Poor coaching and captaincy

[Bates]

True but Robbo has them playing a very risk style of footy which only comes off occasionally. That style against decent teams only gives them the game like today.

That's where our game needs to be refined! Of our 7 incomplete sets, 3 were when the game was in the balance. We overplayed our hand and turned the ball over early in the tackle count. We were also in good field position. High risk footy is great and it suits our roster however there are times when you need to play percentages, focus on applying pressure and maintaining momentum. Points will come! This is where Penrith and Nathan Cleary are a cut above the rest!

[ism22]

Won’t be progressing as a side with Smith at 9. Really poor service from dummy half, his passing game is pathetic. Jared and Radley reverting back to stupid town with dumb penalties. Sammy really impatient tonight, needs to be more stable. Gus poor as well, thinking too much about that next contract and blabbing to the media. We’ll be good for this in the long run.

Aaaah the good old search for a scapegoat after a loss...

[Andrew Walker]

Robbo’s absolutely appalling inability to manage his bench rotation reared its head tonight.

we were just utterly gassed by midway through the second half, with a complete useless log (and coach’s favourite) only getting on the field with 3 mins to go.

I’m not really into bagging players and coaches But Robbos lack of use of Butcher off the bench was idiotic

[King Salvo]

Probably the game the Roosters needed as D has been a bit loose which has been covered up by the scores they have been racking up.

Not sure they need to tone down the attack that much - maybe the old take the tackle instead of throwing the miracle pass and getting to the kick after points and generally types of scenario.

Gave the Sharks too much ball especially in the second half with errors coming out of their end which put the D under pressure.

Not sure who does the stats for either of the below and why they differ across the board

FOX NRL

Roosters 301 tackles and 24 missed
Sharks 269 tackles and 32 missed

NRL

Roosters 333 tackles and 33 missed - 9 ineffective tackles
Sharks 288 and 35 missed - 28 ineffective tackles

[Rooster_6]

For the love of God Rooster 6 … are you really that soft?

I appreciate you’re upset after this week but don’t kill the messenger thanks

Lighten up, if you can’t laugh at yourself who can you laugh at.

You’re a negative sod who becomes more engaged on this platform when we are losing. It was a light joke, surely you’ve got some self-awareness.

[roosterchook]

That's where our game needs to be refined! Of our 7 incomplete sets, 3 were when the game was in the balance. We overplayed our hand and turned the ball over early in the tackle count. We were also in good field position. High risk footy is great and it suits our roster however there are times when you need to play percentages, focus on applying pressure and maintaining momentum. Points will come! This is where Penrith and Nathan Cleary are a cut above the rest!

Fully agreed. Until we can get that balance right we will struggle a lot. Just because it worked against the dragons doesn’t mean we should have played that style tonight. With some composure and building up pressure we could have won but we were impatient and forgot the basics.

[Random Rooster]

Surprise Surprise! The Sookpens happy gang of village idiots surface after loss!!! Where did this breed of piss weak dummy spitters come from ?

[Bondicigar]

The Roosters had an off night and still could have won the game. I hope we play the sharks in the finals , they will be out in straight sets again.

[Thirteen]

Haven’t seen a big dog thread in a while…

I was hoping you’d come to your senses and banned it.

[rented tracksuit]

Jesus mate … he’s on 1 mill a year … that or thereabouts is marquee in the NRL

No need to reinvent the wheel just because he wimped out on us

The wheel was always round. Doesn’t mean it can turn though.

Luke Brooks was on a mil a year. Does that him marquee?

[rented tracksuit]

I’m still at a loss as to how we let in 38 points to the Sharks..

That’s disgusting!

Tbh, they are probably thinking the same thing about us.

[rented tracksuit]

I’m not really into bagging players and coaches But Robbos lack of use of Butcher off the bench was idiotic

It’s almost like he forgot he was there.

[Vasco]

We butchered that game. We can take care of them in the finals.

[bondi.boy]

Dropped balls, poor decisions in defence, poor calls from the captain.

Yes.

Hope they pick Edwards for SOO fullback...so we can keep Teddy at Roosters...there's much work to be done if we intend making finals top 4.

[Chook2]

You could tell coming into this game we couldn’t just be the Harlem globetrotters
we needed to respect field posession and territory and also get the basics right
our attack is great but we are still trying to score off every play, can’t built pressure and the defence has fallen off
frustrating as there is another one gone
it’s odd that our for and against is so good and we can easily beat teams but only winning 6 and loosing 5 isn’t great and we are just in the 8