GUERRA

[liver1971]

As shithouse as Guerra was last year, he has really put in a far greater effort this year. Did I hear you say "contract anyone?" Too little too late surely.

[The Axe]

Thank God you are not our coach, it is obvious you have no idea of the teams defensive policies, first in goes high to lock ball up not stop the players.that is why 2nd and 3rd come in it also gives extra time to reposition fro the next ruck play.

While players play their assigned tasks in a team sport the team is successful.

Check who the original mark was , who was beaten and the angle of the run.

Defence wins big games his 47 made some contribution.

I support the Roosters - all of them.

His defence is no longer effective. Fully aware that first man in secures the ball. Watch hits from other players that stop attackers in their tracks. Guerra no longer has the strength to do this. I've watched this for two seasons.

[Rooster_6]

I suggest people watch the replay and focus closely on Guerra and you will see that he was actually one of our best. He is a machine in defence. The miss on Thompson wasn't great but watch how much defence he did in the lead up to that try and you'll understand why he missed that tackle.

Plenty of strong hits too. This thing some of you go on about him just being an arm grabber and flopper is just a chookpen myth.

My concern is that it took the miss on Thompson to really get him fired up and he put in after that. You don't get to this level without being a competitor and no doubt it would've stung him when he looked up at the big screen after the Thompson try to see the camera crew focusing on him with a close up.

Because you are right if you go back and look at all the little 1% extras like kick chase, pressure on the kicker, effort in first up contact, scramble defence etc. he literally lead the way for our team.

But that moment of motivation isn't intrinsic, it's not going to drive him for the rest of the season and it doesn't make up for all that's come before it.

[Maxy Walker]

My concern is that it took the miss on Thompson to really get him fired up and he put in after that. You don't get to this level without being a competitor and no doubt it would've stung him when he looked up at the big screen after the Thompson try to see the camera crew focusing on him with a close up.

Because you are right if you go back and look at all the little 1% extras like kick chase, pressure on the kicker, effort in first up contact, scramble defence etc. he literally lead the way for our team.

But that moment of motivation isn't intrinsic, it's not going to drive him for the rest of the season and it doesn't make up for all that's come before it.

You need to watch the game again. He didn't just fire up after the Thompson try. That's just not what happened at all. He did a mountain of work beforehand including 4 tackles in the set before the try that ended in the drop out then a couple more in the same set as the try. He missed that tackle because he was exhausted from all the work he'd been doing.

But as usual people only notice the highlight reel plays and assume that's the whole story.

[Pass the Ball]

He missed a tackle and dropped the ball but he was a big part of our game today.
Gets through a lot of work that often isn't recognised.
I won't be bagging Guerra on his game today....

[Rooster_6]

You need to watch the game again. He didn't just fire up after the Thompson try. That's just not what happened at all. He did a mountain of work beforehand including 4 tackles in the set before the try that ended in the drop out then a couple more in the same set as the try. He missed that tackle because he was exhausted from all the work he'd been doing.

But as usual people only notice the highlight reel plays and assume that's the whole story.

He was no where near as aggressive pre the Thompson miss as he was post it. I haven't seen him that aggressive over such a long period in a long time.

What did you think of the lines he offered tonight for his halves?

[elo]

Nathan Hindmarsh was a "workhorse" too.

There's a reason why opposition coaches run their strongest at these type all game, they know they will make metres after contact and they know they'll win the ruck.

The one thing Guerra does well is kick pressure, the rest of his game is reserve grade standard, has been for 2 seasons.

[Danish]

Guerra has obviously discovered the stats trick in 2017 i.e. as long as I just flop in on enough tackles, it will look like I'm doing a lot of work and I won't get in trouble.

Probably learned it from Friendy

[Maxy Walker]

He was no where near as aggressive pre the Thompson miss as he was post it. I haven't seen him that aggressive over such a long period in a long time.

What did you think of the lines he offered tonight for his halves?

Couldn't agree less man, he was pretty much trying to make every single tackle from the start of the game up until the Thompson try. If anything he backed off a bit after that.

I didn't know he was offering lines to the halves. I thought they'd put a stop to that sort of thing after Australia Day

[ROC181]

Couldn't agree less man, he was pretty much trying to make every single tackle from the start of the game up until the Thompson try. If anything he backed off a bit after that.

I didn't know he was offering lines to the halves. I thought they'd put a stop to that sort of thing after Australia Day

They don't offer lines now, they just pass the pill.

[Johnny Tobin]

Two shockers.

1. The missed tackle.

2. Carrying the ball so loose it got knocked out.

Either could have cost us the game.

Apart from that he went really well.

[bondi-boy]

He was run over..for Dragons to score their first try...by a huge forward at pace.

For the rest of the match he was everywhere, tackling his heart out.

[milanja]

Two shockers.

1. The missed tackle.

2. Carrying the ball so loose it got knocked out.

Either could have cost us the game.

Apart from that he went really well.

I'll forgive him for the missed tackle as I had Thompson as 1st try scorer at 34-1😀

[bondi-boy]

Yes, Guerra went pretty well.

Friend killed our momentum when he fumbled the ball when trying to pick it up at dummy half.
Carter killed our momentum at a very very vital time of the match...dumb forward pass from dummy half.
Evans killed our momentum by losing the ball in a tackle, as he does far too often.
JWH killed our momentum by giving away penalties.
Another dumb offload by Toops at the end of a run, maybe it was the last tackle.
Momentum killers everywhere.

As luck would have it...the Dragons kicked out on the full from a line drop out. :-)

[Johnny Tobin]

I'll forgive him for the missed tackle as I had Thompson as 1st try scorer at 34-1😀

I had Pearce at $36! One week he will come good for me.