How does our coach fix this>Form

[Thirteen]

don't know how the coach fixes it but i'm not the coach so it doesn't matter. robbo's a smart guy and adaptable and he'll work something out

How dare you say something so logical on here!

[A Country Member]

Maybe he needs to stop them playing predictable footy. Opposition have worked our style of play out.

He better be prepared this weekend for the Titans, they’re smarting more than us. Also, it’s master v apprentice against Holbrook

[The Brain]

The play the ball average speed isn't slow though as they have been beaten only once in this department in the 8 games so far - Verm game - Verm 3.77 seconds vs Roosters 3.79 seconds - Dogs game - Dogs 3.44 seconds vs Roosters 2.79 seconds - season average 3.48 seconds.

Any problems with the dummy half are related to the halves combo not gelling with no one taking control of the team - Verrills or whoever are at 6's and 7's in who to pass the ball to - Keary or Walker.

Dummy halves need to run and be able to kick as well - Robbo doesn't like such dummy halves though - that view needs to change

Keary is not a 7 and should go back to playing 6 - whether it is a mental thing with the hype that the 7 runs and owns the team is affecting him I don't know. The comments that it's just a number doesn't ring true either.

Different team though when Keary played those first 2 games at half in 2021 and one has to say against poor opposition at the time - 46-4 vs Manly and 40-6 vs Wests Tigers - 3rd game wasn't so great in the 75 minutes he played

If you look back in time with Fittler at 5/8 playing with Adriam Lam/Craig Wing and B F at half.

No one could argue that Fittler wasn't the dominant half although it didn't stop Adrian Lam/Craig Wing and BF playing their game- they just worked it out which is something Keary and Walker need to do.

Like all teams Roosters favour the left side in attack -stats over time say that 70% or so of tries are scored on the left - the best attacking centre would play left centre and the better defending centre would play right centre (vs left side attack the 70% of tries).

In that case should Manu be moved to left centre as he is the best attacking centre in the club and Momirovski the better defender plays right centre ?

Sitili is playing left side as they favour the left side and he is a more mobile forward than Crichton is

JWH and SST need to play 2 sharp stints of 35 minutes duration or so - both start and rip in for 20 then off - the 2 prop replacements would play 45 or so minutes in their stints in the one go -last 20 of the first half and first 20-25 of the second half with JWH and SST replacing them for the last 15 or so of the match.

Until they improve set completions and reduce errors though they will put themselves under pressure defensively and scoreboard wise

The shift is slow and predictable

[gragra]

Stats don't give the nuanced answer on a players performance. For instance Teddy's play in metres run are high but how effective are they? Running across field adds metres to his total but aren't effective. His best value is running hard and straight off a ball creator inside him and then he has space and also creates tries on his outside. Similarly Sitili. Stating he has missed 17 tackles this year similar to Manu misses the point that his misses more often are the important ones that lead straight to tries up the middle. Momo a "better defender than attacker" ....on current form both aspects are of poor value. Unfortunately harking back to how Keary was in past years doesn't account for his loss of pace ...a couple of years older and post ACL surgery. Trent as always protects players reputation and talks up the teams prospects to keep focus. We struggled to win 3 of our 4 wins against low ranked teams....we could have been 1 from 8 and in last spot. We are really up against it!

[bondi.boy]

In Mackay last year V Eels...
Walker scored a try wearing 7.
Walker made a break, passed to Teddy, Teddy drew the opposition, then passed to a flying Sitili on his right, who then raced away and scored a try ... wearing 12.

[zac]

How dare you say something so logical on here!

won't let it happen again

[gragra]

For what its worth was just talking to a retired rooster player who still believes Trent is so good he can turn their form around. When I discussed keary's form, he said don't forget he did his ankle in the off season which really put him behind. Lost a lot of time in establishing a combo with Walker. Agreed with Sitili's hands...even used the rocks and Diamonds analogy ala SKD....was a good catch up..............

[Rooster36]

For what its worth was just talking to a retired rooster player who still believes Trent is so good he can turn their form around. When I discussed keary's form, he said don't forget he did his ankle in the off season which really put him behind. Lost a lot of time in establishing a combo with Walker. Agreed with Sitili's hands...even used the rocks and Diamonds analogy ala SKD....was a good catch up..............

Na mate Robbo has lost the dressing room. The players hate him

[Bondicigar]

That's the strangest thing. Most obvious reason was young Sam was getting the side around....no Keary.

Surely that's a clear indication to drop his experiment and let Keary go back to playing eyes up football.
Back to the days when he would see something or create something by changing sides of the ruck.

No one gets to play eyes up footy behind our pack Atm
Eyes up footy only works with a retreating defensive line....

[Jacks Fur Coat]

No one gets to play eyes up footy behind our pack Atm
Eyes up footy only works with a retreating defensive line....

It looks more like we've been playing eyes closed footy.

[Bondicigar]

It looks more like we've been playing eyes closed footy.

It's better to watch with your eyes shut too .

[ism22]

Stats don't give the nuanced answer on a players performance. For instance Teddy's play in metres run are high but how effective are they? Running across field adds metres to his total but aren't effective. His best value is running hard and straight off a ball creator inside him and then he has space and also creates tries on his outside. Similarly Sitili. Stating he has missed 17 tackles this year similar to Manu misses the point that his misses more often are the important ones that lead straight to tries up the middle. Momo a "better defender than attacker" ....on current form both aspects are of poor value. Unfortunately harking back to how Keary was in past years doesn't account for his loss of pace ...a couple of years older and post ACL surgery. Trent as always protects players reputation and talks up the teams prospects to keep focus. We struggled to win 3 of our 4 wins against low ranked teams....we could have been 1 from 8 and in last spot. We are really up against it!

Pretty sure you only get metres if you go forward. Thus, it demonstrates that he's not just running sideways. The pundits are all of the opinion he's absolutely killing it.

Statistics don't give the full picture, but I think they're generally a good indicator of performance. For example Olam and Grant aren't two players who I (anecdotally) rate all that highly. However, their stats paint a different picture that I can't ignore.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

It's better to watch with your eyes shut too .

Eyes Wide Shut?