Match Thread: Sydney Roosters vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs @ ANZ Stadium

[milanja]

Just interviewed skd, had is pants on back to front the whole match, he was pretty embarrassed.

[John Corey]

Not convinced by our Frenchman at all. I would have rathered LOD for one more yr to be honest. No size, no grunt, no bending the line. I know its his debut but i cant see where the upside is.

Tupou Mk2 played well

Big game all yr by a mile from SBW.

[bondi-boy]

my best in no particular order skid, sbw, jake

Plus...McDonald played well for a rookie.

[bondi-boy]

Just interviewed skd, had is pants on back to front the whole match, he was pretty embarrassed.

Should do it every match.

[rooster_booster]

Not convinced by our Frenchman at all. I would have rathered LOD for one more yr to be honest. No size, no grunt, no bending the line. I know its his debut but i cant see where the upside is.

Tupou Mk2 played well

Big game all yr by a mile from SBW.

LOD retired bro

[kurtsherlock6]

Not convinced by our Frenchman at all. I would have rathered LOD for one more yr to be honest. No size, no grunt, no bending the line. I know its his debut but i cant see where the upside is.

Tupou Mk2 played well

Big game all yr by a mile from SBW.

Wasnt great but i not going to write him off after 1 game.

[bondi-boy]

Not convinced by our Frenchman at all. I would have rathered LOD for one more yr to be honest. No size, no grunt, no bending the line. I know its his debut but i cant see where the upside is.

He's a workhorse, says the coach.

He'll get used to the NRL soon enough.

[kurtsherlock6]

SBW named MOM on channel 9. Hard to argue with that. Huge game by SBW tonight.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Loved this game.

Fast, tough, both times up for it.

Proud of the boys against the sheer size of that pack.

When we play with that sort of focus and intensity we will win most of them.

[kakaruk]

Casty made a few tackles while he was on but that's about it.

[bondi-boy]

LOD rode off into the sunset kissing his premiership ring.

...went out on top.

[ROC181]

To the trained eye it's not a good stategy.
A very bad strategy to keep giving away penalties on our line and I simply cannot believe we do it on purpose.
The best strategy is to avoid set after set after set on our line, .....best idea is to get possession of the ball as soon as possible.

Well we always do it and manage to spoil the other teams attack As seen on TV...Dig it?

[zebono2]

Well to the untrained eye, it may not seem a good strategy but it's worked for the team...why? Maybe because it disrupts their plans to start over and over cause of spoiling tactics and our players have confidence on their defence.

I could understand this tactic when we have a big enough lead to be able to defend but not when we are only up by 10 or 12 or even when we are up by 2 like last year against the Broncos I think they had 6 or 7 repeat sets on our line in the last 15 mins

[John Corey]

LOD retired bro

And a lot of that was to do with the less money we offered to him coz of signing the Frenchman. He was undecided about retiring. And its now a weak part of our game, the front row rotation. Once moa and jwh go off we lack leadership up front. Lod was huge for us last yr and we miss him.

[Guest]

Loved this game.

Fast, tough, both times up for it.

Proud of the boys against the sheer size of that pack.

When we play with that sort of focus and intensity we will win most of them.

Agree. Lots if intent and focus and some nice aggro as well. Don't think we will lose many more games from here.