One word : SOLID. We were solid in defence. Solid as a team. And we've solidified our mid table position.
Building.
We continue to show what we are capable of.
One word: floor. Previous years we had to be at our best and our opposition had to be at their worst for us to win. This team has a much higher floor than any wests tigers team since 2011. Credit to Benji and Richo on the squad.
One word: Strong, we are finally finishing a season strongly. 4 from last 6 could possibly be 6 from 9 by the end of the year. Go tigers.
We are in winning form 4 from 6, next week cowboys at a packed out Leichardt, looking for 3 in a row. What could seriously go wrong. 😑
Agree. But if we can get that right in the off season the potential is unlimited. A top team would've put 50 on Manly today. Let's hope we're that team next season.
My word is Platform, a good win and this should be our platform for next year to build off. Replacing players with better ones such as KPP for Murray, a good prop for Sukkar and no more Seyfarth.
One word: 78
We kept one of the NRL's best attacks scoreless for 78 minutes.
With a couple more quality signings, we could be a real threat for the top 8 next year.
My one word was REAL.
many many times we have a good performance and we look to see if we are genuinely improving and for the last 11 years the answer has always been no. Now it is REAL. This team is an improving TEAM and with a very high ceiling with a lot of room for improvement and is genuinely a threat of winning most games.
Stark improvement in defence (other than the first minute). Manly were woeful but a lot of that was our strong defence all game, I think we forced them into errors and panicking because they couldnt break us down.
Fantastic game from Luai, one of his best for us as well as Api & Terrell. Taylan looked incredibly dangerous and how long since a centre has hit a hole like that? Bula, both wingers, Taylan, Pole, Twal, Sione great games Samuela was immense.
Underwhelmed with a bench containing Sukkar & Murray.
Doueihi played well and had a good game, but IMO is not a halfback. Butchered a try early in the game out wide on the left, but had a great pass for (I think) Skeltons try. I thought we looked good when Latu came on and Latu was getting a lot of first ball. I still think AD is probably our 13 but Benji obviously has a different plan at this stage and right now who can argue with it?
One word Combinations the main deal in the red zone is lack of combinations this is a whole team issue ….a truely disrupted season has been the issue , the positive is this can be fixed in the off season .
One word: comfortable
Outside of the first and last mins, that was a comprehensive and comfortable win. Left some points out there for sure, but as soon as we got that early try in reply I never felt like we were overly troubled.
Long way from a perfect performance but given where we've come from, having a routine win like that shouldn't be sniffed at.
One word: Soul
First time in a long time feels like this club has a soul
Benji, Laui and Api taking ownership of team
Cut to sideline and see Richo and Barry who are taking ownership of admin
We are building a club with a soul (from what was a divided franchise)
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