I am still waiting for someone to be accountable

[Parra]

Was a good game. Tough result but no-one is having a sulk.

Continue.

 

[Marshall_magic]

The Roosters usually have a few good years then lavish at the bottom for a few, they rarely are a middle of the road team. They are just on a downswing again. The injuries the have certainly aren't helping. With Pearce, Maloney, Sheck, Jennings, Cordner and JWH we are talking 3 of their best players over their 3 previous seasons.

 

[Cockosh]

I'm as frustrated as any Easts fan but this year has worked out to be a perfect storm of epic proportions. The retention decisions need to be put into context. Rts caught everyone off guard by signing for warriors. We the let Maloney go with club taking a gamble on Hastings playing 2nd fiddle to Pearce. JWH Does his ACL. We let Jennings go when Copley becomes available apparently to make cap space for god knows who and what. Then the Pearce circus comes to town. And just when it cannot get any worse cordner does his pec.

Each incident and decision in isolation isn't usually the end of the world but combined they would decimate any team. Apart from Souths and cows we have been competitive and with some luck results could have gone otherwise. No one to blame. The 6 players in question are all origin and international standard players.

If someone told me I'm 2012 that we'd win a gf and 3 mp's followed by a lean year I would've take it.

Go Easts.

 

[Cockosh]

No sympathy for the Roosters, all that success the past couple of years and still can't draw a crowd. Rarely develop any talent of it own always relying on other catchments to have a competitive team. Roosters always have the benefit of being financially stacked compare to other clubs, so come 2017/18 would stack up there roster one way or another.

Can't draw a crowd? We were the 6th best in terms of crowds in 2015. There are 10 other teams for you to concern yourself with. So other clubs are responsible for someone being born in their catchment. Hahaha. The best players in nearly every team are imports from other catchments. Should we be punished for being financially stacked?

Ridiculous comments and thinking.

I hope we stack that roster to the brim in 2017 and 2018 and buy some more premierships. I'd happily trade a spoon this year for them.

 

[Card Shark]

Blame the dog rooter

Agree

It's amazing how team's with off-field drama struggle on it.

Only Manly seem to be able to put it aside.

 

[--Storm--]

Maloney was the worse decision they made, there got no other goal kicker plus he's been there best half over the last few years, Pearce just gets all the raps.

 

[Perth Red]

Maybe the parra investigation into third party payments spooked them enough to shed their talent
. They have lost a lot and brought little in this season, makes you wonder why they had to shed so much so quickly?

 

[Tommy Smith]

No sympathy for the Roosters, all that success the past couple of years and still can't draw a crowd. Rarely develop any talent of it own always relying on other catchments to have a competitive team. Roosters always have the benefit of being financially stacked compare to other clubs, so come 2017/18 would stack up there roster one way or another.

Pretty funny coming from a fan of a team where almost half your players came from the Roosters system. :lol:

 

[Valheru]

Maybe the parra investigation into third party payments spooked them enough to shed their talent
. They have lost a lot and brought little in this season, makes you wonder why they had to shed so much so quickly?

 

[kbw]

I agree with Storm, we keep Maloney we win games and not because of his goal kicking

 

[TheFrog]

It seems pretty obvious what is happening here. The Roosters have this year shed Tuivasa-Sheck, Jennings and Maloney, replacing them with nobodies. This is easily $2 million worth of cattle. So are they $1.5m or so under the cap this year? Of course not. Why? Because of back and front loading of contracts.

The star players still at the club are this year on the high year of their contracts, so big names had to be shipped out. Finishing down the table this year is what allowed the club to win 3 minor premierships, instead of finishing mid-table every year. If you look at finishing positions from one year to the next over the past 15 years, you can see it is not a new practice. It's certainly not confined to one club, either.

 

[Jack_Napier]

Lol I love it when everyday fans try to act like they know what sides cap situations are. No fan has any idea unless they have access to all contracts.

 

[TheFrog]

Lol I love it when everyday fans try to act like they know what sides cap situations are. No fan has any idea unless they have access to all contracts.

Is there some other possible explanation why the Roosters shed $2m worth of topliners this year and replaced them with reserve graders? And why they seem to do the same every 5 or 6 years or so?

 

[roostersrule2]

Well last year was a f**k up.

We wanted to keep one of Roger or Maloney and Jennings left as he was apparently being disruptive and it made it easier to re-sign Cordner and Hastings.

 

[Valheru]

Is there some other possible explanation why the Roosters shed $2m worth of topliners this year and replaced them with reserve graders? And why they seem to do the same every 5 or 6 years or so?

 

[Unscrupulous]

I thought it was common knowledge that the NRL don't really allow clubs to heavily back-end contracts anymore? Obviously not.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Lol I love it when everyday fans try to act like they know what sides cap situations are. No fan has any idea unless they have access to all contracts.

It's been Frog's hobby horse for some time now

 

[Jack_Napier]

It's been Frog's hobby horse for some time now

True Babyface, I remember him saying it earlier in the year and coming to the conclusion we have done it since 2000 and one of you guys put him straight with our horrendous run between 2005-2013.

No fan knows what each individual is on at a club and guessing and claiming it as fact is piss funny.

 

[Rabbits20]

I wish Souths had Guerra. I like his workrate. Tonight 22 hit ups for 217metres and 37 tackles with 0 missed. He is a good player.

 

[RL The greatest game]

Defence seems your big problem to me.
Your very soft up the middle.