as anything else.

 

[TigerWest]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

 

[hobbo1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

 

[TigerWest]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

For 7 years????

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

Are you seriously blaming Luke brooks for other guys missing sitters in front of the posts ? LOL If your answer to the question “does that seem reasonable ?” Is yes , than youve clearly lost the plot

 

[hobbo1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

For 7 years????

Ssssssshh .. you’ll get labeled a troll and upset the Brooks fanciers ?

 

[Guest]

Come on guys, cut the nonsense.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Hey fellas I've been moving all weekend and haven't had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both ....we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn't have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts ......Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 ......when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good ...damn good trial all in all

As for manly ...if they field that side for 25 rounds they'd be spoon favourites ...2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - ...he was probably the worst performed WT's player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

 

[hobbo1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

Are you seriously blaming Luke brooks for other guys missing sitters in front of the posts ? LOL If your answer to the question “does that seem reasonable ?” Is yes , than youve clearly lost the plot

No one is blaming Brooks for other guys missing sitters mate ..
That’s in your head !
What we’re saying is why wasn’t Brooks kicking goals earlier in his career ?
I don’t believe the sore hammy’s theory
I’d say it was due to confidence and Brooks being an introvert .

 

[Geo]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

lol..

2014 Pat Richards
2015 Pat Richards /Slimey Fart
2016 Slimey Fart
2017 Slimey
2018 Esan Marsters 75% that year..

So early in his career who should have he been ahead off..

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

Are you seriously blaming Luke brooks for other guys missing sitters in front of the posts ? LOL If your answer to the question “does that seem reasonable ?” Is yes , than youve clearly lost the plot

No one is blaming Brooks for other guys missing sitters mate ..
That’s in your head !
What we’re saying is why wasn’t Brooks kicking goals earlier in his career ?
I don’t believe the sore hammy’s theory
I’d say it was due to confidence and Brooks being an introvert .

Mitch Moses doesn't appear to be the type not to put himself forward for the goalkicking duties. Brooks being a modest type would be more reluctant to do so. Up to the coach to know each players' talent. Who was our coach then?

 

[hobbo1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

lol..

2014 Pat Richards
2015 Pat Richards /Slimey Fart
2016 Slimey Fart
2017 Slimey
2018 Esan Marsters 75% that year..

So early in his career who should have he been ahead off..

I’d say ahead of all of them judging by what I seen in the weekend !
Did you teach him in the off season ?

 

[cochise]

Liddle gets the 9 jumper, Mbye the 1. They're incumbents.

Simpkin looks good for his age, reminds me of Harry Grant finding his feet in firsts with Storm a couple of season's back. No harm in him playing CC for most of the season. He'll get his shot for sure. Liddle has looked more assured in the trials and is more of an NRL player at this stage.

If Laurie is so good at back I think it'll allow the Tigers to shop Mbye more aggressively as it seems he isn't in our long-term plans. But Mbye will be around our team this year as the 1 I think Laurie may be a bit of a utility as he can play a few backline positions.

I'd give benefit of the doubt to incumbents if we'd made the finals in the last 10 years. But we haven't.

Liddle will start at 9 but Mbye has no business being in the team after both his performances in the past and the way players played yesterday.

He can cover for injuries and no more

So you'll just let 800k sit on the sidelines? Big risk. You can't ignore his cost, regardless of how well one player played for 40 minutes in a trial game against a 2/3 Manly team who are average anyway.

Honestly, at this stage of the year salaries. Mean nothing.

Interesting, thanks. Why's that? I'd have thought that they mean something to the media and certain individuals, both of whom can destabilize a team.

You have your side assembled, now is about preparing for the year. You are not worried about choosing players based on what they are paid but who will do the better job. The next time you put weight in salaries is when you are making decisions around recruitment and retention.

That is overly simplistic as you are constantly reviewing your roster but my point is you do not choose your side based on what you are paying guys. You select the best players from your top 30.

Right, thanks. I guess Mbye will get the Reynolds treatment from last year then.

What are you going on about?

Mate, I was referring to how Reynolds was highly paid and not played but got picked in the squad every week. Similar to how Mbye will be. That's what I was going on about. I didn't mean it to come across as anything else.

I thought you were implying he was unfairly treated by that happening, I probably read too much into it lol. I do agree I can see Mbye being 18th man a number of times. He is actually the perfect player for that role.

 

[Geo]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

lol..

2014 Pat Richards
2015 Pat Richards /Slimey Fart
2016 Slimey Fart
2017 Slimey
2018 Esan Marsters 75% that year..

So early in his career who should have he been ahead off..

I’d say ahead of all of them judging by what I seen in the weekend !
Did you teach him in the off season ?

That's next level bagging...well done

but he missed 1 and Doueihi nailed his from the sideline..

 

[happy_tiger]

Hey fellas I've been moving all weekend and haven't had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both ....we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn't have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts ......Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 ......when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good ...damn good trial all in all

As for manly ...if they field that side for 25 rounds they'd be spoon favourites ...2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - ...he was probably the worst performed WT's player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Happy to help mate ..hope the move went smooth

 

[hobbo1]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

lol..

2014 Pat Richards
2015 Pat Richards /Slimey Fart
2016 Slimey Fart
2017 Slimey
2018 Esan Marsters 75% that year..

So early in his career who should have he been ahead off..

I’d say ahead of all of them judging by what I seen in the weekend !
Did you teach him in the off season ?

That's next level bagging...well done

but he missed 1 and Doueihi nailed his from the sideline..

In your opinion..

Richards wasn’t that good in the end
Marsters was diabolical
And Moses was meh ..

And don’t come back with stats as it’s the clutch kicks that matter !

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Hey fellas I've been moving all weekend and haven't had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both ....we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn't have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts ......Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 ......when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good ...damn good trial all in all

As for manly ...if they field that side for 25 rounds they'd be spoon favourites ...2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - ...he was probably the worst performed WT's player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Happy to help mate ..hope the move went smooth

My everything hurts but I'm stoked mate. It turned out so good.

 

[Geo]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

@Geo says he didn’t kick earlier in his career due to hamstring soreness but the dodgy hammy’s never stop him from making line breaks..
Go figure ?

lol..

2014 Pat Richards
2015 Pat Richards /Slimey Fart
2016 Slimey Fart
2017 Slimey
2018 Esan Marsters 75% that year..

So early in his career who should have he been ahead off..

I’d say ahead of all of them judging by what I seen in the weekend !
Did you teach him in the off season ?

That's next level bagging...well done

but he missed 1 and Doueihi nailed his from the sideline..

In your opinion..

Richards wasn’t that good in the end
Marsters was diabolical
And Moses was meh ..

And don’t come back with stats as it’s the clutch kicks that matter !

Like one's from the sideline...?

 

[sleeve]

Very good chance he himself never knew he could kick, don’t recall him ever being a goal kicker throughout juniors. Goal kicking is a skill that can be taught and refined with practice, he has been practicing all off season with a kicking coach.

Brooks has been taking the kick offs for years. Maybe the goalkicking it is part of him taking more ownership and showing more ego.

I said it after the game, he could of been doing this (goal kicking) a lot earlier in past seasons when we lost a few games from missed attempts at goal, which cost us a semi spots.

Are you seriously blaming Luke brooks for other guys missing sitters in front of the posts ? LOL If your answer to the question “does that seem reasonable ?” Is yes , than youve clearly lost the plot

No one is blaming Brooks for other guys missing sitters mate ..
That’s in your head !
What we’re saying is why wasn’t Brooks kicking goals earlier in his career ?
I don’t believe the sore hammy’s theory
I’d say it was due to confidence and Brooks being an introvert .

I remember when Brooks used to kick,as you obviously don't. He did have hammy problems and was relieved of the duties. This stuff is just vitriol from fools.

 

[happy_tiger]

Hey fellas I've been moving all weekend and haven't had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both ....we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn't have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts ......Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 ......when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good ...damn good trial all in all

As for manly ...if they field that side for 25 rounds they'd be spoon favourites ...2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - ...he was probably the worst performed WT's player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Happy to help mate ..hope the move went smooth

My everything hurts but I'm stoked mate. It turned out so good.

Happy for you and the family

Yeah my Mums moving into a retirement home on the 31st

She is reliant on a 3 way sale turnover all on the same day .....I've never heard of it before ...hope it doesn't get messy