2025 R3 Fri - Warriors 14-6 Sydney @ Go Media

[Manu Vatuvei]

Real 2024 Warriors feel to this. We’re winning the ‘grind’, low error rate, but it means nothing because we have no attacking threat and other teams do

 

[Warriors Fever]

Honestly, the not kicking on the last thing has to be a tactic. Another bit of coaching genius from Pope Webster

It’s like he doesn’t trust them not to kick it dead

 

[Wb1234]

Real 2024 Warriors feel to this. We’re winning the ‘grind’, low error rate, but it means nothing because we have no attacking threat and other teams do

Yeh couldn’t agree more

Energy levels are good
Kick chase and getting down the field

Think it should be enough for the roosters but you never know

 

[Fangs]

Radley HIA was on my bingo card.

Roosters/HIA should be an option on Sportsbet. They'd be about $2.80 for x3 HIA's I reckon.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Does anybody remember those crazy tip ons Sam Tomkins used to do? I mean, he was a flop, but those were dope

Him being a flop is total revisionism. His 2014 season was pretty close to elite.

 

[Meth]

Him being a flop is total revisionism. His 2014 season was pretty close to elite.

a flop relative to expectations

 

[speedster]

Looks like it's been great defence but the attack has been average so overall, feels like a bottom 8 game. But it's early days so that will happen. Not finals-worthy footy though.

 

[Grapple]

Real 2024 Warriors feel to this. We’re winning the ‘grind’, low error rate, but it means nothing because we have no attacking threat and other teams do

Close game though. You might only need an Egan burst from dummy half if this continues.

Roosters need to keep throwing it around. Warriors line speed, even on the edges was great. Teddy needs to get around the ruck, especially if Connor is ruled out.

 

[Meth]

Not finals-worthy footy though.

Its Round 3

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

a flop relative to expectations

If he was supposed to be Billy Slater I guess.

The bloke’s first season was better than anything Kevin Locke ever did, and Locke never did anything either immediately before or after Tomkins signed, yet somehow this narrative started that we lost the great Kevin Locke for an English flop. It’s bizarre.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Real 2024 Warriors feel to this. We’re winning the ‘grind’, low error rate, but it means nothing because we have no attacking threat and other teams do

The Warriors attack is really weird. The shape looks great but everyone seems to run a line straight at the defender. I’m not sure if the play makers are giving it to wrong runner, they’re passing too deep or the line runners are just bad their job. Maybe a bit of everything. Either way it looks entirely non threatening and has since the start of last year.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Close game though. You might only need an Egan burst from dummy half if this continues.

Roosters need to keep throwing it around. Warriors line speed, even on the edges was great. Teddy needs to get around the ruck, especially if Connor is ruled out.

For sure. 2024 form suggests we eventually find a way to lose any close-ish game (where a close-ish game means a game we are basically dominating the grind but where our lack of attacking threat keeps the opposition in the game).

 

[Meth]

If he was supposed to be Billy Slater I guess.

Honestly, my expectations were kinda up in that neighbourhood at the time

 

[Wb1234]

No Watson warriors need to close this out

 

[Warriors Fever]

The Warriors attack is really weird. The shape looks great but everyone seems to run a line straight at the defender. I’m not sure if the play makers are giving it to wrong runner, they’re passing too deep or the line runners are just bad their job. Maybe a bit of everything. Either way it looks entirely non threatening and has since the start of last year.

This so much this, I’m glad someone else saw this. It’s like they run to be tackled.

 

[speedster]

Its Round 3

Noted and mentioned.

 

[Wb1234]

Big call that being a knock on

 

[Meth]

Klein doesn't seem to know his forwards from his backwards

 

[Wb1234]

Second bad knock on call he’s made v warriors

 

[Valheru]

Not sure what you guys and the bunker was looking at. Clear knock on in to the defender