Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Knights

[bondi.boy]

It’s on the coach to develop and maintain a roster pal.

Otherwise that famous motto that we all hate hearing “ roosters only buy premierships “ comes to fruition.

And if the players available for developing and maintaining aren't of premiership-winning standard?

[HunchoRooster]

I think Robbo has tricked Nick into believing we can waste a season whilst the young guys get some experience and the following year we will go back to premiership contenders..

Saves Robbo for another year lol

Personally I would be giving Robbo his marching orders based off the 0 - 20 something stat against the Riff and Storm. That is absolutely appalling and unacceptable. Nick must be softening in his older age.

I think it would show huge gumption and ambition as a club to sack the coach after running 3rd. At the end of the day we mightve been 3rd but we had as much chance of winning the comp last year as 8-10 odd other teams. Never laid a glove on Panthers or Storm.

We haven't got those things at the moment and that's why we sign playsrs like Chad Townsend and let half the squad leave in the same off-season.

[Bansai Pipeline]

I'm sticking by my spoon prediction.

Not based on trial form, but based on roster, our last few seasons, and general pessimism about the management of the club.

[Rooster_6]

I think Robbo has tricked Nick into believing we can waste a season whilst the young guys get some experience and the following year we will go back to premiership contenders..

Saves Robbo for another year lol

Or he's delivered Nick 3 times as many premierships as any other coach he's ever hired.

Lets stay classy and not tarnish Nick's legacy by thinking he's being tricked or fooled, the great man deserves more respect than that. A true club legend.

[Rooster1908]

Nah.
Big Jack used to say:
"(You) can't win without the 'cattle'."
Want Trent to do better?...buy him some better players.
When he had better players he won us 3 premierships...and finished 3rd last season.
Can't take JWH, Suaalii, Manu, May, Sitili, Keary (Walker and Brandon Smith) out of the team and expect it to be the same.

We only finished 3rd last year because everyone else did a Bradbury .

[Lydon]

Personally I would be giving Robbo his marching orders based off the 0 - 20 something stat against the Riff and Storm. That is absolutely appalling and unacceptable. Nick must be softening in his older age.

I think it would show huge gumption and ambition as a club to sack the coach after running 3rd. At the end of the day we mightve been 3rd but we had as much chance of winning the comp last year as 8-10 odd other teams. Never laid a glove on Panthers or Storm.

We haven't got those things at the moment and that's why we sign playsrs like Chad Townsend and let half the squad leave in the same off-season.

Totally agree!

[Lydon]

Or he's delivered Nick 3 times as many premierships as any other coach he's ever hired.

Let’s stay classy and not tarnish Nick's legacy by thinking he's being tricked or fooled, the great man deserves more respect than that. A true club legend.

Yes R6,and I’ll always be grateful for the 3 Premierships!

But let’s not ignore the fact that Nick gifted Robinson with gun sides for each one of those Premierships..

I am staying classy and not trying to tarnish Nick in any way,he is the true legend of our Club!

But I won’t ignore the fact that Robinson has a free ride this year with so many players departed,so the pressure is well and truly off him!

In the meantime as supporters we need to deal with a mediocre season with Townsend and Smith running the ship!

[bondi.boy]

JWH, Sitili and May should still be in the team Imo. Our pack was embarrassing today! Our depth is also abysmal so what happens when we're hit by injuries and suspensions?

The planning that has gone into this years squad is an absolute joke!

Robbo said we have a pathways system and we're going to play those developed.
Which is ok to do, if said players are goo d enough.
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Knights today were too big, too strong, too fast, too sharp, too energetic, too skilful.
Pauga or Wong must play right centre.
Our team is too small.
Two big guys in NSW Cup could be done out in head gear, shoulder pads and a knock em down, drag em out mindset and let loose on the Broncos.
What was done today must change.

[Rooster_6]

Yes R6,and I’ll always be grateful for the 3 Premierships!

But let’s not ignore the fact that Nick gifted Robinson with gun sides for each one of those Premierships..

I am staying classy and not trying to tarnish Nick in any way,he is the true legend of our Club!

But I won’t ignore the fact that Robinson has a free ride this year with so many players departed,so the pressure is well and truly off him!

In the meantime as supporters we need to deal with a mediocre season with Townsend and Smith running the ship!

You can't have it both ways though Lydon, you can't say Robinson was gifted premiership winning sides and now he's built a bottom 8 side.

He either gets credit for building those premiership winning sides and criticism for the current squad he's built OR;

He gets no credit for building those premiership winning sides and there for you can't criticise him for the current squad that's been given to him.

I believe it is the former but you can't have it both ways.

[SamKerrSimp]

Yes R6,and I’ll always be grateful for the 3 Premierships!

But let’s not ignore the fact that Nick gifted Robinson with gun sides for each one of those Premierships..

I am staying classy and not trying to tarnish Nick in any way,he is the true legend of our Club!

But I won’t ignore the fact that Robinson has a free ride this year with so many players departed,so the pressure is well and truly off him!

In the meantime as supporters we need to deal with a mediocre season with Townsend and Smith running the ship!

How did he get gifted a gun side when we were crap in 2011 and 2012? 6 of the 17 "won" the spoon with us in 2009 and Martin Kennedy was a regular throughout the year who was also part of the spoon team and 3/4 of the 2013 premiership were part of the under performing years in 2011 and 2012.

You can say that Politis went out and signed SBW and Maloney but the reality is that Robinson had to get them aiming up week in and week out and the way they played for each other in defence for the first 3 years with the Bondi Wall was definitely down to the coach and the belief that the players had in him. Let's not forget that everybody in the media had Bellamy penciled in to take over from Smith but the players wanted Robbo and Politis agreed. Nick didn't sack Robbo after 2016 and what happened? Back to back premierships in 2018/2019, Nick knows that sometimes a 2011-2012 is necessary to develop players.

We still haven't replaced Boyd Cordner his unexpected retirement is still being felt all these years later I believe things would have been a little bit if he were still around in a playing capacity.

[Lydon]

You can't have it both ways though Lydon, you can't say Robinson was gifted premiership winning sides and now he's built a bottom 8 side.

He either gets credit for building those premiership winning sides and criticism for the current squad he's built OR;

He gets no credit for building those premiership winning sides and there for you can't criticise him for the current squad that's been given to him.

I believe it is the former but you can't have it both ways.

I honestly can’t be bothered R6,happy to agree to disagree..

Cheers mate

[Red.]

I'm perfectly fine with the coach building a team for the future.

But that means he has to blood players now.

Townsend is not the future, infact he's not even the present.

Surely we could partner Sandon Smith with Hugo Savala or Jake Elliot or Reece Foley or even Toby Rodwell.

If we play Townsend at 7 until Sam has recovered then IMHO we have wasted a season.

[Rooster_6]

I honestly can’t be bothered R6,happy to agree to disagree..

Cheers mate

lol aka want it which ever way suits the gut feel.

[Lydon]

lol aka want it which ever way suits the gut feel.

Yes aka whatever you think mate..Good job!

[Funky Chicken]

I'm perfectly fine with the coach building a team for the future.

But that means he has to blood players now.

Townsend is not the future, in fact he's not even the present.

Surely we could partner Sandon Smith with Hugo Savala or Jake Elliot or Reece Foley or even Toby Rodwell.

If we play Townsend at 7 until Sam has recovered then IMHO we have wasted a season.

Red, I 100% agree!!!