Official Match Thread - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Sydney Roosters

[stringaz]

Excellent defensive performance tonight, and quite incredible we scored 28 points without ever really firing a shot in attack.

friend being off the field for 40 mins was a breath of fresh air. Radley certainly proves he can defend as well as the tubby one. Any idea why that happened? I can’t believe it was planned, must have been some sort of injury?

I assumed at the time Robbo didn't want to upset the flow as Radley was doing well with the momentum of the game in the balance

[Kingbilly]

I will admit I wasn't able to watch the whole game yet and I did see some good defense, but I did see some periods where it was far from what should be accepted.
The Sharks had bugger all really.

It seemed to be a much better performance compared that the crap from last week and improvement is good. you don't win premierships at the start of the year, unless your premiership is the charity shield.
While on that how funny that their premiership was a charity one

[Lydon]

only played 40 minutes today.

Interesting indeed..

[King Salvo]

To all those wondering were I was- Queen Salvo banned me from commenting during the game - not happy with my comments about Coach Robbo who she likes as our coach.

[kakaruk]

Interesting indeed..

Not to me ive been saying it for weeks.Smart move by robbo.

[Waylander]

To all those wondering were I was- Queen Salvo banned me from commenting during the game - not happy with my comments about Coach Robbo who she likes as our coach.

Dont worry, no one noticed, Princess.

[mattyh]

great win, tough at the end defending all those sets, i thought jwh and tedesco were good, keary and cordner were great , fergo and cronk very good, still i was concerned early when the sharks split us a lot down robinsons side , we dont want to be a team who wins big one week and loses tight the next given our roster, not sure what to make of friends extended absence, i think if radley improves his dh service he proves nearly superior in all areas, but gee we have a hell of a lot to work on yet, but ill take 3 and 2, even 6 and 4 after 10 but improvements and consistency must be key factors from round 12 onwards.

[mattyh]

also are our lack of linebreaks down to our lack of ability to offload, tedesco is lethal off those type of close in offloads, just imagine teddy and sbw ....wow

[4 the all in brawl]

We are a work in progress.

Good to get a number of wins early on but expect some losses in the early rounds too.

The fact guys like Cordner are starting to step it up means we are on the right trajectory.

Cordner did mention on the radio after the game that the offloads and other things will come due to having a player like Teddy in the team....

I was happy with the effort in defence tonight and the attack will eventually come.

The Sharks are not an easy team to put a good score on but without Maloney they don't offer a real lot in attack.....

[Ray Stehr]

Let's see if we can go on a winning run, would love it if we gave the Dragons a touch up on Anzac day.

[Guest]

Daniel Mortimer is a bit of a forgotten gem from our premiership winning team and I hope that Victor Radley can replicate that role. I don't think it is any surprise that 2013 was arguably Jake Friend's greatest season without having to do it all himself and getting buggered, he is a fine footballer that just needs the work load shared.

[4 the all in brawl]

Let's see if we can go on a winning run, would love it if we gave the Dragons a touch up on Anzac day.

Just watched their game against the Vermin.

We turn up, then we beat them, possibly by quite a few.....

[4 the all in brawl]

Daniel Mortimer is a bit of a forgotten gem from our premiership winning team and I hope that Victor Radley can replicate that role. I don't think it is any surprise that 2013 was arguably Jake Friend's greatest season without having to do it all himself and getting buggered, he is a fine footballer that just needs the work load shared.

10 man interchange was great for Jake especially with such a great back up in Morts.

Radley being such a versatile and fit player enables Friend an extended rest and I can see it happening more often over the course of the season.

Robbo's coaching future here may well depend on it....

[Bondicigar]

How good is it to beat the sharks in there own triangle

[King Salvo]

10 man interchange was great for Jake especially with such a great back up in Morts.

Radley being such a versatile and fit player enables Friend an extended rest and I can see it happening more often over the course of the season.

Robbo's coaching future here may well depend on it....

Uncle Nick has to sign Robbo for life as I wont hear of anything else and no more bad mouthing chooks players that Robbo selects too- as after all he is our future super coach and he knows best.