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

It’s a Festivus miracle!

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

@TillLindemann said in Latrell Mitchell Contract Discussion:

@Tweed_Tiger The arrogance on there is nauseating. God I hate roosters fans.

all 10 of them?

Doesn’t mean anything, the Knights lost to this lot only 3 weeks ago, the Eels only beat them by 2 points 2 weeks ago

“They look at the list of top players who left the Tigers – James Tedesco, Aaron Woods, Mitch Moses, Josh Addo-Carr – and wonder what drove them out.”

I really hate this type of list.

We did everything we could do to keep Teddy and Woods, they didn’t want to stay. Adding to that, we weren’t winning much with them in the squad…

Moses was not a top player at the time either and didn’t want to stay. This is a guy who blatantly tanked it in his last few games too and shouldn’t be mentioned in the same breath as any other player listed.

The Fox yes, that’s completely on the club, but he actually wanted to stay.

Well, woke up this morning, was really surprised with how close the score was.

Looks like we actually put in an 80 minute effort and that Souths only got the points with 14 players on the field.

Saw that Latrell hit on Noffa as well, how the hell was he not sent off for that??? protected species.

EDIT: also not a fan of the 2 point field goal

Well I won’t be watching, but that’s more due to work than a “stuff this team” thing.

So I won’t know the scoreline until around 0230 Sunday morning.

Taking ownership of what was dished out is great, but let’s see if it actually makes a difference on the field

Oh boy…

Glad I won’t be able to watch the game this weekend, but I hope more effort is put in at least.

3 Laurie
2 Twal
1 AD

@tigerwest said in Sack Madge:

@tigerdave said in Sack Madge:

@davey_farrell said in Sack Madge:

the rumour going round is Tamou confronted Madge in dressing room at half time about how wrong the game plan was and they had a blow up, hence why Tamou didnt play any of the 2nd half

Yeah saw that posted on Facebook. Hate these rumours.

I can’t see how any sort of plan involved the players not making tackles.

Interesting, none of the main journo’s have got on to it, how legit is facebook with this stuff?

I wouldn’t say legit at all.

The whole “lost the shed” thing just makes no sense to me. If there’s a problem why would you make yourself (the players) look bad if you don’t like the coach? Plus that type of behaviour is a slap in the face to fans who put down their hard earned for these players.

The amount of coaches we’ve had with similar results really suggests that it goes beyond the coach.

@davey_farrell said in Sack Madge:

the rumour going round is Tamou confronted Madge in dressing room at half time about how wrong the game plan was and they had a blow up, hence why Tamou didnt play any of the 2nd half

Yeah saw that posted on Facebook. Hate these rumours.

I can’t see how any sort of plan involved the players not making tackles.

No it’s me, I’m to blame. Clearly I put the mocker on the team with my 60-nil wish

Yeah given where the opposition tries are being scored, it’s not really the fault of Brooks, but then I still don’t think he’s capable to lead the team around.

The cap is coming back in order, we’re no longer going to pay over for players, the Centre of Excellence will improve the training and make us more attractive to come to, but after so long without a finals appearance, everyone wants instant success or at least clear indications of moving forward on the field.

We’ve had a lot of false starts over the years, periods where we thought we were on the road to improving only to be let down time and time again.

We definitely need new centre/wing combinations, not sure a different halfback would make that much of a difference at this stage.

@tigerpete-0 said in **live game feed** vs the Cowboys:

Went through the for and against from 2013, the year Brooks made his debut … here are the numbers

Average points against

2013 … 15th … 28 points
2014 … 13th … 26 points
2015 … 15th … 23 points
2016 … 9th … 25 points
2017 … 14th … 23 points
2018 … 9th … 19 points
2019 … 9 th … 20 points
2020 … 11th … 25 points

Over the period we have averaged 24.7 points against per season … the current average is clearly not an aberration.

What conclusion can we draw?

The only valid conclusion is that there is something seriously wrong at the club. It is time that we no longer blame the players or the coach.

There is something systematically wrong at the top. Board and management should be cleaned out. Systems at the club need investigation from grass roots to the top grade.

Bring in a Czar to clean the junk out and rebuild the club. Gus? Bellamy? Bennett?

Crap training facilities?

Someone else mentioned an exorcism, gotta be worth a shot with that too. Get priests/buddhists/taosits and anyone else that can do it and just “cleanse” everything.