Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Eels

[mightyrooster]

Great win. Disappointing last two tries to Parra though.

[Chook2]

Solid game
the commentators kept mentions eels missing a heap of player (2 in lane and paulo)

and then billy realised the roosters were missing manu, critchon, lodge, Watson and Sitili and teddy out early, plus brown, May, smith, toia still to come back will be some depth

teddy looked switched on tonight until he got injured
- we bombed a heap of chances seemed to get the ball out wide a lot but could no convert, radley went close and keary obstructing with the try disallowed - if we have a full side and play well we win that by 40 easily
- hutch and Allen were okay as centre coverage
- keary and walker best games for the year
- smith was classy and big Jared and Lindsay led the way up front
- radley was solid and Egan made good metres with little errors - his best game so far

[Rooster36]

Great win. Disappointing last two tries to Parra though.

Agree however we were clearly the better side and clearly have a lot of improvement … good signs

[Vasco]

The last try was embarrassing.

[mattyh]

great performance tonight from the boys, a few things from me .

thought it was one of our better esrly sesron games in years . i thought the tedesco hia was an accident , 10 in the bin was fair i thought .

standouts rugby boy, paulo , keary, walker, smith , jwh another best like performance . i also thought hutch and even egan were good to. tupou had a good night , just some dud passes.

parra have every right to be pissed with the nrl for the draw they have received. disgraceful from the nrl really .

all in all very pleased with the win .

[zac]

best performance of the season. lookin good

[stringaz]

best performance of the season. lookin good

I thought it was going to be, but that last 10 brought us back on par with the souffs game.

I guess we scored more points tonight?

[SamKerrSimp]

The best part was the resilience to get back in to the game and dominate them when they scored an early try after half time.

[King Salvo]

1st Half Stats Roosters 16 vs Parramatta 2

• Possession - Roosters 57 % - Parramatta 43 %
• Set Completions - Roosters 71% (15/21) - Parramatta 82% (14/17)
• Off Loads - Roosters 7 - Parramatta 2
• Play the Ball Speed - Roosters 3.11 seconds - Parramatta 3.85 seconds
• Line Breaks - Roosters 5 - Parramatta 0
• Running Metres - Roosters 998 - Parramatta 600
• Kicking Metres - Roosters 253 ( 8 kicks ) - Parramatta 341 ( 10 kicks )
• Tackles - Roosters 166 ( 7 missed ) - Parramatta 172 ( 22 missed )
• Errors - Roosters 5 - Parramatta 4
• Penalties Conceded - Roosters 3 - Parramatta 3
• Sin Bins - Roosters 0 - Parramatta 2
• Interchanges used - Roosters 2 - Parramatta 2

2nd Half Stats Roosters 12 vs Parramatta 18

• Possession - Roosters 45 % - Parramatta 55 %
• Set Completions - Roosters 100 % (19/19) - Parramatta 78 % (14/18)
• Off Loads - Roosters 3 - Parramatta 9
• Play the Ball Speed - Roosters 3.35 seconds - Parramatta 3.95 seconds
• Line Breaks - Roosters 2 - Parramatta 3
• Running Metres - Roosters 697 - Parramatta 835
• Kicking Metres - Roosters 297 ( 9 kicks ) - Parramatta 127 ( 7 kicks )
• Tackles - Roosters 171 ( 19 missed ) - Parramatta 139 ( 7 missed )
• Errors - Roosters 1 - Parramatta 5
• Penalties Conceded - Roosters 2 - Parramatta 2
• Sin Bins - Roosters 0 - Parramatta 0
• Interchanges used - Roosters 6 - Parramatta 7

Full Match Stats Roosters 28 vs Parramatta 20

• Possession - Roosters 51 % - Parramatta 49 %
• Set Completions - Roosters 85 % (34/40) - Parramatta 80 % (28/35)
• Off Loads - Roosters 10 - Parramatta 11
• Play the Ball Speed - Roosters 3.23 seconds - Parramatta 3.90 seconds
• Line Breaks - Roosters 7 - Parramatta 3
• Running Metres - Roosters 1695 - Parramatta 1435
• Kicking Metres - Roosters 550 ( 17 kicks ) - Parramatta 469 ( 17 kicks )
• Tackles - Roosters 337 ( 26 missed ) - Parramatta 311 ( 29 missed )
• Errors - Roosters 6 - Parramatta 9
• Penalties Conceded - Roosters 5 - Parramatta 5
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 1 - Parramatta 3
• Sin Bins - Roosters 0 - Parramatta 2
• Interchanges used - Roosters 8 - Parramatta 9

[Eggspert]

Can see the media causing a stir next week with "Who will replace Tedesco at fullback"?

Manu or Suaalii? Who will end up being the player preferred by Robbo?

[SamKerrSimp]

great performance tonight from the boys, a few things from me .

thought it was one of our better esrly sesron games in years . i thought the tedesco hia was an accident , 10 in the bin was fair i thought .

standouts rugby boy, paulo , keary, walker, smith , jwh another best like performance . i also thought hutch and even egan were good to. tupou had a good night , just some dud passes.

parra have every right to be pissed with the nrl for the draw they have received. disgraceful from the nrl really .

all in all very pleased with the win .

Parramatta play the Tigers, Bulldogs, Broncos, Knights, Titans, Raiders that is soft they have nothing to complain about.

[Rooster_6]

I’m starting to think I was wrong about Brandon Smith’s ability at dummy half, his identification of lazy/offside markers and the deception he sells with his footwork and eyes has been really impressive.

The lead up play for the Keary first try was all class, eyes sold the marker one way, footwork and positioning of the offisde player made it impossible for him the defender to react as he cut back inside and then soft hands for Walker to put him in a gap. All class.

[Thirteen]

great performance tonight from the boys, a few things from me .

thought it was one of our better esrly sesron games in years . i thought the tedesco hia was an accident , 10 in the bin was fair i thought .

standouts rugby boy, paulo , keary, walker, smith , jwh another best like performance . i also thought hutch and even egan were good to. tupou had a good night , just some dud passes.

parra have every right to be pissed with the nrl for the draw they have received. disgraceful from the nrl really .

all in all very pleased with the win .

No mention of Radley as a standout? I thought he was our best.

[Thirteen]

I’m starting to think I was wrong about Brandon Smith’s ability at dummy half, his identification of lazy/offside markers and the deception he sells with his footwork and eyes has been really impressive.

The lead up play for the Keary first try was all class, eyes sold the marker one way, footwork and positioning of the offisde player made it impossible for him the defender to react as he cut back inside and then soft hands for Walker to put him in a gap. All class.

Keary mentioned in an interview recently that Smith was a very smart footballer.

[mattyh]

Parramatta play the Tigers, Bulldogs, Broncos, Knights, Titans, Raiders that is soft they have nothing to complain about.

agree to disagree there ...playing manly , panthers and us all fresh off byes ...if the roosters had a similar draw id be pissed , this place would be in meltdown