Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Manly

[QWERTY]

Once again, discipline cruels us, as well as some dubious reffing. Keary had a shocker, and so did Walker. Our defence was admirable.

[Qld Chook]

The short turn around might be a blessing now.

Keary will be unlikely to play..id imagine Sandon slots in at 5/8 and Watson onto the bench. Toups also looked like he was carrying a rib injury at the end but ill imagine he will get needled and be right.

[Rooster_6]

Worst player on the field today but Walker/Smith is a disaster waiting to happen.

I agree, the spine is my biggest concern this year. Best group of edge forwards we’ve had in a while, middle third is stacked & out outside backs are ridiculous.

All 4 starters in the spine are natural attacking players though, no organisers.

[BTRD]

I just wish these halves took hold of the game and we played straight.

so much side to side nonsense.

Agree 100% RFNZ. Run straight only for ..... sake.

[The Lip]

The Brookie curse strikes again. We were beaten to the punch and too many errors yet still were somehow in the game right up until the field goal. Forwards probably outplayed which meant we couldn't dominate any territory. Sammy didnt give any attacking input must have been wounded. Hopefully Kez will be sweet. Quick turnaround and re-group. None of the Vegas teams looked slick this weekend - coincidence?

I'm not convinced we looked slick in Vegas Jack - we were great in defence in Vegas but our attack was still clunky. As it was today - our passes don't seem to stick.

[top_joe]

Billy and Connor should get a run next week Wong had a average game as well we missed Spence he would have tightened things up a bit we lost this in the middle imo the errors didn’t help much lucky we didn’t get beaten by more imo

Thank you, bring Gus into it as well - create some positive tension back into the 17 every week.,

[Steggles]

Given the amount of ball Manly were gifted by the ref and through our own stupidity, we did well defensively to hold them to only 3 tries.

In my opinion, our halves were absolutely atrocious, particularly Keary, and our centres were equally poor with and without the ball. It seems that Keary has more poor games in him these days than good ones. I still don’t think Suaalii is a centre and was caught out defensively a number of times, as was Manu, who needs to start earning the best centre in the world tag. Absolutely schooled at 3, 4, 6 and 7.

The hard work of our forwards kept us in the game, Radley, Collins and May our best. We looked better with B Smith at 9 and he probably should have been brought back on earlier. Likewise, it would have been good to see Whyte’s energy in the back end of the 1st half. JWH needed the run and will get better in the coming weeks. Teddy played well, but he can’t do all the creative stuff himself. Nice to finally see some real speed in the team.

[Andrew Walker]

I'm not convinced we looked slick in Vegas Jack - we were great in defence in Vegas but our attack was still clunky. As it was today - our passes don't seem to stick.

Flattered by the smaller field in Vegas which restricted Brisbane’s attack It also helped we didn’t drop much ball but normal service resumed today

[DP1990]

Our halves let us down today + looked sluggish but Manly were just more hungry and way more aggressive !

[King Salvo]

Tough day at the office - 1 step forward in the first game but 2 steps back today - 41% possession / 71% completion rate/ 19 errors / 9 penalties conceded and 4 set restarts


1st Half Stats - Manly 12 vs Sydney Roosters 10

• Possession - Manly 60% -Roosters 40%
• Set Completions - Roosters 76% (13/17) - Manly 72% (16/22)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 4 - Manly 3
• All Run Metres - Manly 1059 - Roosters 738
• Average set distance - Manly 50.46 metres - Roosters 43.42 metres
• Kicking - Roosters 261 metres (9 kicks) - Manly 195 metres (10 kicks)
• Defence - Manly 133 tackles (18 missed) - Roosters 172 tackles (22 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 9 - Manly 6
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 3 - Manly 2
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 3 - Manly 2

2nd Half Stats - Manly 9 vs Sydney Roosters 4

• Possession - Manly 58% -Roosters 42%
• Set Completions - Roosters 66% (10/15) - Manly 70% (16/23)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 1 - Manly 1
• All Run Metres - Manly 894 - Roosters 674
• Average set distance - Manly 36.38 metres - Roosters 44.88 metres
• Kicking - Roosters 219 metres (8 kicks) - Manly 193 metres (7 kicks)
• Defence - Manly 125 tackles (11 missed) - Roosters 185 tackles (12 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 10 - Manly 7
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 6 - Manly 2
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 1 - Manly 0

Full Match - Manly 21 - Roosters 14

• Possession - Manly 59% -Roosters 41%
• Set Completions - Roosters 71% (23/32) - Manly 71% (32/45)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 5 - Manly 4
• All Run Metres - Manly 1953 - Roosters 1412
• Average set distance - Manly 43.42 metres - Roosters 44.13 metres
• Post Contact Metres - Manly 686 - Roosters 448
• Kicking - Roosters 480 metres 17 kicks) - Manly 384 metres (17 kicks)
• Defence - Roosters 357 tackles (34 missed) - Manly 258 tackles (29 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 19 - Manly 13
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 9 - Manly 4
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 4 - Manly 2

[HunchoRooster]

Given the amount of ball Manly were gifted by the ref and through our own stupidity, we did well defensively to hold them to only 3 tries.

In my opinion, our halves were absolutely atrocious, particularly Keary, and our centres were equally poor with and without the ball. It seems that Keary has more poor games in him these days than good ones. I still don’t think Suaalii is a centre and was caught out defensively a number of times, as was Manu, who needs to start earning the best centre in the world tag. Absolutely schooled at 3, 4, 6 and 7.

The hard work of our forwards kept us in the game, Radley, Collins and May our best. We looked better with B Smith at 9 and he probably should have been brought back on earlier. Likewise, it would have been good to see Whyte’s energy in the back end of the 1st half. JWH needed the run and will get better in the coming weeks. Teddy played well, but he can’t do all the creative stuff himself. Nice to finally see some real speed in the team.

Pretty spot on this

[Steggles]

Without Keary might not be a bad thing, he’s a long way from the player he used to be and has been for some time.

Was one of our worst today.

Like Walker last year, maybe he needs a month or two in reserve grade to regain his mojo.

[Bondicigar]

9 to 4 penalties. Very lopp sided officiating, most came in attacking positions and at the end of sets.
that's what it felt like anyway

[Easts75]

I'm often wrong lol....but we aren't winning shit with Keary & Walker....or any other half in our system. I cannot believe we extended Keary...the mind boggles

[RoosterBooster]

it’s very simple, most games we complete above 80% we win, sadly this rarely happens now days

Tough day at the office - 1 step forward in the first game but 2 steps back today - 41% possession / 71% completion rate/ 19 errors / 9 penalties conceded and 4 set restarts


1st Half Stats - Manly 12 vs Sydney Roosters 10

• Possession - Manly 60% -Roosters 40%
• Set Completions - Roosters 76% (13/17) - Manly 72% (16/22)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 4 - Manly 3
• All Run Metres - Manly 1059 - Roosters 738
• Average set distance - Manly 50.46 metres - Roosters 43.42 metres
• Kicking - Roosters 261 metres (9 kicks) - Manly 195 metres (10 kicks)
• Defence - Manly 133 tackles (18 missed) - Roosters 172 tackles (22 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 9 - Manly 6
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 3 - Manly 2
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 3 - Manly 2

2nd Half Stats - Manly 9 vs Sydney Roosters 4

• Possession - Manly 58% -Roosters 42%
• Set Completions - Roosters 66% (10/15) - Manly 70% (16/23)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 1 - Manly 1
• All Run Metres - Manly 894 - Roosters 674
• Average set distance - Manly 36.38 metres - Roosters 44.88 metres
• Kicking - Roosters 219 metres (8 kicks) - Manly 193 metres (7 kicks)
• Defence - Manly 125 tackles (11 missed) - Roosters 185 tackles (12 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 10 - Manly 7
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 6 - Manly 2
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 1 - Manly 0

Full Match - Manly 21 - Roosters 14

• Possession - Manly 59% -Roosters 41%
• Set Completions - Roosters 71% (23/32) - Manly 71% (32/45)
• Line Breaks - Roosters 5 - Manly 4
• All Run Metres - Manly 1953 - Roosters 1412
• Average set distance - Manly 43.42 metres - Roosters 44.13 metres
• Post Contact Metres - Manly 686 - Roosters 448
• Kicking - Roosters 480 metres 17 kicks) - Manly 384 metres (17 kicks)
• Defence - Roosters 357 tackles (34 missed) - Manly 258 tackles (29 missed)
• Errors - Roosters 19 - Manly 13
• Penalties conceded - Roosters 9 - Manly 4
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 4 - Manly 2