Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Storm

[mattyh]

im looking forward to tonights game, hope we can get up , go the chooks.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Win quite comfortably?
I hope so, but...Storm are favourites, the money is on the Storm.
Storm home game, the world hates us, our playing style doesn't seem to suit any referees, and we very rarely beat the Storm.
If we win it will be a miracle.
Miracles do happen though.
If we pIay our very best and mistake-free footy we're in with a good chance.

So it's a good chance we'll see a miracle? That seems like some sort of contradiction.

I haven't looked forward to a game as much as this for a long time. 8pm is so far away.

[mightyrooster]

I’ve got to be realistic here. We’ve got the best chance we’ve had in a long, long time of tossing the storm. We are playing for our season and the storm are playing for 4th spot. I’d love us to win and seal our top 8 position and I’m hoping for a miracle here because the storm are good, real good and will be just as hungry as we are for the win. But I’m prepping myself for a loss because this is the storm not the tigers. Still counting on one Raiders loss to get us past the post.

I don’t think there’s any point banking on the Faiders. We honestly have a way better chance of beating the Storm than the Faiders losing either of their remaining two games. It’s going to be a long nervous wait for kick off today. Let’s go Easts!

[Thirteen]

Win quite comfortably?
I hope so, but...Storm are favourites, the money is on the Storm.
Storm home game, the world hates us, our playing style doesn't seem to suit any referees, and we very rarely beat the Storm.
If we win it will be a miracle.
Miracles do happen though.
If we pIay our very best and mistake-free footy we're in with a good chance.

Are you actually from Bondi? Do you want to meet up today so I can wack some sense into you?

[eddie]

I'd like to be confident, but I go into every game expecting to be ripped off by the game managers...............bloody nrl

[A Country Member]

If we can contain the NAS edge running and his offload we are a fair chance to get up. I noticed Parra using big Shaun Lane in a similar fashion.

For us, hang on to the ball like we have been and push up through the middle. Knock down the front door

[Waylander]

I'm *sooo* f'ing pumped for this game tonight.

Dare to dream, Roosters, but even more importantly, dare to put action behind your dreams. We CAN do this, it WON'T take a miracle ... just the guts to do what you've been building towards these last 6 weeks. Effort. Determination. Execution.

GO EASTS !!!

[Spirit of 66]

We'll be beaten if Suaalii, and Manu for that matter, let tries in down their wing.

That's right. They should insist they never move infield under any circumstances and stick to a 30cm corridor near the touchline. You really need to apply for the defensive coach role BB.

[sparrow]

Win quite comfortably?
I hope so, but...Storm are favourites, the money is on the Storm.
Storm home game, the world hates us, our playing style doesn't seem to suit any referees, and we very rarely beat the Storm.
If we win it will be a miracle.
Miracles do happen though.
If we pIay our very best and mistake-free footy we're in with a good chance.

Redfern Boy??

[Thirteen]

The waiting is killing me.

10 hours to go….

[fletch]

The danger tonight is the enforcers in this team JWH/Radley/Lodge get too emotionally amped up and do something stupid that hurts this team, there is a fine line between playing aggressive or reckless important they don't lean too far towards reckless tonight.

The Storm are also going to defensively test over and over both Walker and Keary.

[Tommy Smith]

Make no mistake about it, this Easts team has been waiting for a game like this - an opportunity like this - for 3 years.

We've been hungover from b2b glory and suffering under the yoke of a brutal injury toll for so long. But now the time has come.

The boys are foaming at the mouth. The pigs - JWH, Lodge, Rads, SST and Collins - are hungry for blood. The opposition's blood, their own blood, it doesn't matter. They just want the battle.

And the backs are as sharp and lethal as any in the comp, led by the greatest fullback of all time.

This team is on course to achieve something very special.

First to go b2b in the NRL era. And now first to win the comp from outside the top 4.

We will win tonight. We will go undefeated.

It is destiny. Just like 2002.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

We cover Melbourne in every position, yes..... including 5/8th.
The only advantage they have is their home ground.
We have been the best team in the comp over the last 7 rounds, including the time we were robbed against Penrith.
We are finally at full strength.
We can win this, and we can win next week.
We can finish 5th if Melbourne beat Parra in the last round.
We might be playing Canberra at our new home ground in Round 1 of the finals.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Make no mistake about it, this Easts team has been waiting for a game like this - an opportunity like this - for 3 years.

We've been hungover from b2b glory and suffering under the yoke of a brutal injury toll for so long. But now the time has come.

The boys are foaming at the mouth. The pigs - JWH, Lodge, Rads, SST and Collins - are hungry for blood. The opposition's blood, their own blood, it doesn't matter. They just want the battle.

And the backs are as sharp and lethal as any in the comp, led by the greatest fullback of all time.

This team is on course to achieve something very special.

First to go b2b in the NRL era. And now first to win the comp from outside the top 4.

We will win tonight. We will go undefeated.

It is destiny. Just like 2002.

I love this post.

[Vee08]

Man for man, at their best, and no game manipulation by the PVLCorp., the Rooster’s will win… 2 top contenders in a very good HW fight… I believe the Rooster’s have a bit more arsenal than the Storm can handle. Here come the Mighty Roosters!