Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Sharks

[The Lip]

What's blockers problem

Too many scrums, too many head knocks

[Team Evil]

Players are staying down now whenever the tackler falls on their ankles
They can’t stay down for high tackles, for risk of HIA

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Scratchy game with all the penalties affecting the flow. Want to see Joey Manu step it up a bit this half. His involvement can swing one of these stop start close tussles.

[roosterchook]

Absolute farce! Cronulla are a good team but this game is beyond any doubt - REF vs ROOSTERS. Penalties and 6 agains to the sharks must be breaking some records. What a joke the NRL refereeing system is.

[The Lip]

I think Matt Russel has made about 12 name errors

Haha I noticed that as well in the first three minutes he called Paulo, Toops and Manu - Sua'ali'i

[Spirit of 66]

Well, we're going to have another sin bin in the first ten minutes of the second half. Atkins was decent enough to tell Teddy of his plan.

[Recky62]

Now don’t hate me, but, I was listening to Gus’s podcast and he said one way to lessen the hip drops is to piss off these skin tight jerseys , get a bit of slack back into the fabric and tacklers can drag ‘em down …but anyway …YAY CHEESE

[SamKerrSimp]

Great defence their only try came off a scrappy loose ball but the boys need to get their discipline in order because the referee just warned Tedesco about the next 6 again on the line going to the bin if it happens early in the 2nd.

[Johnny Brass]

low vision

With an even lower IQ

[BraveTheWorld]

I think, factoring in the 6-agains, that's about 13-3 penalties/infringements in the first half. Pretty tough going. Several of them quite dubious as well.

The good news is I think we look like the much superior team. Sharks don't look like scoring at all. I actually felt last week that the Storm rarely looked like scoring as well, ironically (aside from kicks). The goal-line defense has been pretty pleasing. The Sharks only try was 13 on 12 and was fortunate itself.

Going to have to be very careful with the penalties in the next half or someone will be in the bin. In fact, I predict someone will be binned.

Roosters to win though.

[Eggspert]

We will obviously win this if we play half decent in the next 40. The Sharks aren't threatening at all.

But this discipline issue or so called is beyond ridiculous. Sharks getting leg ups out of their half constantly.

How can one team be so perfect & the other not?

[The Lip]

Now don’t hate me, but, I was listening to Gus’s podcast and he said one way to lessen the hip drops is to piss off these skin tight jerseys , get a bit of slack back into the fabric and tacklers can drag ‘em down …but anyway …YAY CHEESE

man bring back the paper corner posts and leather steedens

First try scorer doubles, RLW and Big League

[Easts75]

Just logged on,haven't read the chat.

Paulo some great carries !! Lindsay is mental this season

[weplayforprems]

Paul Gallen may as well be refereeing. Some elite cheating from Atkins tonight

[The Lip]

I think, factoring in the 6-agains, that's about 13-3 penalties/infringements in the first half. Pretty tough going. Several of them quite dubious as well.

The good news is I think we look like the much superior team. Sharks don't look like scoring at all. I actually felt last week that the Storm rarely looked like scoring as well, ironically (aside from kicks). The goal-line defense has been pretty pleasing. The Sharks only try was 13 on 12 and was fortunate itself.

Going to have to be very careful with the penalties in the next half or someone will be in the bin. In fact, I predict someone will be binned.

Roosters to win though.

They did look like scoring when they passed it to Paulo!