Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Souths

[Johnny Brass]

Right edge defence is a major concern going into the finals and I don't know which combinations will solve it. Flanagan really worries me on the edge and sitili is an impact player not an 80 minutes backrower. That was awful tonight and the bunnies were on fire , if we put up that effort kikau and Crichton will carve us

[Roosta4life]

Oh my god.

[Hawkeye]

The stat says no team has ever won the comp after conceding 50 in a match ......guess we're still a chance after 60 then !

[Teddy]

My word this has to be the most embarrassing game I’ve ever had to watch wtf happened in 70 mins after our fast start totally crumbled this isn’t tanking this is utter garbage, this must be a record loss they should all hang there heads in utter shame 60 point drubbing on n the space of 70 odd minutes if that isn’t writing in the wall I don’t know what is happy to be proven wrong but this is a soul destroying defeat we have rolled over like a stuck pig and just been eaten alive.

[Rooster1908]

I'm not sold on Aubbo and Ick as a defensive combo.

Understatement of the year , they were both terrible, luckily for them so was the rest of the team , pathetic game on our behalf but vermin were on fire unfortunately. But still Go the Roosters

[Spirit of 66]

Don't worry. This is all part of a cunning plan.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

That stat of conceding 50 in a game and not winning a comp is a worry

[bondi paul]

No comment

[Rooster1908]

we didn't have to lose by this much but meaningless game. one team had something to play for the other didn't.

so long as jake's alright no harm done.

bit of a wake up call but we already know comps are hard to win.

losing this game last year didn't do us any harm.

There's always something to play for , pride

[Rocky Rhodes]

new comp next week.this will be a distant memory

Our chances are a distant memory...U don't get beat by 60 and then come back and beat the best team in the comp. The dream is over..

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

Probably the darkest day in the club's history.

Season over.

[Bondicigar]

Our chances are a distant memory...U don't get beat by 60 and then come back and beat the best team in the comp. The dream is over..

Time will tell but its over yet by no stretch

[milanja]

There's always something to play for , pride

That’s right,

you lose by 20 and you accept it, but this was abysmal.

we can say it didn’t matter, but the way they lost does matter.

the media attention will now be out of control, like it or not, it is in their heads, and Robbo will have to prove why he is a super coach, because storm and Penrith will be prepared.

For me, if we lose next week after this loss, we go out in straight sets.

[roosterchook]

No team however bad let through 60 this year I don’t think. We just didn’t try especially in defense. We were renowned for it all year what’s happened?

[Grant Hedger]

Whether we lost by 2 or 52 the result is the same. What happens next is what matters. The modern game is a funny game. You can lose to the second last team one week and flog a top 3 the next. Players rested, six agains galore, plenty of penalties, lack of intensity - all these things can change the outcome. Next week is another week.