My Fix

[Guest]

I agree with Chook...we have spent a lot of time and $$ on developing BJ.... Its time for him to stand tall and deliver onfield (providing he is available, at not locked up )

[Guest]

new 6 new 9 2 decent wingers
Too many ball playing second rowers in the side
Get a couple defensive players from Newtown
Teach those forwards the art of tackling and taking the ball up
Tasi and JWH have to be on the field longer J proved earlier in the season he can steam ahead for 80 minutes and thrived on it.
Strip the captaincy and give it to Pearce
Biggest problem is we dont have any centers so send a get well card to SKD he is all we got in attack and get out of jail free card to BJ.
After what I have seen the refs have the same perception of Anasta as the man on the street .They despise him and it shows in their refereeing of our games.
Smith must look at him self and see what he has done.
Smith coaching has always been based on attack
Smith him self said a few weeks back that he has tried to change them into a grinding type of team -it aint working.
The basics of the game are neglected .
Improvement areas -all our defense - Kick chase is terrible , speed off the line - dummy half play
Must eliminate the 9 and 6 basically for very poor form .The young guys cant carry these blokes or depend on them.
Now you can hammer me
One more thing the will to win-attitude they dont have it .every time the going gets tough they drop their heads and give in you can always tell when a game is over for us before the full time siren goes off. Roosters of old would punish teams in defence in these situation these guys just give in -We now have a losing culture and they are hard to fix .
Chooks have been in a winning situation 4 games recently and lost all games convincingly all in the last 5 of first halves and the last 10 of the second halves ????? What is it ? attitude ? Fitness ? dont give fark? cry babies ....thats it Anasta has a tough time with refs and drops his bundle gets the shits and doesnt want to play and this spreads through out the side .Anasta hasnt lifted the side since 2010 against the tigers semi .He must be stripped of his Captaincy ASAP ....problem is I do not really see a decent Captain replacement with Knowledge of the game so Pearce will do .
Im tell ya Smithy drop Anasta for a game or two and lets see how they go have the guts to do it.

I obviously see things through a different lens.

Of course, the Roosters forwards ran out of petrol on the 30 minute mark, they were forever bringing the ball back from inside the 20 metres, but they did it with such power. Hard to sustain though.

Let me tell you though there were periods in the game especially early in the second half where I thought the Roosters were just going to blow the Dogs away. At crucial times though, the Dogs were let off the hook. I posted this somewhere else last night but the Roosters play without patience.

A couple of times at least, the Roosters went 70 and 80 metres up field from a set. Rather than roll the ball into the in goal or trying to pin the Dogs down inside their 10, and then getting the ball in much better field position. Instead the Dogs caught the ball in the in-goal or some other option that meant that our first tackle was outside the 20. A couple of times, we even got penalties and so had the first tackle inside the Roosters half. When the Roosters got the ball back, they had to do it all again from inside their 20.

With the power of the Roosters forwards, they should be focused on getting and keeping field position or repeat sets in the opposition half rather than scoring points on every set. The points will come.

Pearce is your most dangerous player, but he's not a half, not in my book. He would thrive a little wider in the 5/8 position, with a better organising half inside him. Rather than chase superstars, the Roosters would do really well with Peter Wallace at half.

[melon....]

I obviously see things through a different lens.

Of course, the Roosters forwards ran out of petrol on the 30 minute mark, they were forever bringing the ball back from inside the 20 metres, but they did it with such power. Hard to sustain though.

Let me tell you though there were periods in the game especially early in the second half where I thought the Roosters were just going to blow the Dogs away. At crucial times though, the Dogs were let off the hook. I posted this somewhere else last night but the Roosters play without patience.

A couple of times at least, the Roosters went 70 and 80 metres up field from a set. Rather than roll the ball into the in goal or trying to pin the Dogs down inside their 10, and then getting the ball in much better field position. Instead the Dogs caught the ball in the in-goal or some other option that meant that our first tackle was outside the 20. A couple of times, we even got penalties and so had the first tackle inside the Roosters half. When the Roosters got the ball back, they had to do it all again from inside their 20.

With the power of the Roosters forwards, they should be focused on getting and keeping field position or repeat sets in the opposition half rather than scoring points on every set. The points will come.

Pearce is your most dangerous player, but he's not a half, not in my book. He would thrive a little wider in the 5/8 position, with a better organising half inside him. Rather than chase superstars, the Roosters would do really well with Peter Wallace at half.

Great observation Mr Dog. i have been saying for a while now, pearce is a 5/8. he played his best as a schoolboy rep in the 6, and had it not been for Anasta, I beleive he would have worn the 6 straight after Freddy.

[melon....]

Great observation Mr Dog. i have been saying for a while now, pearce is a 5/8. he played his best as a schoolboy rep in the 6, and had it not been for Anasta, I beleive he would have worn the 6 straight after Freddy.

if all we need is a decent organiser at 7, the newtown kid is good enough for that. or Maybe Mortimer wears the 7 and pearce the 6. What did you think of Mortein as anothr option out there. You cant fault his energy.

[trewhella]

Smith doesn't rate Paul Gallen.

Never has, right from the days when he cut him at Parra because he preferred bigger Polynesian players.
Said he would never make it.....quote.


Braith must go.

Friend must stay.


From my perspective brain is right about the dropping of the bundle.
They play ferociously for twenty minutes and shocking for the remainder.
That is a coaching issue.
The roosters are far away from the control and the calm of Melbourne.
It's fast and furious , followed by lethargy and disappointment.


My prediction was a credible tenth.
It could get worse than that.

[roosterproud]

cetrain teams have set moves. some to draw penalities and some for tries.
mandy for example.if you have ever watch them in the play the ball they actually stand facing the corner post in the play the ball. catti, whatnow knight do it when they play the ball they step and they are acually next to the first markerand appeal their heat out.(they look like new born ibis)

while the cheats do a doulbe inside pass up the centre with billy on the end of the 3rd pass.drongos are a bore , hit up hit hit up. pass out wide then pass back to a forwrd on the inside

souffs.haahahahahahalol@souths. give it to dave taylor and he kicks it to the pomb and his bro

[stephenj]

foolou is probably a better option than sbw? at least he wouldnt bring mundine with him?

[Spanner in the works]

Stick with most of the team, move on some of the crap. FPN, Masoe, Mini and Leilua can leave as far as I'm concerned. FPN is shit, Masoe has no ticker, Mini is old and Leilua I just don't rate. For 2014, run with:

1. Widdop (chase him and chase him hard. He can bring his coach with him too.)
2. RTS
3. Moga
4. SKD
5. Perrett
6. Maloney
7. Pearce
8. Kennedy
9. Friend
10. JWH
11. Cordner
12. Aubusson
13. Guerra

14. Evans
15. Tasi
16. Bosden
17. Mortimer

[BUDDY]

Stick with most of the team, move on some of the crap. FPN, Masoe, Mini and Leilua can leave as far as I'm concerned. FPN is shit, Masoe has no ticker, Mini is old and Leilua I just don't rate. For 2014, run with:

1. Widdop (chase him and chase him hard. He can bring his coach with him too.)
2. RTS
3. Moga
4. SKD
5. Perrett
6. Maloney
7. Pearce
8. Kennedy
9. Friend
10. JWH
11. Cordner
12. Aubusson
13. Guerra

14. Evans
15. Tasi
16. Bosden
17. Mortimer

You lost me at Perrett.

[Spanner in the works]

You lost me at Perrett.

Who would you have instead? We start buying big names like SBW, Folau and Jennings we start losing guys like Cordner, Kennedy, RTS and Moga.

[Guest]

Let me tell you though there were periods in the game especially early in the second half where I thought the Roosters were just going to blow the Dogs away. At crucial times though, the Dogs were let off the hook. I posted this somewhere else last night but the Roosters play without patience.

A couple of times at least, the Roosters went 70 and 80 metres up field from a set. Rather than roll the ball into the in goal or trying to pin the Dogs down inside their 10, and then getting the ball in much better field position. Instead the Dogs caught the ball in the in-goal or some other option that meant that our first tackle was outside the 20. A couple of times, we even got penalties and so had the first tackle inside the Roosters half. When the Roosters got the ball back, they had to do it all again from inside their 20.

With the power of the Roosters forwards, they should be focused on getting and keeping field position or repeat sets in the opposition half rather than scoring points on every set. The points will come.

Pearce is your most dangerous player, but he's not a half, not in
my book. He would thrive a little wider in the 5/8 position, with a better organising half inside him. Rather than chase superstars, the Roosters would do really well with Peter Wallace at half.

Your observation of the game is spot on. Thats what the Roosters problem is. I think Pearce is the man who is responsible for all of that & over time he will master that part of his game. I hope. .

On Pearce you could be right, I prefer him at 1/2. I think Wallace is better than Pearce at the moment because he is older & more experienced but I can see Pearce being hopefully a bit better than Wallace in the long run.

[BUDDY]

Who would you have instead? We start buying big names like SBW, Folau and Jennings we start losing guys like Cordner, Kennedy, RTS and Moga.

Henry, Tupou, Tagive.

You say Mini is old but I would prefer him on the wing than Perrett plus he is definitely here next year. Perrett may not.

[Spanner in the works]

Henry, Tupou, Tagive.

You say Mini is old but I would prefer him on the wing than Perrett plus he is definitely here next year. Perrett may not.

Henry and Tupou have proven nothing and there are big clouds over the durability of Tagive.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Henry, Tupou, Tagive.

You say Mini is old but I would prefer him on the wing than Perrett plus he is definitely here next year. Perrett may not.

I missed the game and only saw some snippets last night on Fox and that effort of Perrett's while Inu jumped above him to score is one of the worst defensive efforts by a winger that I have seen in my lifetime. It was a complete embarrassment.. His position sadly is untenable for next year but I am sure our recruitment guru's will line up some reserve grade reject from another club as a replacement..

[Cockadoodledoo]

Henry and Tupou have proven nothing and there are big clouds over the durability of Tagive.

I am glad you did not say 'dark clouds' Surely we don't just shrug our shoulders though and persist with players who clearly are not good enough.. What is there to lose in the back half of the season? Are you afraid one of these guys might fail and instead go with someone who is still failing?