Penrith v Bondi Battlers (Finals Week One)

[Iamback]

You can see it though, Gamble? Nah, I'll go Gagai and hope he has his maroon undies on.

I just think back to their 1st try.

Player inside and player outside he goes inside and they score

 

[soc123_au]

I just think back to their 1st try.

Player inside and player outside he goes inside and they score

I missed the first 30, I did see highlights though, if its what I'm thinking of then Brailey is a safer bet than Gamble.

He should have gone Gamble for sure and I doubt my suggestion even came into his mind really, point is he is the only reason they find themselves in those positions anyway.

 

[maple_69]

Our right edge attack looked structurally way better with Nath this weekend. Good depth, good decoys and everyone was in synch in terms of which option was the play. Our left still looked pretty ad hoc outside of the sumptuous double lead runner and kick for Garner/Alamoti. I don’t think the left is going to come together to be a reliable source of points, but certainly we have the craft to fashion some tries as above. I think more reliably our sets will be constructed to go left to disorganise the defensive line before a clinical right hand shift to put it over.

 

[hindy111]

Nath
Yeo
Hughes
Turbo (when fit)
Murray

I'd even have the all time downhill skier Mitchy Moses over Ponga.

Ponga and Walsh are fun to watch but rarely deliver anything and I'd NEVER want them in our colours.

Good list. But Pongas form is Hayne like. Agree his defense isn't top shelf. Walsh has flashes while Ponga single handed wins games. Class above.
I can't have Hughes above Grant or Munster

 

[Alintheeast]

Good list. But Pongas form is Hayne like. Agree his defense isn't top shelf. Walsh has flashes while Ponga single handed wins games. Class above.
I can't have Hughes above Grant or Munster

Walsh, Ponga can win games but on the money they are on they should be winning Comps.
I should stop the day drinking, but the highlight of my day is every time I type Ponga my spell check changes it to pongs.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Good list. But Pongas form is Hayne like. Agree his defense isn't top shelf. Walsh has flashes while Ponga single handed wins games. Class above.
I can't have Hughes above Grant or Munster

Munster had been pretty poor for over a year now imo

 

[WestyLife]

Munster had been pretty poor for over a year now imo

He was dead set diabolical Vs sharks.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Our right edge attack looked structurally way better with Nath this weekend. Good depth, good decoys and everyone was in synch in terms of which option was the play. Our left still looked pretty ad hoc outside of the sumptuous double lead runner and kick for Garner/Alamoti. I don’t think the left is going to come together to be a reliable source of points, but certainly we have the craft to fashion some tries as above. I think more reliably our sets will be constructed to go left to disorganise the defensive line before a clinical right hand shift to put it over.

I don’t think we got to see the left on Friday because Luai always stepped back inside. Whether that was because it took too long to get to him and so there wasn’t a pass available or he was overplaying his hand Alamoti saw little quality ball and Tito almost none.

 

[soc123_au]

Good list. But Pongas form is Hayne like. Agree his defense isn't top shelf. Walsh has flashes while Ponga single handed wins games. Class above.
I can't have Hughes above Grant or Munster

Grant is a fine player, but still over rated. Hughes is the best player in that side. Munster is on the decline.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Nath
Yeo
Hughes
Turbo (when fit)
Murray

I'd even have the all time downhill skier Mitchy Moses over Ponga.

Ponga and Walsh are fun to watch but rarely deliver anything and I'd NEVER want them in our colours.

Good list. If you are talking about a regular season game then I think Haas should be in the conversation, but as soon as it is a big match he seems to go missing.

 

[Alintheeast]

Grant is a fine player, but still over rated. Hughes is the best player in that side. Munster is on the decline.

He is but he turned our last Storm match when he stripped the ball legally from Smith. A bit like Wally Lewis he can control the pace of the game if he feels it necessary.

 

[blue bags]

I just think back to their 1st try.

Player inside and player outside he goes inside and they score

Mostly going back inside. Is The best option. Outcome

 

[soc123_au]

He is but he turned our last Storm match when he stripped the ball legally from Smith. A bit like Wally Lewis he can control the pace of the game if he feels it necessary.

The guy can play, just not the at level the wankfest would suggest. Still sus defensively.

 

[Thirsty Panther]

Who is your top 5?

Ponga has no halves or hooker of any quality. If Gagai catches that pass which he should of they most likely win. He has to.do.it all.himself

1. Nathan Cleary
2. Yeo
3. Dylan
4. To'o
5. JFH
Been in the last 4 Grand Finals.
Fight Me!

 

[Pjf04b]

Did anybody hear Andrew Moore on ABC rip into Robinson on Saturday. He said he had turned into the biggest sook in the NRL and that the Roosters never lost by their own fault it was always the referee or some decision that cost them. He felt that he was wrong to name and blame referees for mistakes. He said it was typical that he said Klein was wrong for the forward pass and that it stopped the Roosters comeback, and didn’t mention that 4 tries conceded in the first 20 minutes was what cost them. It was wonderful to hear that somebody had the guts to call him out!

 

[BxTom]

Did anybody hear Andrew Moore on ABC rip into Robinson on Saturday. He said he had turned into the biggest sook in the NRL and that the Roosters never lost by their own fault it was always the referee or some decision that cost them. He felt that he was wrong to name and blame referees for mistakes. He said it was typical that he said Klein was wrong for the forward pass and that it stopped the Roosters comeback, and didn’t mention that 4 tries conceded in the first 20 minutes was what cost them. It was wonderful to hear that somebody had the guts to call him out!

Starting to sound like someone's feeling the heat from Uncle Nick!

 

[MugaB]

Did anybody hear Andrew Moore on ABC rip into Robinson on Saturday. He said he had turned into the biggest sook in the NRL and that the Roosters never lost by their own fault it was always the referee or some decision that cost them. He felt that he was wrong to name and blame referees for mistakes. He said it was typical that he said Klein was wrong for the forward pass and that it stopped the Roosters comeback, and didn’t mention that 4 tries conceded in the first 20 minutes was what cost them. It was wonderful to hear that somebody had the guts to call him out!

Fkn Oath

 

[Old and Disgruntled]

Fkn Oath

News Corp has cast its Protective Force Field around Robinson, Creepy Crawley asking haters to back off.
I doubt that will happen.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

News Corp has cast its Protective Force Field around Robinson, Creepy Crawley asking haters to back off.
I doubt that will happen.

What I don’t understand is why whenever people talk about the players missing from the Roosters, they always talk about suspended players like they are outside the control of Robbo.

You don’t need to be able to speak French to see that if you wind up JWH and send him onto the field he is going to smack someone in the head. And maybe the first couple of times you expect/hope you can refine him (to be fair to Radley, he seems to have cut a lot of that out of his game, but it does beg the question about why not do it earlier), but by this stage by keeping playing him you are facilitating he behaviours and deserve any suspensions you cop.

 

[Goonji]

What I don’t understand is why whenever people talk about the players missing from the Roosters, they always talk about suspended players like they are outside the control of Robbo.

You don’t need to be able to speak French to see that if you wind up JWH and send him onto the field he is going to smack someone in the head. And maybe the first couple of times you expect/hope you can refine him (to be fair to Radley, he seems to have cut a lot of that out of his game, but it does beg the question about why not do it earlier), but by this stage by keeping playing him you are facilitating he behaviours and deserve any suspensions you cop.

It would be interesting to see how many times JWH was cautioned, sent to the sin bin, sent off, fined (how much $ in total) and number of games he was was suspended. It would be make for sorry reading I imagine. He would have to have the worst record in the NRL.