Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Storm

[roosterchook]

These guys have had good performances this year. The Butcher’s consistently have had little impact. There’s no agro, there’s no hard yards. They were all poor tonight but from what we have seen this season the bros are doing very little. There’s a reason why Sitili and Angus were starting over these 2 last season.

We need way better players than the Butchers to be competitive against the top teams.

[Vasco]

The Storm kept us scoreless for the last ten minutes. That's a sign of a disciplined team.

We would have conceded a soft try or two.

[kakaruk]

I will say it again drew hutch does not belong in a chooks backline have a look at his face after that last dropped ball at the end of the game. He knows he is out of his depth and if robbo keeps picking him there he needs his head read..

[Sentimentinel]

I’m still scratching my head over the Hutchison and Aubusson comparison from Robbo last week..I mean seriously lol

Yea that fell over like a cardboard cutout. Poor hutch he tried so hard, but when your body language is having your head down to sprint of the mark probably means you shouldn't be in the backline.

[Vasco]

Radley in the bin really compounded hutch defending at centre with 12 men.

Teddy a big in next week, so glad we didn't get spanked and no long term injuries.

We got beaten by 20 points.

[Thirteen]

Exactly .. poor game but pissing down rain in Melbourne and No possession … we’ll learn

It was raining for Melbourne too.

[Sentimentinel]

We got beaten by 20 points.

Yea well I thought it might be 50 at one stage so I'll take the 20. Glass half full.

[Thirteen]

Melbourne are shit. Should have won by 50 with their possession and high completion rates. We beat ourselves. So frustrating.

[roosterchook]

Suaalii offers nothing in attack at centre, been the easiest player to tackle tonight. Outside of when he came in the middle and took a hard run like he used to as a winger.

The $5 million dud!

[Steggles]

Did you think the same last week or after we beat Souths?

Yep, I did. We just held on against Souffs and we let Parra back into the game by playing Roosters footy in the last quarter. A well coached team would have finished off both games; not us. Bellamy and Bennett coached sides have a habit of pulling apart Robbo’s weird team selections, lack of a game plan and dreadful discipline.

[bondi.boy]

mrs bb writes;

"The person you can blame for this loss is Radley.
The criticism by some people on this forum of Walker, Suaalii, the Butcher bros and Hutch is unfair.
I feel that the knowledge of football that some on this forum have would fit into a thimble."

[Sentimentinel]

Maybe some of The Brains player ratings will cheer us up, not sure I have much to review after that one.


Except Joey Manu is a God.

[BraveTheWorld]

I'll be avoiding the Pen for the next week, I think. The complete meltdown after any/every loss gets a bit tiring.
Not our night. Thought we looked really good in the first 15, but you've got to play smart to beat the Storm in Melbourne and we just weren't.

Lodge and Teddy back next week? Sitili and Angus not too far away, either. Definitely gonna make a big difference. I'm not too concerned to be honest.

[MKCS]

mrs bb writes;

"The person you can blame for this loss is Radley.
The criticism by some people on this forum of Walker, Suaalii, the Butcher bros and Hutch is unfair.
I feel that the knowledge of football that some on this forum have would fit into a thimble."

You're right, Hutch's multiple defensive errors and Melbourne constantly going to him didn't play a part in the loss at all.

[Chook2]

Few points from tonight
Chooks leading the grind for the 1st 20 min then the forward pass and sin bin changed it all
storm - I don’t remember them dropping a ball or conceding a penalty? They were just doing everything right, also Munster and Hughes well ahead of any other half combo, when they get paps back and grant hard to stop

chooks
robbo - why select a centre in allan on the bench, hutch gets schooled and leaves him out there, robbo can’t seem to adapt when someone is not up to it
hutch got schooled and was totally out of his league
radley is more of a liability now then ever, injuries, head knocks and suspensions - sometimes get jealous of Yeo and Murray. Just before radley did his acl in 2020 I reckon he was the most dominant forward in attack and defence
sualli - I keep saying he is not a centre or fullback he can’t pass or read plays. He just runs hard to should go back to wing
manu best for chooks

main upside is and mentioned in commentary
Sitili back this week in reserves, Angus, smith, brown and Napa all back
Sitili and gus will come back after a week id say
and teddy and lodge back next week v sharks