Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Sea Eagles

[roosterchook]

Roosters set completions have been very poor 61% and 17 errors

Thats absolutely shocking. But I think it’s due to not having respect for the opposition thinking it would rain tries but Manly, although seriously depleted, turned up. We thought we could score off every set. Very complacent tonight. Top teams would have put 50 on us with 17 errors!

[bondi.boy]

these players deserve a ****ing kick up the arse.

bunch of reserve graders are putting it to us.

think theyre a bunch of superstars playing touch footy and dropping the ball every set

3 tries to 2 is abymsal. countless missed tackles.

Not a bunch of reserve graders, but the first grade team of Manly who was about level with us on the ladder...plus some capable replacements.
Manly, with nothing to lose, threw the ball around and ran hard.

Losing Collins was a big blow.

In the wash-up, Manly scored 10 points...Roosters scored 20.
DCE, Foran, bro turbo etc...it was always going to be a tough game.
Talk here before the game of Roosters winning by 60 points was very optimistic...even misguided.

[bondi.boy]

Maria Folau has lashed out at ARLC Peter V'landys after his comments supporting the 7 Manly players.

[Teddy]

A full strength AFL team would have beaten us last night. In saying that Manley’s spirited performance was great to see back against the wall mentality.

[Thirteen]

What a dour game.

It was more exciting watching the traffic lights change colour on the way back to Bondi.

3 Toops
2 Manu
1 Keary

Lodge was great.

[Pablo Escobar]

Should of put 50 on that team.

Oh well got the 2 points now we move on to next week.

[The Lip]

Toops what a legend - great game.
Lodge - thankfully some great recruitment landed him here because he is just what we need. Bends the line, makes his tackles and doesn't make mistakes.
JWH - was JWH which is immense with some really dumb stuff thrown in.
Teddy was good as always but not his usual brilliant.
I thought Rads was good because we were just trying to go around them all night too soon and he was one of the few trying to straighten the attack up.
Manu good as was Conner.
JS - what happened to him this week - poor game - ran sideways and lined himself up to be picked off multiple times - I love this kid because he doesn't do that? Passed to Teddy a couple of times when he just should have carted it up - it was like he was trying to protect himself.
Momo maybe stuck first contact in making a tackle once all game - he is a liability so badly in defence. Unfortunately the coach doesn't see any other options.
Verrills had a good game - he has really come back well. Good for him and us.

Really hard to be positive from that game and this was the best I could do.

[eddie]

8 minutes to go....................and we get our first 6 again!

[The Lip]

8 minutes to go....................and we get our first 6 again!

Is that right Eddie - but seriously we can't complain too much about the ref last night I thought we got the 50/50s well 50/50 at least. I think we had six penalties to one a one stage.

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

Awful. Turned up with a "this'll be easy" attitude and paid the price. Had a great chance to blow their for and against right out of the water ... and failed miserably.

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

Toops what a legend - great game.
Lodge - thankfully some great recruitment landed him here because he is just what we need. Bends the line, makes his tackles and doesn't make mistakes.
JWH - was JWH which is immense with some really dumb stuff thrown in.
Teddy was good as always but not his usual brilliant.
I thought Rads was good because we were just trying to go around them all night too soon and he was one of the few trying to straighten the attack up.
Manu good as was Conner.
JS - what happened to him this week - poor game - ran sideways and lined himself up to be picked off multiple times - I love this kid because he doesn't do that? Passed to Teddy a couple of times when he just should have carted it up - it was like he was trying to protect himself.
Momo maybe stuck first contact in making a tackle once all game - he is a liability so badly in defence. Unfortunately the coach doesn't see any other options.
Verrills had a good game - he has really come back well. Good for him and us.

Really hard to be positive from that game and this was the best I could do.

I was looking at some stats earlier in the week and saw that Momorovski has eight line break assists this season -- equal with Keary and Walker!

[Noosa Rooster]

I think without the forward pass ruling on Toops break and we subsequently score then the result would have been different. Manly we’re just holding on all night and if we up 18 points here it may have broken them.
Best to get a bad game out of the way against weaker opposition than get belted by someone above us and then lose confidence. At least we’re still in it and destiny is in our own hands.
That’s probably the worst we’ve played all season so hopefully it’s out of the way until R1 next year!

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

Well now this circus is over i still can't believe the ground announcer didnt play manly running out to ITS RAINING MEN hallelula its raining men !

Next year when they have a full gay round! It'll be spectacular with the rainbow striped footballs!

[The Lip]

I was looking at some stats earlier in the week and saw that Momorovski has eight line break assists this season -- equal with Keary and Walker!

Yeah I don't know what's more surprising there - that Momo has 8 or that Walker and Keary only have 8. Momo's attack is actually acceptable - his defence is not.

[Recky62]

well....thats what i thought might happen...we were either gonna flog em or take it easy /buggerise around and win anyway....should of been way more than the final tally
and at a minimum, Campbelltown by the sea should of had two sin bins and a send off .....congrats to the ref who graduated the Lindsay Klein referee college on a shithouse performance