General Discussion Thread

[Aliceinwonderland]

Gus is the Trump of rugby league. Will put the clubs mid to long term future in trouble to get his shiny new toy.

Exactly.

It took me a good long while to realise this fact, when he was at Penrith. Look at the deals he did for Reg and DWZ they were just plain silly.

Also what happened with Trent Merrin, paid huge overs for him, only to shovel him on a couple of years later.

You could see Brand yAlexander in the last 12 months becoming increasingly frustrated with Gus's behaviour, and unwilling to see things through. Gus was continually looking for shiny new toys to 'fix' issues within the club. TBH in hindsight sacking Ivan was an example of this too.

I heard it said in the last 12 months of him being at Penrith, it was like 'walking on egg shells' around him. This is dysfunctional behaviour, that Penrith did not need.

 

[Fangs]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/disaster-roosters-rocked-by-spencer-leniu-ban-for-high-shot-depth-to-be-tested-in-the-early-rounds/news-story/38c8bb31c032788b07533ddf366156dc

The Roosters could be without powerhouse prop Spencer Leniu for the opening three rounds of the season after the rep star was charged for his high shot on Newcastle’s Phoenix Crossland during Sunday’s heavy defeat in Gosford.

Leniu was hit with a grade 2 careless high tackle charge for an incident early in Sunday’s clash and can accept a two-match ban with an early guilty plea but risks an extra week if he fights the charge and loses.

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No Spencer for our round two clash against the Roosters.

On another point, same old Roosters. Their forwards are constantly in trouble for this kind of thing. I'd also wager their own players suffer more concussions than other teams on average.

 

[snickers007]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/disaster-roosters-rocked-by-spencer-leniu-ban-for-high-shot-depth-to-be-tested-in-the-early-rounds/news-story/38c8bb31c032788b07533ddf366156dc

The Roosters could be without powerhouse prop Spencer Leniu for the opening three rounds of the season after the rep star was charged for his high shot on Newcastle’s Phoenix Crossland during Sunday’s heavy defeat in Gosford.

Leniu was hit with a grade 2 careless high tackle charge for an incident early in Sunday’s clash and can accept a two-match ban with an early guilty plea but risks an extra week if he fights the charge and loses.

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No Spencer for our round two clash against the Roosters.

On another point, same old Roosters. Their forwards are constantly in trouble for this kind of thing. I'd also wager their own players suffer more concussions than other teams on average.

Roosters copped 34 charges last year, for 24 weeks on the sideline - which is the most of any side.
19 players in total copped charged, and 3 players had 3 or more charges (JWH, Radley and Crichton).

This excludes the suspension Suualii copped in Origin too.

Absolute grim reading.


Can't find numbers on games missed due to concussions, but the eye test would suggest you're right.

And this seems to be a year on year thing for them, which indicates issues with their training and tactics.

 

[Fangs]

Roosters copped 34 charges last year, for 24 weeks on the sideline - which is the most of any side.
19 players in total copped charged, and 3 players had 3 or more charges (JWH, Radley and Crichton).

This excludes the suspension Suualii copped in Origin too.

Absolute grim reading.


Can't find numbers on games missed due to concussions, but the eye test would suggest you're right.

And this seems to be a year on year thing for them, which indicates issues with their training and tactics.

Great stats thank you.

Its the brand of football they play. The game has left them behind. They need to sort it out.

 

[Munky]

Great stats thank you.

Its the brand of football they play. The game has left them behind. They need to sort it out.

Robbo has suffered from being too loyal to his back to back premiership winners.

Radley, JWH and Chrichton have looked off the boil the last few years and haven't been reined in (acknowledging Angus had a good season last year).

He added Smith and Spencer to the pack who are also loose units and play with no discipline.

Cordner was the calming influence and he's been out of the game for years.

Keary was never a leader in the halves and was held onto for too long. Teddy still thinks he'll break every tackle attempt and burst out the other side.