Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Sharks

[SamKerrSimp]

Walker to take on the Sharks pack and get flattened and injured?
We'd be better off with 4 new, big, strong, fast, forwards who could make line breaks and crash over for tries.
Storm are reportedly letting Nelson go.

You're definitely a troll at this point there is no way anyone could seriously suggest signing Solomona in 2025

[fletch]

Walker to take on the Sharks pack and get flattened and injured?
We'd be better off with 4 new, big, strong, fast, forwards who could make line breaks and crash over for tries.
Storm are reportedly letting Nelson go.

Who the hell said anything about Walker taking on the Sharks pack we had great field position for long periods tonight and he had 1 single run. His unwillingness to engage the defensive line meant there was no room outside as it was easy for the Sharks to slide.

[Chook2]

Although we did better then many people predicted at the start of year and even mid season it’s certainly left a dissapointing and hollow way to finish the year
Unfortunately not surprising though which I am lost to work out why we are allways bad with penalaties and errors

there was a comp to be won this year and we could beat any team
we just lost the game ourselves tonight and will wonder to next year what could have been

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Walker was off tonight, but I'd still rather have him than DCE.

[roosterchook]

We weren't pathetic tonight. Just errors at critical moments.

With a decent dummy half and a halfback willing to do something, we would have won that game.

Errors are a part of the roosters high risk strategy which has buckleys of coming off in finals footy footy. We played like this was an ordinary season game. In finals footy footy stupid errors will eliminate you. They just had no patience. This errorathon is just neverending and has ruined so many seasons. When is it going to be addressed??

[Lindsay's Dentist]

Walker to take on the Sharks pack and get flattened and injured?
We'd be better off with 4 new, big, strong, fast, forwards who could make line breaks and crash over for tries.
Storm are reportedly letting Nelson go.

No to Nelson but I think we do a couple of “dirty” forwards like Luke O’Donnell

[Mickie Lane]

Up up Cronulla.
They wanted it more than us & grinded out the win.
There not a bad side Cronulla they have a top coach & I hope they win it.

[Steggles]

It’s a shame we served up a shit sandwich when it mattered most. Probably a successful season all things considered and I’m looking forward to being better next year.

Our defence tonight was fantastic given the amount of ball and field position we gave the Sharks. Again poor handling and stupid stuff hurt us badly. Our attack is crowded and stifled when playing strong defensive teams because Watson’s service from dummy half is very, very average; it takes too much time away from the first receiver and hence we are forced to push passes and we often come up with dropped balls or ineffective plays. Hopefully Robson will fix that. Maybe then we can have more attacking plays rather than just giving the ball to Marky Mark.

There were a few average games out there tonight; Toups, Walker, Watson, Smith & Toia had up and down games. Yes Gus gave away a stupid penalty, so did Whyte with a very late flop in the 1st half, but they played pretty well otherwise. The Sharks deserved the win but I’m not sure they can win next week.

Onto next year.

[Tommy Smith]

Up up Cronulla.
They wanted it more than us & grinded out the win.
There not a bad side Cronulla they have a top coach & I hope they win it.

They will be cannon fodder next week against a better team that won't beat themselves like the clown show Roosters who throw the ball into their own feet and over the sideline at every possible crucial moment.

I'd like to know the stats on early tackle errors which are 10x worse than attacking errors.

P.S. Hope you are doing well Mickey.

[mightyrooster]

Up up Cronulla.
They wanted it more than us & grinded out the win.
There not a bad Havingside Cronulla they have a top coach & I hope they win it.

Wash out your mouth singing their song here after we lost to them.
Having said that I’d rather they win than the dogs, broncos, faders, Storm or riff. In that order.

[Bansai Pipeline]

Credit where it's due, the Sharks defence was great.

But Jesus, Walker was diabolical. Every pass jarred the flow. Just awkward in attack.

And what were all those first half inside balls about? Completely went against the shape of the line. Was that Robbo introducing new tricks in the finals?

Whatever, we did well to get there with all the kids.

[Bansai Pipeline]

They will be cannon fodder next week against a better team that won't beat themselves like the clown show Roosters who throw the ball into their own feet and over the sideline at every possible crucial moment.

I'd like to know the stats on early tackle errors which are 10x worse than attacking errors.

P.S. Hope you are doing well Mickey.

I don't know, Cronulla's defence was excellent. They were good.

[Mickie Lane]

They will be cannon fodder next week against a better team that won't beat themselves like the clown show Roosters who throw the ball into their own feet and over the sideline at every possible crucial moment.

I'd like to know the stats on early tackle errors which are 10x worse than attacking errors.

P.S. Hope you are doing well Mickey.

Thanks Tommy, Im glad you can log on again.

[Andrew Walker]

I don't know, Cronulla's defence was excellent. They were good.

I was at game and yes there defence was very good

[Bates]

We looked good at the start of the 2nd half and then AFB comes back on for the Sharks. His team lifts and the momentum is swung back in their favour. From there, we looked rattled! Error after error and that sinking feeling in my stomach was back. The writing was on the wall.