2024 FW1 Fri - Penrith 30-10 Sydney @ BlueBet

[Woody90]

Absolutely

I just doubt they will reach that ceiling again. Halves of football like that don't come along very often.

They do it every year this time of year though.

I was confused why the commentary were all so shocked that they went to another gear for finals like they don’t do it every year.

Could argue they’ve definitely regressed as Panthers side from 2 years ago wouldn’t have taken their foot off the throat in the second half, but the Roosters were never actually going to be able to get back into that game so they only played as well as they needed to.

 

[Black Panther]

I'm not just referring to completions.

You probably won't get to play a team missing a third of their starters either. Still nearly made it a game if not for Klein finding a forward pass.

Your bench was junk, that's your major worry.

Ash Klein was the Roosters best player jerk off.

 

[Woody90]

Not sure the first half is the ceiling.

As much as they're f**king hateable, they are elite AF. The Roosters middle actually held pretty well defensively and JFH and Leota only made low 100m, at pretty low averages. Same for the edge forwards.

There's more there, especially against lesser defence.

Roosters also did the absolute worst thing you can do against the Panthers too and gave away a lot of ball and dumb penalties. It was all over after that.

 

[Fangs]

They do it every year this time of year though.

I was confused why the commentary were all so shocked that they went to another gear for finals like they don’t do it every year.

Could argue they’ve definitely regressed as Panthers side from 2 years ago wouldn’t have taken their foot off the throat in the second half, but the Roosters were never actually going to be able to get back into that game so they only played as well as they needed to.

That's right. They flicked the switch.

Anyone who watched NRL in the last 5 years has noticed it. They are the best team by a very long way because they have another level to go to.

A half of football like that comes along when it needs to. They do what is required and leave enough in the tank if they need to accelerate e.g. Broncos 2023 grand final comeback.

 

[Black Panther]

No they were as good as usual... That's my point. It lacks punch and spark.

You really are a wanker. Take a loss. Penrith owned the Roosters, only Klein kept the second half interesting

 

[Warrimoo3]

Or an ashtray on a motorcycle

Some nice interventions from Ash though. An imaginary set restart on the last for the Panthers early on that results in a try and an imaginary forward pass from the Roosters at an important time in the game. Guy has a good imagination.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Some nice interventions from Ash though. An imaginary set restart on the last for the Panthers early on that results in a try and an imaginary forward pass from the Roosters at an important time in the game. Guy has a good imagination.

I saw a similar comment on the Roar website. I know that Robbo preaches from a different bible, but you do realise you still need to follow the rules on the 5th tackle….

 

[Pjf04b]

The only time they were in the game was when Klein gave 5 restarts and penalties either side of ht, and didn't sin bin Keary.

 

[Loose Cannon]

https://x.com/nrl/status/1834557911487443167?s=61&t=KH4AZgdocmyCtnH1Pbs4mg

Crude headline from NRL twitter.

 

[Valheru]

Not sure the first half is the ceiling.

As much as they're f**king hateable, they are elite AF. The Roosters middle actually held pretty well defensively and JFH and Leota only made low 100m, at pretty low averages. Same for the edge forwards.

There's more there, especially against lesser defence.

We are the worst defensively in the top 4