Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Sharks

[mattyh]

let us not let the fact we played crap for 55 odd mins be dismissed. we were ordinary, jwh after that dumb penalty is still our alpha, walker is our godsend, radley our talisman, b moz our rock. teddy our team.

things that worried me ... zero talk behind the posts when cronulla scored, worrying signs in d around the ruck .

thought drew was ok again.

[redwhiteblue]

This chat will be hilarious for most to reread tomorrow.

What an up and down roller coaster of emotions in here haha

Good it's good to be an Easts fan

LOL the guy who lives across the hallway from me used to play for us as far as President's Cup (got suspended for taking part in a brawl against the Rabbits ) and I wondered what he was cheering and yelling about as I've been watching a Tina Turner documentary and stopped checking the score in another browser window when the Sharks got to 18 points. I should know better than to chuck in the towel..thank you Brett Morris.. all is forgiven for the 2010 grand final..

Ok back to Tina...SIMPLY THE BEST ROOSTERS!

[King Salvo]

Can someone give a run down of injuries and whose on report

Injuries

Lussick - Arm possible fracture

On report

Radley
Marschke

[MCMLXVI]

That match was simply epic. All of the naysayers and doom merchants on here, take note. If the game had have ended halfway through the second half, when we were behind, it still would have been a good match, a true battle. Sometimes it is better to view a match through the eyes of an RL fan, rather than through those of an armchair analyst. To whomever said it earlier on, is Walker still the 10 year old half that we don't need? just wait until he gathers more experience and confidence. He has a great step and a great outside boot kick that he has not yet employed in his short first grade career. The future looks great. Go Easts!

[stringaz]

Lol did that last 15 minutes just happen

There's a team in there, need troops

[roosterchook]

Can you believe it? Down 18-4 I thought we were gone. Never saw that coming. I still think we waited until they were tired then put our foot on the peddle.

[stringaz]

let us not let the fact we played crap for 55 odd mins be dismissed. we were ordinary, jwh after that dumb penalty is still our alpha, walker is our godsend, radley our talisman, b moz our rock. teddy our team.

things that worried me ... zero talk behind the posts when cronulla scored, worrying signs in d around the ruck .

thought drew was ok again.

Robbo won't forget, that 1st half was not the Roosters way

[King Salvo]

let us not let the fact we played crap for 55 odd mins be dismissed. we were ordinary, jwh after that dumb penalty is still our alpha, walker is our godsend, radley our talisman, b moz our rock. teddy our team.

things that worried me ... zero talk behind the posts when cronulla scored, worrying signs in d around the ruck .

thought drew was ok again.

Sharks didn't allow the Chooks to play and controlled the game pretty well - Sharks are a top 8 side though - sure people will say not a top 4 or premiership chance but still a side you have to beat as they wont beat themselves.

[Danish]

After calming down a bit.... walker is clearly the real deal. Still concerned how we’ll be able to manage him when the big teams run traffic and set moves at him. 2022 he’ll be unstoppable.

The next month till we get verrills back is going to define our season. Some tough games coming up over the next 4 rounds. Need to win at least half of them to keep in the top 4 hunt

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Great comeback by the boys...led by JWH. Thats the best front row performance I've seen this year, he just took control of that game. Motm for me.

Brilliant last 15 min by young Sam to ice the game, Thats what he's there for but wow 2nd game at 18 years.

Special mention for young Marschke at hooker. Came on and cooked it up good from dummy half and tackled well.

SCG record intact..

[FREEMAN89]

LOL the guy who lives across the hallway from me used to play for us as far as President's Cup (got suspended for taking part in a brawl against the Rabbits ) and I wondered what he was cheering and yelling about as I've been watching a Tina Turner documentary and stopped checking the score in another browser window when the Sharks got to 18 points. I should know better than to chuck in the towel..thank you Brett Morris.. all is forgiven for the 2010 grand final..

Ok back to Tina...SIMPLY THE BEST ROOSTERS!

Fitting that you were watching a documentary named 'Simply the best' while missing the part of the game that was 'Simply the best'.........


Sorry, my dad jokes are getting worse haha

[Hawkeye]

When was the last time we came back to win a game ? I honestly cant recall the last time we came back from a dozen points down to win a game .......... feels fantastic !

[The 4th Paea]

What a fantastic result!

on a side note. Fletcher Baker was an unused sub again today (he wasn’t used against South’s either).

Any reason for this? Is he carrying an injury, or maybe not quite ready for big/close games

[Nigel Gaffey]

I know that Walker, radley and JWH will get the plaudits but honestly how good was that toupou try and his contribution tonight was phenomenal.

[BUDDY]

The turning point of the game was the JWH penalty. He went into beast mode after that.

3 - JWH
2 - Walker
1 - Rads