WTF – Wests Tigers Faithful Podcast

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Roosters come very close to winning the comp for me. Great young pack, heaps of talent in the obs and a premiership spine of Teddy, Walker, DCE and Robson.

Plenty of people agree with you.
I don’t see it as Teddy is another year older and slower, DCE is 37 and won’t be happy taking a backseat to Sam Walker.
Walker and DCE are both in the ball game controllers, neither are devastating ball runners.
Robson as a tough defender with good service from dummy half, but not a huge danger when running the ball.
I think their 2-5 is average. Sure Marky Nark has plenty of x-factor, but his trial form was average and I have doubt he will put in as much as he did last season with a rugby World Cup looming.
They have a very good forward pack, but players such as Lindsay Collins have been battered and slowing down. I don’t think their forward pack is capable of dominating games as much as plenty of people think they will.
Time will tell.

 

[Tom Shines]

Plenty of people agree with you.
I don’t see it as Teddy is another year older and slower, DCE is 37 and won’t be happy taking a backseat to Sam Walker.
Walker and DCE are both in the ball game controllers, neither are devastating ball runners.
Robson as a tough defender with good service from dummy half, but not a huge danger when running the ball.
I think their 2-5 is average. Sure Marky Nark has plenty of x-factor, but his trial form was average and I have doubt he will put in as much as he did last season with a rugby World Cup looming.
They have a very good forward pack, but players such as Lindsay Collins have been battered and slowing down. I don’t think their forward pack is capable of dominating games as much as plenty of people think they will.
Time will tell.

I think you are very overly focused on the spine …and even then this is not an area of weakness for the Roosters with current Origin players Robson and Teddy ..

The Roosters have great forwards ,,,, I’ve said this before … you can have the best halves in the comp…if the forwards aren’t doing their job it won’t matter ,,… “players such as Lindsay Collins “…. You talking about Leniu and Crichton ? All 3 are current Origin players that would walk into our team..

 

[Vicious]

I think you are very overly focused on the spine …and even then this is not an area of weakness for the Roosters with current Origin players Robson and Teddy ..

The Roosters have great forwards ,,,, I’ve said this before … you can have the best halves in the comp…if the forwards aren’t doing their job it won’t matter ,,… “players such as Lindsay Collins “…. You talking about Leniu and Crichton ? All 3 are current Origin players that would walk into our team..

I think they have too many players that are yesterday’s heroes.
Time will tell.

 

[jrtiger]

I think they have too many players that are yesterday’s heroes.
Time will tell.

I would love for you to be right, I'm just not sure this is the year.

Tedesco is ageless and plays as such, DCE is coming to play 6 and will have considerably less touches of the footy and Nawaqanitawase and Toia are elite level footballers in the backline. their pack is just about the best in the comp and with Robson at 9 it goes up another tier.

if they don't make top four this year then it's a huge failure.

for ref my 8 was

1. Canterbury
2. Penrith
3. Brisbane
4. Easts
5. Melbourne
6. Redcliffe
7. Parramatta
8. Wests

 

[innsaneink]

You should go on the record and tell us the three teams ?

I think it’s a little more open than that …and the Panthers and Storm’s grip is loosening ,,,

I think back to last year and the Raiders coming out of no where to win the minor premiership …. They were also robbed against the Bronocs in that semi…could have made the GF

I will make a 2026 ladder prediction thread...
See how all the experts go come round 27

 

[Vicious]

I would love for you to be right, I'm just not sure this is the year.

Tedesco is ageless and plays as such, DCE is coming to play 6 and will have considerably less touches of the footy and Nawaqanitawase and Toia are elite level footballers in the backline. their pack is just about the best in the comp and with Robson at 9 it goes up another tier.

if they don't make top four this year then it's a huge failure.

for ref my 8 was

1. Canterbury
2. Penrith
3. Brisbane
4. Easts
5. Melbourne
6. Redcliffe
7. Parramatta
8. Wests

I’m tipping;

1. Sharks
2. Rabbitohs
3. Panthers
4. Cowboys
5. Broncos
6. Storm
7. Tigers
8. Eels