21 MAN SQUAD v PANTHERS

[The Skeez]

I’d say Suaalii will play. It’s a home game for him being a Penrith boy. Prob trying to shield him from the hype.

[milanja]

I think Suaallii is a great defensive back , I think most of our defensive issues last week came from Keighran defending in the middle where we got worked over by Cummins and then he was pushed to our right edge to fill in once Walker went off injured and we had holes everywhere because we had Marshke in the bin. Some of Sitilli efforts were atrocious and I've pointed it out before his defending from marker or A defender once we are on the back foot are really poor and he seems to lack stamina.
Ikuvalu whilst a good finisher has a deficiency under the high ball and he has a silly error in him, the handing over of the ball from the penalty and turning his back cost us a try on the weekend.

Suaallii is a better footballer than him or Lam and must surely stay in first grade, thanks to Souths he's a coupe de ville at the bottom of a cracker Jack box.

Love it.

[Big Dog]

I can't believe Suaalii is still considered as a reserve.

Shielding him from a ruthless pamfers outfit so as to not kill his confidence perhaps?

[Big Dog]

Pamfers may be thinking about origin the following week. Hope so.

[BraveTheWorld]

I think we're a solid chance, and the listed team looks pretty handy to me. We've got them in a few positions across the squad, even with all our injuries, and having Kikau out is a massive, massive boost for us.

I won't be hugely concerned if we don't win, as long as we put in a solid effort. Our squad health-wise is still not what it will be come finals (hopefully) and we've got improvement left in us before then. It's also great to see Verrills back, as I think this guy is a really, really class player. Very much hope he can stay fit for an extended period of time, as I feel like we're a different team when he's fit and firing.

[ism22]

I think we're a solid chance, and the listed team looks pretty handy to me. We've got them in a few positions across the squad, even with all our injuries, and having Kikau out is a massive, massive boost for us.

I won't be hugely concerned if we don't win, as long as we put in a solid effort. Our squad health-wise is still not what it will be come finals (hopefully) and we've got improvement left in us before then. It's also great to see Verrills back, as I think this guy is a really, really class player. Very much hope he can stay fit for an extended period of time, as I feel like we're a different team when he's fit and firing.

Yep agreed mate, we're definitely a chance of upsetting them if we play properly.

During Origin the Riff showed both sides of their worth. They've got some crafty halves and some solid forwards/backs. IMO their sudden rise has meant that their code hasn't quite been cracked yet.

On the other hand, we saw a bunch of deadbeats lose super easy games without these said players. I reckon there's a way to pull their pants down. It won't be easy (particularly when our squad is ~$2m under the cap for the rest of the year). However, we're paying unders for a bunch of highly talented players (Walker, Suaalii, Baker, Sitili, Keighran...etc) so I reckon it evens out.

I expect a good attitude and a competitive performance. You can't win 'em all but our last game against the Drizz was a 'win' in my mind because we showed up with the right attitude.

This current squad (plus Rads) is basically our best case squad for the finals (give or take some positional changes). To me the test starts now. We can either believe the bookies and just accept that the Riff and the Drizz are too good. Or, we show up with some decent footy and give 'em a run for their money.

[Yeception 7]

Lol there's no way in hell the final side stays like that. If Lam starts again I'll eat my shoe

[ROC181]

Lol there's no way in hell the final side stays like that. If Lam starts again I'll eat my shoe

I know what you mean but if he does start, what kind of seasoning will you use on your shoes?

[TheLoneRooster]

I know what you mean but if he does start, what kind of seasoning will you use on your shoes?

LOL, very good ROC.

I don't like the mind games sometimes played by Robbo with his team line ups but naturally he can do what he wants.

[OMR]

@$3.80 I’m having $100 on is as I’ll never see us at that price again.

[ROC181]

LOL, very good ROC.

I don't like the mind games sometimes played by Robbo with his team line ups but naturally he can do what he wants.

Not sure about mind games...it might be a situation of having to fulfil the requirements of naming a team on a Tuesday while leaving his options open until the last minute...but from what I have seen from Suaalii, he should be on the team every week. I would say that Suaalii is a better defender than Manu and he's tackling around the legs technique is better that most in our squad..Even Sam has a good technique for bringing down the big guys by tackling around the legs and he's done it on the the try line.

[Mickie Lane]

I don’t think the Roosters will beat Penrith this weekend but I’m hoping it’s very close & that Penrith go away thinking lucky the Roosters didn’t have their best side playing.

[Cockadoodledoo]

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[Snapn1]

I don’t think the Roosters will beat Penrith this weekend but I’m hoping it’s very close & that Penrith go away thinking lucky the Roosters didn’t have their best side playing.

I 100% disagree!!!!

Our team on paper is better than panthers even with all those players out!

We keep our discipline intact we win!!!

[Rooster1908]

I don’t think the Roosters will beat Penrith this weekend but I’m hoping it’s very close & that Penrith go away thinking lucky the Roosters didn’t have their best side playing.

I hope we flog them and they go away thinking bloody hell imagine if the Roosters had there strongest team in