Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Broncos

[Headless Chook]

HOW COME WE LET WARRIORS CENTRE Adam Pompey GET AWAY? We had him.

190 cm
101kg
Age 23

Plays in 4.
Surely we're not going to leave Momo at 3 and expect him to take on Pompey and Montoya...with Walker.

Radley made 42 tackles, but he should replace Momo to stop Pompey.
Radley could run hard thru the centres and score tries.
Replace him with at lock a bigger forward.

Have you even seen Pompey play?? He ain't that good

[Waylander]

Have you even seen Pompey play?? He ain't that good

That doesn’t matter to BB, he’s “big”. If BB had his way we’d field 17 Jordan Mailata‘s.

[King Salvo]

HOW COME WE LET WARRIORS CENTRE Adam Pompey GET AWAY? We had him.

190 cm
101kg
Age 23

Plays in 4.
Surely we're not going to leave Momo at 3 and expect him to take on Pompey and Montoya...with Walker.

Radley made 42 tackles, but he should replace Momo to stop Pompey.
Radley could run hard thru the centres and score tries.
Replace him with at lock a bigger forward.

So your saying that your solution is that Radley should play centre- some how I don't think that will be thought of by the coaching staff even for a fantasy game situation.

You have players that play certain positions for a reason and there certainly would never be a situation you would put Radley into another position other than lock or maybe hooker if stocks for that position are exhausted but never ever at centre.

[Rooster1908]

Easy. Pull momo off and never ever pick him again.

Agree but you pull him off because i want know part of it

[Bondicigar]

When is Robbo going to bring Suali back into first grade?
There is a left centre or right wing spot ready for him to call his own.We need a threat down the left edge besides Sitili
With all these massive wraps on him surely he must be progressing towards a starting spot soon.

[Thirteen]

HOW COME WE LET WARRIORS CENTRE Adam Pompey GET AWAY? We had him.

190 cm
101kg
Age 23

Plays in 4.
Surely we're not going to leave Momo at 3 and expect him to take on Pompey and Montoya...with Walker.

Radley made 42 tackles, but he should replace Momo to stop Pompey.
Radley could run hard thru the centres and score tries.
Replace him with at lock a bigger forward.

Mate he is shit house. He wouldn’t make Norths.

[Thirteen]

When is Robbo going to bring Suali back into first grade?
There is a left centre or left wing spot ready for him to call his own.We need a threat down the left edge besides Sitili
With all these massive wraps on him surely he must be progressing towards a starting spot soon.

Hi Mate. I was at Norths game yesterday and I can tell you that Sualli didn’t stand out at all. Had a few strong runs from our own end but didn’t really trouble the defence. I was more impressed by the other winger Tom Carr.

[Vee08]

Great to the warhorse JWH doing what he does best (esp in the absence of SST)… Angus was finding his mojo again… young Baker repaid the faith in him with a lot good grunt work…

Teddy & Keary not even close to their peak, & Rads not quite finding his running game… but still a gritty win… can’t wait until the spine gets things really humming…

RWB

[Bondicigar]

Hi Mate. I was at Norths game yesterday and I can tell you that Sualli didn’t stand out at all. Had a few strong runs from our own end but didn’t really trouble the defence. I was more impressed by the other winger Tom Carr.

That's not good to hear .
I was hoping Robbo was holding him back and he would be ripe to come back all guns blazing , but that doesn't sound too promising...

[Rooster36]

Mate he is shit house. He wouldn’t make Norths.

mate at least he has now moved radley in from the wing to the centres… we’re making progress

[Jacks Fur Coat]

mate at least he has now moved radley in from the wing to the centres… we’re making progress

Haha

[ism22]

Hi Mate. I was at Norths game yesterday and I can tell you that Sualli didn’t stand out at all. Had a few strong runs from our own end but didn’t really trouble the defence. I was more impressed by the other winger Tom Carr.

Interesting! Wonder if he's still recovering from the injury and learning to play through the pain...etc?

How's his defence? I reckon that's the biggest step-up when you go to first grade.

[Recky62]

Must say, when we were getting the lift down to the bus stops to head home , one elderly old love in a Wally Lewis jersey looked at me and “humpfed” or however you spell that noise…and then said go back to bondi….hope she lives in my street , so I can wave when I see her

[milanja]

Hi Mate. I was at Norths game yesterday and I can tell you that Sualli didn’t stand out at all. Had a few strong runs from our own end but didn’t really trouble the defence. I was more impressed by the other winger Tom Carr.

He is super hyped up, and there must be a very good reason for it, as he was chased by both codes, but the test is always playing in the big grades, step one is really standing out in reserves, so sounds like he has a way to go yet.

his good mate Penisini is doing really well at parra, especially defensively, so I can only assume Joseph must be even more capable since there was barely any talk of Penisini in comparison.

[4 the all in brawl]

I must have watched a different game as the Broncos really had a dig so it was not really a case of the Roosters playing poorly that made the score close - Sure some player had an off game but collectively they were able to get the win.

Second half stats show the Roosters had control of the game and an overlooked stat is the play the ball speed which of course needs to go hand in hand with high set completions - Roosters average play the ball speed second half was 3.09 seconds vs Broncos 4.08 seconds - there is a definite correlation between how quickly teams play the ball and on other stats in the game - such as running metres and PCM/ Line breaks / missed tackles/errors/various penalties and set restarts conceded etc

Some second half stats

Average play the ball speed

2) Broncos 4.08 seconds - Roosters 3.09 Seconds vs 1st Half Broncos 3.3 seconds and Roosters 3.37 seconds

Set Completions

2) Broncos 75 % (12/16) - Roosters 73% (14/19) vs 1st HalfBroncos 87$ (21/24) - Roosters 84% ( 16/19)

Running metres

2) Broncos 690 ( PCM 211 ) - Roosters 910 (PCM 250 )\ vs 1st Half Broncos 953 ( PC 336 ) - Roosters 794 ( PC 289)

Line Breaks

2) Broncos 0 - Roosters 4 vs 1st Half Broncos 4 -Roosters 1

Tackles

2) Broncos 174 ( 26 missed ) - Roosters 130 ( 12 missed ) vs 1st Half Broncos 149 ( 5 missed ) - Roosters 215 ( 22 missed )


There wasn't a lot of difference in the number of sets and set completions in the second half and the Roosters i feel left points out there as well - incomplete sets in the Bronco's 20 or where the attacked fizzled out somewhat.

I know the modern way is to get a repeat set and bring fatigue and attrition into the equation for the defensive team but with line drop out you are then bringing the ball back again to the same area - why not try the old 1970'w Johnny Peard bomb? - The fullback defends in the line and those defending near the posts are the forwards.

I know the 7 tackle set rule is flawed and coaches are paranoid about conceding them but the Roosters have several good leapers in the team so it is worthwhile trying in my view since defences are at their best when defending in their own 20 nowadays especially with 13 in the defence line

We must watched a different game King.

I used to play footy like yourself, I am not so much into the analytics and stats but we were off our game especially in the first half on Friday night. The only good thing early in the game was our completions which we were going set for set with the Broncos but they were winning the arm wrestle and territory battle (first half) and they are hardly top 8 material let alone top 4 material.

Our second half was a lot better but I still felt we were pretty clunky and looked a bit lost at times in attack. Manu pretty much pulled a rabbit out of his out a couple of times and Walkers off the cuff kick for our last try pretty much covered over a lot of the clunkiness and at times a bit lost. To me Teddy is overplaying his hand atm especially when we go into the oppositions red zone. Don't know if that is because Keary is still regaining his confidence after an ACL last year.

We had players out but they did as well.....

But I am ok with it as hopefully we win about 50 to 60 percent of our games early on and then build into the season......