Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Eels

[A Country Member]

Are you serious?

Are you? Might want to ease up on the hoota

[Headless Chook]

We were lucky to get that result, let’s be honest.

We’re not contenders this year

Why were we lucky? We were really strong in the first 30 minutes and then Parra played bazball for the next 20. We were a man down for 10 of that and then we lost our centre. We reset ourselves and I honestly never felt we were going to lose. They had truckloads of ball inside our 20 in the 2nd half and we repelled them time after time. I don't think we were lucky, I just think we plahyed tough when it counted

[Vasco]

We score some nice tries but geez we concede some soft ones.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

3 Lindsay
2 Gus
1 Whyte

[Bowie79]

Irrespective of JWH being hard done by or not,his continual stupidity in games keeps costing us!

He’s cost the team 2 tries tonight and all momentum whilst off the field,I’m honestly over this guy and his bone head plays!

Agree with that, will be nerve-racking at the business end of the season and his recklessness could be the difference between winning and losing.

[Bansai Pipeline]

Happy with the win but no confidence in this team to win any game really.

Talent everywhere but always seem to lose control of the game st some point.

Not great on managing the result.

Although how many Cooper Cronk’s have there ever been really?

[Bansai Pipeline]

Why were we lucky? We were really strong in the first 30 minutes and then Parra played bazball for the next 20. We were a man down for 10 of that and then we lost our centre. We reset ourselves and I honestly never felt we were going to lose. They had truckloads of ball inside our 20 in the 2nd half and we repelled them time after time. I don't think we were lucky, I just think we plahyed tough when it counted

good points.

I could just sense we were going to blow it after pushing the pass constantly

[mightyrooster]

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

Yep we need to stop the trying to score off every play mentality. It’s so frustrating.

[Easts75]

Please. Dogs will be without Burton and Critta. We are kidding if we can’t beat them at home

Love going to the Gosford Game as with Membership it's easy to secure ripper tickets.....but gee we don't usually play our best there

[Steggles]

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.

I love Teddy as a player, but this is why I think we would be better off with a different captain. It was just a really dumb play at that stage of the game and we see it often. We have the players to win the comp, but game management is our main issue and I’d love to see Radley given the honour of leading the team out next year, letting Teddy just focus on his own game.

[Rooster_6]

Very evident in games such as that, we really miss an organiser.

11:30 left to play, up by 4 and we go short side on play 2, throw the ball over the sideline. Followed by a silly penalty.
8:45 left to play, up by 4 and we go short side again on play 3 and force a pass with a knock on.

We don’t beat the better sides in the comp if we’re willing to give up field position so cheaply.

It’s just too hard to defend this year to be giving up opportunities like that consistently.

[Inflictor]

I still think that we look better with The Cheese @ 9, Watson @ 14, Spencer off the bench playing more minutes.

Agreed. I think we missed Cheese tonight. Watto wasn't as effective playing 80 minutes at dummy half. We play much better sharing the load.

Collins was a beast tonight and that tackle from Rads the highlight.

Some of those penalties were robbery. That Manu high shot and JWH tackle around the hips were laughable.

Collins 3
Gus 2
Rads 1

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

We need to cut out some of the stupidity. Do that and we are contenders. The way the parra were allowed to milk tonight is a blight on the game. The officials were sh!t. Obviously happy with the win and hopefully we go on a roll here with the bullscum, tigpies and st merge to come.

[ARD]

Love going to the Gosford Game as with Membership it's easy to secure ripper tickets.....but gee we don't usually play our best there

Absolutely bummed I can’t be there. PBR in Newcastle same night and family locked us in. Hoping for a W, Dogs been good so expecting close one.

[mightyrooster]

Why were we lucky? We were really strong in the first 30 minutes and then Parra played bazball for the next 20. We were a man down for 10 of that and then we lost our centre. We reset ourselves and I honestly never felt we were going to lose. They had truckloads of ball inside our 20 in the 2nd half and we repelled them time after time. I don't think we were lucky, I just think we plahyed tough when it counted

Well said.