SQUAD v PENRITH

[RoosterBooster]

Having watched a reply of the Souths came there are several occasions where Tupounia runs back into the defence line with his back turned to play. A good dummy half would identify this and target the ruck or short side .

Smarter coaching brains then mine working at the Roosters, so hope this is fixed ASAP

Our forwards will need to do their bit. They'll be targeting Tupouniau. He's a dead set liability at A defender on the short side. He switches off! I thought Angus played well against the Souffs. He needs more game time imo. Walker and Kez need to run the ball more. This worked well for the Broncos in the 1st half of the GF. Roosters expansive style footy is a must! Set for set won't cut it.

Whyte is truly special!! I'm looking forward to watching him perform against the comps best team.

Chooks by 6.
Manu 1st try scorer.
Teddy man of the match.

[The Lip]

Yeah interesting hey!

Maybe you've answered your own question there though? Crichton can play in the middle. He's also a Kangaroos forward who's come back from a seriously farked up journey with mental health issues/trauma. I watched his interview this week and it's AAAAWESOME hearing him say he feels like his fitness is all back now & destroying Souffs meant a LOT to him.

Dunno about Wong but it raises the point about guys like Walker, Manu, Latrell...etc being dropped (though it hasn't attracted the same attention as we don't view him as being a superstar).

IMO part of Robbo's initiation of youngsters is that he'll give you a nice run in 1st grade, treat you like a king and then dump you HARD, while saying 'now welcome to the real world, NOBODY is guaranteed a spot in my 17!!! I've got no timeframe for your return in mind... enjoy playing park footy'.

Reminds me a little bit of Jackie Chan's book. He wrote about being trained in traditional Chinese opera and having a honeymoon period at the start where he was treated like a king by their coach. Then, the coach just suddenly started beating the shit outta him & setting the bar ridiculously high. Despite him being a little shyte as a kid, it beat a fark load of toughness/discipline into him. Similar tactic... maybe?

Shut up Ism

[Jacks Fur Coat]

$2.60 was too big for us with Cleary in; now Panthers are $2.50 with him out! That's crazy. Too much emphasis on one player. One of our guys got $2.35 I think, decent shopping..we're around $1.50 now.

[Andrew Walker]

$2.60 was too big for us with Cleary in; now Panthers are $2.50 with him out! That's crazy. Too much emphasis on one player. One of our guys got $2.35 I think, decent shopping..we're around $1.50 now.

Decent shopping. FGS Jaxxx be original and stop parroting that imbecile Anthony Manton from Sky Racing

[Andrew Walker]

You do realise this a Roosters forum don’t you?

Are you only interested in opinions that mirror your own pro Rooster ones ?