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  • #16
    Lauren, back to the streets my girl, You are not sure if Anasta can lead us, i am of the opinion that smith cant. Lets hope we are both wrong eh?
    Last edited by mick; 04-12-2010, 10:51 AM.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by mick View Post
      Lauren, back to the streets my girl, You are not sure if Anasta can lead us, i am of the opinion that smith cant. Lets hope we are both wrong eh?
      It all depends on what or where you're expecting him to lead us. I'm hoping Smith gets us heading in the right direction, changes our recruitment strategies for future years and builds a solid foundation for the future so that we no longer have to experience long periods where we are making up the numbers. I can and do think Smith can do this. He signed on to coach us in late July early August, so he really had little to do with our recruitment for this season as most of the good players were already signed by that stage. The players have all said how much more professional the place is now, and Smith commented that he can't believe how far behind the times we were in regards to preparation, training facilities etc. Changes like that won't bring immediate results, but should stand us in good stead for future years.

      The bottom line is, if somebody had asked me a couple of months ago would I be happy if we won 3 of our first 5 games, I would have said yes.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by mick View Post
        Lauren, back to the streets my girl, You are not sure if Anasta can lead us, i am of the opinion that smith cant. Lets hope we are both wrong eh?
        Ah, you have to love the newbie who doesn't like it when someone disagrees with their opinion.

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        • #19
          looks like we got another coach who cant get our team to turn up every week.

          then he praised penrith in the press conference rather than being annoyed at the fact that his team simply didnt turn up to play.

          will be a long 4 years if this is a reflection of him. i hope i am wrong.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by fred68 View Post
            looks like we got another coach who cant get our team to turn up every week.

            then he praised penrith in the press conference rather than being annoyed at the fact that his team simply didnt turn up to play.

            will be a long 4 years if this is a reflection of him. i hope i am wrong.
            Fred who was the last Roosters coach that you liked for more than a month?

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            • #21
              Originally posted by fred68 View Post
              looks like we got another coach who cant get our team to turn up every week.

              then he praised penrith in the press conference rather than being annoyed at the fact that his team simply didnt turn up to play.

              will be a long 4 years if this is a reflection of him. i hope i am wrong.
              This surprises me.

              I was expecting Smith to run a tighter ship than Freddy; he didn't even get angry after our loss to Canterbury. Maybe he does it all behind the scenes.

              But still, I don't think it's time to start the search for The Roosters Next Coach/Victim.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Billy Gunn View Post
                Fred who was the last Roosters coach that you liked for more than a month?
                Gus.

                I just want a team that turns up to play every week. Is that too much to ask for? If the other team is better when you turn up to play then fine. But losing because your team simply doesnt turn up every second week is getting hard to handle year after year.

                I am sick of watching a team that fails to turn up every second week.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Lauren View Post
                  This surprises me.

                  I was expecting Smith to run a tighter ship than Freddy; he didn't even get angry after our loss to Canterbury. Maybe he does it all behind the scenes.

                  But still, I don't think it's time to start the search for The Roosters Next Coach/Victim.
                  Yes agree its still early but I am not exactly thrilled by the pathetic performance 2 out of the last 3 games. Its not the result but the performance (or lack of it) that is the main worry.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by fred68 View Post
                    Gus.

                    I just want a team that turns up to play every week. Is that too much to ask for? If the other team is better when you turn up to play then fine. But losing because your team simply doesnt turn up every second week is getting hard to handle year after year.

                    I am sick of watching a team that fails to turn up every second week.
                    I don't disagree your sentiment one bit but you have blamed the last 4 coaches

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                    • #25
                      the last 4 have been crap.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by fred68 View Post
                        Gus.

                        I just want a team that turns up to play every week. Is that too much to ask for? If the other team is better when you turn up to play then fine. But losing because your team simply doesnt turn up every second week is getting hard to handle year after year.

                        I am sick of watching a team that fails to turn up every second week.
                        I don't think it was the fact that we didn't turn up I just don't think we're as good as everyone is making us out to be, certainly not yet anyway. There were massive dangers signs against the Broncos last Friday and it was far from a convincing win we were just lucky to come up against such a weak side.

                        Smith has always had a team to likes to spread the ball early and we do it (sometimes more than is needed) but continually make errors, hardly uncharacteristic of teams who spread the ball early in the season. Look at Parra and when they peaked last year and watch when they peak again this year.

                        Teams like the Dragons whose whole game plan relies on very few errors will always go well in the start of the season but when it comes to the back end they just don't have the strike power to beat the more fluent teams.

                        Coming out of the first 5 rounds with 6 points is nothing to sneer at, we haven't hit form yet and we're still adjusting to a new game plan. Smith has already re-built the club off the field, I'm willing to give him more than 5 games to do it on it.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by fred68 View Post
                          Yes agree its still early but I am not exactly thrilled by the pathetic performance 2 out of the last 3 games. Its not the result but the performance (or lack of it) that is the main worry.
                          Isn't that the truth. I can handle losing if we turn up on the day and put the effort in but that hasn't been the case against the Dogs and Penrith.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Rooster_6 View Post
                            I don't think it was the fact that we didn't turn up I just don't think we're as good as everyone is making us out to be, certainly not yet anyway. There were massive dangers signs against the Broncos last Friday and it was far from a convincing win we were just lucky to come up against such a weak side.

                            Smith has always had a team to likes to spread the ball early and we do it (sometimes more than is needed) but continually make errors, hardly uncharacteristic of teams who spread the ball early in the season. Look at Parra and when they peaked last year and watch when they peak again this year.

                            Teams like the Dragons whose whole game plan relies on very few errors will always go well in the start of the season but when it comes to the back end they just don't have the strike power to beat the more fluent teams.

                            Coming out of the first 5 rounds with 6 points is nothing to sneer at, we haven't hit form yet and we're still adjusting to a new game plan. Smith has already re-built the club off the field, I'm willing to give him more than 5 games to do it on it.

                            How about Melbourne, who has the identical plan of St George, only with more attacking moves ?

                            Melbourne suffocates you, then if the opportunity is there, put the points on.


                            Also, i think everyone needs to keep in mind the closeness of the competition that we play in. Teams are very evenly matched and any team can win on their day. Winning streaks are hard to put together.

                            Melbourne lost to an understrength Titans, and they are the best team in the comp. The key is not to hang our heads after a loss as they are bound to come again and again.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by BigMike View Post
                              How about Melbourne, who has the identical plan of St George, only with more attacking moves ?

                              Melbourne suffocates you, then if the opportunity is there, put the points on.


                              Also, i think everyone needs to keep in mind the closeness of the competition that we play in. Teams are very evenly matched and any team can win on their day. Winning streaks are hard to put together.

                              Melbourne lost to an understrength Titans, and they are the best team in the comp. The key is not to hang our heads after a loss as they are bound to come again and again.
                              Melbourne can go beyond the game plan though, they have players like Inglis and Slater where the Dragons don't.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by BigMike View Post
                                How about Melbourne, who has the identical plan of St George, only with more attacking moves ?

                                Melbourne suffocates you, then if the opportunity is there, put the points on.


                                Also, i think everyone needs to keep in mind the closeness of the competition that we play in. Teams are very evenly matched and any team can win on their day. Winning streaks are hard to put together.

                                Melbourne lost to an understrength Titans, and they are the best team in the comp. The key is not to hang our heads after a loss as they are bound to come again and again.
                                It is not the fact we have lost 2 games this year..

                                It is the way we have lost them..

                                We show no fight when a team takes the game to us..

                                That is CHARACTER..

                                When the going is tough is when you find out how good your side is..

                                We roll over..

                                I put a majority of the blame on poor on-field leadership,& lack of imposing forwards..(Our front row wouldn't scare Pymple Ladies College Firsts)..

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