Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Parramatta

[Johnny Tobin]

What an emotional couple of weeks for us. Roller coaster ride much?

[mattyh]

trent ...hard marker

[milanja]

i agree, he was out on his feet but he kept on going.

every one should be proud of the incredible effort. ref and injuries went against us.

hope radley doesnt miss next week

We are playing the storm, and will barely be able to field a team, hope the rest Radley,teddy and walker.

[roostermcgregor]

Positives:
Our D was superb. Parra had all the ball on our line, the whole game, and hardly looked like scoring.
When we did get down the other end, the points came.
Despite the illegal plays by Parra , we stuck to our guns. I am proud of the heart in this team.

Negatives:
We are missing Sam V and Rads in the ruck area to organize our plays., and settle the team down. They are rushing, and the forward passes and dropped balls are crucifying us.
We lost again top a top 6 side.-Seriously, when are we going to be able to win one of these games.?
Injuries. More, now Drew Hutchinson. Is it ever going to end.?
Composure - for the experience that we have in this lineup, we really lack composure in the way we play. Errors, hand the ball back to the opposition, passing when its not on, jitters and fumbles- its happening for 80 minutes.
If we are able to remain composed , get most of our remaining troops back this season, the team has the skill and ability to beat Souffs, Parra, and the Riff. I'll reserve my judgment on us against the drizzle.
But the question is "If" and "When" is this going to happen? If we can't get organiized and remain level headed, we will bow out of the semis quick smart, just like we keep losing these matches.

[Roosters1908]

Proud of the team tonight. Proud of Robbo’s spray of the referees’ handling of the Hutchison incident. Well said.

[ROC181]

Those unsung heroes like Hutch, Butch, Iku and Marshke were awesome!!!!

And how did Cartwright stay on the field after he was stumbling around after colliding with Matterson? Not even a HIA.... Cartwright eventually went on to nearly break Sam W ankle.

[j.w.pepper]

Great defense with shit attack against an average side, another game with too many mistakes, will be lucky to stay in the top 8 by end of season

[RoosterFanNZ]

robbos calling the refs incompetent gave me a lil smile after a dark couple of hours

[FREEMAN89]

robbos calling the refs incompetent gave me a lil smile after a dark couple of hours

Worthy of a fine.

[bondi.boy]

Being denied the 18th man is just the icing of a totally shit display of reffing onfield & bunker. These knuckleheads need to be demoted.

We are a targets in this game thanks refs.....nothing like a fair game.....oh yeah it's the NRL where you make it up as you go along. Sure lets let the dirty players rule.

Indeed.
We just watched another nail in the coffin of rugby league.
The NRL now, after this match, is a total joke.
AFL is taking over...no wonder.

[Johnny Brass]

It is the concern, our 3 away performances against the other top 5 teams have been dumb, REALLY dumb - and it's a clear trend now. Parra, Melbourne and Souths didn't have to work to get down our end, really disappointing as our defence is arguably the best in the comp but we are relying on it WAY too much.

Been a trend since we went back to back unfortunately, we seem to panic a bit and too many schoolboy errors when we face the cream.
Some of the 6 agains we give away late in the tackle count are ridiculous.

[rozza]

Very proud of the effort tonight even though we lost if we had a full-strength team we win tonight but all of the players should hold their heads up very high and better luck for next week.
However the refereeing on display tonight especially in the bunker was nothing short of disgracefully unprofessional how did they miss what happened to Drew was just astonishing.

[zac]

iku's head to head with sivo was pretty special

[bondi.boy]

At the 60th minute mark in the match the set restarts were:
Eels 6
Roosters 0

lol
One of the jokes...there were plenty of others.
If I were Vlandys I'd be severely
embarrased to be presiding over such a joke of a sport as it stands right now.

[mightyrooster]

We are playing the storm, and will barely be able to field a team, hope the rest Radley,teddy and walker.

We’re playing the Cows. But even that was not be easy given the injury situation.