The thing is...

[Jacks Fur Coat]

We have the best 1 -7 in the competition, and a good competitive forward pack who should be able to match it with the other packs week after week.

Our main problems are:
* we have a dumb (thats footy dumb) hooker and captain who is slow with his feet and between the ears. He is lionheart brave and a tackling machine. But has been overrated in his career to date.
* A Coach who is very smart and a deep thinker about the game and life in general. However he gets beaten to the punch tactically and in preparation by his coaching peers, moreso than should happen with the resources at his disposal.I almost think he "over-thinks" the game, and is too formulaic when the priority needs to be playing to your strengths and the talents within your team.

This year? We will still give it a decent shake but dont deserve the favourites tag or too near it right now.

Dont agree with criticism of the players mentioned elsewhere here tonight except...

Jake....he is a big, big worry.

[rented tracksuit]

In a team of 17 and a supposed top coach, I struggle to see how only one player should warrant criticism or be the only worry.

[eddie]

Robbo needs to put Friend on notice and take the captaincy off him immediately.
Not as an over reaction to a round one loss, Jake has been a big worry for 2 or 3 seasons.
What's the point in bringing Cronk to the club if this remains "Jakes team"?

[eddie]

In a team of 17 and a supposed top coach, I struggle to see how only one player should warrant criticism or be the only worry.

He is the main worry, and deserves criticism.
He doesn't have to be on his pat malone.........................on today's result I would think Napa, Tetevano , Toupo, Teddy, Badger and Matterson deserve a bit too.

Fergo, Liu and Cronk went pretty well I thought.

[rented tracksuit]

He is the main worry, and deserves criticism.
He doesn't have to be on his pat malone.........................on today's result I would think Napa, Tetevano , Toupo, Teddy, Badger and Matterson deserve a bit too.

Fergo, Liu and Cronk went pretty well I thought.

Exactly my point. I’m not saying he’s not due the criticism but he’s also not the only one and he is defo not the only reason we lost tonight.

[The Skeez]

Robbo needs to forget the Brian Smith management method and get a bit fire and intensity into the game plan.

[King Salvo]

The problem was Robbo's Best and Less no frills game plan- To come up with a game plan of 5 hits ups and kick/ 5th tackle hope and kick option near the oppositions try line and little expansive play in attack was playing right into the Tigers hands - Who was the team that had more points in them - The Roosters - Did not have a game plan to utilise this advantage at all - again another cross in the Robbo Coaching CV and why he should be under increasing scrutiny. Roosters played like Robbo's Robots today - Surely the experienced players could have seen this game plan was not working and changed it too.

I would have had Matto at 5/8 for the very reason he is a ball runner whereas Cornish is purely an organising number 7 with no running game - one two many number 7's on the field-If Keary is out again which maybe the case I hear then Matto has to play 5/8 vs the Dogs - Robbo also needs to put Fergo back into the centres in attack - Fergo can switch back to wing in defence especially for the kicks that may come his way as he is better than Manu at defending these.

The backline has to be used more as why have potent strike players in Fergo and Latrell catching colds (even if it was a warm day) for instance hardly touching the ball - both need to get more of the ball as centres in attack on either side of the field and have the wingers and other support players go with them too.

If this is the game plan Robbo intends to use going forward then he will be going backwards out the door

[King Salvo]

Robbo needs to put Friend on notice and take the captaincy off him immediately.
Not as an over reaction to a round one loss, Jake has been a big worry for 2 or 3 seasons.
What's the point in bringing Cronk to the club if this remains "Jakes team"?

Robbo is the one who should be on notice as that best and less no frills game plan of his was a shocker- It played right into the Tigers hands as I am sure they would have been expecting an attacking game from the Roosters due to their superiority in this department.

Cleary had a smile from ear to ear seeing the attacking cue was virtually put in the rack by the Roosters from the get go virtually -as he would know like any other NRL coach it's bread and butter stuff to defend against such a game plan as Robbo had.- Shelling peas - Money for Old Rope ( Rooster fan Big Tony Greig's favourite saying) or Fruit for the sideboard (Legendary Bill Lawry's favourite saying ) one has to say.

One might have such a game plan in very wet weather but not on a fine warm afternoon on a fast and dry ground.

[Gary Worthless]

I think we need to take off the RWB glasses as I am not convinced our forward pack is nearly as good as we think it is.

[eddie]

Cleary had a smile from ear to ear seeing the attacking cue was virtually put in the rack by the Roosters from the get go virtually .

I doubt it.
There was never a possibility of this team coming out from the get go and playing hot potato with the football.
If we did the critics would be slamming Robbos game plan as being disrepectful to the opposition, and wrong in going wide before going forward.
Again, the biggest thing that stifled our attack when we needed to get the outside backs more involved, was the service we got from dummy half.

[eddie]

I think we need to take off the RWB glasses as I am not convinced our forward pack is nearly as good as we think it is.

We know they are capable of being as good as we think they are, it's just certain members of the pack have been very inconsistant form-wise.

[MCMLXVI]

"Certain members of the pack have been very inconsistent" .... Which of our forwards have been inconsistent and out of form? Napa, I agree, but who else? JWH is way past his peak, but the rest of our forwards have been fairly consistent, even though they are probably the lightest pack in the competition.

[King Salvo]

I doubt it.
There was never a possibility of this team coming out from the get go and playing hot potato with the football.
If we did the critics would be slamming Robbos game plan as being disrepectful to the opposition, and wrong in going wide before going forward.
Again, the biggest thing that stifled our attack when we needed to get the outside backs more involved, was the service we got from dummy half.

Friend didn't drop the ball with the line wide open though one has to say and this had nothing to do with the dummy half service.

The thing that stifled the attack was Robbo's game plan - need to look beyond a dislike of certain players- the ball didn't get out wide as much as it really should off was because Robbo's game was to play it simple- get to the end of the set and kick and somehow hope the Tigers implode/ run out of gas/make a stack of errors etc etc - none of which happened- When your not throwing much in attack against another team they defend it easily and don't use up much energy in the process thus they then are able to use this for their own attack as well as defend better being less fatigued.

If one was serious they would rate the Roosters attack out of 10 - a 2 -Manu even agrees with me

[eddie]

Friend didn't drop the ball with the line wide open though one has to say and this had nothing to do with the dummy half service.

We can agree to disagree on the % of blame shared by Robbo and Friend, if this is what it boils down to.

I just quoted your one sentence above as I don't understand why you wrote it.
Because Teddy bombed a try that proves the service from dummy half was good??????????????????????