Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Panthers

[Eggspert]

Blaming the ref is a cop-out.

He decided to nit pick rubbish penalties in a close fought game hanging in the balance.

[King Salvo]

A much better effort but things still to work on - defence / discipline/ball control and sticking to the game plan when it's working - Going back through the middle/short passes/players in support/offloading was working but then they reverted back to side to side.

Not all is lost as they have the bye next week and 8 games to go - their destiny is in their own hands.

[TheLoneRooster]

Corey Parker being fair to the Roosters. benchi not so much. eff you benchi.
Robbo careful in the presser but got his point across.

[Bruce 38-0]

In the presser Robbo said something about continually calling out Yay and Nath. Was the inference there that they could hear Jerry calling them out on the refs ears for being offside but not getting the penalty?

[BigCok007]

Blaming the ref is a cop-out.

Bull$hit! Take away their two leg up tries and we win. You’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise

[BigCok007]

In the presser Robbo said something about continually calling out Yay and Nath. Was the inference there that they could hear Jerry calling them out on the refs ears for being offside but not getting the penalty?

He doesn’t deserve a first name that ref he’s a rat so he should be referred to as such

[stringaz]

Lol Robbo straight into it backed up by Teddy in the presser. The journo's asking sounded pretty bummed about it too. The code's a joke. I don't even think my brain can fully process how outrageous the Verills penalty was. I feel like laughing out of hysteria about it.

[zac]

on the one hand the loss means we're more likely to miss the 8, on the other a performance like that shows we can win the comp

[Noosa Rooster]

I can't understand why, if Sam V is penalised for a dangerous tackle, then why aren't we awarded an 8 point try for Sam V being dumped on his head when he scores?
He was obviously injured but neither the ref nor the bunker did a thing. Wasn't even mentioned in any of the commentary but I thought it was a legitimate case for an 8 point try.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Unlucky to lose tonight, could easily have won, but a good effort without JWH and Kez. I thought TKO, Both butchers and Verrills were very good. Rads will get better, Toops was great, Smith also, Hutch's kicking was great, They were all good..... but if we get JWH and Kez back DSF drops out and Manu goes back to centre, Sitili back to the pack, Hutch goes to 14, Watson drops out.
we will make the 8, and if we can get a full strength team on the field in the semis we can beat anyone.

Teddy
Toops
Manu
Smith
Suaali
Keary
Walker
JWH
Verrills
TKO
Angus
Sitili
Radley

Hutch
Butch 1
Butch 2
Lodge

Baker

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Corey Parker being fair to the Roosters. benchi not so much. eff you benchi.
Robbo careful in the presser but got his point across.

Careful? He gave it to Sutton with both barrels!

[Rooster36]

on the one hand the loss means we're more likely to miss the 8, on the other a performance like that shows we can win the comp

it’s a bittersweet symphony this life

[ConGa]

i dont understand why Teddy didn't challenge the Nat's late offload, was it already spent or he's hesitated?

[NorfolkStreetKid]

on the one hand the loss means we're more likely to miss the 8, on the other a performance like that shows we can win the comp

that performance means we will make the 8, and we can win the comp.

[Headless Chook]

I can't understand why, if Sam V is penalised for a dangerous tackle, then why aren't we awarded an 8 point try for Sam V being dumped on his head when he scores?
He was obviously injured but neither the ref nor the bunker did a thing. Wasn't even mentioned in any of the commentary but I thought it was a legitimate case for an 8 point try.

I said the same thing to my mates. I didn't honestly think it was worth an 8 point try, I was just making the point about how ridiculous the Sam V penalty was in the first place