Officiall Match Day Thread: Roosters v Storm

[Rooster_6]

Yeah tiny little problem in the grand scheme of things.

but we lost our starting prop and our hooker was getting knackered. Why choose him in the first place if you don’t have faith he can impact the game.

to be fair, Robbos bench rotations has confused me for many years, going back to the tupou off the bench situation in the finals.

what a shit show that game was after that insane bunker miss

A utility as 18th man makes a lot sense given the make up of our team. He was there in case we lost a spine player, we were well covered for a prop going down with Whyte, May & Leniu on the bench.

I don’t think it’s confusing in the slightest.

[Rooster_6]

robbo and co thought it was still open and kept flying into it like a budgie that got out of it’s cage

You’d rather him not try? I’m confused.

[RoosterFanNZ]

Robbo has to go this was a shit game plan our backs hardly touched the ball fall on your sword robbo this was a really bad performance

He goes but who comes in?

bellamy and Cleary are so far beyond everyone it’s insane.

robbo is better than the rest but not as good as those two.

hes good at rebuilds so give him a chance. Last thing we need now is coach leaving and creating more instability especially with so many youngsters coming through (even though he’s very hesitant to use them).

he has a lot to improve on, especially vs top 4 sides and defence but it’s not sackable yet.

[kakaruk]

I’ve never liked robbo he was gifted a really good roster by nick

[Jacks Fur Coat]

A sad end to the year for the boys, genuinely thought we could get the cash tonight. But we didn't bring anywhere near our best when it mattered. Our defensive structures and inability to beat these top 2 teams need a thorough review.

Not the end our departing champions deserve, but they can be proud and tributes can wait.

[BigCok007]

This is on Robbo. His ‘rooster style’ is absolute rubbish. His team can’t catch or throw a footy without losing possession. As predicted 40-50 loss. We need a change of coach. Robbo might have been good once but now he’s hopeless.

Maybe you should coach

[Danish]

You’d rather him not try? I’m confused.

I’d rather him realise it was shut and start the rebuilding process to open it up again, instead of persisting with the same tired garbage for 5 years straight

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Blown away ! Nearly 50 ****ing points scored against..

Robbo has become Isreal.. zero accountability !

We’ve got more chance of hezbollah and Israel singing Kumbaya than the refs officiating a fair outcome

[DP1990]

F*ck this sucks ... with all these departures and the scoreline.

[SunnyCoastChook]

On a positive note, we got another record to add to our cabinet. Most points conceded in a prelim in history

Hard when you get a 6 day turnaround into a prelim agains a team that had two weeks off. We were behind so had to chance the arm then just too tired to stop the late tries

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Can't have a completion rate of 74% in a premil and expect to win.

[RoosterFanNZ]

A utility as 18th man makes a lot sense given the make up of our team. He was there in case we lost a spine player, we were well covered for a prop going down with Whyte, May & Leniu on the bench.

I don’t think it’s confusing in the slightest.

I know it’s not confusing about the selection.

I’m more confused about only using him for 5 mins. the whole bench would’ve been used that game but Lindsay gets knocked out and we have a replacement there for the full game but isn’t incorporated into the game lroperly and the bench isn’t fully used.

The whole forward pack was knackered, especially Connor who was a target so why wasn’t their some dynamic thinking there from robbo (I’m not robbo out btw)

[King Salvo]

1/22 against the two best teams....how can't you blame the coach

You blame the players though - you have to be one of the worst on here for that

[Bates]

I'm proud of the boys.

No doubt it would've been a different story with Sammy Walker, The Cheese and Watson at 14. Radley was also busted.

The Storm would struggle without Hughes and Grant.

[Tennessee Tornado]

Oh yeah blame the coach… how original

The loss tonight was all on the players. Played panic football with 20 mins to go. So many passes went to ground and the defence up the middle was appalling