Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Bulldogs

[Rooster1908]

Not quite More think his decision making in the last nine minutes was terrible Started with us up 20-18 attacking their line on the first tackle and he throws a forward pass We don’t touch it again till we are down 24-20 Shit kick on the last then another inexplicable kick the next set The thing is one of either Sandon or Hugo go when Walker returns I really hope it’s Sandon

So I don't disagree that's Sandon probably will make room for Sam but no way those 2 mistakes you mentioned lost us that game .If toups passes to billy we win .If Rads doesn't give a penalty we have the ball .It's to easy to just blame a half .

[DP1990]

Where the heck was Spencer for most of the second half ???

He only popped up with 10mins ago ... seriously what the heck ?

PS: Why do we keep persisting with Egan Butcher ... FFS !

[A Country Member]

Great game and great effort to go toe to toe with top of the table.

But our defence just isn't there yet, it was always going to be a case of holding the Dogs to 2-3 tries to beat them and we just weren't good enough. Some really soft line breaks up the middle which was disappointing to see.

Couple of lazy misses from Vic lead to tries under the sticks.

[Chook2]

Thoughts tonight

robbos bench rotation was poor - dogs arnt that great we lost it ourselves. needed Spencer earlier and need another front rower

it’s hard to watch when you should have won the game - and some poor defence reads and 18 errors and simple mistakes you just implode and loose it yourself

- toia drop over the line
- egans drop
- Sandons 2 errors when we were close to scoring
- Lindsay and rads 2 defensive errors in the middle
- mark made 6 errors with 4 soft drops

good things were we came out hard, had a crack and showed come good moments! Tbh defence in first half was great but the 2nd half was completely the opposite we undid everything we made

3. Angus - thought one of his better games
2. Watson
1. Not to a player but hope Lindsay Collins played himself out of origin contention tonight

[HDTONE]

Marky can do some damn magic but 3 drop balls especially the last one led to a try.

CC dine his homework and that chucked up bombs to Marky. Hopefully he gets more confident and technique it it's gonna be what other teams exploit

[King Salvo]

That for all the know alls that think we don’t need an experienced half … see ya sandon

Clueless

Where were the Dogs tries scored though - mmm through the middle perhaps ? and who spilled the pill at least 4 times giving the Dogs repeat sets and 2 tries.

[Bansai Pipeline]

We did good.

middle defence went to hell after Spence went off.

Burton’s kicking game was the difference.

the Dogs are way ahead of the comp and at the beginning of the season I predicted spoon for us.

we are over performing.

anyone whinging about about this being a loss hasn’t been around long enough to know their arse from their elbow

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Can anyone explain why Vic didn't hit Xerri on that inside run....he was close enough to give him a kiss n cuddle. Was he called offside or expecting him him to step back off the right foot? Can't work it out.

[A Country Member]

Would we have won if DCE was playing?

If Hugo’s second half matched his first, especially the long kicking game, no

[roosterchook]

We have been rather error prone for sometime. When we don't make silly errors we have been dominant.

No matter who leaves and how many new players come into the team the errors have never gone away. So disappointing.

[A Country Member]

Tough loss, was there for the taking but wasn’t to be. A couple of crucial errors proved costly.

Savala’s second half wasn’t what we needed. Bench rotation was slightly off too.

Still, they can hold their heads high. Won’t hurt too much

[Mickie Lane]

Would we have won if DCE was playing?

[QWERTY]

This is why DCE is a absolute must signing...might be able to stop the chook choking...like tonight..

Walker will be back though…I think we win if he is paired with Savala.

[Andrew Walker]

So Marky Mark who played fantastic drops 2 bombs , butcher and Collins knock on , Angus looses the ball . And Robinson fails to bring Spencer back on till 73rd min and somehow some of you think Sandon lost us that game .

Not quite More think his decision making in the last nine minutes was terrible Started with us up 20-18 attacking their line on the first tackle and he throws a forward pass We don’t touch it again till we are down 24-20 Shit kick on the last then another inexplicable kick the next set The thing is one of either Sandon or Hugo go when Walker returns I really hope it’s Sandon

[Rocky Rhodes]

Not me thanks

haha..not u mate...just the crustacean