Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Storm

[Steggles]

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

The team (& Robbo included) have started to believe the media hype around us. Terrible display tonight. Got beat by a Melbourne reserve grade team, super embarrassing.

Well said.

[ARD]

Losing sucks

[Steggles]

Watson starting lock does not work.
He got dominated all night.

I agree, particularly against big teams. He’s a specialist 14 and cuts loose against tiring defences.

[ARD]

Storm were strong, forced us into panic football. We were never really in it, unfortunately.

[Big Dog]

Too good the Storm, a wake up call for us. We just didn't arrive with the right intensity and smarts overall tonight.

I thought Dom, who copped some criticism on here, really had a crack in the 2nd half while a few others sat back and waited for it to happen.

Grant Anderson was great for them, bad luck with that last second injury.

Robbo mentioned earlier this week we can dominate this competition, provided we get our discipline on. Ironically two sin bins were on us, can't complain. Both silly. Be interested to hear his comments on the game.

Not if we dish up performances like that. The two sin bins were deserved and shows a lack of discipline. Keary has me worried. He's just not able to compete at the speed of the modern game.

[King Salvo]

Too good the Storm, a wake up call for us. We just didn't arrive with the right intensity and smarts overall tonight.

I thought Dom, who copped some criticism on here, really had a crack in the 2nd half while a few others sat back and waited for it to happen.

Grant Anderson was great for them, bad luck with that last second injury.

Robbo mentioned earlier this week we can dominate this competition, provided we get our discipline on. Ironically two sin bins were on us, can't complain. Both silly. Be interested to hear his comments on the game.

Dom topped the supercoach points with 72 and second in the Fantasy points with 53 - Angus Crichton topped the fantasy points with 62

[The Marshall]

Biggest loss of the year

[Big Dog]

Watson starting lock does not work.
He got dominated all night.

He looked like a schoolboy playing against men tonight.

[Juggler]

We were slow out of the blocks tonight.

Also obvious that sitili n young not good defensively together. would prefer Watson n Suaalii as the centres.

[fletch]

Dom topped the supercoach points with 72 and second in the Fantasy points with 53 - Angus Crichton topped the fantasy points with 62

Who gives a crap about supercoach points when his performance today played a big part in the loss.

[Waylander]

Ripped open down our right side. Sitili at centre can’t work against the top sides. It’s not the first time we’ve played very flat after a bye either.

Very disappointing. I had such high hopes for tonight. I’m going to have to watch it again without the emotion before I make any more comments.

[QWERTY]

Melbourne played their best game, and we played at our worst. Also, we just didn’t seem to get the bounce of the ball, which just adds to it. For confidence it would have been great to win, but we seem to get better the closer we get to the finals. If we can secure a top 4 spot anything is possible.

[FlamingRooster]

Not if we dish up performances like that. The two sin bins were deserved and shows a lack of discipline. Keary has me worried. He's just not able to compete at the speed of the modern game.

Keary can keep up, but not in the role he used to. He’s been really good when letting Walker take the reins, but he had his pawprints too involved today and it hurt us

[QWERTY]

Ripped open down our right side. Sitili at centre can’t work against the top sides. It’s not the first time we’ve played very flat after a bye either.

Very disappointing. I had such high hopes for tonight. I’m going to have to watch it again without the emotion before I make any more comments.

Yeh, against good team Sitili just doesn’t cut it. I’d rather have had Jennings there tbh

[FlamingRooster]

Ripped open down our right side. Sitili at centre can’t work against the top sides. It’s not the first time we’ve played very flat after a bye either.

Very disappointing. I had such high hopes for tonight. I’m going to have to watch it again without the emotion before I make any more comments.

Toia played reserve grade and played well. If we’re forced into a decision of King, Jennings or Sitili at centre again I think we should give him a go