Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Raiders

[DP1990]

It’s the same crappy players making the same crappy plays week in and week out. Same reason why we lost to the Bulldogs
About time we drop Mark N, Egan Butcher, Connor Watson, Lindsay Collins, Billy Smith and Wong.
It was no accident we played so much better without Watson and Collins clogging the middle of the field

I agree with Collins. He's been an absolute passenger for us for the past 2x seasons.

His runs are soft and he never does anything that fires the side up in defence either. Taylor Losalu and even Makahesi Makatoa plays much better in comparison (from last week).

[Rooster_6]

Does anyone actually know when Sammy comes back?

or the target?

Target has always been Round 15.

Haven't heard anything to suggest that has changed.

[Rooster36]

Alas, all three of those soil their nappies under the high ball, as does Toups these days.

He’s back!!! Where you been buddy ??

[Rooster_6]

Egan Butcher error was the turning point in my opinion,not the first time..

I bet he will be first picked again next week.

When you defend 60+ tackles on your own goal line there is no single turning point. It's just a matter of time.

[milanja]

The Collins curse, hasn’t been in a winning side all year.

[BTRD]

Missing some serious go forward. Yep, way too many errors. I have mentioned before, no one organizes Wong/Angus into holes.
This is our home ground.
5 consecutive losses to the Raiders in Sydney - yuk!!
The team tried - and could/should of won.
Another bloody bye. I would rather the team plays.
Go Roosters.

[RoosterFanNZ]

That's one of the jobs of a winger though in defending those kicks - he dropped a few the sane way in the second half vs the Dogs - May mean Centre is his best position as he will continually be targeted.

He attacks the ball like a Union winger/fullback, they make very similar types of mistakes

Will learn but will hurt until he changes completely

[RoosterFanNZ]

Target has always been Round 15.

Haven't heard anything to suggest that has changed.

Cheers!

[caz]

it was the best of efforts, it was the worst of efforts

[Big Dog]

The Collins curse, hasn’t been in a winning side all year.

He's finished.

[Big Dog]

When you defend 60+ tackles on your own goal line there is no single turning point. It's just a matter of time.

Why would we have to defend 60+ tackles on goal line? Enlighten me.

[Big Dog]

He’s back!!! Where you been buddy ??

Here all the time. Where were half the team tonight?

[BTRD]

Did Collins get the ass with 10 to go ?

[Steggles]

We should never have been that close in the end given 16 errors to 8, completing 26 sets to 37 and having to make 155 more tackles. I don’t think either coach would be overjoyed given those stats. Canberra should have won by 30.

We didn’t have a single forward running over 100m vs 6 for Canberra, but everyone in the backline made well over 100m. Are we trying to be too expansive without first building a platform in the middle? Our Origin props were ineffective in making metres, making 81m between them, Lindsay missed 5 tackles. Look at Haas & Carrigan in a badly beaten Broncos team that had only 2 completed sets more than we did; 139 & 142 metres respectively. We need Whyte back asap and another decent metre-eater. Bring the concretor in for Collins.

[Rooster_6]

Why would we have to defend 60+ tackles on goal line? Enlighten me.

Lets not ruin all the threads with your posts.