Fvck these cvnts are frustrating to watch. Not only are they failing to contain this side, they are actuallyhelping them with fvcking dumb mistakes. Pay needs to show them heneans business abd start sidelining some of these numbskulls.

That adjudication was correct.
It's the variation in set restarts that's inconsistent.
But its not hard to see that the team that looks like they want to play the ball quickly and moving like an avalanche will plant a psychological seed in the refs mind that they are being held back.

It's why I always thought this rule will negatively affect us more than any other team. Our team looks lethargic by hitting up 1 out with no urgency. We make the ref feel like we WANT the game and the ruck slowed down. 

Roosters are just on-song. They would beat just about anyone in this kind of mood. 

Your only hope to get to them is to post points when you get the chance. We had a myriad of  chances and were just waiting for our 5th tackle cross kick or an error in defence. 

Last weeks effort of running with numbers is a distant memory. We have gone back to our crap gamestyle already. 

The newsreader and Averillo should never EVER play together again....

Question.... why don’t we have a single player pushing up in support?

Probably becuase the petrol tanks were empty from too much defence.

YesVilli I finally concede Pay gas bern given enough time to do what he could with this side, buthe doesn't even seem to be choosing them in the best position possible. Wr still have a small fullback playing wing and is getting monstered by the opposition nearly every week

nodster I totally agree and I think Averillo is a star of the future. I can also see Harper going to Manly and killing it, he will be another good young player they let get away and if they don't give Wakeham a shot soon he will tell the Dogs to stick it up their ar$e also.

Pay just has too look at fixing the left edge defence, maybe try Averillo on the wing and Harper in the centres.

Try Wakeham for Lewis, perhaps put Lewis on the bench. 

Wakeham would play right and force Foran over to the left which might be good.

Our defence up the middle probably missed Tolman.

Apart from that it was mostly just dumb errors.

I'm getting sick of poor passes from Lewis and missed tackles from Napa, did Napa do anything good in attack or defence this game?

Also happy to drop Meaney, the kid is a fullback, defence and wing positional play are not his strength.

Like I've been saying for years.....
If you play the way the Roosters play....no matter who is in your team.....you'll find it hard to lose games.

Having a team of top players just makes the team even more devastating. 

The Roosters seem to have high I.Q players all over the park. They not only play to this gameplan, they have players who can adjust their gameplan at split second. This is no doubt a Cronk legacy.

It's scary as to how good they are and I applaud their coach who has the firing on all cylinders. 

Having said that, I'm curious as to how Parra goes against them next week as Parra also plays in numbers with lots of bodies in motion and players who are shy in chancing their arm.  Roosters have more class but I think Parra can make the set restarts work for them. 

Is it just me that thought Lewis was good in defence and not the reason for the poor left side?

If anything, all I saw was Meaney and Averillo not being in sync and the guy inside Lewis (Napa or RFM) that was just a tad slow that allowed Keary, Flanagan and Teddy to run to line, drag the left side in and expose Meaney on outside...

Garbage....

How many times did not only Tedesco follow up in support, but B Moz, Radley, Keary all around the bloody ball

we had plenty of ball in the 2nd half

We had enough ball to at least tie the second half.
Questions remain as to why Wakeham is not considered seeing as we signed him for 2 more years.
Lewis is not a play maker. Big heart but where should he be. Does not like to run the ball. Where should he play? 9?
Averillo looks to be a real star, confident in his ability, a real 5/8. Not much help from the inside.  As a centre he would be better on Foran's side.
DWZ just runs into the defence, the old maori sidestep.
Hoppa is a Gem.

Forwards need Thompson to put a bit of mongrel into the team. Him and Elliott might ignite them.






 

Thow $$$$$$$ Teddy and $$$$$$$$$ Keary in our side we probably go better.
They have made some plays but play top $$$$$$$$$ in key positions and it shows.
Foran was good for us only $$$$$$ player.

Nothing to do with playing style a lot if our team are not good enough... 50% of the team are but the duds are dragging them down. Lewis, Napa, Britt, Meaney are some of the duds.
Elliott, Foran, Hoppa and Averillo are the only class players, most of the rest at least try hard.

Good effort in that game, effort wasn't the issue.

Is it just me that thought Lewis was good in defence and not the reason for the poor left side?

If anything, all I saw was Meaney and Averillo not being in sync and the guy inside Lewis (Napa or RFM) that was just a tad slow that allowed Keary, Flanagan and Teddy to run to line, drag the left side in and expose Meaney on outside...

BTW Tolman was missed. No one else cleaned up the middle.

It's not a good game to gauge on how we are travelling or whether our new look team performed. Roosters would have smashed most teams tonight. We are both lucky they didnt hit 40 by halftime (should have) but also unlucky we couldnt convert our chances. We had quite afew and more than in other games.

But it certainly shows how these new rules make a mockery of our strategies and playing style in the modern game. 

We cant sit back and cry foul that the rules hinder us. 

I just listened to Trent Robinsons post match review and his response to the new rules is that "it hasn't changed their style and that their style lends itself to playing both sides of ruck and players allowed to do what they like" 

It's literally breaking the shackles.

We went murdered in the middle....
We were murdered on the fringes.
Tolman would made diddly squat other than prevent us scoring the 6 points we did.

We went murdered in the middle....
We were murdered on the fringes.
Tolman would made diddly squat other than prevent us scoring the 6 points we did.

We were murdered up the middle. Which gave them the space on the fringes.