Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Titans

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

We seriously have alot of work to do. Titans 5 2nd half tries is a big concern.

But GREAT win considering.... heartattack stuff. Time to hit the drinks!

[Rooster_6]

Keighran must start every game in some position, his kicking won us the match.

Needs to tighten up defensively. 9 missed tackles today and lot of those were directly linked to the Titans come back.

[Rooster_6]

Let’s not celebrate today’s win. Have a good long weekend lads.

You're not a Roosters fan if you don't feel proud after today's effort.

12 players missing, miraculous show of courage, talent and effort.

[ism22]

Had my beers with Rads. Off to get some Maccas with Crichton now.

[top_joe]

Wow. How good is Ikavalu?

Shame he gets bagged so much on here because we think we can have Bmozzes, Toups and Fergos in our reserve grade team just waiting to be called up. He plays his best whenever he puts on the colours and gives us more value than what he would be being paid.

The bit of muscle he has put on has helped him as well.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Congrats to the boys....a wins a win. No territory or possession which would have killed a lesser club.

We had a bit part team remember so cut some slack if we didn't look as smooth as sometimes.

Great knock by JWH, Keighran good until moved to right hand edge in defence second half. Again thats our leaky side. Lammy and Sammy had their clincher moments. Well done lads.

Less said about Cummins the better.

[Johnny Brass]

What a magnificent backs to the wall victory with the leg ups provided by Cummins and I'd like to get a concession from Mickie Lane after that performance that certain refs don't have it in for us.
JWH was man of the match for mine and reiterated what a great defensive prop he is by saving those tries that he is the best defensive front rower since Lazarus.
Joey Manu was brilliant from the custodian position and Sam Walker showed what a special talent he is by icing the game.
Joseph Suaallii was fantastic in defence and some of his tackles on a beast like Fifita proved that he has to be in the starting line up, Robbo we can't put baby back in the corner he's just too good not to play NRL.
Fletcher Baker continued to impress up front, great win and next week we see where we stand against the competitions front runners.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

You're not a Roosters fan if you don't feel proud after today's effort.

12 players missing, miraculous show of courage, talent and effort.

Bloody oath.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

What about the pass from dummy half before Fogarty knocked on when they were getting ready for a shot. 3m forward. Totally missed by the officials.

[roosterchook]

Ben Cummins ALMOST ruined my long weekend.

There needs to be an investigation into Cummins. Such a tossa

Into the NRL itself - why roosters teams are the most penalised, most sin binned, most suspended, conceding the most sin bins and gaining the least sin bins and penalties in the competition. Our players were suspended and missed Origin selection. But other teams can attack our head and no sin bin.

Results look engineered to me by the ref and bunker to provide a ‘good spectacle’, like with the wrestling. Sensationalism that grabs viewers attention. I think the NRL now is just another rigged form of entertainment to gain more $$$ from sponsors. It’s a ‘product’ and refs have the responsibility of getting good ratings for each game so they do their best to keep it sensational.

[ism22]

You're not a Roosters fan if you don't feel proud after today's effort.

12 players missing, miraculous show of courage, talent and effort.

It was champaign footy. Second time young Walker's pulled a win out of his hat too!

I'll rant and rave about match fixing but using my logical brain for a minute... bad luck and bad choices can change the momentum very drastically.

Titans did well to get back in it. We did even better to come back and show 'em who's boss. There were some really solid reads out there and big moments where we prevented the Titans from getting up on us early on. We did a superb job of keeping Fifita at bay.

A few '50:50' calls from the ref went against us. We did well to keep our heads screwed on and not let it hurt our game/attitude.

[zac]

we did well to win it in the end. not bagging mitchell pearce but he took years before he bagged his first match winning fg. sammy's 1 from 1. and what a great finish from iku.

obviously for a period there it wasn't one of our best performances
dumb - when we're up by 8 but down to 12 men with only a min to go until you get back to 13 don't go for miracle passes in your own half on the second tackle
dumber - trainers shouldn't offer drinks to players when a quick penalty re-start is an option, esp if the players are inside the 10
dumbest - there's a diff between pressuring the kicker and hitting him in the head with no chance of stopping the kick

still, all up, an imp win and one to celebrate

[The Sack]

Adam K does some smart stuff and can kick goals, but some of his defense was ordinary today. Get the shoulder in!

[roosterchook]

Everyone would be happier if the refs just butt out and allowed 13 on 13 to fight it out. Too much manipulation and controlling of the game by refs.

[BigCok007]

As horrible a match as that was, I’m grateful for it to go down to the wire so Sam got the opportunity to seize victory for the team. Would’ve done heaps for his confidence and his development. Good on you Sammy! That was clutch AF!!!