Soo 2019

[RoosterChick]

While Jake doesn't possess the speed of Cook, I think apart from his running he is better in every other aspect of the game.

I agree 100%. Can’t wait for Jake to return. He is sorely missed.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I'm thinking Freddy will be reluctant to punt anyone after one game, but there will be mountains of speculation and media pressure no doubt.

He will probably challenge all of them to go and tear it up with their club sides, before making final decisions.

[Thirteen]

Teddy and Cook our obvious standouts. Both at the top of their games.

It's just as well they are in separate NRL teams, to keep things fair.

While Jake doesn't possess the speed of Cook, I think apart from his running he is better in every other aspect of the game.

[Thirteen]

I like Cook, but last night he had a very mixed game. His kicking close to the line was rubbish and his defence was not good. 8 missed tackles and many more bad reads

Agree. Just so dangerous in attack but very average in defence. He shouldn't really be kicking the ball. Leave that to Cords.

[Kingbilly]

I like Cook, but last night he had a very mixed game. His kicking close to the line was rubbish and his defence was not good. 8 missed tackles and many more bad reads

[RoosterChick]

Well noted. On so many occasions we were saying “ go left” only for him to go right. Maybe it was a deliberate ploy as Queensland would’ve been expecting us to go more left and Freddy wanted to catch them out.

I watched game 3 of last year yesterday and Cook did the same thing. I think it’s his favoured pass, left to right. Not that it matters but I feel Latrell is being made the scapegoat in the media and I think it’s unfair. You can’t do a lot if the ball doesn’t come your way. The sin binning was dumb but it’s not why we lost the game. Latrell actually made a try saving tackle last night and got blamed a few times for defensive errors when it was Walker who had the missed tackle.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Teddy and Cook our obvious standouts. Both at the top of their games.

It's just as well they are in separate NRL teams, to keep things fair.

[OMR]

Another thing I noticed last night is that Cook 8 times out of ten passes left to right from dummy half. So another reason Latrell didn’t see much ball.

Well noted. On so many occasions we were saying “ go left” only for him to go right. Maybe it was a deliberate ploy as Queensland would’ve been expecting us to go more left and Freddy wanted to catch them out.

[RoosterChick]

Another thing I noticed last night is that Cook 8 times out of ten passes left to right from dummy half. So another reason Latrell didn’t see much ball.

[morley101]

We need make 2 changes to the bench.. Payne Hass should be gone he is ,just too inexperienced at this stage and bring in Fafita and bring in Sims for Crichton. Sims could play prop if needed. Crichton was solid but NSW were getting smashed early in the 2nd half . Walker was lucky to get to get a 2nd chance last night and showed a bit of attacking danger. If NSW get beaten in Perth both halves need to be sacked.

[zac]

Roosters watch

Teddy - one of our best. Didn't see replays of his dropped ball, but he had a great game.

Latrell - 10 mins in the bin was the correct call, but it was close. He was going for the ball (and got it - but he got Gillett first). If he doesn't do what he did, G might have scored, so perhaps L did the right thing. Otherwise L didn't have his best game, but did some nice things and blaming only him for the left side's lack of cohesion is a bit unfair.

Cords - solid

Angus - solid

Maybe I didn't watch the same game as some of the posters on this site.

[Easts75]

changes id make - tommy t in for cotric, id bring a reynolds in to partner walker, tariq sims in for wighton murray or crichton ( i actually thought crichton was good tonight ) ...i dont really care who wins, i presume qld will remain unchanged.

Crichton was very very average. How in hell you would pick Sims ahead of Matterson ? Matterson should have been one of the first picked for the bench with what he offers

[RoosterChick]

Latrell didn’t get the ball cause Walker didn’t get it to him. I was afraid that would happen and it did. Walker was useless. If Keary had been there he would have made a big difference. Walker didn’t get involved the whole match and I reckon Freddy was so frustrated with him that’s why he hooked him. Unfortunately he brought Wighton on who threw the intercept pass to hand QLD the game. The bench was lightweight. Needed another big body to come on and didn’t have it. In the second half QLD dominated up the middle and really lifted their defence. We couldn’t match it with them.
Origin 2 needs big changes. Fergo in for Cotric. He will make metres and help with the go forward, might even pull off something special. Bring Moloney back if sticking with Cleary. At least he can run the show and not panic. Otherwise the only option would be Reynolds/Walker. Hopefully Turbo will be fit and can come back in possibly at right centre or wing if no Fergo.
We need more grunt on the bench though. If we can’t win up the middle we can’t win game 2.

[ism22]

Did anyone ask him how he thought Latrell went?

To be fair, Latrell defended extremely well and almost came up with a match winning try.

[ChookMaster]

Only one of them is an effective tackler ..murray has potential

Murray is a gun. Many bunnies fans love him and call him their next captain.. he is a future star. Angus is going backwards in terms of his overall form. He needs to fix it