Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Souths

[Crab]

I hate games like this where the defense doesn't show up

Yea mate me too, can't win em all, not done yet if we care

[Rocky Rhodes]

WTF is going on.....souffs cutting us up at will...Imagine what the slick panthers will do. Bang the bubble has burst...

[roosterchook]

A real let down this is. After playing so well all year to be thrashed in our last game is disappointing. We are being humiliated. Not a good look. I’m proud of the Roosters. Even though it’s a dead rubber should fans have to watch this laziness in defense?

[Mickie Lane]

No proper hooker isn’t helping the Chooks. Poor old Friendy.

[mattyh]

I'm a little worried , jeez I hope we can turn it around before next week , but I'm very concerned .

[Bondicigar]

I dont buy the "we arnt taking this game serious" excuse...we are a championship team with a expectation of excellence, what we are seeing tonight isnt up to our standard and i hope Robbo is tearing them a new one at HT... even if we go on to lose this game I atleast want to see some fkn pride in our defence in the next 40... this better not get to 40.

Standards, im sure Robbo would be blowing up delux

[milanja]

hard to watch but we are looking at next week fo sho

who are we looking at though?? No game is guaranteed unless we win because parra is no certainty to win.

[Vasco]

We beat Brisbane 26-0 in this corresponding fixture in 2000. Brisbane win the comp.

[Crab]

We decided to dial back the intensity, rest key players and minimize injuries. And this is the result. Not sure second half will be different. Looks like Panthers - which is ok if we show up next week.

Of that you can be sure, that's when It gets real ..

[Lydon]

Flannigan offers no attack, he is not at all threatening when he runs the ball.

I am fairly confident Flanagan won’t be our long term 7!

[stringaz]

Playing soft invites injury. To suggest the roosters are tanking is laughable. The first 5 minutes led them to believe they where in for an easy night.

i dont think thay are playing soft, just not burning excess fuel to chase certain stuff extra hard. Tbh, i dont like what im seeing, but i dont think its unsuprising.

[bondi.boy]

Jake went off..big loss.

[Grant Hedger]

Storm wouldn’t capitulate like this but then again they would have 4 penalties and half a dozen six agains by now.

[ROC181]

For all the doomsayer just think of this round 26 2019 and then think the first finals game in 2019.

[RoosterFanNZ]

to be fair doesnt help we have a right side of tupouniua, flannagan, aubo and ikuvalu