Round 13: Sydney Roosters Vs Manly Discussion thread

[Geohood]

1. Sam Perrett
2. Sisa Waqa
3. Setaimata Sa
4. Ben Jones
5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
6. Braith Anasta
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Mark O'Meley
9. Jake Friend
10. Lopini Paea
11. Craig Fitzgibbon
12. Willie Mason
13. Shane Shackleton

Interchange:
14. Frank Paul Nuuausala
15. Nate Myles
16. Tom Symonds
17. Jordan Tansey

18. Nick Kouparitsas

[Billy Gunn]

I would brink Koop in to the 17 and drop Tansey off the list.

Sa to the bench and Symonds to the centres

O'Meley better get more than 39m this week

[TheLoneRooster]

• Shack is NOT a friggin lock Freddy you dumbarse.
• Perrett at 1 where he belongs - good move
• Sonny Tuigamala is better than Sisa Waqa on the wing - bad move
• Sa in the centres - watch that side leak plenty of points
• WTF is the point of having a back (Symonds) on the bench Freddy? Have you lost your marbles?

Score prediction - the sea egulls to score plenty and the Roosters to get another duck egg. Prove me wrong you useless pack of turds.

[Guest]

This isn't the same team listed on the site...

[TheLoneRooster]

This isn't the same team listed on the site...

You're right it isn't. Differences are as follows:
• Tom Symonds out
• Kouparitsas in
• Fitzy at Lock
• Shack in the second row

They'll still get lapped.

[Guest]

You're right it isn't. Differences are as follows:
• Tom Symonds out
• Kouparitsas in
• Fitzy at Lock
• Shack in the second row

They'll still get lapped.

So where are people getting this team from then? It's even listed like this on the wall. But it's wrong

[melon....]

Manly by 40.

[Geohood]

I got it off Fittler's video announcement.. Nick is said to be 18th man.

'Backrow is Fitzy, Mason and Shackleton' meaning Fitzy is lock?

[Guest]

Good move accept. Sa is a lock. Get rid of Jones and put in Tansey or Symonds in the centres. PERRIT, HORRAY FULLBACK !!!!
Koup in for Mason PLZ. We all know why ... !

[supermario]

Round 13: Sydney Roosters Vs Manly Discussion thread

Round 13

Manly Vs Sydney Roosters

Brookvale Oval
Saturday 6 June 5:30pm

[supermario]

Be scared hasler !!!!!!!!!!! Be scared !!!!!!

hasler fears roosters ready to rebound
june 2, 2009 - 1:47pm

manly coach des hasler admits he fears a cronulla-style return to form from sydney roosters on saturday when the defending premiers take on brad fittler's struggling side at brookvale.

The roosters sit second-last on the nrl ladder and have tasted defeat in their last four matches, but hasler said the sharks' surprise win over parramatta, to end a run of nine successive defeats, last saturday should stand as a warning to his side.

"they worry me, they have a lot of experience there and sooner or later it is going to click as we saw from cronulla at the weekend," hasler told aap.

"like us they have been going through some tough times but i know they had a good heartfelt discussion about things last week and got a few things in the open and that will be good for them and they will be hard to beat."

the roosters have brought in artie beetson as an assistant to help the under-fire fittler and hasler said the move is a positive one by the club.

"bringing in artie is a good thing for them, it freshens things up and adds even more experience to a club that has a lot of it on and off the field," he said.

"they have been hanging in there in games and we have to make sure we are good enough not to let them get on top of us and get up a head of steam."

manly have racked up 98 unanswered points in their last two games at brookvale against the roosters but hasler said it is a stat that hasn't even crossed his mind.

"previous scores do not mean anything in this competition, that was last year and a lot of things have changed since then," he said.

"the last time we actually played them was at their place we lost ... I don't know whether they will talk about it but we won't as it counts for nothing now."

hasler also said he was pleased to see the nrl had acted to tweak the two-referees system with the senior official now responsible for the last 10 minutes of the match, following his side's controversial defeat to the gold coast in manly's last game.

"it is good to see they are reacting and showing a bit of accountability," he said.

"i have had a couple of discussions with (referees coach) robert finch and they have been ok, but we have put all that behind us now and we are looking ahead and not the past."

© 2009 aap

[Guest]

Might head out there, who else is going?

[Guest]

• Shack is NOT a friggin lock Freddy you dumbarse.
• Perrett at 1 where he belongs - good move
• Sonny Tuigamala is better than Sisa Waqa on the wing - bad move
• Sa in the centres - watch that side leak plenty of points
• WTF is the point of having a back (Symonds) on the bench Freddy? Have you lost your marbles?

Score prediction - the sea egulls to score plenty and the Roosters to get another duck egg. Prove me wrong you useless pack of turds.

Agreed with all of that, except Symonds is best at lock I feel. He is a strong ball-runner, but doesn't have the lightning speed of a 5-8, kind of like Braith. He is a great player, and I think should come on for Shack after 20 minutes or so, then have Shack rotate for with the props while Symonds plays the rest of the game at lock.

[Guest]

Lets see what Artie gets up to with the team changes prior to kick off.....

Saw him on Foxsports and he said "In the words of Jack Gibson "you need to tell the forwards to run harder and backs to run faster""

See? Simple...

[Guest]

To make a souffle you need eggs.