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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3488782, member: 1899"] That's a good point and it appears Sheens is trying to hit two birds with one stone. By picking Doueihi at fullback, it allows him to swing over to the left where the Tigers have really struggled to make any inroads. It also allows Doueihi to be more patient with the football. In recent weeks he's over-played his hand trying to make the most of every opportunity even when there's nothing on. Ideally he should have to worry less about staying alive for play six and he should have more space to operate in. With that said, I don't think the Tigers issues can be fixed with selections. They will need to bring players through in the next couple of years, but they didn't lose against the Titans because they didn't get the team right. They lost because the players who should have performed struggled and they really struggled to find their rhythm. Their best play against the Titans was swinging it left to Doueihi who'd be running an outside line then step and catch the Titans back on their inside shoulder. That wasn't enough to win an NRL game and their other options left a lot to be desired. One issue they've run into is making Koroisau captain. Api is a deadly player, but you have to have the players around him to be effective. Api was great at Penrith because the backs constantly got them on the front foot and A defenders had their work cut out for them deciding to either put pressure on Yeo, Cleary, Luai or hold for Api. If one marker was down, all bets were off. The captaincy has appeared to be an albatross around Api's neck and he's taking it upon himself to create plays and the ball is struggling to reach the halves. As a result they're trying to work these shapes in strange parts of the field and passes are missing the mark as a result. Brooks has struggled for years now, but once the Tigers made the call to honour his final season they should have made him the priority. The Dragons staved off a wooden spoon because they made Ben Hunt the team and hired ex-team mates and former coaches to get something back on their investment. They should be looking to give Brooks more touches and having him play that Mitchell Pearce type game. Even if it's overly-structured at first, he's the only player capable of driving this team forward so work with him. As it stands, it appears Brooks is being coached to stand on the left hand-side and look dejected. To me the writing is on the wall and I'm already contemplating which half I want to get some games into in the back-half of the season where I'm thinking rebuild. Actually I lie, there would be one selection they can fix up. It's not 2015 anymore, pick a goddamn lock forward! [/QUOTE]

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