Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Manly

[bondi.boy]

Hutch is tough.
Hutch has size.
Hutch is not the best player in the club, but is always there to fill in when we get injuries.
He plays well enough to keep getting a contract.
The coach obviously sees his value.

[Chickenhawk]

The Hutchinater was one of the better performers though

12 runs - 98 metres - 2 line break assists - 1 Try assist - 4 kicks (104 metres) - 27 tackles (2 missed tackles ) - 1 error

See player stats

https://www.nrl.com/draw/pre-season-...-v-sea-eagles/

Sorry mate. Not knocking the stat's but
8 metres a run, 25 metres a kick, almost 10% of tackles missed plus an error isn't one of the better performers. Hutch is an average baller at best. Good for a fill in but would not be missed if not there.

[bondi.boy]

Robbo is using the trial as he should to try out different players. But fitness and match fitness is crucial in the early part of the season to get off to a good start. Falling too far behind the pack is what we don’t want. It looks like errors, penalties and ball control along with fitness and injuries will determine our season. Not expecting a top 5 spot this year.

We get caught up in the idea of "fast games" and try to play razzle dazzle footy...to our detriment.
We need to slow games down, and make no errors...then unleash our attack.

[Random Rooster]

I hope tonight wasn't a snapshot of our completion rates for 2023-the last 3 seasons have been painful.

I dont like losing but i really dont like losing by giving the opposition cheap ball and yardage numerous times a game. So many times the team beats itself-really pisses me off

[Rooster36]

Unless he gets injured, he will definitely be there.

You and Rasta must disappointed we haven’t come out of the gates a million miles n hour

[roosterchook]

We get caught up in the idea of "fast games" and try to play razzle dazzle footy...to our detriment.
We need to slow games down, and make no errors...then unleash our attack.

Spot on!

[The Lip]

Obviously he has no idea how to tackle head on in the centres...he belongs on the wing.
Play him in the centres and we'll lose.

He's too small for centre BB

[The Lip]

The Hutchinater was one of the better performers though

12 runs - 98 metres - 2 line break assists - 1 Try assist - 4 kicks (104 metres) - 27 tackles (2 missed tackles ) - 1 error

See player stats

https://www.nrl.com/draw/pre-season-...-v-sea-eagles/

Hutch kills the attack, deadset kills it- and is far to slow to defend anywhere but the middle and still there his lack of pace would be a liability. He misses tackles by so much they don't even get chalked up as his miss. Yeah he's a good team guy but a first grader he is not.

[The Lip]

Hutch is tough.
Hutch has size.
Hutch is not the best player in the club, but is always there to fill in when we get injuries.
He plays well enough to keep getting a contract.
The coach obviously sees his value.

Oh f#ck putty also fills a gap - is soft and malleable , is slow to set and doesn't move once it does- can be made into a large blob as well - maybe we should call Hutch Putty?

[Thirteen]

Robbo is using the trial as he should to try out different players. But fitness and match fitness is crucial in the early part of the season to get off to a good start. Falling too far behind the pack is what we don’t want. It looks like errors, penalties and ball control along with fitness and injuries will determine our season. Not expecting a top 5 spot this year.

Classic!
Jump jump jump!!

[bondi.boy]

I hope tonight wasn't a snapshot of our completion rates for 2023-the last 3 seasons have been painful.

I dont like losing but i really dont like losing by giving the opposition cheap ball and yardage numerous times a game. So many times the team beats itself-really pisses me off

Indeed.
Dumb penalties given away yesterday by Radley and co in tackles...notice Radley is still yelling abuse at team mates on the field for the world to see.
It was the usual stuff we dish up in matches:
. dumb penalties given away
. dropped ball, lost ball in tackles, stuffed up play the balls,etc.
. forward passes, incl from Smith
. wayward passes
. missed tackles, so many it was impossible to count them.
We beat ourselves in matches...it was 0-26 at one stage.

[bondi.boy]

Classic!
Jump jump jump!!

Unless there's a magical improvement from this Manly trial we'll finish 5th last....with top 5 only a dream.

The camp in NZ was obviously a major waste of time and money.

[bondi.boy]

Oh f#ck putty also fills a gap - is soft and malleable , is slow to set and doesn't move once it does- can be made into a large blob as well - maybe we should call Hutch Putty?

Can't blame Hutch for the loss, Manly simply ran thru us at pace all match.
Down our wing, thru our centres, thru our forwards, made us look like amateurs just learning the game.

Where was Momirovski?

[rented tracksuit]

Unless there's a magical improvement from this Manly trial we'll finish 5th last....with top 5 only a dream.

The camp in NZ was obviously a major waste of time and money.

Sorry bondi but if think our season determined by a trial, you must also think souffs will win the comp when they take out the charity shield.

[bondi.boy]

Sorry bondi but if think our season determined by a trial, you must also think souffs will win the comp when they take out the charity shield.

The whole thing was horrible, from start to finish...except for some good play at the end.
The refereeing, our failed experiments with new players and changed positions....and simple mistakes.