Official Match Day Thread: Roosters V Bulldogs

[The Marshall]

I would rather bank the two points hopefully with all our players tmrw, and Robbo can rest players against the eels as he sees necessary, would be funny to rest keary,teddy,Boyd,jwh,Radley against the eels, and give them some false confidence if they beat the back2back champions.

Really, that’s ridiculous. We should aim to be at our best and dent their confidence for finals. We are not really in a position to be dropping games.

[bondi.boy]

Tolman not allowed to play in the match, must isolate.

[Random Rooster]

Tolman not allowed to play in the match, must isolate.

Id rather him play. I especially love his 4th and 5th tackle hit ups in attack close to the line

[bondi.boy]

Id rather him play. I especially love his 4th and 5th tackle hit ups in attack close to the line

lol

I'm happy now that he's not playing....and is going to be made isolate.
NRL still waiting on the 49 or so tests of people in the Dogs bubble.

[Sizzle]

Tolman not allowed to play in the match, must isolate.

Is this legit?

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

I wonder whether many other teams have three less days to prepare than their opposition? I know the Players' Association didn't want teams to have less than five day turnarounds, but I don't know whether if a minimum applies to preparation time comparisons between the teams. That would be an interesting point of analysis. Just yet another example of forces working against us, and another challenge we must look to overcome. Hopefully the team is galvanised into forming a strong and positive response.

[milanja]

No, 6 day turnarounds are the minimum standard. I don’t know what planet u have been on for the past 6 years but a minimum 6 day was something the players wanted in the last Collective agreement and it is constantly raised by coaches. If we played today and had 6 days to the eels I would not see that as unfair. 5 is a massive difference. You basically don’t train or prep plays.

every team has a 5 day turnaround at some point of the season, some more than others, we got stuck with an extra one, plus we don’t have to travel, just gotta suck it up.

it is another reason why this comp will always have an * next to it regardless of the winner.

[Salvatori Grubber]

The School in question (where Tolman’s kid goes) is our local primary school, although my kids go to a different one in the Shire.

If the powers-that-be who are concerned about potential contamination (at the school) knew about the ridiculous cheek-to-jowl action at Caringbah and Cronulla Woolies (throughout this entire pandemic) then they’d have reeaaalll cause for concern.

It’s denial central down in these here parts. I love the beauty of the Shire, but its friggin’ duelling banjos country.

[bondi.boy]

Is this legit?

yes...it was on the tv news

[Thirteen]

I’d be happy to play Bulldogs on Friday night and than Parrathetic on Saturday night. I’m super confident our boys will secure the 4 points. And we will finally get to see Aubo play.

[Thirteen]

The School in question (where Tolman’s kid goes) is our local primary school, although my kids go to a different one in the Shire.

If the powers-that-be who are concerned about potential contamination (at the school) knew about the ridiculous cheek-to-jowl action at Caringbah and Cronulla Woolies (throughout this entire pandemic) then they’d have reeaaalll cause for concern.

It’s denial central down in these here parts. I love the beauty of the Shire, but its friggin’ duelling banjos country.

Two of my kids have been quarantined for 2 weeks with someone at their school being positive. They told me they want to play footy in the backyard together every day.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Two of my kids have been quarantined for 2 weeks with someone at their school being positive. They told me they want to play footy in the backyard together every day.

Far out - mad times.

[Thirteen]

every team has a 5 day turnaround at some point of the season, some more than others, we got stuck with an extra one, plus we don’t have to travel, just gotta suck it up.

it is another reason why this comp will always have an * next to it regardless of the winner.

But in ordinary circumstances teams have plenty of time to prepare and organise their schedule for a short turnaround. No excuses. We have Robbo so we will be right.

[Thirteen]

Far out - mad times.

Especially when the NSW health worker tells my wife she has to be in quarantine but I can go to work!?

[Thirteen]

Dogs are a good team on paper...and won last week.
The track will be heavy and the game might be played in rain.
Hope we have some 'mud-runners' in our team who can get us home.

A very dangerous game for us, to be sure.
Very dangerous. Foran is a magician on his day.

No JWH, the other forwards will need to step up, for 80 minutes.

Our wingers must stay on their wings in defence, Dogs love to score tries there.

Very dangerous.

I’d love to see how you rate a decent team. Dogs are crap on paper and on grass.