Will Bellamy rest the big three in round 26

[tiger_rocket]

I think Bellamy will rob the fans of watching the Tigers v Storm at full strength. I am pretty certain he rested them in round 26 last year.
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[BeeJay]

Depends if the minor premiership is on the line. By then the tiges should have it well and truely in the bag tho :wink:

 

[innsaneink]

They were 4 points clear going into rd 26 last year…..depends whats on the line I guess, who knows what happens in 14 weeks time

 

[tig_prmz]

belly's scared.

 

[westy81]

I did read he was going to rest them in a game around the origin period
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[Marshall_magic]

I don't think so, if there is ANY chance we will play them in the finals he won't want to give us an edge going into them. Also I feel like it was a big part of their loss to the Warriors last year. Their key players went into the finals underdone. Also, they copped a drubbing from the Roosters that night, which shot the confidence of the younger players to pieces, and possibly had them thinking they needed the big 3 to win the competition.

 

[tigerlogic]

I don't think so, if there is ANY chance we will play them in the finals he won't want to give us an edge going into them. Also I feel like it was a big part of their loss to the Warriors last year. Their key players went into the finals underdone. Also, they copped a drubbing from the Roosters that night, which shot the confidence of the younger players to pieces, and possibly had them thinking they needed the big 3 to win the competition.

Underdone??? They were at risk of fatigue/injury if they played, surely missing one game doesn't take u from one end of the extreme to the other!
After their big 3 playing 27 games before r26 (23 storm, 3qld, 1 aust) I hardly think missing a game meant they were underdone
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[innsaneink]

Yeh hard to say it had an effect on their week 3 loss to NZ when they cruised thru week I against Knights…there was 3 weeks seperating the two

 

[Marshall_magic]

I don't think so, if there is ANY chance we will play them in the finals he won't want to give us an edge going into them. Also I feel like it was a big part of their loss to the Warriors last year. Their key players went into the finals underdone. Also, they copped a drubbing from the Roosters that night, which shot the confidence of the younger players to pieces, and possibly had them thinking they needed the big 3 to win the competition.

Underdone??? They were at risk of fatigue/injury if they played, surely missing one game doesn't take u from one end of the extreme to the other!
After their big 3 playing 27 games before r26 (23 storm, 3qld, 1 aust) I hardly think missing a game meant they were underdone
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They sat out Round 26, then played against Newcastle in the semis and had a week off in the finals. They went into the grand final qualifier having played 1 game in the previous month. That is underdone. Add to that Cronk had just returned for that game from mid term injury (spent about a month on the sideline) it was the second or third game in about 2 months that Smith, Slater and Cronk had all played together. They looked pretty ordinary in their 1 v 8 semi against Newcastle as well. It was a poor decision, all they had to do was beat 8th at home the following week and they had a week off. I'm only an advocate of resting players if it means they will not miss a game later down the track. I don't think Slater or Smith were in any danger of missing a game in the finals.

 

[vlad]

this game is odds-on for ch 9 Friday night & to be sold out at Leichhardt

I wonder if the club is having thoughts of a grab for cash at the SFS .