Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Titans

[Bates]

Sally and it's blow up doll have crawled back into their hole.

[Bruce 38-0]

The Beoncos just scored a try by passing the ball from left to the far far far right. Ie the last player in the line. We always go two thirds of the was and stop. We were never deep enough in attack hence the Sandon intercept. It was hard being out there tonight.

[Rooster_6]

Rooster 6
really?
he made 5 errors and that doesn’t include the intercept pass and the 3-4 times he made the wrong play going short instead of out the back with an overlap
and doesn’t include 3 kicks in a row straight to the fullback

I’m sorry but he was up there with Paul Momoroski tonight as uselsss

- His first error was when he half broke the line and threw the offload that was just slightly forward otherwise it would've been a try assist. Nice play, but just gets his arm pulled at the last second, perhaps should've died with the ball as it was a tough offload to make.

- His second error was a pass in support that was thrown at his head and took a deflection on the way... tough

- His third error was the intercept, you're wrong in saying that it's not included in his error count (assuming you're using NRL stats)

- His fourth error was a tap back off a short restart that was then caught by a Titans player. I thought he should've left it to go out but easy to say from the grandstands, not really an error.

- His fifth error was again a play he was in support of, the pass was flung back at his hip. Probably should've taken it at this level but not like it was a fundamental error.

All I saw was a young kid trying his best but struggling for execution. I'd much rather see Sandon Smith make an error backing up in support or trying to pop an offload with the try line wide open after he's taken the line on and poked his head through over geriatric Chad bending down with the stiffness of an ironing board when he dropped Dom Young's offload.

I love stats but you've still got to provide some context when analysing them.

Your comments around his pass selection and decision making are more valid for mine and I would agree it's the area of greatest concern for mine around his game.

[Rooster1908]

Well I travelled to the game. What a disappointment.

Well on the plus side you got out of Canberra for most of the day .

[Chook2]

- His first error was when he half broke the line and threw the offload that was just slightly forward otherwise it would've been a try assist. Nice play, but just gets his arm pulled at the last second, perhaps should've died with the ball as it was a tough offload to make.

- His second error was a pass in support that was thrown at his head and took a deflection on the way... tough

- His third error was the intercept, you're wrong in saying that it's not included in his error count (assuming you're using NRL stats)

- His fourth error was a tap back off a short restart that was then caught by a Titans player. I thought he should've left it to go out but easy to say from the grandstands, not really an error.

- His fifth error was again a play he was in support of, the pass was flung back at his hip. Probably should've taken it at this level but not like it was a fundamental error.

All I saw was a young kid trying his best but struggling for execution. I'd much rather see Sandon Smith make an error backing up in support or trying to pop an offload with the try line wide open after he's taken the line on and poked his head through over geriatric Chad bending down with the stiffness of an ironing board when he dropped Dom Young's offload.

I love stats but you've still got to provide some context when analysing them.

Your comments around his pass selection and decision making are more valid for mine and I would agree it's the area of greatest concern for mine around his game.

What his errors don’t include are the multiple times he picked the wrong option not going out the back when it was on
and also wrong kicking game playing it 3 x in a row

we have the tallest wingers in the comp and don’t use them

i just don’t think anyone would back him and think he went okay tonight? As it been mentioned the bunnies 7 has played 5 games and is killing it
sandon is nothing but an average bench utility

[Rooster_6]

Sandon is nowhere near the class of Keary or Maloney.

Agreed, better players than him have thrown the same intercept.

[mattyh]

the loss was bad , but there a lot of positives in the first half, just our halves were not nailing opportunities.

I think our obs and forwards are def nrl standard, just our halves are currently slightly better then reserve grade but not quite fg quality ....that is chad too despite the 200 odd games.

flame away.

[Rooster_6]

What his errors don’t include are the multiple times he picked the wrong option not going out the back when it was on
and also wrong kicking game playing it 3 x in a row

we have the tallest wingers in the comp and don’t use them

i just don’t think anyone would back him and think he went okay tonight? As it been mentioned the bunnies 7 has played 5 games and is killing it
sandon is nothing but an average bench utility

I didn't say he went ok, it was a disappointing game from him where he lacked execution and failed to create points despite having a ton of good field position to do so. I just said he wasn't the worst player on the field.

The worst player on the field was comfortably his halfback, you want to blame someone for a bad kicking game... look at our halfback. The guy who's in charge of the kicking game.

And I know you keep going on about this 3x in a row but I can assure you one of those dead grubbers that went to Campbell was Townsend's... I think you see whatever you want to see.

[Bates]

well we have a mighty fb.
a promising centre .

I kinda thought zdc was ok .

ZDC is worth keeping beyond this season if he's on under 200k a year Imo. Perfect depth player Imo.

[SamKerrSimp]

He threw an intercept try, tried to grubber for himself into a crowd of Titans players, bombed at least two tries, can't kick, looked pedestrian almost every time he had the ball and dropped his lollies in great attacking positions a fair few times.

Chad was far from good but he was better than Sandon by a considerable distance.

To be fair he grubbered for himself on the stroke of half time and should have received a penalty for being tackled without the ball it's a bit harsh to kick him down for that one.

[MKCS]

To be fair he grubbered for himself on the stroke of half time and should have received a penalty for being tackled without the ball it's a bit harsh to kick him down for that one.

Grubbered for himself into a crowd of Titans players when nothing was on. I'd rather him die with the ball then go for a 1/10000 shot at a try and maybe cost us points.

[SamKerrSimp]

Grubbered for himself into a crowd of Titans players when nothing was on. I'd rather him die with the ball then go for a 1/10000 shot at a try and maybe cost us points.

It was half time you flop

[ChookMaster]

- His first error was when he half broke the line and threw the offload that was just slightly forward otherwise it would've been a try assist. Nice play, but just gets his arm pulled at the last second, perhaps should've died with the ball as it was a tough offload to make.

- His second error was a pass in support that was thrown at his head and took a deflection on the way... tough

- His third error was the intercept, you're wrong in saying that it's not included in his error count (assuming you're using NRL stats)

- His fourth error was a tap back off a short restart that was then caught by a Titans player. I thought he should've left it to go out but easy to say from the grandstands, not really an error.

- His fifth error was again a play he was in support of, the pass was flung back at his hip. Probably should've taken it at this level but not like it was a fundamental error.

All I saw was a young kid trying his best but struggling for execution. I'd much rather see Sandon Smith make an error backing up in support or trying to pop an offload with the try line wide open after he's taken the line on and poked his head through over geriatric Chad bending down with the stiffness of an ironing board when he dropped Dom Young's offload.

I love stats but you've still got to provide some context when analysing them.

Your comments around his pass selection and decision making are more valid for mine and I would agree it's the area of greatest concern for mine around his game.

Na sorry mate normally I agree with your posts to an extent but this post ain’t it. He can try all he wants mate but the fact is he isn’t up to standard… his pass selection tonight was shocking. It’s quite evident that he is more of a runner of the footy ( a fullback) than a six. Poor kicking game, has poor communication with his outside men.. you don’t have to overlook this one and try to spin a narrative. He was very poor.



It’s quite evident man.

[mightyrooster]

Well on the plus side you got out of Canberra for most of the day .

Lol, I think I prefer the fresh air of home than the humidity of Sydney. I couldn’t really see a lot of what was going on but the crowd reactions gave me a fair idea. The three of us are all pretty disappointed at the moment. Chatted to a few fellow supporters on the tram back to our hotel too and all shaking our heads. But I guess that’s the ups and downs of being a huge fan. Love the team win lose or draw.

[Chook2]

I didn't say he went ok, it was a disappointing game from him where he lacked execution and failed to create points despite having a ton of good field position to do so. I just said he wasn't the worst player on the field.

The worst player on the field was comfortably his halfback, you want to blame someone for a bad kicking game... look at our halfback. The guy who's in charge of the kicking game.

And I know you keep going on about this 3x in a row but I can assure you one of those dead grubbers that went to Campbell was Townsend's... I think you see whatever you want to see.

No I get a feel watching the game, check the stats then make up my mind
Chad was poor for leadership however sandon was very more notable for being poor
he had sexy fingers tonight - everything sandon touched he ****ed

I do usually agree with you mate had love your insight but tonight I cannot see 1 positive to sandon