Easts V Cowboys Match thread

[Fairfax]

nice to see linett have such a good game, bet he enjoyed it too?

Not as much winning a premiership, though.

[Guest]

You know i was gonna write a thread last year after we won the comp that we shouldnt sign SBW again ....had a feeling he would be like this this year but I wouldve got banged from post to post

I had similar thoughts.

[Guest]

On the bright side if there is one after that game is most of their tries were very much due to a lucky bounce while our two were pretty good..Having said that the team were crap throughout with low completions, totally directionless in attack with only one playmaker Maloney and he was pretty much hopeless. We had no number 6, SBW was mia.. and the biggest disappointment thus far outside of Friend is our forwards especially JWH imo.. Only a shadow of last year

[Bansai Pipeline]

JWH is a huge disappointment.

[liver1971]

He has obviously had a gutful of the lack of respect from his less talented team mates . Last year he busted his gut to lay games he should not have eg dogs game when he was up all night icing his hammy to play dogs. Next year he gets two aim to play a World Cup final at twickenam which will be his pinnacle . Why bust a gut and risk injury when his team mates are taking the piss ?

At the end of the day its his reputation on your the line, what his team mates do or say shouldnt come into it. Im sure he would accept that he just isnt performing to his high expectations,

[The Axe]

Not one forward made 100m.
Friend made 59 tackles - outstanding.
Guerra threw a beautiful ball to Mini for his try.

Their forwards, especially, smashed us.
We lost every stat worth winning and won every stat you don't want.

Even with the luck, the refs, we would not beat Cowboys again without a total form reversal

[Guest]

the Roosters 2014 is an exact replica to Hawthorn 2009, win a premiership and then party too hard in the off season and try to play catch up all season and fail miserably.

Nothing wrong with a piss up problem was the World Cup pushed it back too far and it ruined our off season.

I think we can still turn it around but I and many others on here knew we could struggle early on.

It's not good but I wouldn't give up.

[Guest]

He has obviously had a gutful of the lack of respect from his less talented team mates . Last year he busted his gut to lay games he should not have eg dogs game when he was up all night icing his hammy to play dogs. Next year he gets two aim to play a World Cup final at twickenam which will be his pinnacle . Why bust a gut and risk injury when his team mates are taking the piss ?

Thats a pretty good point particularly considering he abstains from the single biggest factor which causes footy players to destroy their careers.. Maybe the others could abstain for the rest of the year if it's not too much and if they want to win another title but I doubt it. Last year was enough for them I guess motivation not strong enough.

[Bansai Pipeline]

Nothing wrong with a piss up problem was the World Cup pushed it back too far and it ruined our off season.

I think we can still turn it around but I and many others on here knew we could struggle early on.

It's not good but I wouldn't give up.

I was predicting us to struggle early too.

Who knows if they can turn it around though?

They play some stupid football. They're hell to watch.

[mightyrooster]

You don't see teams like Manly or Melb totally lose the plot like that.

Cowboys were awesome but we have problems.

Didn't Manly get lapped by Wests and the Storm smashed by the dogs this year?

[Bansai Pipeline]

Ha! I hope so. Would give me hope.

[Guest]

I was predicting us to struggle early too.

Who knows if they can turn it around though?

They play some stupid football. They're hell to watch.

Yep I remember reading you being one of the first to say it.

I think we can turn it around though. Still more than half the year to go and unlike last year the competition is more even if we catch form we can still make a run for the top 4.

And Origin isn't going to hurt us this season like we all thought.

[roosterproud]

next

[Rocky Rhodes]

That was farcical. Was I timewarping back to 2009 this week? Well the ill discipline was so 09. So was the performance.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Very satisfying for him being best player in the world and a tool calling him a prick from his arm chair.

did you call Thurston a prick?