Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Raiders

[Rooster_6]

Did Collins get the ass with 10 to go ?

Yeh he brought Radley and Butcher on late to replace Collins & Wong.

Wong made 60 tackles, the guy was out of it and Collins has looked off the pace in defence since he returned form his injury.

[Big Dog]

Did Collins get the ass with 10 to go ?

Should never have played.

[Rooster_6]

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

Yeh Robinson said in the Bulldogs presser that he was too aggressive trying to catch it and really outside of the one he was brilliant all night in defusing the kicks but it's the way he leaps into the ball. He seems to overshoot slightly every now and then.

He's just too talented not to figure it out though.

[Rooster36]

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

Good to hear mate things were starting to get a bit too positive on here!…. You must be stoked with the results

[Big Dog]

Lets not ruin all the threads with your posts.

Let's just pretend everything is hunky-dory and we are a genuine premiership threat.

[Vasco]

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

I bet he will be first picked again next week.

Totally. We were looking pretty good at that point. They scored off the next set and you could see the writing on the wall from there.

I don't think he's played a game where he hasn't dropped the ball.

[Big Dog]

Good to hear mate things were starting to get a bit too positive on here!…. You must be stoked with the results

No. But it seems quite a few others quite happy with the shit show tonight.

[Vasco]

The error count in the first half was unacceptable. Why is this team one of the worst in terms of completions year in year out?

[caz]

if there's one spot in our best 17 for steep, foketi and egan i'd go for steep. foketi looks like a huge talent but steep's got some steel about him

[Rooster90]

Yeh he brought Radley and Butcher on late to replace Collins & Wong.

Wong made 60 tackles, the guy was out of it and Collins has looked off the pace in defence since he returned form his injury.

Collins has looked off the pace since 2023
Plays like Dylan Napa without the hits

[RoosterFanNZ]

Let's just pretend everything is hunky-dory and we are a genuine premiership threat.

I don’t think any one thinks we’re genuine contenders.

its Just being positive for your team and understand the situation we’re in.

the only thing I get genuinely upset about when watching games are senior players start dropping balls and Egan butcher

like usual, if we had Sammy back and a more experienced savala/7 we would’ve won, but not everything can go our way

[Rooster_6]

Collins has looked off the pace since 2023
Plays like Dylan Napa without the hits

I disagree, I know his running game isn't great but his defensive workrate & movement has always been superb. Again tonight he made some poor misses and struggled with the pace.

[RoosterFanNZ]

Yeh he brought Radley and Butcher on late to replace Collins & Wong.

Wong made 60 tackles, the guy was out of it and Collins has looked off the pace in defence since he returned form his injury.

60?? Christ no wonder he looked shattered.

he looked like he missed his bash brother in Whyte when running the ball. Their combo is great, hopefully he can get back soon

[Rooster_6]

if there's one spot in our best 17 for steep, foketi and egan i'd go for steep. foketi looks like a huge talent but steep's got some steel about him

I think Radley needs a rest and I don't mean in reserve grade I mean genuinely some time out of the game. Foketi and Steep are both capable of sharing that role based on what we've seen this season.

[King Salvo]

Coach Robinson may say again it was a self inflicted loss - You need to complete your sets 80% plus in the modern game and low errors and missed tackles - that doesn't mean you have 5 runs from dummy half and kick on the last to get that number for set completions.

Low Set Completions Puts too much pressure on your D in giving the opposition more sets - A repeat of the Dogs game - Roosters credited with 459 tackles tonight - Teams usually make an average of 320 to 360 tackles in a game.

Roosters tackles each game

376 vs Brisbane - L
332 vs Penrith - W
448 vs Warriors - L
362 vs Titans - L
402 vs Souths - L
299 vs Broncos - W
379 vs Penrith - L
272 vs Dragons - W
313 vs Dolphins - W
325 vs Dogs - L
310 vs Sharks - W
459 vs Raiders - L

They need to improve all KPI's and especially the one's highlighted

• Possession - Roosters 42% - Raiders 58%
• Set Completions - Roosters 65% - 26/40 - Raiders - 86% - 37/43
• Line Breaks - 4 each
• Errors - Roosters 16 - Raiders 8
• Tackles - Roosters 459 - 29 missed - Raiders 304 - 39 missed
• Average set distance - Roosters 36 metres - Raiders 41 metres
• All Run Metres - Roosters 1443 - Raiders 1731
• Kicks - Roosters 19 - 575 metres - Raiders 31 - 778 metres