Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Souths

[Thirteen]

Sick of the hype about these grubs. They beat Penrith and so did we. And they got them minus Cleary and Edwards. Plus they beat two other lowly rated teams and got smashed verses Sharks. We can take them!

Latrell is back and finally in his rightful position. Souths supporters all sh*t on him yet suddenly he’s their big saviour and superstar. Makes me sick.

Let’s be honest. We aren’t expecting too many highlights this season with the young and inexperienced team we have. Makes games against these grubs even more important. It won’t all together be a bad year if we can come up with two wins against them!

And now these arse-holes are wanting to move to our stadium. What happened to Accor being a better base for their animal supporters? Soon they’ll be claiming Bondi is South Sydney too!

Kick-off 8pm.

Let’s give it to them!

GO ROOSTERS!!

[roosterproud]

Wtf. Marky Marks out.fatrell running at billy

[Rooster_6]

Wtf. Marky Marks out.fatrell running at billy

I'd have to imagine Latrell will be on the left and Wighton on the right so Toia will be marking up against Latrell.

[ism22]

I'd have to imagine Latrell will be on the left and Wighton on the right so Toia will be marking up against Latrell.

Both are difficult to defend against. Sigh!!!

Like last week, I just hope we're competitive.

Unclear why Marky Mark's out but Billy could be the better defensive centre anyway? Injuries aside, I suspect he's gonna read the game better than Marky Mark and Toia.

[Thirteen]

Wtf. Marky Marks out.fatrell running at billy

Billy can handle. He’s our best defensive centre.

[The Brain]

Lol@us...but if that vermin lose to us I'm gonna give it to em

["gaz"]

Hard to believe that Sandon Smith has 6 more first grade games than Billy Smith

["gaz"]

Toia paired with Tupou this week and Billy with Dom

[HunchoRooster]

Billy can handle. He’s our best defensive centre.

That’s like being the tallest in a group of midgets. Doesn’t count for much.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

The arch enemy awaits once again. Two fairly evenly matched squads, with the number 7s having a different season to date.

These games always comes down to who responds best to the emotion of the occasion. Long Tall Sally usually seems to beat Robbo to the punch here. We dont have some of our former/usual guys that take their bait, only Spencer will be an obvious target. Walker, Mitchell and Arrow will likely go the niggle.

We need to base our "win" tonight on defence. I'm not sure we will score a lot of points, or where they come from. Maybe attack their wingers aerially if we can earn decent field position. Robbo said in the presser that young Rob will mark up on Mitchell, who will be a bit underdone. Can exploit that if we isolate him for effort on effort which he struggles with at the best of times.

Another very winnable game, but so were the Warriors and Gold Coast. Best of luck lads, go smash ' em.

[Waylander]

That’s like being the tallest in a group of midgets. Doesn’t count for much.

I think that's grossly unfair. Both Marky & Toia have done a decent job defensively so far. Our centers are not where our defense has been falling down.

[Barron's Dream]

Mark N is way better than Toia at this stage.

[Thirteen]

The arch enemy awaits once again. Two fairly evenly matched squads, with the number 7s having a different season to date.

These games always comes down to who responds best to the emotion of the occasion. Long Tall Sally usually seems to beat Robbo to the punch here. We dont have some of our former/usual guys that take their bait, only Spencer will be an obvious target. Walker, Mitchell and Arrow will likely go the niggle.

We need to base our "win" tonight on defence. I'm not sure we will score a lot of points, or where they come from. Maybe attack their wingers aerially if we can earn decent field position. Robbo said in the presser that young Rob will mark up on Mitchell, who will be a bit underdone. Can exploit that if we isolate him for effort on effort which he struggles with at the best of times.

Another very winnable game, but so were the Warriors and Gold Coast. Best of luck lads, go smash ' em.

I alway enjoy your pre-game schpiels. Keep up the great work!

[HunchoRooster]

I think that's grossly unfair. Both Marky & Toia have done a decent job defensively so far. Our centers are not where our defense has been falling down.

I think they’ve been 2 of our better players but they have less than 10 games between them, Mark N being a complete novice to top level rugby league, which is more the point I’m making.

I don’t think Billy Smith is an upgrade on Mark N in any shape or form.

[bondi.boy]

Bennett has them playing like premiers, which they can be if they keep winning games, grow in confidence and the refs keep loving their style of play.

They complete at 10/10 to start games, well have been anyway...and give you nothing.
They don't throw dumb passes or give sway dumb penalties.
They compete all match with their big forwards running hard and scoring tries...and tackling hard in defence all game.

All the things we should be doing but as yet have been unable to, except for the Panthers game.