Yeah we’ve had blow outs since the start of the year. Its been an unusual comp.
I don’t like the 6 agains (mostly because it’s not policed with any consistency) and the current sin bins where zero logic comes into play. Sending off defending players when the ball runner slips is beyond ludicrous.
We had people in motion, especially that first half, lots of passing
4th coach in 8 years…I can’t believe people want to change, again…it’s ludicrous.
Ok, so the forum was down, which was extra disappointing given that we won, but I took some notes/comments during the game, just wondering if anyone else did the same 
1st Half
Kepaoa is an idiot, kicking on the 3rd down the sideline
Talau left Brooks hanging in the breeze trying to go for the intercept on the Knights first try
AD kicking well, Knights knock on
Great kick by Brooks for AD to score! 12-4
Far out Tamou…right after we score…good defence at least to hold them out
Lucky bounce Knights, but no try
Great stuff Daine stopped a 40/20, but we got lucky
Great take Lucy and Saifiti off for the game by the looks
Awful pass Lucy, we keep throwing it behind the player
Garbage 6 more on the last, he can’t just disappear from the ruck…Knights score 12-8
Pretty good half running into a breeze
2nd Half
Good first set for the 2nd half and a bit of bad luck with the kick
Great pass by Brooks and run from Stef! 18-8
Better kick from Brooks
I hate 6 again…but the Knights throw it forward
Great kick AD, Knights knock on. Knights contesting the call, challenge unsuccessful
Another Knights restart, they’ve had a few
Goal line drop out, need some good defence here.
Great defence, Knights lose it
Nice kick again keep the Knights pinned in their half
Damn Jimmy should have gone out wide instead of coming back in, Nofo was unmarked
Great take Laurie and nearly away, but Kepaoa drops it…this kid is doing my head in and the Knights score…18-14
And damn it…kicked out on the full…this is garbage now…
And Kepaoa actually catches a long pass by Jimmy, got real close on that set, 13 minutes to go
No way, get stuffed…20-18 Knights in front…
10 minutes to go, we need an error here.
Great kick by Brooks, Knights knock on…come on boys!!!
Too easy! Nofo in 24-20, great kick from the sideline by AD, 6 minutes to go
Here we go, we can seal it here.
Moses, what the hell…
Nail biting stuff…OMG we did it! 24-20
For me Balmain died 20 years ago, all I see happening now is Wests Tigers making sure it continues as a united club.
It will always have the tigers brand, colours, history of Balmain being a part of its creation and that’s all that matters to me.
the guys didn’t give up, defended like champions
a full squad would have beaten the Eels
we don’t have the cattle, we have a centre playing fullback and we have no halves…not much he can do
26-16
look, we’ve done pretty damn well under the circumstance, barely had any ball in the 2nd half and the Eels only win the half 8-4
Well glad that is over with and that he’s staying at this stage. Really glad though that the Tigers got to stick it to the media somewhat who had nothing but rumours to drag us through the mud with.
I think a lot of guess work going on is coming from the media
Maybe they’ll wait and make an announcement if the Panthers get knocked out this weekend
Bit over the “6 coaches since 2012” bit. Can’t really count an interim coach and we didn’t dump Cleary.
Hmm right. Honestly not sure what to think if Madge is gone. By all reports he had the majority of player support, but maybe being told that Ciraldo or someone perceived to be better than Madge changed minds?
Ok, kinda ok with sticking with Madge for at least another year…but kinda surprised about the player support, especially after some of the diabolical games this year.
@the_pom said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Curtis Scott’s management reached out to the club last week to gage interest & proposed a similar deal to that of James Roberts, 1st year heavily incentive based deal with an option for a 2nd year in the clubs favour. The club is taking this into serious consideration since Talau’s injury.
Adam Elliott will only be entertained as a possible recruit if his value is far less than that of his Dogs contract with certain clauses in place also.
In all both could be recruited & cost a maximum of 350k-400k for the pair of them.
Smart stuff by the club.
Out of everything that has gone on, I think I’m happiest seeing the club not pay overs for just anyone.
@tilllindemann said in Madge Maguire - Mega Thread:
@tigerdave said in Madge Maguire - Mega Thread:
Which would be fine and every single supporter should realise it takes time, but after 3 years, there’s been no improvement, we’ve gone backwards…
But it’s a totally different squad to 3 years ago, a squad that is now the youngest in the NRL.
It is, but there’s been zero signs of any type of improvement.
Yesterday’s game demonstrated some massive problems, there’s a clear disconnect between the players and the coaching staff.
“That’s one thing I’ve spoken about quite a bit, about the transformation that we’re doing at the club."
Which would be fine and every single supporter should realise it takes time, but after 3 years, there’s been no improvement, we’ve gone backwards…
If we won on Sunday, if there were a lot more close losses, I’d expect the supporter base and club would be more patient.
I think Morris would be more likely than Ciraldo.
I’d imagine the club would move on this sooner rather than later.
The new coach will have a lot of cap money and new state of the art training facilities to work with. That would be appealing in itself.