Roosters vs Panthers match discussion

[Easts75]

Friendy is trying too hard.. he needs support... 

Yeah i agree. In saying that he's a veteran and needs to stay calm. Also the basics, before he kicked it dead from 30m out wasn't paying attention with the play the ball which killed the whole play

[The Brain]

What id give to have Maloney back and Jennings

[milanja]

Soward schooled our kids today.

Not sure why trent persists with niko, and hastings kicking game is one of the worst I've seen in first grade this year, does he know what the touchlines are for?

Oh well, at least now the season is officially over, 1-7 in the 1st third of the season. Need 12 wins out of the next 16 games to play finals.

[RoosterRooster]

Hastings is a ****ing dud. He just kicks all the damned time. Everything about his game is just Pearce mk2. Between him, Niko, and plod friend we have zero intelligence in our spine.

We should still hopefully beat the dragons next week but we aren't going to be troubling the title again till we find some better ball players.

I'm still waiting to see what all the wraps are about for hastings. Absolute dud.
Soward too experienced for us.

[The Brain]

Im a bit dirty with Maubs switched to the right and Fergo never saw any ball again.Probably bad coaching tactic

[CombatChook]

The time has come to really question Robinson's tactics. The team lacks creativity. We no longer have the players to cover for the poor strategy. Soward gave us a masterclass in the role of the halves... were you watching this time, Robbo?

[Bigchook]

Why is Nikorima even playing first grade, he clearly isn't ready at the moment. Tupou really should be having a break from first grade for a while.

Check the injuries list buddy. Short of buying someone else now there's no one who is first grade ready coming from the 20s or Wyong.

[Bigchook]

Hastings is a ****ing dud. He just kicks all the damned time. Everything about his game is just Pearce mk2. Between him, Niko, and plod friend we have zero intelligence in our spine.

We should still hopefully beat the dragons next week but we aren't going to be troubling the title again till we find some better ball players.

Hastings is actually a very different player to Pearce. He's also not a dud. When your whole spine is under 20 you get under 20s footy.

[The Brain]

The time has come to really question Robinson's tactics. The team lacks creativity. We no longer have the players to cover for the poor strategy. Soward gave us a masterclass in the role of the halves... were you watching this time, Robbo?

The worst thing was it was predictable too......if you lay one Alvins chin he dissapears for the rest of the game ....where was the Napparizer?

[Bigchook]

The Roosters lost by a bullshit try in the first half that Penrith should not have got. Titanic defensive effort in that last ten minutes. I'm proud of the boys.

That effort and the win last week will make them stronger.

Tbf I think the moylan try was harsh for Penrith. But valiant defence nonetheless.

[Chook Norris]

Proud of the effort tonight. We competed well. But god we were stupid a lot of the time too. Mitchell needs to calm down with the passing in his own half. Heart attack stuff. He's lucky he has skills to make up for it because he lacks brains.

Apart from that, couple of players who are really pissing me off are: i) Friend and ii) Toops

The latter needs time in reserve grade. Some really sloppy shit for someone who has decent experience now.

Friend really is trying too hard. His decision making leaves a lot of us scratching our heads

[Danish]

Hastings is actually a very different player to Pearce. He's also not a dud. When your whole spine is under 20 you get under 20s footy.

Hastings first, second, and third choice whenever a bit of space opens up is to kick the damned ball. Pearce used to love this as well in his debut years. Both of the, can tackle great, but the ball playing decisions are laughable at times.

They are young, but so have been plenty of other halves. If you are good, your age doesn't matter. If not for his name Hastings would not be getting the latitude and protection from criticism that he gets from our club and fans.

[ROC181]

Friend is killing himself out there and yes he will make mistakes but at least he tries his heart out unlike some drunk that's supposed to be out there but getting paid lots to sit out until whenever he returns. As if he is going to be our saviour. He should have been fined $500,000 for being a dick. Our only hope if we still have any is when we get JWH & Cordner back.

[Bigchook]

Hastings first, second, and third choice whenever a bit of space opens up is to kick the damned ball. Pearce used to love this as well in his debut years. Both of the, can tackle great, but the ball playing decisions are laughable at times.

They are young, but so have been plenty of other halves. If you are good, your age doesn't matter. If not for his name Hastings would not be getting the latitude and protection from criticism that he gets from our club and fans.

If you are good then age doesn't matter when you're debuting in a team that is settled and in its structures. We have a brand new spine. Hastings name means nothing to me as I never saw his father play. The kid can play. And when our other senior players in tko, jwh, cordner and Pearce all return it won't be some magically fast tracked development that we see better performances from latrell and nikorima. And the rest of the team for that matter.

[roosters2015]

Don't think the majority of the team played that poorly. Latrell made a couple of errors but was really solid, got a couple of tries and looked dangerous with the ball in hand. Hastings was solid as well but a lot of us seem to forget that he's only had 20 odd NRL matches and only about 10-15 as a starter. He's still learning at his level and without an experienced half alongside him he's done pretty well so far this year, can't be too hard on him. Guerra, Aubusson, SKD, Ferguson, Moa, Friend (For the majority of the game) and a majority of the boys did pretty well.

Now to the bad stuff. Daniel Tupou, made one break which I think lead to a try in the same set. Apart from that it was dumb decision after dumb decision/ Every time they kicked to him I found myself cringing, each time he had the ball I was cringing and that's out of fear he'd drop it or do something dumb. Whilst you can excuse Latrell Mitchell for making a dumb move or two due to inexperience a guy with caps for Australia, New South Wales and 70-80 games for the Roosters shouldn't be making dumb moves anymore. This guy has won an Origin series and a grand final, he shouldn't be so rocks and diamonds. I'm not sure I'd replace him just yet but if he doesn't improve once Pearce comes back I think he should be dropped with Joe Burgess being put out there.

Nikorima just isn't ready for first grade. His strength is his running game but I don't remember him even attempting a run tonight. All I remember from him was rushed passes when nothing was on and him missing tackles. In the final 20 when we desperately need points you need a guy with pace to take the line on and get something going. He didn't do that, I think he'll be great in a year or two but Watson played for a lot less time and did a lot more than Nikorima. Maybe Watson is the guy we want next week playing six until the return of Pearce.