Who was the bigger loss? Latrell or Cronk!

[Johnny Brass]

Both big losses and though jmoz was a great replacement would we have stuck with Flanagan if he wasn't our goal kicker?

[Insider]

Cronk for sure. In 14,15 and 17 we had disappointing final series results.Cronk was bought to the club to fix this and the results spoke for themselves,2 premierships and 6 out of 6 wins in the big end of season games. Conceded just 42 points in those 6 games. No Cronk this year coupled with the loss of Radley and we underperformed in the finals once again.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

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How have you got such a feeling To my knowledge you are not part of the clubs bubble Which would mean you are making assumptions from watching on tv or from 100 metres away at the SCG I agree with the rest

Obviously assumptions...based on player and coach interviews, body language, comparison of team energy and camaraderie between Lam and Flanagan....so could be off the mark.

I doubt if Flanagan would have came back in to the top 17 without Lams injury...and yes thats an opinion too.

[Noosa Rooster]

On the Fox wrap-up after the game, Braith Anasta was really giving it to Flanagan. Cooper Cronk chimed in with his opinion which was that he considers that Flanagan could be as good as Cleary in the next 3-4 years. Obviously he sees something in him so maybe Robbo and the other coaching staff do as well. The question is are we prepared to wait 3-4 years. IMO he didn't have a bad year and his goal kicking definitely improved over the season. You can't replace a 340 gamer with a 15 gamer and expect the same result. As others have suggested here, the loss of Victor and Sam were probably more contributing factors to the end result than Flanagan. Bring on 2021. There is no way that this is the end of the Roosters era.

[Mickie Lane]

Both equal but in very different ways. If we had either of those players this year we would have beaten Penrith last week & we would have beaten the Raiders last night even though we wouldnt have had to play them because we would have beaten Penrith.

[rented tracksuit]

I was surprised when we signed him too. Not one of our more astute grabs. Would have preferred Lam this year and bring on Walker in 2021.

For me Flanagan doesn't say Rooster. His attitude when dropped was only about him being shocked , nothing to do with needing to improve or the club being the main focus. I never got the feeling he was loved amongst the other guys either.

Totally agree JFC.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Is this a serious question? Latrell isn’t being missed by his current team.

[King Salvo]

The game has changed with the six again and the momentum swings and possibly more rule changes keeping the ball in play longer- The NRL want high scoring games with the more successful teams being the ones with the better attack.

The Chooks lost these finals games as a result of poor defence- sloppy one on one misses /arm grabs and lazy play -not getting back into position - conceding 28 and 16 unanswered points in quick fashion - Cronk would have made no difference and neither would Latrell who was not always on his game in defence one has to say.

[King Salvo]

On the Fox wrap-up after the game, Braith Anasta was really giving it to Flanagan. Cooper Cronk chimed in with his opinion which was that he considers that Flanagan could be as good as Cleary in the next 3-4 years. Obviously he sees something in him so maybe Robbo and the other coaching staff do as well. The question is are we prepared to wait 3-4 years. IMO he didn't have a bad year and his goal kicking definitely improved over the season. You can't replace a 340 gamer with a 15 gamer and expect the same result. As others have suggested here, the loss of Victor and Sam were probably more contributing factors to the end result than Flanagan. Bring on 2021. There is no way that this is the end of the Roosters era.

It took Cleary as long to get to the standard he is playing at now though- played over 100 games - 5 years in the NRL - same comments were made about Cleary -doesn;t have a running game etc etc - yes he has things to work on in his game but so do all the Roosters players - the faster the game is becoming and the more the ball is in play will demand changes in the way teams prepare and play- teams with the better attack will be winning the games not the ones with the better defences- scoring as many points as you can when you have run of possession and momentum will be the key to winning games.

[Random Rooster]

Came across this pic of French captain Puig Aubert and Australian counterpart Clive Churchill in 1951. Is anyone else thinking what im thinking????

[zac]

Came across this pic of French captain Puig Aubert and Australian counterpart Clive Churchill in 1951. Is anyone else thinking what im thinking????

he looks like cooper cronk doesn't he and it's not just the wearing of the rw&b.

[Random Rooster]

I think Cooper Cronk is a time traveller....bloody hell the resemblance is uncanny

[Blue Suede Schubert]

Came across this pic of French captain Puig Aubert and Australian counterpart Clive Churchill in 1951. Is anyone else thinking what im thinking????

Yea there is an uncanny resemblance but I don't think Cooper smoked as many bungers as Puig.

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

Cooper for sure and certain.

Latrell, as good as he is and can be, was too hit and miss for us. Cooper, on the other hand, was very consistent, and you cannot discount those other attributes, i.e. leadership qualities etc. I will never forget what he did for us in 2018. Special!

[OMR]

Latrell was our X factor and a superstar, things didn’t pan out for him in the end at the roosters, but to say he was replaced by a better player, is pure lunacy and denial.

You miss the point. Did we suffer more by losing lattrell or Cooper? Our left side was as lethal as it was in the last 2 years, however if you can’t recognise how much of an influence Cooper was then I have nothing to add.
As for defensive qualities on the right edge, take a look at Cronk tackling Asufa Solomona with a broken shoulder near the try line in the 2018 decider. Enough said.