roosters line up vs manly

[Guest]

if people read all the posts they will see im the douche...i did explain i didnt post him originally

Oh yea. Dou-ché!

[Guest]

if people read all the posts they will see im the douche...i did explain i didnt post him originally

Nice one on the Adjudicator Punky !! Hope you're right ... not sure about the grammar bit though

[Guest]

Nice one on the Adjudicator Punky !! Hope you're right ... not sure about the grammar bit though

souths have no chance

[Geohood]

Symonds:

"''My goal is to play as many first-grade games as I can. I've got lots of competition, so it's not going to be easy. It's quite a hard task for [coach Brian Smith]. We did get the win but someone's going to have to miss out. If that does happen, I'm all right with that. I'll just work hard, and hopefully get another crack.''"

[Guest]

We bought him for the purpose of enforcement, I cant remember a more agressive forward at his age. Our forwards last year were being intimidated by other packs. He will get even better with time.If we could find a clone of Hargreaves they would both be selected in in the same team.

[fletch]

Sydney Roosters star Todd Carney is set to start his NRL season from the interchange bench against Manly on Sunday.


The Dally M medallist will turn impact player as he makes his comeback from a tumultuous off-season.

Carney's 2011 preparations were interrupted by groin surgery, then threatened by a drink driving charge that was an unwanted throwback to his bad old days of off-field drama.

If the five-eighth can recover and train for the round two fixture, he will take his place amongst the Roosters' subs.

Well-travelled prop Jason Ryles said Carney's inclusion would add to the Roosters' focus, after they were given a fright by the Rabbitohs on the first night of the season.

"It will be (a boost) if he does play, he's not 100 per cent yet, but we'll wait and see how he pulls up the next two days and go from there," Ryles said before training.

"Todd Carney in any team's a great boost so we're looking forward to him playing hopefully."

As for the novelty of the 2010's best player starting on the bench, Ryles said it would help prevent 24-year-old Carney from being rushed.

"He'd be pretty good no matter whether he starts or comes off the bench or anything like that," said Ryles.

"He won the Dally M last year so it speaks volumes for the type of player he is, and he's one of our key players.

"We certainly don't want to be rushing him in round two, but if he's ready he's ready, if he's not we've got players who can cover the position."

Carney has been car-pooling with fellow Coogee residents Jake Friend and Nate Myles in lieu of his DUI episode, and Ryles laughingly confirmed the trio had not been late for training.

"Nah, we've got no dramas with that," he said.

"He's very dedicated to his training and that sort of thing, hence the player he is."

Roosters coach Brian Smith delivered a stinging post-match critique of his players' less-disciplined moments against South Sydney in an attempt to snap any early season lethargy.

"I can't repeat what he said but he certainly got to the point pretty quickly," said Ryles.

"We're back into the swing of it, particularly after the scare we had last weekend.

"Hopefully that doesn't happen this weekend, we worked pretty hard on it and we think we've addressed it."

[BUDDY]

"It will be (a boost) if he does play, he's not 100 per cent yet, but we'll wait and see how he pulls up the next two days and go from there," Ryles said before training.

Why is he even considered if he is not 100% yet?

If two days out he is still feeling something isn't right then it's a big call that it will be 100% by Sunday.

[Guest]

Why is he even considered if he is not 100% yet?

If two days out he is still feeling something isn't right then it's a big call that it will be 100% by Sunday.

Good question

The doctors wouldn't even let him practice goalkicking a few days ago

If he's picked on the bench, he can't be 100%

I hope he doesn't play

[Guest]

The doctors wouldn't even let him practice goalkicking a few days ago

On top of the quote from Ryles that is definitely a concern.

If he's picked on the bench, he can't be 100%

That's not necessarily true. I posted earlier in the week that even if his recovery was 100%, I thought Smith might play him off the bench. Whatever the state of Carney's rehabilitation, he can't be 100% match fit after such a disrupted off-season and not a single trial.

But that's the optimistic scenario: assuming a complete recovery from the surgery. And those reports from training do not sound too heartening.