Dear Easts... don't screw up!

[player 1]

There is zero reason for us to turn up complacent. Brookvale is not an easy place to win at and our season is on the line. Start well put some early points on snd take the crowd out of the game. Most likely though this won’t be allowed by the game managers who will probably start the game giving Manly a handful of penalties and six agains, which will see us having to defend our line repeatedly early on.

Like the first 15 minutes of the semi last year.

I would be extremely surprised if your prediction turns out to be anything less than 100% accurate.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Don’t be like that!

Its what the Queen tells its lady before coutus

[Inflictor]

I think the ref will ream us this game but we should overcome it looking at the teams.

Complacency is the only thing I worry about but you would expect Robbo will get their minds right and hope to put a score on to really help our F/A for later in the year.

[rented tracksuit]

I’ve heard their boycotting boys might yet play.

Any truth to that?

Hard to prepare if we don’t know what we are up against.

[Thirteen]

I’ve heard their boycotting boys might yet play.

Any truth to that?

Hard to prepare if we don’t know what we are up against.

If you are not named in the Tuesday listed team you cannot play. The NRL would need to change this rule for them to play.

[Johnny73]

With the absolute screw up last week, one hopes that the referees will be less willing to pull any bullshit moves. Manly deserves an arsekicking after their nonsense.

[King Salvo]

Don't wanna get this thread locked but yeah... I agree that Souffs should also boycott. Looking at Souffs' PD, I'd love to catch them (or alternatively bundle them outta the finals in the first round when they use 'their' home advantage to play at the SFS).

To me part of the danger with Manly could well be that the guys who are playing (some of whom I'd suggest are probably Christians with different mindsets towards their footy/religion) are the type who value winning a premiership above all and KNOW they've gotta find a way through this despite adversity. Like how we played last year... the right team with 7 players out and a stubborn mentality can be ruthless.

TBH most of the players who are out are soft farks. DCE, Trbo, Walker, Foran, Taupau...etc (their leaders) are all there and will bring their best games for sure.

FWIW as a kid I proudly wore a shirt I got at the Mardi Gras because it had a purple teletubbie hugging a drag queen, whose balls were hanging out of their fishnets. Wish I still had it.

In the end they wear the jumper for what 2 hours or so - gees I remember World Series Cricket in 1978/79 when the West Indies were up in arms about wearing a shade of Pink as back then Pink was associated with the Gay Community.

Nowadays no one is bothered and the society has moved on except some religions that is - They have the Pink Test and the Panthers wear Pink Jersey's.

If they are so religiously minded and stick by the scriptures they should not be playing on Sunday's then - supposed to be the sabbath where they rest and do no work

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

[Nathan Aboud]

A win by 40+ will in my opinion be a statement to all the other teams that we are very serious on winning the comp.

It will be 3 weeks in a row that we will post 40+ more points and as we proved in 2018 and 2019 only the strong team do that on the games they are suppose to win comfortably.

[BraveTheWorld]

They have a bunch of quality players out, but the side they named isn't even that bad. Garrick, Walker, Evans, Foran, Croker, Bullemor, Davey, J.Turbo, Taupau, Keppie are all fair footballers at worst, and are plenty dangerous on their good days.

I don't think the Roosters will be complacent. We've put two weaker sides to the sword in the last two weeks, and we're getting close to full-strength (or as full-strength as we'll be again this year) and I think we'll ultimately win by plenty.

I think Manly will do themselves proud in their performance, but simply won't have enough class to win and will get blown out at the end. I don't see a hell of a lot of points in the Manly side.

I felt as soon as we beat the Knights that we'd beat Manly by 20+, even if they were full-strength. I don't really see that changing.

[Mickie Lane]

I’m not going to go up the path of the Roosters getting dudded by the refs before the game has even started but the Roosters season is on the line & if they can’t get over a Manly side missing 9 players then they don’t deserve to be in the 8.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

It would be a disgrace to the jersey if we lose this one. I just cannot see it happening.

[Ray Stehr]

If we don't win this by 40 then there's no point in making the 8.

[morley101]

How many forward passes will Foran getaway with. ???

[chopstiks]

Can we get any more Suttons sniffing around this game !

[Spirit of 66]

I'm predicting a Roosters send off in the first 20 minutes. Maybe a couple of sin bins if that's not possible.