Tagive instead of Perrett?

[Guest]

Perret needs Carney in the side as the scapegoat. All our woes are blamed on Perrett

[Guest]

Could never understand the instant love affair with Tagive. He had a good game against a very ordinary Newcastle side and has been pretty pedestrian in every other game. Rarely threatens to break a tackle or bend the line. He's just a taller, darker version of Carney.

Teams have been hanging back on Tagive's side of the field which has created a lot of space for us. It is no coincidence BJ has been going gangbusters when paired with Tagive. It is a big improvement on last year when teams were compressing their defence and openly inviting our slow wingers to try and run around them.

Nobody is claiming Tagive is a superstar, just that our backline is (one of) the slowest in the NRL and something that needs to be addressed before we can become a premiership threat.

[Guest]

There are way to many Islanders at the Roosters & the majority of them are not that good. Tagive is one of them.

[Headless Chook]

Teams have been hanging back on Tagive's side of the field which has created a lot of space for us. It is no coincidence BJ has been going gangbusters when paired with Tagive. It is a big improvement on last year when teams were compressing their defence and openly inviting our slow wingers to try and run around them.

Nobody is claiming Tagive is a superstar, just that our backline is (one of) the slowest in the NRL and something that needs to be addressed before we can become a premiership threat.

So why did he play so well today when paired with Perrett? I think you give far too much credit to Tagive for anything Leilua has done in the past few games.

[Guest]

The best one is friend is the next Queensland origin hooker.

There are no good talent scouts amongst Sydney Roosters fans.

[Hawkeye]

That poor read for their first try was a joke.

That try was embarrassing !
It must really piss the forwards off when they slog their guts out in the middle, only to see a clueless winger (who only has to make a few tackles each half) have absolutley no idea how to mark up in defence when he finally gets called upon to make a regulation tackle !
We had the defence there, simple one on one marking, and the clueless fool allows his winger on his outside for an easy try when there wasn't one there for the taking ....mate I was ropable when I saw that !

When was the last time we had a winger who gave us confidence in his ability to read the defence and consistently mark up and regularly make tackles he was expected to make .... Matt Sing ? Jack Elsegood ? Bill Mullins ? Brian Bevan ?

It's been really frustrating with our procession of inept defensive wingers over the past decade ! ...and Tagive would appear to be just the next in line

[Guest]

So why did he play so well today when paired with Perrett? I think you give far too much credit to Tagive for anything Leilua has done in the past few games.

I think you all give Perrett way too much credit, period. Thankfully those that matter have woken up to the fact that we need some speed and height out wide, and not a miniature forward.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Don't know if that's directed at me but I'm sure I never said that..

Haha.. Not you but quite a few people have called it.

[Guest]

There are way to many Islanders at the Roosters & the majority of them are not that good. Tagive is one of them.

Is that you Wayne Bennett?

[Guest]

Don't know if that's directed at me but I'm sure I never said that..

You might not have said it but you rate friend so highly that you have previously bagged anyone who dared criticise this reserve grade standard hooker.

[Vasco]

That try was embarrassing !
It must really piss the forwards off when they slog their guts out in the middle, only to see a clueless winger (who only has to make a few tackles each half) have absolutley no idea how to mark up in defence when he finally gets called upon to make a regulation tackle !
We had the defence there, simple one on one marking, and the clueless fool allows his winger on his outside for an easy try when there wasn't one there for the taking ....mate I was ropable when I saw that !

When was the last time we had a winger who gave us confidence in his ability to read the defence and consistently mark up and regularly make tackles he was expected to make .... Matt Sing ? Jack Elsegood ? Bill Mullins ? Brian Bevan ?

It's been really frustrating with our procession of inept defensive wingers over the past decade ! ...and Tagive would appear to be just the next in line

It makes me sick how wingers do it.

[Headless Chook]

I think you all give Perrett way too much credit, period. Thankfully those that matter have woken up to the fact that we need some speed and height out wide, and not a miniature forward.

Who's giving Perrett credit? You are the one trying to credit Tagive for Leilua's form. All you have done here is try and deflect from my question regarding Leilua's form with Tagive.

[Guest]

Don't know if that's directed at me but I'm sure I never said that..

You may not have used those words but you have said things along those lines.

You replied to me when I said Friend is not up to the mark, words to the effect of "thats why he was given the Jack Gibson player award".
The sooner Friend is interchanged with Mitchell the better.

[Guest]

So why did he play so well today when paired with Perrett? I think you give far too much credit to Tagive for anything Leilua has done in the past few games.

Sorry I mixed you up with Rooster85.

You may be right regarding BJ playing well anyway. Although it seems pretty obvious to me that we have had extra space on Tagive's side of the field with teams hanging back. The only reason we lost today is because Manly kept compressing their defence and our halves were too inept to threaten the fringes. The last time that happened in a game Pearce put a kick behind the line on Tagive's side and they shit themselves and hung back for the rest of the game.

I don't necessarily believe Tagive is the answer btw. Just that having extra speed on the wing gives our halves more attacking options providing our halves are good enough to utilise those attacking options.

[Cockadoodledoo]

It is a good thing Perrett has never let a Winger get around him to score a try.