roosters vs knights team lists

[stsae]

Lol the irony, I tune into Roosters Radio finally and the very first thing they lead in with this week is how well The Frenchman played.

bOracle you should listen maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate, you'd be in a rage.

[milanja]

moa and another player who slips over(mini?) are at most fault to me.
casty did the best he could 1 on 1, JWH,Friend and the rest were all too late

[redwhiteblue]

Haven't you noticed the structure that the coach goes with as yet mate???

He likes some taller rangy props like JWH and Napa and Liu and Evans.

Then he likes the shorter squarer props like Moa and Casty.

FPN and Guerra and Cordial cover the lock or third tight man role.

Maubs is the point of difference.

$BW is $BW.

Not everyone will get a run every week, that's why we have a squad.

Not everyone has the same role. Some are defenders, some roll with hit ups, some offer workrates, some offload, some just plug a hole for periods of games.

Where is YakBackandSack when you need him???

The more I see of Frenchy the more I like.

The more he gets bagged, especially by brainiac, and the more the coach picks him the more I like.

I like.

Weewee.

I read your post at work and didn't have time to reply before but I have similar thoughts. The more people pick on SKD and Remi, it just makes me love them more.

[stsae]

I read your post at work and didn't have time to reply before but I have similar thoughts. The more people pick on SKD and Remi, it just makes me love them more.

And Mini RWB, I've found more man love for him since everyone's written him off so hard over the last few years.

Shandy calls me a sick puppy for it.

I think a lot of people expect the whole team to be stars. How dare anyone make an error or have a patch of bad form.

What amazes me is that some like those we've mentioned can't ever make a mistake without a royal commission into their position at the club but the favs well if anyone dares question why they made an error it's time for fight club.

Luckily our players and coaches and suits aren't as fickle as some so-called fans.

[stsae]

moa and another player who slips over(mini?) are at most fault to me.
casty did the best he could 1 on 1, JWH,Friend and the rest were all too late

You've described exactly what I saw Mingin, as YackBqckandSack said also.

The Frenchman IMO is a real goer.

Listening to Rooster Radio he copped a huge wrap from PearceOrf too.

I'm intrigued as to why bOracle hates him so hard.

[SConcierge]

Never been to Thailand and never will lol BUT I imagine this game is going to be like being in Thailand with a pocket full of gold coins.


20+ put a tenner on it boys.

[Yak]

Come on Yak, you are the "KING" of sugar coating things at times, and for me when it comes to casty, your sugar coating is sickeningly too sweet!!
I think you are way over analyzing things in this particular instance for when Robson scored the match winning try for the sharks, and it comes across as very desperate in your attempt to defend him.

Put extremely simply, both casty and SKD had a perfect opportunity to prevent little old Robson from powering his way through the both of them to score!! You could pour some of your sugar on there and I would accept it if it was someone like Vave, Tupou, Graham or Tagatese, someone who actually has some size and at least a bit of power about them, but come on please, it was little old Robson we are talking about! Stop with the excuses for casty, because when it came to the crunch, he was one of two who had a great opportunity at preventing that match winning try and he failed as he is not a very strong bloke!

Give me a break about guaranteeing me that Evans given the same circumstances would not have made it there to lay a hand on Robson, as that is total bullshit Yak. I have great respect for you mate and really enjoy reading your posts, but in this case you are way off the mark and there is no way you can guarantee me that at all! casty did not have to sprint a distance or something like you are trying to make out to get in the way of Robson. Robson ran virtually straight at him, as he had to go through casty to score. Evans has more mobility than casty for starters, and there is no way in hell that Robson would be able to overpower Evans like he did casty!!

Could you not see how casty was really struggling at times with his defense against the pamfers? This is what I said in an earlier post, "Most of casty's tackles are as 2nd or 3rd man in, once all the hard work has been done. Watching him against the pamfers, when he made first contact in defense, the pamfers player was able to power through him making easy extra meters with casty barely hanging on before other Roosters defenders came in to do the job and finish the tackle. casty seems to be very weak when trying to tackle high".

And that is just his defense. His hit ups are powder puff stuff, he is very easily contained and doesn't bend the line at all. Evans gains much more ground with every hit up than what casty does. I believe if you asked every other forward in the comp if you would rather tackle Evans or casty, they would answer with no hesitation casty!! Also if you asked them who would you rather run at, they again without hesitation would answer casty!!

What it all boils down to is that I do not have hate for casty Yak, I just want the best 17 picked for the Roosters to give us the best possible chance for victory!

And I had to have a huge roflmfao off at grover's loins who couldn't get enough of lapping up that sugar coating over analysis excuse defense for casty you came up with Yak!!

Anyway, it's all good Yak.

Ah well if "sugarcoated" is how your reading that then fair enough mate. I thought it was a pretty objective analysis to be honest. My argument is not that Casty should or should not be in the team. My argument is that one of the big examples that you keep giving (that being this try) is really a case of blaming Casty for something that was in no was his fault. If you're not going to pinpoint the primary error in that play, which in my opinion was FPN moving off the line too slow causing a chain reaction of secondary errors, then you better bring up this try next time Jake Friend has a bad game. And honestly if you think Kane Evans has as good a trail as Casty then I guess you must have been following his development more closely than I have.

In saying that I may even agree with you when you say that opposition players would rather run at Casty and opposition players would rather tackle Casty over Evans. But while you're out asking NRL players all these questions you should find time to stop by Roosters headquarters and ask some of our boys who they'd rather have on their inside or outside shoulder while they're defending their own line. I think you'd find a different answer. Now I'm not saying Casty is a better overall player than Evans and if you think that then you're misinterpreting all of this. But I do know that Robbo wants our defence back to the way it was last year. That defence was built upon an attitude and having trust in the bloke next to you. And if that is the case then I'd hazard a guess that the question you've asked our boys is the more important one.

[Salvatori Grubber]

I wish Yak had his own blog.

[The Rooster Oracle]

Ah well if "sugarcoated" is how your reading that then fair enough mate. I thought it was a pretty objective analysis to be honest. My argument is not that Casty should or should not be in the team. My argument is that one of the big examples that you keep giving (that being this try) is really a case of blaming Casty for something that was in no was his fault. If you're not going to pinpoint the primary error in that play, which in my opinion was FPN moving off the line too slow causing a chain reaction of secondary errors, then you better bring up this try next time Jake Friend has a bad game. And honestly if you think Kane Evans has as good a trail as Casty then I guess you must have been following his development more closely than I have.

In saying that I may even agree with you when you say that opposition players would rather run at Casty and opposition players would rather tackle Casty over Evans. But while you're out asking NRL players all these questions you should find time to stop by Roosters headquarters and ask some of our boys who they'd rather have on their inside or outside shoulder while they're defending their own line. I think you'd find a different answer. Now I'm not saying Casty is a better overall player than Evans and if you think that then you're misinterpreting all of this. But I do know that Robbo wants our defence back to the way it was last year. That defence was built upon an attitude and having trust in the bloke next to you. And if that is the case then I'd hazard a guess that the question you've asked our boys is the more important one.

Good post Yak! I agree with SG that you should have your own blog. The video that Milanja supplied does not show everything. There is more incriminating evidence showing that casty and SKD had perfect opportunity to be able to prevent that try. The best footage is from the back of the Roosters defense, unfortunately that video supplied only shows the last second or two of what happened. If it showed a few more earlier seconds, it shows very clearly that casty and SKD had a great chance of being able to stop Robson.

You are correct that other players did make some errors, such as FPN being lazy like he has a bad habit of doing at times. But it doesn't get away from the fact that we are talking about little old Robson, and how casty did have a decent opportunity to prevent that try, but because he isn't very strong, little old Robson was able to power his way through him.

Good question you ask about who Roosters players would rather have defending next to them, casty or Evans? I don't think it would be a 100% answer either way, could quite possibly be split 50/50. I only expect over time for that figure to become more and more in Evans favor.

I would like to know Yak who you would pick between the two? As you know, for me it is certainly Evans.

As I have said once before, it is obvious that Robbo has a strong friendship with casty from their days together in France, otherwise Robbo would not have gone out of his way to sign up casty. For me this was a mistake as it cost us LOD. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I have no doubt that Robbo didn't expect that LOD would have gone as good as what he did and be such a vital member of our team, along with his body being able to hold up for another season. If Robbo had know all that than I have little doubt that he would have signed LOD for another season and forgot about casty.

People are kidding themselves (this isn't aimed at you Yak) if they think that coaches don't have their favorites!! It is only human nature and there have been loads upon loads of examples of it happening over the years, and you only have to look at some coaches who are two of the most experienced coaches of all time to see this in bennett and Smiffy. So what makes Robbo any different?? Imo because of this friendship, Robbo can possibly have his vision impaired and look after his mate casty. I rate Robbo very highly, but no one is perfect. Some on here think that our players and Robbo can do no wrong and are above criticism, but that isn't the case.

Don't get wrong though, I wouldn't have anyone else but Robbo coaching us!

I will be very interested to see how this one works out with casty! Great chatting with you Yak!

[Johnny.]

I wish Yak had his own blog.

It would be Voyage to Arcturus meets Mein Kampf.

[Salvatori Grubber]

I was thinking more The Outsider meets Garfield:I Hate Mondays

[dj_sta]

Anyone know whats happened to Reuben? Is he injured? Or has Trent named him as 18th man?

[Darkone]

Uate out
Mcmanus in doubt
Boyd out

if there was a time to sharpen the kick game tomorrow is it!!!

[mightyrooster]

Uate out
Mcmanus in doubt
Boyd out

if there was a time to sharpen the kick game tomorrow is it!!!

Sounds like the Sharks game all over again.
Lets hope the team has learnt from last time!

[Johnny.]

I was thinking more The Outsider meets Garfield:I Hate Mondays

Hell is the insanity of reason, as some Mexican fellow said once.