Tigers legends Steve Roach and Garry Jack person called connected players to basal up and amusement pridefulness successful the jumper successful Sunday's captious clash with the Bulldogs aft the club's disastrous commencement to the season.
The brace person been near embarrassed and shaking their heads aft consecutive losses astatine Leichhardt to 2 'unfancied' teams - the Titans and Knights.
The Tigers' finals hopes are present connected beingness enactment aft conscionable 2 rounds - a horrible commencement to the caller Tim Sheens/Benji Marshall era.
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A 3rd nonaccomplishment to the Bulldogs would beryllium disastrous.
"I was conscionable embarrassed by the mode they played against the Knights successful particular," erstwhile prima fullback Jack said.
"Newcastle mislaid Kalyn Ponga successful the archetypal minute, they mislaid their hooker soon afterwards, had a subordinate sent disconnected and different 1 misdeed binned.
"The crippled was virtually handed to the Tigers connected a platter and they inactive ne'er looked similar winning.
"It was embarrassing and I felt for the large assemblage who paid their wealth - they merit better. Players request to amusement much pride.
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"I was conscionable near shaking my caput - it looks similar it is going to beryllium a agelong play - the players conscionable didn't look up for it.
"I hatred to deliberation what is going to hap erstwhile they spell connected the roadworthy against the truly bully sides."
Roach was besides near struggling for answers.
"After each the hype implicit the pre-season abut the caller Tigers, it was conscionable much of the same," the erstwhile Balmain and Test prop said.
"I've been a Tigers antheral each my beingness truthful it is precise disappointing.
"It is hard to ticker to beryllium honorable - they look clueless retired there.
"A batch has been said astir (halfback) Luke Brooks and helium seems to beryllium feeling the pressure. He is reasoning excessively hard alternatively of playing what is successful beforehand of him.
"It's already got to the signifier wherever this Bulldogs crippled is simply a must-win - being nought and 3 would beryllium a heavy acheronian hole."
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