Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Parra

[roosterchook]

I was going to post that we’d score the 1st try then eels would walk all over us. No need to it’s happening already. We should have come out with a strong defensive game plan. Did we ever study the eels on video? It’s as if we arent prepared at all for their play style or done our homework on them.

[Thirteen]

I’m horrified at the thought of the forward pack next year and the year after. No sst and jwh a year old and then he’s off.

we will have the softest belly in the league

The good thing about having a shit season is that Nick will make changes. He doesn’t deal well with mediocrity. Big changes are coming.

[King Salvo]

Stats dont make good reading - worrying signs - possession / running metres / offloads// line breaks / tackles made

1st Half Stats - Parramatta Eeks 26 vs Sydney Roosters 12

• Possession- Parra 62 % - Roosters 38%
• Set Completions - Parra 90% ( 19/21) - Roosters 85% ( 12/14)
• Play the ball average speed - Parra 3.37 seconds - Roosters 3.36 seconds
• Running Metres - Parra 982 ( 323 PC ) - Roosters 541 (176 PC)
• Average set distance - Parra -46.8 metres - Roosters - 38.69 metres
• Offloads - Parra - 11 - Roosters 2
• Line Breaks - Parra - 6 - Roosters- 3
• Kicking Metres - Parra - 182 metres (7) - Roosters - 238 metres (8)
• Forced Drop outs - Parra - 2 - Roosters 0
• Tackles - Parra - 115 ( 12 MT ) - Roosters - 194 (15 MT)
• Errors - Parra - 2 - Roosters - 3
• Penalties conceded - Parra - 3 - Roosters - 4
• Set Restarts conceded - Parra - 0 - Roosters - 1

[ARD]

62% possession to the Eels in that first half.

Possession will even up and we need to come out with the right mindset in the 2nd half because this Parramatta side is mentally weak and they will give us opportunities.

This game isn't over but we really need to fix up our edge defence, 6 linebreaks and 5 tries in one half just isn't good enough.

It won’t even up if we can’t compete in the middle, Parra are rolling through with ease.

[RoosterFanNZ]

The young forwards have not kicked on very well nor have been developed properly. But early days for them, don’t want to rule them out.

bakers speed is extremely worrying

[stringaz]

Nice billy

[Eggspert]

Great work by Billy & then Angus wrecks it all.

[roosterchook]

With almost no possession we can’t do much. Ref as usual is putting the nail in our coffin. If we had that much possession we’d be ahead too.

[Roosterfarian]

Angus mafukun!

[RoosterFanNZ]

Angus needs to go

[King Salvo]

It won’t even up if we can’t compete in the middle, Parra are rolling through with ease.

trouble is they have had to make 80 more tackles

[yeception]

Stupid penalties wont help

[Mickie Lane]

High quality first half of footy by 2 teams that are on but Parra are just electric. The Roosters aren’t playing that bad, Parra are white hot.
Billy Smiths best half of footy in FG so far.

[Bondicigar]

Not ova yet
cmon chookies

[RoosterFanNZ]

Joey is our best player my god what a player