Do us all a Favour Fittler

[novice chook]

And as a parting gift to all Roosters fans, please do not pick Mini at 5/8 for the last 3 games of the season.

Bite the bullet - punt SKD to the Jets, put Mini back on the wing where he belongs and put Ben Jones at 5/8.

Spare us the nightmares of Morris/Goodwin scoring try after try as SKD fails yet another intercept attempt or is stranded midfield looking on with that dumbarse look on his face.

Please don't have Jones getting splinters on the bench for 60 minutes and then take off a forward and do a massive reshuffle in order to find him a place on the field!

Surely that's not too much to ask is it??


NC

[TheLoneRooster]

Hear hear NC. I'm not holding my breath though that common sense will prevail.

[Guest]

Mini to fullback it is pretty simple. Perrett never has and never will be better than Mini.

[BUDDY]

And as a parting gift to all Roosters fans, please do not pick Mini at 5/8 for the last 3 games of the season.

Bite the bullet - punt SKD to the Jets, put Mini back on the wing where he belongs and put Ben Jones at 5/8.

Spare us the nightmares of Morris/Goodwin scoring try after try as SKD fails yet another intercept attempt or is stranded midfield looking on with that dumbarse look on his face.

Please don't have Jones getting splinters on the bench for 60 minutes and then take off a forward and do a massive reshuffle in order to find him a place on the field!

Surely that's not too much to ask is it??


NC

[Guest]

Mini to fullback it is pretty simple. Perrett never has and never will be better than Mini.

Perrett has been our best player for the last 2 years,Mini has been out for too long he's become fumbling fool,it's almost like when he first started he couldn't catch or set up a support player.......Luke Phillips was the fullback when we won the comp.Mini had his great spell,but he is surplus now.

[Guest]

I was all excited thinking that this was a thread telling Shitler to **** off now and let us try to get some dignity back for the rest of the season.

Instead you want to re-arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.

You could have a team of internationals but with the coaching we have they will still play like a team of cripples, blind beggars and step-children.

[Guest]

Perrett has been our best player for the last 2 years,Mini has been out for too long he's become fumbling fool,it's almost like when he first started he couldn't catch or set up a support player.......Luke Phillips was the fullback when we won the comp.Mini had his great spell,but he is surplus now.

That only highlights how crap we are. Perrett is still good for 3-4 mistakes a game. All he is good at are kick returns and dummy half runs he can do both from the wing. He offers nothing in offence, rarely gets involved and his support play is horrible. How many times do we make breaks only for the play to die due to poor support? If Mini is fit he should always be our fullback.

[Guest]

this is stating the obvious, but we desperately need a fullback and a centre.

Pearce - halfback (unfortunately)

Jones - 5/8 (shows good potential)

Aubuson - centre (with a good centre patner he could find his feet)

?? centre

Mini - wing (will need to learn how to catch the ball again)

Perret - wing ( better winger than fullback, could do with catching practice too)

?? - fullback

[Guest]

Mini to fullback it is pretty simple. Perrett never has and never will be better than Mini.

Agree. Although Perrett has been a very good player for us, he can have the same impact on the wing. His game is based around his workrate and on the wing, it isn't too limited. He can still come off his wing and take the scoots.

[Guest]

Mini's doing a good job at 5/8... he's seriously our only experienced guy right now with the skills!

We're just... stuffed this season haven't developed a good game plan, and our guys don't have the form or motivation they desperately need. We need a good long off-season with a new coach to fix our deep deep problems (or at least some of them.)

Our game plan's the reason we get cricket scores every week! I watched the last game... here's how it went:
1) We have the ball... we run it up and make about 30m then kick it to their fullback.
2) They get it back, make about 60, then boot the ball up high, deep behind the try line.
3) We panic, and are forced to either do a drop-out or give them a scrum (i.e. we don't get possession, or take the ball out of the danger zone.)
4) For about 10 sets we hold our line because champs like Fitzgibbon, Perrett, Pearce and sometimes Mason just keep pulling off miracle tackles!

... 1/2 time ...

Generally at this time we're either up by a bit, or down, but within striking distance because we've had a few miracle tries against the run of play (Re: SKD the past 2 weeks)

... 2nd 1/2 ...

Repeat the last set of instructions. Last 30 we're usually out of the game already both on the score board, physically and mentally. We put in a totally unprofessional, slack effort in the last 10 minutes, where our respectable loss turns into an absolute hammering (2-3+ tries in the last 10 because we don't give a **** by that stage and are ready to go get pissed + shit in hallways, punch girls or piss on the back of bars.)

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Sounds simple... but we need to get the basics of league right in order to win. When we have possession, we need to make around about 40-50m while running at least! It's not that hard! It's league... after every tackle they have to go back. Be quick at playing the ball (but don't fall over while playing it in your own 20... that was dumb...) catch a few guys offside, and on the last tackle, nail the ball right up behind the try line, sending a few fast scouts in there to nail whoever takes the ball (or score a try if they don't!)

Also, I notice we're slow in defence! We've got a lot of big guys who NAIL THE SHIT out of EVERYBODY when they tackle... news... that doesn't help! I notice faster teams just diving to the ground when the know love shack or myles is lining them up for a thundering tackle. They go to ground, get held, then quickly get up and play the ball before tapping us on the shoulder and saying "mate get back on-side..."

Many more basic things we need to get right... but end of the day we're simply not getting possession, and when we do, we're not using it. We're tackling well! We can hold on for set after set after set... but after 80 minutes, we're bloody tired from doing that because we've been doing all the hard work!

[Guest]

Mini - $1.20 to retain his spot at 5/8th.

[Vasco]

Mini - $1.20 to retain his spot at 5/8th.

Can I get on!?!!?!

[melon....]

Pearce - halfback (unfortunately)

i agree...bring back Finch!!!

[Guest]

i agree...bring back Finch!!!

Yeah Pearce is great, and always puts in a solid effort! But he's definitely something else. He tackles a lot (and spoils ball a lot... always seems to be the guy kicking the ball into touch once it's inside our goal area) while doing some pretty solid runs too. But... he doesn't setup amazing plays for the rest of us, nor does he offer smooth ball between the backs and forwards.

That said... who cares? We're stuffed either way this season, and we're beyond the point where positional changes will make a realistic difference.

TBH I THINK why Mini and Pearce are 5/8 and halfback respectively is so that we have some talent in the middle, because that's the only place where we get ball! SKD gets pretty well no ball, and when he does, he's scoring runaway tries anyway! So Mini at wing... don't need it. Fullback... same, because of how we're playing, Perrett's not getting much ball (well he is, but he's just kicking it into touch when he does get ball.) Mini would be wasted in either position because he'd get a lot less ball. He's definitely not a 5/8, but this season... we just need steady hands in the middle (not some guy knocking it on + throwing shoddy passes that people fumble or knock on.) He does that part well...

Put it this way... Fitzgibbon, Mini and Pearce are the only 3 guys playing proper league out there! Fitzgibbon gets ALL the ball and does ALL the tackles for the forwards. Mini/Pearce do ALL the work in between... the rest are inexperienced centres who have good pace, but realistically don't get much ball because we're not getting possession (and the possession we get, we're being safe with by getting forwards to run it up.)

This is our hole. Every play we need creative backs making 10-20m and getting us out of the danger zone. It's not happening because mostly we get the ball from within our 20, so the message is "just don't drop the bloody ball forward!" rather than "okay young ones... do your magic!" So... a solid forward runs it up! I saw us either running SIDEWAYS, BACKWARDS or about 5m forward on the weekend, just so that we didn't drop the ball.

It's such a boring, old-fashioned, defensive tactic! Nothing ventured, nothing gained... 'ay? And we've gained nothing out of this season. Freddie already knows he's sacked... not quite sure why he's doing everything so conservatively...

[Guest]

Yeah Pearce is great, and always puts in a solid effort! But he's definitely something else. He tackles a lot (and spoils ball a lot... always seems to be the guy kicking the ball into touch once it's inside our goal area) while doing some pretty solid runs too. But... he doesn't setup amazing plays for the rest of us, nor does he offer smooth ball between the backs and forwards.

That said... who cares? We're stuffed either way this season, and we're beyond the point where positional changes will make a realistic difference.

Did you see the pass Pearce threw for SKD? Left to right, flat and over 25metres. Pearce has the skills, but he lacks the decision making which will come with time. From what I have seen we have the ability to use the ball on edges. But once it gets out there we don't have the pace to capitalise. Which was shown against Manly where we were beaten by speed on many occasions.

To be honest, we have more problems than that. If you concede 40 points a game you will not win any.