What worked and what didn't...

[Tiger_heart]

What worked - Attitude. It wasn't easy playing the Raiders at their home ground, but we were in it un to our eyeballs, when it could have been easier to simply go thru the motions; Luke Brooks - perhaps having settled his future, his footy is less stressful for him; 100 tries for Nofa - regardless, it is a milestone, and worthy of note; our kicking game, a bit more variety helped, particularly some of the chips over the top; some of the younger players coming thru showing some real promise of things to come; Staines on the wing, until he was on. Miles ahead of anyone else that has filled in; Laurie at 5/8, killing it. Perhaps should have been given a long time before this; API as a goal kicker - seems to be a natural at it.
What didn't - the bunker, enough said on this farce; Luke Brooks (yes again) - where has this form been all the years before this? Nofa - rocks and diamonds, that last pass really didn't need to be thrown!!; ability to close off the game. With the right game manager, this game was there for the taking.
Feel free to add as you see fit! But to sum it up, certainly one of the better games we've played this year.

 

[Telltails]

Laurie should have been given opportunity before the season was cooked especially when we were desperate for options. We needed to know one way or another what he could offer long before they decided to move him on. Makes no sense to give him a crack now.

 

[Stevec]

I'm disappointed we are moving Laurie on as the guy is big on effort.
What doesn't work is our backline . When I think of Johnson from souths and Brian Too from Penrith they score a lot of tries but their inside men do the basics well that is
They RUN - DRAW & PASS .Toa doesn't do that .Tell me one time he passed the ball to Nofo . .Wingers can finish if we create a 2 on 1 situation but we don't. .Similar on the other side maybe one time Tupou put Staines away.
Also we start passing across the line then Twal or Klemmer kill the
Play by taking the ball for a pointless crash play on the 4th or 5th tackle . Api and Brooks are creative in the middle third and it seems the only way we can get the ball to the edges is with a kick . IMO Toa has gone off the boil lately . Being on the Edges with the Tigers is not easy as the main ball you get is 10 m from our own line doing hit ups .
Surprises me that Benji was such a great attacking weapon but can't teach our backline the basics .That is the centers run and when they have attracted 2 or more defenders then pass creating overlap !!!

 

[happy_tiger]

Goal kicking this season ....we'd be Top 8 as far as conversions landed % is concerned

 

[happy_tiger]

I'm disappointed we are moving Laurie on as the guy is big on effort.
What doesn't work is our backline . When I think of Johnson from souths and Brian Too from Penrith they score a lot of tries but their inside men do the basics well that is
They RUN - DRAW & PASS .Toa doesn't do that .Tell me one time he passed the ball to Nofo . .Wingers can finish if we create a 2 on 1 situation but we don't. .Similar on the other side maybe one time Tupou put Staines away.
Also we start passing across the line then Twal or Klemmer kill the
Play by taking the ball for a pointless crash play on the 4th or 5th tackle . Api and Brooks are creative in the middle third and it seems the only way we can get the ball to the edges is with a kick . IMO Toa has gone off the boil lately . Being on the Edges with the Tigers is not easy as the main ball you get is 10 m from our own line doing hit ups .
Surprises me that Benji was such a great attacking weapon but can't teach our backline the basics .That is the centers run and when they have attracted 2 or more defenders then pass creating overlap !!!

I think Benji would struggle to coach what he did at his best .....very reactionary