2010 todd! 2012 roosters..

[Guest]

I was a fan of Todd in the RWNB in 2010, It was a culmination of an unknown quantity in the new Roosters and Todd playing 1 and 6 that got us to the GF. The oppositions NRL teams struggled to work the roosters out in attack, Bennet however worked out that Todd could be shut down defensivley. In 2011 the other NRL teams also shut Todd down and unfortunatey he had nothing to counter this, Crabbing sideways wasn't working, they also worked out that Todd was a week link in our defense and ran there attack at him. IMO 2012 will be a good year for our Nrl squad a preseason will only make them better. Smith has found some good ball playing backrowers who can get over the line and set up tries and our forwards have finally got some mongrel.IMO Anastas time in the forwards has also helped his game. The Roosters will do well in 2012 and we will not miss Todd.. I WOULD RATHER A CHAMPION TEAM ! THAN A TEAM OF CHAMPIONS!

[John Corey]

Beguurk........I can only laugh. Why get frustrated.

[Guest]

Beguurk........I can only laugh. Why get frustrated.

Yeh I know, The posotive is we have been playing like a champion team. I see Easts doing surprisingly well in 2012, conterary to what many of our so called supporters think.

[Pass the Ball]

You always want to do better..

In 2010 we went from 16 to 2 and everyone loved it..

In 2011 we went from 2 to 11 and nobody can be happy with that..

In 2012 we will improve and it will keep many of us happy...

[Geohood]

Beguurk behind the facade you know what you're talking about!

[Guest]

I disagree. Our biggest problem this year has not been the form of Todd Carney. In a season of slower play-the-balls we needed to adapt and provide our halves with better attacking options. Instead we persisted with the slowest outside backs in the competition and expected Carney to work miracles.

Go back and watch the earlier storm game and see how many opportunities Carney created only to have other players drop the ball with the line wide open, and outside backs that were too slow to run around massive overlaps. It was just like previous years with the opposition compressing their defence and us being too useless to do anything about it.

[Gary Worthless]

IMO Anastas time in the forwards has also helped his game.

Yes, very true. Braith worked out that he hates making tackles and he hates making hit-ups. Once he got back to his beloved 5-8 he played like a man possessed.

[Gary Worthless]

I disagree. Our biggest problem this year has not been the form of Todd Carney. In a season of slower play-the-balls we needed to adapt and provide our halves with better attacking options. Instead we persisted with the slowest outside backs in the competition and expected Carney to work miracles.

Go back and watch the earlier storm game and see how many opportunities Carney created only to have other players drop the ball with the line wide open, and outside backs that were too slow to run around massive overlaps. It was just like previous years with the opposition compressing their defence and us being too useless to do anything about it.

You are right about the storm game but it was a one-off. TC was consistently poor. What about TC's game against the Cowboys, I am not sure I have ever seen a worse individual performance from anyone in the history of rugby league. TC also leaked so many tries with the weakest of defence..virtually stepping aside on many occassions. IMO, TC was the number one reason for Roosters poor 2011.

[bondi-boy]

Carney and Myles have gone...the club 'purged'.

Next year the coach and the team will have NO excuses.

[Guest]

bb, you are talking about the most unprofessional and unaccountable team in recent history. They will blame Smith.

[bondi-boy]

The last few matches, the tattoo ban during the season from now on, the new 'high performance unit', plus Elliott's arrival give me some hope.

Not sure that signing a new 5/8 and playing Anasta in the forwards is such a great idea.
Thought that was part of the reason Carney was waved goodbye...so the captain could play no 6.
Maybe the new 5/8 isn't arriving until 2013.

[Guest]

The last few matches, the tattoo ban during the season from now on, the new 'high performance unit', plus Elliott's arrival give me some hope.

Not sure that signing a new 5/8 and playing Anasta in the forwards is such a great idea.
Thought that was part of the reason Carney was waved goodbye...so the captain could play no 6.
Maybe the new 5/8 isn't arriving until 2013.

Yes, we do not require a replacement 6 till 2013. Our preseason with all players knowing there rolls and combos will take us a long way in 2012. reliability will be a breath of fresh air!

[chook 56]

And I think that the stability of the "set" team in the last 4 weeks this year showed.
Personally, a game breaker is a great advantage, but far more valuable to have a team that is comfortable & trusting in each other.
That's when you get the sixth sense play happening. Remember some the magic from last year & blind passes that stuck....they came from players that trusted their mates would be there. That trust wasn't there this year, for a whole lot of reasons.
Hopefully we can keep this rolling along into 2012 & beyond.

[Guest]

And I think that the stability of the "set" team in the last 4 weeks this year showed.
Personally, a game breaker is a great advantage, but far more valuable to have a team that is comfortable & trusting in each other.
That's when you get the sixth sense play happening. Remember some the magic from last year & blind passes that stuck....they came from players that trusted their mates would be there. That trust wasn't there this year, for a whole lot of reasons.
Hopefully we can keep this rolling along into 2012 & beyond.

It's like you've never seen Anasta throw a pass. He fires more bullets than the EOKA.

[Kingbilly]

Thought that was part of the reason Carney was waved goodbye...so the captain could play no 6.

You are a stupid little boy