Round 23 vs Roosters

[baggygreen man]

Joseph Manu.

A good player. What are our chances of snaring him from the Roosters.

 

[blacksafake]

We've been inept without Hunt.
Been a big loss

 

[Jersey No 14]

Didn't watch it
Not surprised.
Same as last week.
Same next week...
...And the week after that.

Now about next year - _____________ Fill in the blanks

 

[Gourley's Socks]

All things considered, I thought Sullivan went alright.

For all the litany of problems on display today - as almost weekly since April, a kid playing one of his first few games and out of position isn't one of them IMO.

 

[Jersey No 14]

The one positive
They didn't wear the RED V

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

to all you wankers who thought Dufty should be picked? id rather blind Freddy than Dufty. All young juniors today get at least 7/10 for me. Sims is disgusting and that missed tackle ellis made on Hutchison shows he is not a first grader and see you later for next year. Feagai looks a really good strong winger once he gets his confidence and experience going

No need to call anyone a wanker mate

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

We've been inept without Hunt.

We’ve also been inept with Hunt

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

A good player. What are our chances of snaring him from the Roosters.

Little to none I’d say

 

[FlameThrower]

I'd like to think he'll be looking ahead to some retribution especially on the BBQers.

Quite few won’t be there next year anyway…

 

[Dragon David]

We've been inept without Hunt.

Thoroughly inept. But when the opposition has players like Tedesco, Walker, Manu, even Hutchison, their edge forwards and forwards and without Brett Morris, Radley, Chrichton and Keary, todays result was inevitable.

How we can win matches let alone just to compete is well beyond me to grasp. Our current crop of players just cannot commit to a solid, all round defence/attack game for a long period and they make mistakes as usual to make things harder for themselves.

No excuses though. The Roosters are just a better team and club. That was obvious and it is obvious that we need players of the calibre of Turbo, Tedesco and a jack in the box playmaker.

Whether or not our juniors we have will amount to much I'm wondering!! When you see a young player like Walker set up tries and scores himself with what looks like minimal effort, our scouts/recruitment department need to be banished and others hired who can get these youngster and blood them at the right time - just like Walker. For him, losing Keary for the year was a godsend to show his abilities even though at times he looks cumbersome.

 

[FlameThrower]

Imagine we have supposedly the same salary cap, as the Roosters…

 

[mickeylane]

I reckon hook will drop Norman next week - what does that say ?
That he truely believed Norman has a necessary component of the team to get us to the semis.. this tells me the coach is inept in making decisions that can positively influence a result..

I’ll bet any money Norman gets dropped next week now that we are out of the running for the 8.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

I reckon hook will drop Norman next week - what does that say ?
That he truely believed Norman has a necessary component of the team to get us to the semis.. this tells me the coach is inept in making decisions that can positively influence a result..

I’ll bet any money Norman gets dropped next week now that we are out of the running for the 8.

He was one of our best, I bet he won’t be

 

[redv13]

I thought Sullivan did well today considering he’s not a 9 and barely played in the last 2 seasons. I like the kid and anyone on here criticising him today are absolute flogs. Tough little hombre who will only skyrocket over the next couple of years

 

[Illusion]

Thoroughly inept. But when the opposition has players like Tedesco, Walker, Manu, even Hutchison, their edge forwards and forwards and without Brett Morris, Radley, Chrichton and Keary, todays result was inevitable.

How we can win matches let alone just to compete is well beyond me to grasp. Our current crop of players just cannot commit to a solid, all round defence/attack game for a long period and they make mistakes as usual to make things harder for themselves.

No excuses though. The Roosters are just a better team and club. That was obvious and it is obvious that we need players of the calibre of Turbo, Tedesco and a jack in the box playmaker.

Whether or not our juniors we have will amount to much I'm wondering!! When you see a young player like Walker set up tries and scores himself with what looks like minimal effort, our scouts/recruitment department need to be banished and others hired who can get these youngster and blood them at the right time - just like Walker. For him, losing Keary for the year was a godsend to show his abilities even though at times he looks cumbersome.

Lets face it all we are , are a bottom 4 team and it wont be much better next year ..... Even with a better team I think our coaches , game plans are behind the 8 ball .....

 

[Dragonslayer]

Now we are out of the finals race (unofficially) let's take a look at our team that played today:

Hooker - Our 3 recognised hookers are out injured ie Macca, McInnes and Brittain. Our 'back-up' hooker in Hunt is also out injured.

Who was available to play hooker today?

Props - Lawrie injured, Vaughan sacked

Available props today - Alvaro, JHunt, Kerr, Maguire, Ellis, Faamasili

Edge forwards - Burns, Ford, Sims, Fuimaono

Locks - JDB, HLomax (not included in the bubble)

Now, pick your best starting 6 from that lot and who would be on the bench?

 

[Gippsy]

Went according to script I reckon. The effort was there but even when we hit the front I said that was a good effort, but we'd probably only get beat by 20 now. As expected, the Roosters went up a gear.

 

[Gippsy]

Norman simply has to go. Yes, he got a ball away from a half break but apart from that he literally stops the attack. Not just stifle or slows down the attack, he stops it.

For the last 2 games it has to be Sullivan at 7 and Amone at 6. They both showed today that they are our future. Just need to find a hooker somewhere.

 

[thebigredv]

Now we are out of the finals race (unofficially) let's take a look at our team that played today:

Hooker - Our 3 recognised hookers are out injured ie Macca, McInnes and Brittain. Our 'back-up' hooker in Hunt is also out injured.

Who was available to play hooker today?

Props - Lawrie injured, Vaughan sacked

Available props today - Alvaro, JHunt, Kerr, Maguire, Ellis, Faamasili

Edge forwards - Burns, Ford, Sims, Fuimaono

Locks - JDB, HLomax (not included in the bubble)

Now, pick your best starting 6 from that lot and who would be on the bench?

6 losses in a row... other teams like the Roosters are missing players but don't make the same kind of excuses. In fact they talk up their replacement players.

I don't think many expected a win today with the team we scraped together. We made a jolt for it and Roosters were obliging in giving us a good look. At times they had too much class but at others we just shot ourselves in the foot like we do every game.

The thing is, for me at least, I'd rather read about reasons we found a way to win matches like the one today, the one against the Sea Eagles, the Raiders, and the Panthers than reasons we couldn't have won and were never a chance. We had years of McGregor pulling every excuse from his backside. We were a chance. We showed it.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

Now we are out of the finals race (unofficially) let's take a look at our team that played today:

Hooker - Our 3 recognised hookers are out injured ie Macca, McInnes and Brittain. Our 'back-up' hooker in Hunt is also out injured.

Who was available to play hooker today?

Props - Lawrie injured, Vaughan sacked

Available props today - Alvaro, JHunt, Kerr, Maguire, Ellis, Faamasili

Edge forwards - Burns, Ford, Sims, Fuimaono

Locks - JDB, HLomax (not included in the bubble)

Now, pick your best starting 6 from that lot and who would be on the bench?

We can’t even borrow a player. The wooden spoon dogs can but not even loaners want a bar of us. We should have got a few players into the bubble when Macca went down to so they potentially would be ready to go for next week.