Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Storm

[Thirteen]

Has appeared that way for a while now.

Don’t worry Manu comes good at finals time always.

[Thirteen]

"The Real Deal' doesn't lose when they are 10 up with 8 minutes to go.

Hold heads up high after that error ridden performance..... mmmm

If you don’t like what you see and want to rip into the team after one loss then GET OFF THE BANDWAGON.

[rented tracksuit]

Then blame Friend not Klein. It was a fair penalty.

I saw it that way as well. Milked or not, it should not have happened.

[Thirteen]

Great effort , proud of the boys , made some mistake but can't knock the effort,

Great defence for 72 minutes.

[Thirteen]

Thats why Bellamy is regarded as The best in the business, would Cameron Smith have pushed someone to give away that penalty like friend,

that was a very stupid performance by a lot of players.

What’s Bellamy got to do with our players making errors and gifting Melbourne a win??

[Thirteen]

Came up with the offload which led to our field goal.

I‘ll judge him on his whole performance not one moment.

The bloke makes Napa look quick.

[Mickie Lane]

What a top game of footy that was by 2 champion teams.

[IRoosterManI]

may be wrong but this is the first time in a long while that we lost while scoring 18+ points?

[The Marshall]

mmm if it's 2021 it wont be a 3 peat- 3 games they could have won - could be 8 and 0 - 5 and 3 instead - hard plane trip coming up -Cows in Townsville

That’s right it may not. The way the injuries are going likely not. But the game doesn’t stop and you develop players along the way For next year.

[Teddy]

What a classic game the Roosters won and lost that game about three times each way all the errors mean one thing fatigue. It was a war zone how bloody heroic was our goal line defence I’ve never seen anything like that I don’t give a toss what anyone says here about the chooks being their own worst enemy ( and we were 19 errors and 65% completion is unacceptable) however that dickhead Klein gave them a **** tonne of leeway and restarts how many times did we defend 12-13-14 tackle sets, anyone who disagrees with this wash your eyes out watch the play where he clearly knocks on before the Papenhyuzen field goal. We dug ourselves every time and had to do it the hard way length of the field stuff six line breaks to one they had nothing we gave them 12points Klein gave them the field goal.

Clear tactic from Bellamy to attack the ball and it worked.

Sitili was great some of the contact on NAS was enormous he’s hard runs coming out were great Faamausili same thing only had twenty minutes, but he threw himself into the line and put his body on the line defending great stuff Lindsay was awesome also
TKO and GUS my god they got through some work Boyd again heroic tough as nails not a game to remember mistakes aside he got through a mountain of work he needs to sit next week out Aubs straight in Jake again I won’t knock the bloke for that penalty, however at that point Melbourne would have kicked a field goal anyway.

Morris boys I’ve run out of superlatives just amazing football players our halves are the best Keary is deadset head and shoulders above everyone he’s our talisman, Flanagan 38 tackles fark me dead and to kick that goal he’s our long term halfback I like this kid he will get better and better I have been knocking him about his defence I’ll eat that humble pie right now ice cold nerves of steel knocking it over his goal kicking is getting better he took it the line a number times I like what he’s doing, Joey very quiet couple silly errors not too worried Butcher got through a lot of work lacks leg speed badly Liu should probably start when he returns and then Butcher comes on to spell him.

A wonderful display by our boys to stay in the fight anyone who harbours doubts about a threepeat put them to bed we are where we want to be long way to go. We can’t win every game. What a privilege to witness such an amazing team the likes of which nobody has seen in recent memory.

EASTS TILL I DIE.

[The Brain]

Me worries that injuries may take its toll on chooks finally.
Toups has had some kind of leg problems for a few weeks .
Cords busted from last week .
It was that side of the field in the end that was a let down and let the late points in .
Played 5 mins too long .

[Bruce 38-0]

What was the penalty for against Cords at the first short kick-off?

[Teddy]

Me worries that injuries may take its toll on chooks finally.
Toups has had some kind of leg problems for a few weeks .
Cords busted from last week .
It was that side of the field in the end that was a let down and let the late points in .
Played 5 mins too long .

Yeah look Andrew Johns summed it up perfectly Boyd’s problem is that he’s too tough for his own good, I know Robbo leaves it to his players to express themselves and leave their own footprint on a game, however he had Aubo on the bench for the entire game Robbo needs to just say look we all know your tough as nails but at what cost? I was sickened by the way he was stumbling around last night I felt awful for him genuinely worried how is he going to last the season let alone another 3-4-5 years no chance! Aubo should have spelled him nobody will question his dedication, toughness, leadership and general character NOBODY, but if he doesn’t know how to look after his own health and has no regard for it then Robbo must tell him straight.

[Vasco]

Don’t worry Manu comes good at finals time always.

Yeah but I think he's dropped a few levels so far this season. He is back to his arm grabbing of the past also.

All we seem to get is the odd flashy flick pass and we all get excited. He needs to develop other attributes such as hitting the ball at speed and looking for holes. At the moment he just wants to fend and flick pass.

People were labelling him the best centre in rugby league at the beginning of the season. From what I've seen in 2020 that tag should be going to Josh Morris.

[mattyh]

Yeah look Andrew Johns summed it up perfectly Boyd’s problem is that he’s too tough for his own good, I know Robbo leaves it to his players to express themselves and leave their own footprint on a game, however he had Aubo on the bench for the entire game Robbo needs to just say look we all know your tough as nails but at what cost? I was sickened by the way he was stumbling around last night I felt awful for him genuinely worried how is he going to last the season let alone another 3-4-5 years no chance! Aubo should have spelled him nobody will question his dedication, toughness, leadership and general character NOBODY, but if he doesn’t know how to look after his own health and has no regard for it then Robbo must tell him straight.

spot on . warrior, but he did have a bit of an off night with his hands. but God damn I wish I was as tough as boyd corner.