We weren't THAT bad, things just didn't go our way...

[ism22]

You are correct....plenty of lapses!

Is it that hard to hold onto a rugby league ball? What shits me the most is its like a mandatory requirement after dropping the ball to give away a penalty....and its normally late in the tackle count....and its normally followed by a set restart late in the tackle count. Unfortunately we dont have the team to defend these mistakes like we did once. We gifted the wins to Souths,Titans and Rabbits this year because of this pattern.

We bang on here every week about our wingers being caught in field when defending. Everyone is blaming Dom Young for being out of position but it may be a case of him being told to be where he is.

Earth calling all in the Roosters coaching team....... every team knows that the Roosters play that up and in defence in a big way. Every teams halfback/5/8 and fullback are looking to shovel the ball through the hands out wide because they know the Roosters winger will be a good 6 metres in field leaving his opposing winger standing on the sideline with with thin air in front of him.

Its no bloody secret and because of that it's easy to attack against. Centres aren't that useless that they need a winger to come in and help defend- and if they are that useless they shouldn't be in first grade!

Yes usually I'd disagree because one needs to be adventurous in order to score points. However I reckon our two issues were:

1. Not just frigging holding the ball when we were up and Souffs lost both their halves. No penalties. No dropped balls... just calm the fark down!!!

2. The lack of decision making on our 3rd to 5th tackles. We had a LOT of kicks within their 20 that went absolutely nowhere. We didn't need super smart thinking, we just needed a decision as opposed to a delay followed by no decision (which unfortunately seems to be a feature of Chad right now). I've said it elsewhere but he just needed to decide where the ball was going and faaarkin do it. No need to trick them either!!! The ball's either going to Toops or Young. Not rocket science... sometimes the good old 'bigger, faster and stronger' technique works. All we needed was a simple pass to Young (don't over-complicate it for him or he'll either drop it or over-run the pass). Work to his strengths!!! If he has pace and is running a straight line then there's a serious chance he's either gonna crash over or slip a tackle. WORST CASE SCENARIO he gets tackled within the 10 and Souffs are stuck starting their set from within their 10. Not a terrible outcome when compared with giving them 7 from the 20 or a bit of space for some scattered/chaotic running.

[HDTONE]

From Yahoo this morning

The Roosters are closer to winning a premiership than just about any other team in the NRL.

Yes, they’re 1-4 and sit second last on the ladder but a short walk down history lane shows us Trent Robinson knows what he’s doing.

The Chooks finished 15th in 2016 but then second the following season before Cooper Cronk arrived and delivered back-to-back premierships.

Saying we might make a late charge.

[The Brain]

There is a lot to talk about from last night, but I really want to touch on how absolutely moronic this dropout rule is.
There is no reason to not do this. If you are ever forced into a dropout, you should always go short because there's probably a 40%-ish chance of getting the ball back. Maybe higher once players get better at it.

Watching Mitchell's horrendous kicks just dribble over the 10m is a bad look. Having to sit there and wait, and ensure you don't touch the ball like hot potato, but remain as close to it as possible - it's stupid.
I think it would much better if the kick receiving team could just grab the ball at any stage, where as the kicking team needs to wait for it to go the 10.

This would totally keep the short dropout option available, but stop those absurd examples that occur. Mitchell's second one was actually indefensible. There was no way for the kick receiving team to get the ball back with that horror bounce.

You get punished for a shit kick...

[milanja]

oh yea the match fixing thing .....still a gun team

Wasim and waqar were freakishly great bowlers.

[mattyh]

Unfortunately, I think there was plenty of rhyme and reason for the results of that cricket team.

oh yea the match fixing thing .....still a gun team

[Random Rooster]

We have the worst defence in the comp..fix that first.Lapses here and there kill us ..remove the culprits.

You are correct....plenty of lapses!

Is it that hard to hold onto a rugby league ball? What shits me the most is its like a mandatory requirement after dropping the ball to give away a penalty....and its normally late in the tackle count....and its normally followed by a set restart late in the tackle count. Unfortunately we dont have the team to defend these mistakes like we did once. We gifted the wins to Souths,Titans and Rabbits this year because of this pattern.

We bang on here every week about our wingers being caught in field when defending. Everyone is blaming Dom Young for being out of position but it may be a case of him being told to be where he is.

Earth calling all in the Roosters coaching team....... every team knows that the Roosters play that up and in defence in a big way. Every teams halfback/5/8 and fullback are looking to shovel the ball through the hands out wide because they know the Roosters winger will be a good 6 metres in field leaving his opposing winger standing on the sideline with with thin air in front of him.

Its no bloody secret and because of that it's easy to attack against. Centres aren't that useless that they need a winger to come in and help defend- and if they are that useless they shouldn't be in first grade!

[The Brain]

We have the worst defence in the comp..fix that first.Lapses here and there kill us ..remove the culprits.

[milanja]

latrell is just total x factor , similar to turbo , if they are on they are on all you can do is limit the damage .

not sure there are many others like those 2, teddy, cleary, hass, even kp , closest equivalent is gi, yea they can be horrendous, but when they are on look out.

I always remeber that early to mid 90s pakistan cricket team , they could be horrid 1 game and destructive the next , no rhyme, no reason...

Unfortunately, I think there was plenty of rhyme and reason for the results of that cricket team.

[roosterchook]

Absolutely. That is how you get better.

And come out and say: " this is a re build year ". Simple. Don't bull tihs the fans.

Actually it would be great for the coach to ' once ' actually acknowledge the fans.

It’s been called a ‘rebuilding year’ so Robbo can get away with mediocrity.

[Bates]

Our D was awesome in the first half.

We would've blown them off the park if Sammy Walker played

[HunchoRooster]

I don’t think we were terrible but we played dumb footy in key moments of the game and found ways to lose it.

It’ll sting for a while. I’d love to see Townsend and Young given a spell to see what Savala or Elliott could do. I think Billy Smith deserves to back up his performance from last game but we can’t drop Mark or Toia.

[Rocky Rhodes]

We weren't THAT bad, things just didn't go our way?

Right, so souffs lost both halfs and were left with only 1 on the bench and played probably their worse game in all 5 rounds and still win..No that's bad and we were bad and Shank Townsend shat his diapers badly for the third week in a row when we could have won all three games. And it's gonna get worse in the next two games.

Maybe the Tigpies weren't that bad for their last 3 spoons, things just didn't go their way....

[mattyh]

latrell is just total x factor , similar to turbo , if they are on they are on all you can do is limit the damage .

not sure there are many others like those 2, teddy, cleary, hass, even kp , closest equivalent is gi, yea they can be horrendous, but when they are on look out.

I always remeber that early to mid 90s pakistan cricket team , they could be horrid 1 game and destructive the next , no rhyme, no reason...

[rented tracksuit]

Every team in the League would take him if he was available.
He's got attitude, presence & an aura about him that no other player has in the NRL, he is enigmatic & I understand why people dont like him but he is champion football player.
Wasted ability wont get you picked every week for your club then for your state & then for your country.
As you know I dont dislike Latrell.

Lazy at souffs because he is allowed to be. At state and national level, he’s not allowed to be.

As I said, wasted at souffs.

[milanja]

Every team in the League would take him if he was available.
He's got attitude, presence & an aura about him that no other player has in the NRL, he is enigmatic & I understand why people dont like him but he is champion football player.
Wasted ability wont get you picked every week for your club then for your state & then for your country.
As you know I dont dislike Latrell.

Add to that, majority of fans don’t want him to do well, so he is scrutinised even more, he beat us pretty much on his own the other night, with some added contributions from our own players.

only a handful of players are genuine game changers, he is one of them.