Top 4

[Bondicigar]

after onlyv 4 games back the roosters will be 2 points off first place even if the raiders win . With a points diff of + 118 and our nearest parra being +69. The Minor premiership does not seem out of reach by any stretch ....

[zac]

yep, what a difference 4 weeks makes.

[The Brain]

Bloody hell we have good footy team

[Hawkeye]

and to think many were worried that if the comp resumed with only 15 rounds, we'd given the others to much of a head start and not enough time to make the top 4 ...here we've forced our way into 4th after only 4 rounds !

[milanja]

And we have a bye next week to give our players a rest, things are looking good.

[JB_Cloey]

Who else will be in the 4?

Surely Parra, Storm, Raiders?

You'd think that 4 will pull away from the rest, except maybe Penruff and Easts B.

As long as we finish top 2 I think we will have a smooth run at the finals - final round is a friday night game, so one extra day into the QF, an advantage into the week off, then a warm-up game before the 3peat.

I am excited already.

[ism22]

after onlyv 4 games back the roosters will be 2 points off first place even if the raiders win . With a points diff of + 118 and our nearest parra being +69. The Minor premiership does not seem out of reach by any stretch ....

Raiders will win and knock us to 5th. However it is nice!!!

I was really scared after those first two losses. However, in hindsight they were competitive, super narrow losses to the Riff and Manly.

Very glad that we've been able to get back on track. I still have concerns about our 2nd and 3rd quarters. Against the Doggies and Parra we faded during that spell. However, maybe this is because losing teams put everything into the third quarter and are spent by the 4th, whereas winning teams pace themselves to be able to sprint down the home straight.

Be interesting to know if this is a direct order from Robbo coz it put us in a position where we finished stronger, despite having Teddy and Radley off the field.

Having Jennings binned for 10 woulda helped (IMO that was a harsh call) but only so much. We reacted by lifting rather than fading when we lost 2 of our best.

[Tommy Smith]

Jennings was purposely 5m offside after a long break and may have stopped a try. If that's not a sin binning...

[ism22]

Jennings was purposely 5m offside after a long break and may have stopped a try. If that's not a sin binning...

But Morris' strip was sweet?

I thought it was harsh. Not wrong, but harsh. To me it's a binning if he's offside and then his conduct prevents a decent shot at a try.

Not against us or anything. Just saying.

[Teddy]

Looks like Tommy Turbo is gone, if that’s the case I feel sorry for him, put a line through Manly they’re done, Manly are incapable of scoring points when he’s not involved.

[zac]

manly warringah! eadie's a stinker!

how bout them eagles.
roosters finish the round top 4. not a huge deal at this stage but we've done well since the restart.

[Tommy Smith]

Stick a fork in the Raiders.

They're done.

[TheLoneRooster]

Stick a fork in the Raiders.

They're done.

I tend to agree with you TS as they had nothing despite the sea eagles being weakened before the game and weakened further during the game.

[Tommy Smith]

I tend to agree with you TS as they had nothing despite the sea eagles being weakened before the game and weakened further during the game.

I know it's early in the season but I don't care because that was a "RED FLAG" performance.

They weren't much better last week, and were flogged by the Knights the week before.

Losing Grand Finalists tend to struggle the season after and that was the performance of a side that are destined for a 7th-8th finish and a limp dick finals exit.

[ism22]

manly warringah! eadie's a stinker!

how bout them eagles.
roosters finish the round top 4. not a huge deal at this stage but we've done well since the restart.

Yep we've done really well to claw our way back. Nobody had written us off completely but after those 2 early losses, questions were certainly raised. We've now answered those questions with some quality footy.

In my books Raiders were always pretenders who were allowed to do 5-man strips all last season (so slowed down the ruck and got lotsa cheap possession that made it difficult to build pressure against them). This tactic is now dead thanks to awareness and rule changes.