Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Eels

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Is lady badger the worse ref around?

The Suttons, the Klown and Gee are all worse

[RoosterFanNZ]

Thank the lord we needed that.

good job getting back on top against 14 men and one lady

[mightyrooster]

What a stressful game. Awesome win in the end. No need to pop in for another week now Les.

[BigCok007]

Cream rose to the top in the end… thank fook! I’ll take it!

[Roosterfarian]

Why no ball to Manu?!? We have a Ferrari in the driveway and don’t even use it FFS!

[BraveTheWorld]

Man, not sure what to take away from this one. We did a lot right, and looked a significantly better team than Parra, in my opinion. Just game management as usual is not where it should be. This is tipified by that Crichton offload on the 1st tackle with about 7 minutes to go. Absurdly stupid. Just quietly, I've been very unimpressed with Chrichton since that Sharks game.

Leniu and Collins sensational, and Watson strong as well, although not the most creative of players.

Any team would have struggled to handle Parra during that 20 minute period where they were throwing offloads for fun. It's a bit like us where if it sticks, they're nearly impossible to stop. I'm at least glad we fought hard and stayed in it when nothing was going right. Intensity has definitely not been an issue.

Also, something needs to be done about the diving in this sport in general. I can't believe you're allowed to just refuse to play the ball until you get a penalty. It's beyond a joke now.

[Andrew Walker]

What a stressful game. Awesome win in the end. No need to pop in for another week now Les.

If this side had a shred of a brain they’d win the comp The stupidity that is mixed in with some brilliant play is mind boggling

[weplayforprems]

Thank the lord we needed that.

good job getting back on top against 14 men and one lady

This. With Parra ahead 18-16 almost solely on the back of referee bullshit it was a huge effort to regain our composure and get the points

[Carlos Parra]

When the old boys can't close a game out

I was planning my comment accordingly. In fact, I was writing their obituary.

They conceded their usual number of points, but somehow managed to claw the game back and get over the line.

[Tennessee Tornado]

Come on Teddy,ridiculous play..

Teddy should be given a breach notice if he does another tap on with a lead less than 18. There’s a time and a place for that kind of play.

[Bates]

What a stressful game. Awesome win in the end. No need to pop in for another week now Les.

I think you're missing him.

[Bates]

Great effort to climb out of that big dark hole that we dug for ourselves.

Well done boys!

[roosterchook]

Great win. So tough. Courage and individual brilliance mixed with stupidity. Walker is a genius. Some great individual performances but very scrappy and shabby. We struggled badly after a week off against a side competing for the spoon.

[Cooko]

One thing was clear tonight. No cheese = no worries.

[King Salvo]

Why no ball to Manu?!? We have a Ferrari in the driveway and don’t even use it FFS!

Fox has Joseph Manu with 67 running metres.

The NRL site has malfunctioned, as for quite a while it had the score of Parra 36 vs. Roosters 32—doubled everything up, even JHW sin bin.