Geez I love our coach!

[Headless Chook]

Just watched the presser, gave credit to the opposition, called out our weaknesses. No excuses made at all, praised our opponents and wished them all the best next week. he's just class.

[mattyh]

agreed

[chicka]

Yeah, Robbo is all class and a great Ambassador for our club. Long may he continue and you know he will deliver a few more premiership wins along the way.

[Kramer]

Absolutely a class act. Glad we have him. Things will get better next year. This years was a big test and we just fell short. Bring on 2021.

[Team Evil]

I knew he would come out and take responsibility for the loss.
He is class.
F%ck that pretender Ricky.
No excuses, took it on the chin, even when the press talked about the bullshit penalties he just shrugged it off and said we were not good enough.

[Roosters1908]

Yep, glad he’s ours. No excuses, no whinging. I loved his comment that if you have to look outside your group for excuses, you’re not good enough. Think on that, Ricky.

[mightyrooster]

He is the best. I wouldn’t swap him for any other.

[JAF]

He is hurting as much as us fans.
Love Robbo!!

[Rooster_6]

Club legend.

Statues will be built.

[ChookMaster]

Robbo is hurting you could just see it in his eyes. Good to hear him criticise himself, makes me believe that he will come back next year with a more motivated mentality and push the guys further again Hopefully lessons learnt this season

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

Absolutely, I agree with everyone about Robbo last night.

Brilliant. He is all class, plus a fantastic coach.

I expect us to bounce back next year big time.

[zac]

class act

[gragra]

Robinson laments: 'As a coach I didn't get it done'

AuthorChris KennedyNRL.com ReporterTimestampSat 10 Oct 2020, 12:07

Roosters coach Trent Robinson has taken responsibility for his side's straight-sets finals exit, saying he wasn't able to get the players aligned as a team as well as he would have liked.

Robinson praised the fight in his team after they came back from 16-0 down to lose 22-18, as well as their professionalism in dealing with the off-field challenges of 2020 with its quarantine bubbles, but lamented not being able to produce their best football in the finals.

"It's a team out of form but trying hard," was Robinson's assessment.

"We got what we deserved in the end. I'm really disappointed obviously.

"I just couldn't get everybody aligned. As a coach I didn't get it done, just didn't get the players aligned enough to play their best footy."

Match Highlights: Roosters v Raiders

Match Highlights: Roosters v Raiders

Robinson said the team just couldn't mould its game to be as dominant as in its past two back-to-back premierships despite bouncing back fairly well from a stunning 60-8 loss to the Rabbitohs in the final round of the regular season with two narrow and hard-fought finals losses.

"You've got lots of different players at all different levels, players in really good form, players trying to come back, you put them all in a melting pot and try and get them all to the same level, it's spinning plates … I just couldn't align them well enough," he added.

"Getting to the top four then being out after two weeks, that's not what you want, not what you're striving for.

Reflective Robinson proud of 'impeccable' group of men

Reflective Robinson proud of 'impeccable' group of men

"You celebrate [being] really proud of this group of guys. It's been a really tough year and the guys were impeccable as human beings [with] all the protocols and interactions."

Robinson admitted he would do "a thousand" things differently if he had the season over again.

"I should have been better so I'll go back and reflect on how to do that better and get my lessons from it," he said.

"If you don't look back [and say] 'I did really well', that's not the case, this isn't really well. We did a lot of things well but not enough, there's lots of lessons to look back on at a later date."

Robinson thanked outgoing trio Mitch Aubusson, Sonny Bill Williams and Ryan Hall for their contributions to the club.



Aubusson's decorated 306-game Roosters career finished with his retirement, Hall is flying home to England while Williams is still theoretically headed back to Toronto depending on what happens with their Super League participation next season.

"Sonny, I don't know. He's not staying with the Roosters, he has the contract with Toronto, he's showed there's a fighter there and made a big impact on the game tonight," Robinson said.

"We've been getting him ready to play then we needed him, we needed that style of player, we needed the confidence to play footy and a guy that when the pressure is on is going to put his hand up, he's done it his whole career and in uncomfortable situations.

Trent...such a quality coach and human...

[Arties Pie]

He is truly a class act for sure, We just weren't good enough nuff said.

[The ticket]

We have the best “young” coach in the comp. Bennett and Bellamy have been doing it for a lot longer and are nearing the end - Trent is still getting better and will because of his attitude as evidenced in the post.

TRUST IN TRENT