Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Saints

[Bahrain Rooster]

With Keighran failing his HIA and Copley not being 100%, maybe this opens up a spot for Moala Graham-Taufa to make a debut on Friday. Really running low on troops now.

[milanja]

Ha ha, good one.

On another note, that Dragons Fijian winger was quite the diving bitch wasn't he? Nothing has changed at the dragons - a bunch of diving queens.

The Manu escort was very, very bad too. A bit hard to believe Klein in the bunker didn't see that - it was obvious as dogs balls. Simply chose to pretend it didn't happen. And yet they pick up every microscopic transgression of ours.

Also, and I know you're gonna say I'm one eyed, but the first dragons try - Teddy had his hand on the ball, but he most definitely didn't strip it, the dragons player just lunged with his ball carrying arm and that was what made the ball come loose. A classic loose carry.

I just read a few pages of the match day thread on league unlimited, it is amazing how their fanboys viewed some of those decisions, the try by Toops where he leapt over ravalawa, was apparently knees to the chest, and just as bad as the rava karate kick. the strip on penalty was a loose carry, but the video ref is always on the roosters side, and so on……

It is amazing how the same game can be viewed in so many different ways by different fans, when my way should always be the right way

[roostermcgregor]

The way Robbo has this patchwork team firing, and building towards the finals , is incredible.
The next match against the Vermin is the true litmus test for us.
If we knock them over, or push them to the limit , we will be considered heavyweight contenders.
And our odds to win the comp will shorten considerably.
If we perform OK this coming week, we can only improve with Rads & Gus to return.
So being a true Rooster optimist ( even though I think we are only an outside chances to win the premiership) I reckon 23-1 odds are just too good to refuse at this stage.
Given that I had the brains to get 7-1 on the Storm earlier in the season, and now 23-1 on the Roosters, I am feeling pretty confident of having some winnings come GF time.

[Random Rooster]

nrl physio update on butch -
Early assessments suggest a meniscus injury for Nat Butcher, Roosters indicating the main concern was twisting of the knee which caused difficulty bending. Will need scans to confirm nature/extent of injury, if meniscus tear confirmed most common prognosis - surgery & 4-6 weeks

That would be season ending. Nat Butcher is always good for 50 plus tackles- his tackling style is really effective too & he doesn't miss many. Hope its just a strain and he will be back by the first semi

[Team Evil]

We are going to be scraping the barrel next week, with the short turn around, we play on Friday night, I don't think Keighran will have enough time for HIA protocols.
Also Nat Butcher looks to be out, Dale Copley had to have his ankle strapped, we don't get anyone back from suspension until the week after.
Difficult game against the Wabbits.

[horrie hastings]

The Manu escort was very, very bad too. A bit hard to believe Klein in the bunker didn't see that - it was obvious as dogs balls. Simply chose to pretend it didn't happen. And yet they pick up every microscopic transgression of ours.

Was the escort when Manu was taken out off the ball and the Dragons got the 20mtr tap and then scored ? If so yes a bad miss but also what about the forward pass from the 20mtr tap , it should have been pulled up straight away.

[Mickie Lane]

I thought the Saints were terrible but you can only play whats in front of you. Friday night will be a totally different scenario. Go the Chooks.

[Paddo Colt 61]

[QUOTE=bondi.boy; ....We simply cannot keep giving opposition teams easy possession.
If we play like we did today we won't beat Souths.

Exactly. The side is not going to get the Heavyweight Division with a completion rate such as that which we are seeing and have seen most of the year. Poor completion undermines the class and heroics that otherwise makes them a chance maybe not for the biggie but at the least for an end of season to be more than proud of. Love Tedesco's leadership atm. He inspires by example. If Cordner were to come back (is it realistic, has he retired or that effective at season's end?) then anything might be possible but gotta hang on to the ball and be more patient.

[barryd]

Ha ha, good one.

On another note, that Dragons Fijian winger was quite the diving bitch wasn't he? Nothing has changed at the dragons - a bunch of diving queens.

The Manu escort was very, very bad too. A bit hard to believe Klein in the bunker didn't see that - it was obvious as dogs balls. Simply chose to pretend it didn't happen. And yet they pick up every microscopic transgression of ours.

Also, and I know you're gonna say I'm one eyed, but the first dragons try - Teddy had his hand on the ball, but he most definitely didn't strip it, the dragons player just lunged with his ball carrying arm and that was what made the ball come loose. A classic loose carry.

Yes I was very annoyed that Teddy’s was called a strip and it was straight after the Dragons player had both arms around the ball and forced it out of Manu’s hand.

[Bruce 38-0]

Annesley just conceded that Joey was run off the ball by Norman. Should have been a penalty to us. Match review officials - ref and touchie mised it. “Shouldn’t have been missed. We don’t miss many blah blah blah”

im shocked.

[roosterchook]

Well these lads can't do any worse.then! Show a little faith.

I know they’ll give it their all and that they’ll do us proud but not expecting anything more than that.

[Johnny Brass]

Annesley just conceded that Joey was run off the ball by Norman. Should have been a penalty to us. Match review officials - ref and touchie mised it. “Shouldn’t have been missed. We don’t miss many blah blah blah”

im shocked.

How could they miss it Joey was run off into the 2nd row and was blatantly obvious.
Like when Hutch scored his try , I loved the roosters supporter behind the posts telling Sutton that it was a try which was pretty obvious on the replay.

[Flipper Hands]

If Cordner were to come back (is it realistic, has he retired or that effective at season's end?) then anything might be possible but gotta hang on to the ball and be more patient.

I know this is not going to happen, but I did get a bit of a chubby.