Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Panthers

[BenCumminsIsACheat]

would billy smith get a go over iku?

I’d give you a run before Ikuvalu ever puts on a roosters jersey again. He belongs in the red and black or preferably the reserve grade colours of another team

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

sorry what? sammy v has something to say about that

Yeah have to agree with you. Sammy V is a premiership winner. Our long term #9

[RoosterBoi]

This is a team ravished with injuries and had them on the ropes for the first 15, if it wasn't for Manu unfortunate error and TKO being sent to the bin for unfair circumstances we'd be talking a different game here. We have shot ourselves in the foot here as we do under pressure which is frustrating but this game couldve been alot worse. Sure Riff will celebrate the 2 points as if we had our full squad out there but that's just too self-congratulatory. Sure Lam and Iku have had very poor games but if injuries hadn't cursed this team this would be an entirely different game. Our poor luck mixed in with our ability to buckle under pressure is killing us and we can't get any momentum out there. Simply put we have to learn to play better under pressure.

[Rooster1908]

You whinging pricks amaze me .We have one fill in and one inexperienced half's , a fill in hooker , a 17 year old kid , blokes that have played 2;or 3 games .Had a player sent off for nothing when we were leading 12 nil all without 9 top grade players .Not sure what you expect to happen against a top of the table team but for me the results not the problem here it's the supporters

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Another positive. Didn't conceed 50. Statistically still a better chance to win the comp than Souffs

[The Brain]

Josh Morris has been playing for a while like he is done .
sell verills lussick and get the block of cheese

[GC6]

I’m convinced that we have to see 4. Suaali 5. Billy smith 6. Manu 7. Walker.
we just have to.

[RoosterFanNZ]

well that was some thing

[QWERTY]

would billy smith get a go over iku?

Yes. Smith centre suailli wing

[roosterchook]

Have the Roosters been awarded a set restart as yet? If they have I missed it.

They got one in the 71st minute when the game was over.

[ism22]

Odd to say this but IMO we started really well and finished really well (defensively - they were beating their chests and wanted to with 60-12 for sure).

The big difference was that we just completely shattered when SST was sent off. IMO we can keep our chins up.

[ism22]

They got one in the 71st minute when the game was over.

Also one on the last play with literally no time on the clock.

[RoosterFanNZ]

i guess that means we're beating the storm next week

[milanja]

Well I was hoping it wasn’t gonna be 50, over the moon they didn’t get 40.

think tonight showed Manu isn’t a great half when he needs to organise, best he is just given a license to roam the field from Center.

lam is a concern with his creativity, his 5th tackle options were atrocious most of the night, but it is unfair to judge him without a full strength team, it’s the best we can field, so we just have to go with it.

I think Suaalii deserves a few games on the wing, Ikuvalu as good a fil in as he has been, is pretty ordinary under the high ball, give the young kid a chance there.

[Kentucky_Fried_Rooster]

Panthers are in a class of there own, I think if we played any other team tonight we would have won.