Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens let his players celebrate the 56-4 thumping of the Bulldogs for all of five minutes before he set their sights firmly on Friday night's pivotal clash with St George Illawarra.

The Tigers, led by masterful performances from Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall, were awesome as they showed no mercy in running 10 tries past the Bulldogs, who have now lost by a combined 86-4 in the two games since Sonny Bill Williams skipped town for France.

But as impressive as it was, the win was quickly confined to the realm of pleasant memories, descriptions of the game not even having a chance to turn to fish and chip wrappers before Sheens turned his attention to the Dragons.

The Tigers, who grabbed eighth spot based on the 52-point win - which equalled the biggest winning margin in the join venture club's history - are they now one of four teams just two competition points behind the Dragons in sixth spot.

"From our point of view we're already thinking about St George," Sheens said.

"We won't review that game, same way we would do if we got beat by that score.

"You can't stop and think about it ... the last time we sat back and wallowed in it a little was when we beat Souths and of course we got beat by Penrith the next week and wasted it.

"We haven't got many games left to be not on song."

If Sunday was meant to be a training exercise in preparation for greater challenges ahead, the Tigers found willing partners in the Bulldogs, though the tackle bags inside the club's Concord Oval training base may have provided a sterner test than the blue and white 'wall'.

"We just haven't got enough guys playing to first grade standard at the moment," Folkes said.

"You're supposed to turn up and put in each week and the last three weeks have been really disappointing.

"The three first halves over the last three weeks we've probably conceded 75-80 points, you just can't do that and hope to win and missed tackles are through the roof - I've really got no answers."

It didn't take long for the rot to set in with Shannon Gallant, at best a fringe first-grade NRL footballer playing just his third top-grade game and first this year, carving through three players on his way to a sixth-minute try.

Another try followed three minutes later to Chris Heighington before Taniela Tuiaki lost the ball over the line for what would have been 18-0 after 15 minutes.

No matter though, the Tigers scoring another three before halftime en route to a 10-tries-to-one rout.

Gallant, Heighington and Ben Te'o all finished with doubles.

Marshall, who finished with a personal tally of 20 points, and Farah were simply sensational in setting up seven of the 10 tries, but in reality they didn't face too much resistance.

The greatest obstacle in Farah's way was Brent Crisp lying on the ground, the Tigers No.7 rolling his ankle as he landed on the Bulldogs fullback after getting a clearing kick away.

"I've just got the ice on it straight away and it's the same thing the next couple of days," Farah said.

"I've got to do everything I can to make sure it's sweet for Friday."

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