Pre-Game Manly V Tigers [Round 17, 2025]

[Seagles68]

Lodge starting......every time he's played this year he's been gassed within 2 effing minutes.

Sadly we don't have the back row stocks to replace someone like Haumole with anyone half decent, just Waddell.

I feel so sorry for Jazz. We bought him as a middle forward and our "coach" plays him as the dummy half ... ahead of the actual dummy halves in the squad. Jazz does his best out there but he's no dummy half. Not surprisingly his best games have been when he played lock.

And that brings me nicely to the position of lock ... still Jake's despite the fact that we are down 2 front rowers and that Jazz has proved better at the position. Jazz should be the lock, Jake in the front row.

The Tigers have lost their last 5 games. Somehow I can't see them making it 6.....

Benji will do exactly what Des did to us. He will get them throwing the ball around from the get go and Lodge will be gassed in 10 mins. How does he go from not in the 17 to starting prop??? And yep, the whole Jazz/Jake thing is very frustrating.

I want to say if we can just hold our own we can still win but as @susan noted, when compared to what is needed these days, this has got to be one of the slowest immobile forward packs in the comp.

I think we'll know early if we're any chance.

 

[BOZO]

Any chance he sees worse deficiencies in Jake S and Gordie?

Great coaches are there to fix our players deficiencies
We have not seen this from Seibold or Ennis

 

[Nordburg]

I hope someone gets into Lodge’s ear just before they take the field and suggest he walk out rather than run out onto the ground ,because last time he played FG,he looked stuffed just taking his reserves jacket off

 

[BOZO]

Benji will do exactly what Des did to us.

Seibold should enjoy what all the other teams did to Benjies Tigers in their consecutive 5 loses
5 losses in a row is walking in to death row for any coach
Go to the West Tigers fan Forum and see what they think of him.
No forum footy fans like losing and 5 loses in a row is losing patience and belief in a coach
Benjie is looking down at 6 losses in a row
How low can you go feathered friend @Seagles68 ?

 

[BOZO]

We will have the Great Advantage of playing on our Sacred home ground and in our Legendary Premiership Winning Manly Jersey
Seibold needs get into his players heads to comprehend this Great Psychological and Inspirational Advantage and live this Great Manly Winning Moment on Friday Night .

 

[Seagles68]

Seibold should enjoy what all the other teams did to Benjies Tigers in their consecutive 5 loses
5 losses in a row is walking in to death row for any coach
Go to the West Tigers fan Forum and see what they think of him.
No forum footy fans like losing and 5 loses in a row is losing patience and belief in a coach
Benjie is looking down at 6 losses in a row
How low can you go feathered friend @Seagles68 ?

I guess I would say the Tigers have been more competitive in their last couple of losses against top 8 teams then we have in our losses against the bottom 2 teams.

I guess we'll find out how low either team can go soon.

Of course, I will still be out there hoping for a win.

 

[Wombat64]

That forward pack is a gimpfest

100% gimp

 

[Wombat64]

Seibold should enjoy what all the other teams did to Benjies Tigers in their consecutive 5 loses
5 losses in a row is walking in to death row for any coach
Go to the West Tigers fan Forum and see what they think of him.
No forum footy fans like losing and 5 loses in a row is losing patience and belief in a coach
Benjie is looking down at 6 losses in a row
How low can you go feathered friend @Seagles68 ?

I've been watching most of the Tigers games and in those recent losses quite a few have been unlucky. I wouldn't be reading too much into those losses, they might not have won but they are playing better than us. I'll be surprised if we beat them. I concede that our forward pack is probably the best we can currently do but it is appalling, it is barely NSW Cup and would have to be one of the worst we have fielded in recent memory.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Agree with the overall sentiment but that forward pack beats no top side when the whips are cracking playing sides desperate for 1-6 positions.
Tommy at 4 should have them in with a chance to beat Tigers / Dragons and rough hope v dolphins.
13th to 16th finish

Yes but like we used to do they come to Brookie thinking it’s an easy win , and bingo it’s 24-0 at half time.

Optimistic I know but it does happen.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I've been watching most off the Tigers games and in those recent losses quite a few have been unlucky. I wouldn't be reading too much into those losses, they might not have won but they are playing better than us. I'll be surprised if we beat them. I concede that our forward pack is probably the best we can currently do but it is appalling, it is barely NSW Cup and would have to be one of the worst we have fielded in recent memory.

Their young and enthusiastic team will beat our aging & hardly giving a **** team hands down.

But I’m still of the belief there will be a few surprises in store before this season is done.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

But I’m still of the belief there will be a few surprises in store before this season is done.

Unfortunately, Mark, I think the only surprise might be that we can sink even lower. But we've got to hope that the players can find something, somewhere along the line.

 

[Rafferty]

Are you sure about this? Pretty sure he played his entire life in the half’s including school boys for Australia until they tried converting him to fullback last year

I was just going off recalling him playing at FB, guess it must of been last year.

 

[TJ55]

Geno has the playing surface looking good

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Unfortunately, Mark, I think the only surprise might be that we can sink even lower. But we've got to hope that the players can find something, somewhere along the line.

Have faith , I can feel it

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Seibold should enjoy what all the other teams did to Benjies Tigers in their consecutive 5 loses
5 losses in a row is walking in to death row for any coach
Go to the West Tigers fan Forum and see what they think of him.
No forum footy fans like losing and 5 loses in a row is losing patience and belief in a coach
Benjie is looking down at 6 losses in a row
How low can you go feathered friend @Seagles68 ?

Benji isnt going anywhere....

 

[Bomb Voyage]

I want to lose the next two, as much as that sucks, to ensure we get changes.

 

[The Wheel]

Geno has the playing surface looking goodView attachment 30573

Is there any better playing surface in the NRL?? I say not

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I want to lose the next two, as much as that sucks, to ensure we get changes.

Might be more than 2

 

[Fibro Eagle]

it is obvious that jazz is best at lock and Jake at Prop
It is obvious that when you pick the right players in the team and pick them in the most affective positions , You have the better change of winning the game

This is exactly how it should be

 

[Phobia]

I want to lose the next two, as much as that sucks, to ensure we get changes.

Nothing bar Paseka, Aloiai and Haumole will change this awful pack. Not even Navale unfortunately.

I don't think we get the spoon, but we'll get awfully close. This pack is downright terrible. The only hope I have, is that Lodge is slightly fitter. That is probably the only thing that can save it.

Whatever changes can, or will be made, are basically for nothing. Our long term problems in roster are completely and absolutely rearing their heads.