A Prize Stitchup by News Limited

[Ray Stehr]

What rubbish.

The side is crap and gutless. Some of the players need to go.

[supermario]

This is one of those games that bring to mind the old Cliche' "its a game of 2 halves".

First half, we had great possession, great field position and completion was great, for most of the first half we were at 100% completion.

we still had no idea what to do on the 5th tackle, but we actually put a grubber into the ingoal and actually got a repeat set !! i don't think i have seen one of those by the Roosters for nearly 8 months !!!

If calls were made correctly by the video ref, we would have gone into the half (possibly) 10-6 down, that was not the case and we go in 16-0

So we go in, dudded by the ref and 16 down......... i would love to know what was said in the sheds that brought out our "best" in the 2nd half !

[Guest]

So we go in, dudded by the ref and 16 down......... i would love to know what was said in the sheds that brought out our "best" in the 2nd half !

"We're not going to win, just don't get injured"

[supermario]

"We're not going to win, just don't get injured"

I'll bet we got injuries !

[Ray Stehr]

We definitely pulled a few heartmuscles.

[PKR]

It wasnt going to matter what we did today. We were never going to be allowed to win.

Great attitude and tactics in the first half should have seen us probably lead at halftime. Two obstruction trys from them and one from a dud penalty, plus a fair try to us knocked back.

If the correct and fair decisions were made we wouldnt have dropped the focus in the 2nd half. The end scoreline is no indication other than News Limited and the wheel of corruption is as solid as ever. It is sickening.

Rugby League is a great game but its not a level playing field.

Stick with your team regardless - it's is all we can do at the moment.

Now I just want to kill someone...preferably in a melb jumper or referees shirt.

Can I come with you when you do it ..... to help.

[redwhiteblue]

Can I come with you when you do it ..... to help.

Try being the lone female Roosters fan on a tram full of them from AAMI Park back to Flinders St. Not one of them dared make eye contact with me. Didn't help that jman/past glory was sending me filthy texts about the refs which made me laugh out loud. They probably thought I was nuts, so they left me alone! I'll never watch the movie "The Color Purple" again!!

[melon....]

You sooks need to get over it.

You can **** off back to rugby.

[Guest]

I guess this is the sore losers thread. We lost by 40......yes 40....that means 40 pts. Truth is storm should have won by more as they bombed a few tries towards the end....and it could have been to zero as Cordner lost that ball in our only try.

But but it's a CONSPIRACY by news ltd even though they don't own any portion of the game under the independent commission...lol

Fargone sore loser boneheads.

Welcome back Rocky. We get flogged and you come grovelling out of the shade. Didn't expect that much.

Chook.

[Spirit of 66]

"THE Roosters were never going to beat Melbourne yesterday - but the match officials made damn sure there wasn't going to be an upset regardless."

I think this quote - the first paragraph in a story from The Telegraph of all places - sums things up for me.

[Guest]

I was thinking the same... Melbourne have 'footballers' in these postions.. Ours have very little in the way of footballing ability. Mini was a brilliant athlete and admittedly still is fantastic under the high ball but is an adlib type player.. Pearce is obviously someone who has got where he has through coaching and hard work but does not have the ability to read the play, same goes for Friend. I am not sure what to make of Anasta but given he struggles to pass the ball right to left and no longer has a running game I think he has little value or abilities at all.

No, Melbourne have freaks in these positions - they have the best seven in the comp, the best nine in a decade and (possibly) the best fullback ever.

To compare our spine to theirs is just silly.

[mightyrooster]

It wasnt going to matter what we did today. We were never going to be allowed to win.

Great attitude and tactics in the first half should have seen us probably lead at halftime. Two obstruction trys from them and one from a dud penalty, plus a fair try to us knocked back.

If the correct and fair decisions were made we wouldnt have dropped the focus in the 2nd half. The end scoreline is no indication other than News Limited and the wheel of corruption is as solid as ever. It is sickening.

Rugby League is a great game but its not a level playing field.

Stick with your team regardless - it's is all we can do at the moment.

Now I just want to kill someone...preferably in a melb jumper or referees shirt.

I agree. We were probably never going to win anyway, but the refs and video ref made it an absolute certainty. When you're against it from the start in terms of youth and experience and quality playmakers, it's hard enough. When every single 50/50 call (and those that are clearly in your favour to everyone that's watching) go against you it is so demoralising for the team. How is it they get the BOD for that obstruction try yet we don't for the Perrett try. There was more doubt in the Perrett one. And don't go on about the Cordner decision. That try had absolutely no bearing on the game as it was completely gone by then. Going in at half time 10-6 is a lot better than 16-0 for a young team still trying to get it together. Once they picked up a try at the start of the 2nd half the game was all over.

[PKR]

Try being the lone female Roosters fan on a tram full of them from AAMI Park back to Flinders St. Not one of them dared make eye contact with me. Didn't help that jman/past glory was sending me filthy texts about the refs which made me laugh out loud. They probably thought I was nuts, so they left me alone! I'll never watch the movie "The Color Purple" again!!

I feel your pain, a bit like going to Origin at Suncorp in a NSW jersey. I'm about to do it all again this year .... hope NSW can win this year.
Good on jman for sending the texts to you, at least they left you alone.

[Cockadoodledoo]

No, Melbourne have freaks in these positions - they have the best seven in the comp, the best nine in a decade and (possibly) the best fullback ever.

To compare our spine to theirs is just silly.

My point was that we don't have footballers in those positions, not that they aren't as good as Melbourne's.

[TheLoneRooster]

"THE Roosters were never going to beat Melbourne yesterday - but the match officials made damn sure there wasn't going to be an upset regardless."

I think this quote - the first paragraph in a story from The Telegraph of all places - sums things up for me.

WOW! Link please? I have to see this with my own eyes.