2018 R4 Sat - Roosters 6-30 Warriors @ Allianz

[Iafeta]

Warriors - on Facebook

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Johnson is out.
Roosters by 20.

Anything official?

 

[Burns]

Warriors - on Facebook

Nothing on their official page

 

[Clifferd]

@TheFrog probably doesn't rate Moylan anymore.

I wonder why

Teddy has had a slow start to the year. But I've always believed that he is a freak. So the opposition should be worried what we can do when he clicks.

He doesn’t anymore. But he had no problem blowing his load over him as early as last year saying he’s the next immortal lol

People are used to seeing teddy as a one man band (ie carrying a shit tigers team). It’ll take him some time to adjust to this roosters team, but it’ll be worth it for you guys come seasons end

 

[Burns]

David Skipwell (NZ Herald journo) just tweeted that SJ is out with a groin strain.

Well, that’s that then.

 

[typicalfan]

RTS is ahead of Tedesco head to head in terms of form.

Being a great player in a great team is usually harder than being a great player standing out in a shipwreck of a team. Tedesco needs more Slater without the grub and less Hayne

 

[TheFrog]

@TheFrog probably doesn't rate Moylan anymore.

It's not like he's in scintillating form, is it?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I hate cooper cronk.

 

[krappo]

the chooks in a canter

 

[Leber]

If the roosters don't win this now, they should be kicked out of the comp.

 

[flippikat]

This will be the biggest test of the 2018 Warriors systems & tactics yet.

It was already going to be huge, but now we'll know how well the rest of the squad can step up with injuries/suspensions to key players.

In a 26-week season, the depth will always be tested at some stage.. better to have that test now (and learn whatever lessons come from it ) than scrambling to deal with those issues for the first time in August or September.

Besides, it appears that this year they're winning the "must win" regular season games against bottom-mid table teams - which affords them the odd loss against top teams like the Roosters.

 

[Cockosh]

RTS is ahead of Tedesco head to head in terms of form.

Being a great player in a great team is usually harder than being a great player standing out in a shipwreck of a team. Tedesco needs more Slater without the grub and less Hayne

I love teddy and sure he will get better for us with each game but rts is still one of my favourites. He’s looked great in the first 3 games. Hopefully not today.

I’m curious to see how we show up today. We have a bad habit of not turning up against weakened opposition. As good as we’ve been we lack the killer instinct of the storm.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Sj is a huge loss. Means an unlikely win will be a 14-10 type back to the wall gutsy effort. Not many better blokes to get back than Mannering for such occasion to bust out 50 tackles and tidy up the edge that Cronk loves

 

[flippikat]

Sj is a huge loss. Means an unlikely win will be a 14-10 type back to the wall gutsy effort. Not many better blokes to get back than Mannering for such occasion to bust out 50 tackles and tidy up the edge that Cronk loves

Yep.. there's still a decent leadership group in the line-up.. SJ's absence might just mean a tighter approach, tactically - not just because we've lost his ad-lib abilities, but also because it breaks up the halves combination that was worked on all through the offseason.

 

[Unscrupulous]

I have a bad feeling we're going to be penalised straight into next season.

 

[typicalfan]

I love teddy and sure he will get better for us with each game but rts is still one of my favourites. He’s looked great in the first 3 games. Hopefully not today.

I’m curious to see how we show up today. We have a bad habit of not turning up against weakened opposition. As good as we’ve been we lack the killer instinct of the storm.

Amazed how the Storm over the years never seem complacent or you can count on one hand how many times it has happened over the last decade. Cronk surely is part of that

 

[typicalfan]

Lino goes ok but Roosters to win this. Thinking 24-10

 

[Meth]

I have a bad feeling we're going to be penalised straight into next season.

Yeah I was just thinking that the only team more likely to get punished by the refs this round is the Roosters

 

[King hit]

Don’t think the Warriors will win without Johnson. Hopefully we can have a free flowing game.

 

[Meth]

Roach. Ugh