My Best Roosters Team For 2013

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2013 Sydney Roosters Squad
Gains: Shane Shackleton, Cory Paterson, Darcy Lussick, Kyle Feldt,

Losses: Justin Carney, Braith Anasta, Alofa Alofa,

Sydney Roosters Team:
FB: Anthony Minichiello
RW: Sam Perrett
RC: Tautau Moga
LC: Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW: Joseph Leilua
FE: James Maloney (GK)
HB: Mitchell Pearce (C)
FR: Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
HK: Jake Friend
FR: Lama Tasi
SR: Boyd Cordner
SR: Mitchell Aubusson
LK: Frank-Paul Nuuausala
14: Martin Kennedy
15: Darcy Lussick
16: Anthony Cherrington
17: Daniel Mortimer
Reserves:
18: Anthony Mitchell
19: Mose Masoe
20: Aidan Guerra
21: Shane Shackleton
22: Brad Takairangi
23: Tom Symonds
24: Tinirau Arona
25: Anthony Cherrington
26: Peni Tagive
27: Cory Paterson
28: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
29: Kane Evans
30: Jack Bosden

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Uncle Nick told me:

1. Brett Stewart
2. Sam Perrett
3. TauTau Moga
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
6. James Maloney
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Adrian Morley
9. Jake Friend
10. Martin Kennedy
11. Sonny-Bill Williams
12. Mitchell Aubusson (c)
13. Boyd Cordner

14. Daniel Mortimer
15. Mose Masoe
16. Lama Tasi
17. BJ Leilua

Buys: Brett Stewart, James Maloney, Sonny-Bill Williams, Adrian Morley
Losses: Braith Anasta, Anthony Minichiello, Jared Warea-Hargreaves, Aiden Guerra, Frank Paul Nuuausala

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O well neither of those teams will win any silverware.

7 Pearce 9 Friend it doesn't work. They handle the ball the most & have NO idea. Forget about 6 & 1 being the problem it's 7 & 9.

Even Bellamy couldn't win a comp with Pearce & Friend both in the team.

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Solution?

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O well neither of those teams will win any silverware.

7 Pearce 9 Friend it doesn't work. They handle the ball the most & have NO idea. Forget about 6 & 1 being the problem it's 7 & 9.

Even Bellamy couldn't win a comp with Pearce & Friend both in the team.

Is Bellamy your brother or something ?? You seem to have man love for him.

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Is Bellamy your brother or something ?? You seem to have man love for him.

No I have man love for the Roosters & I want Nick to get Bellamys arse to the Roosters so we can become a top side not just for 1 year but for how ever long he is coach. 10 years.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

[QUOTE=Mickey Lane;188606]O well neither of those teams will win any silverware.

7 Pearce 9 Friend it doesn't work. They handle the ball the most & have NO idea. Forget about 6 & 1 being the problem it's 7 & 9.

Even Bellamy couldn't win a comp with Pearce & Friend both in the team.[/QUOTE]

Please do us all a favour and **** off to a forum for Cheat and Bellamy fans...this aint it goose.

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[QUOTE=Jacks Fur Coat;188640]

O well neither of those teams will win any silverware.

7 Pearce 9 Friend it doesn't work. They handle the ball the most & have NO idea. Forget about 6 & 1 being the problem it's 7 & 9.

Even Bellamy couldn't win a comp with Pearce & Friend both in the team.[/QUOTE]

Please do us all a favour and **** off to a forum for Cheat and Bellamy fans...this aint it goose.

Ah Jack is your virgina sore?

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[QUOTE=Mickey Lane;188644]

Ah Jack is your virgina sore?

Virginia Trioli? She might work for the ALPBC but she's still snarfy in my book.



Her husband is a lucky man. I hope no-one tells Andrew Ettingshausen about her.

[stsae]

O well neither of those teams will win any silverware.

7 Pearce 9 Friend it doesn't work. They handle the ball the most & have NO idea. Forget about 6 & 1 being the problem it's 7 & 9.

Even Bellamy couldn't win a comp with Pearce & Friend both in the team.

In another post you said we wouldn't make the semis with our 7 and 9. But we've already made a GF with them.

How can you say the problem isn't our 1 and 6???

They take zero pressure off our 7 and 9, they don't make breaks, dont kick, don't organize play or offer quality offloads.

Every other team has a quality 1 and 6 who offer something resembling an option in attack. We don't.

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2013 Sydney Roosters Squad
Gains: Shane Shackleton, Cory Paterson, Darcy Lussick, Kyle Feldt,

Losses: Justin Carney, Braith Anasta, Alofa Alofa,

Sydney Roosters Team:
FB: Anthony Minichiello
RW: Sam Perrett
RC: Tautau Moga
LC: Shaun Kenny-Dowall
LW: Joseph Leilua
FE: James Maloney (GK)
HB: Mitchell Pearce (C)
FR: Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
HK: Jake Friend
FR: Lama Tasi
SR: Boyd Cordner
SR: Mitchell Aubusson
LK: Frank-Paul Nuuausala
14: Martin Kennedy
15: Darcy Lussick
16: Anthony Cherrington
17: Daniel Mortimer
Reserves:
18: Anthony Mitchell
19: Mose Masoe
20: Aidan Guerra
21: Shane Shackleton
22: Brad Takairangi
23: Tom Symonds
24: Tinirau Arona
25: Anthony Cherrington
26: Peni Tagive
27: Cory Paterson
28: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
29: Kane Evans
30: Jack Bosden

Why the farrk would you get rid of Alofa?

A hypothetical thread about a playing squad and you throw in Lusick, Shack and Patterson?

That's like your mum asking what you want for your birthday and you saying wrapping paper or a lump of coal.

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[QUOTE=John:188650]

Ah Jack is your virgina sore?

Virginia Trioli? She might work for the ALPBC but she's still snarfy in my book.



Her husband is a lucky man. I hope no-one tells Andrew Ettingshausen about her.

Surely you can't be serious shirley?

She's got a head like a half sucked mango John boy!

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In another post you said we wouldn't make the semis with our 7 and 9. But we've already made a GF with them.

How can you say the problem isn't our 1 and 6???

They take zero pressure off our 7 and 9, they don't make breaks, dont kick, don't organize play or offer quality offloads.

Every other team has a quality 1 and 6 who offer something resembling an option in attack. We don't.

Yep you are right STSAE they have made a GF in 2010 but I am talking about 2012 semis.

STSAE I agree that our 6 & 1 are not the best but IMO the 7 & 9 are the 2 that run the attacking game, Pearce & Friend can not read the play 1 or 2 rucks ahead, they can not apply repeat set pressure, they rarely make breaks or catch the opposition defence out around the ruck. Pearce is suppose to be the one making all the calls, remember he a current SOO player & if you compare him to Qld SOO 1/2 back & compared their game & what influence they have on games, Pearce just does not stack up.

If you are a good 1/2 back it wouldn't matter who was outside of you.

STSAE I dont want this to get in to some argument about Pearce, I dont dislike him & I have never said he should be dropped or sacked I just feel he is totally overrated.

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If you are a good 1/2 back it wouldn't matter who was outside of you.

Rubbish.

This is the biggest flaw in the anti-Pearce argument.

VERY few halves play quality footy irrespective of those they have around them. I reckon in the past few years, the only ones to do this have been Fittler, Lockyer and Johns.

The rest rely entirely on the team around them to facilitate their skill. Thurston has seen the Cowboys to some very low finishes - but becomes a world beater in Origin, when he has better players around him. Benji is mercurial - look how poorly the Tigers are playing at the moment. Cronk is not what he's cracked up to be without Smith and Slater.

One could make a very strong argument for Pearce having the worst support of any halfback in the entire competition. Anasta and Minichiello are the worst players in their respective positions in the comp. Period. Friend is overrated on here and has massive deficiencies in attack.

Furthermore, I can't think of another side that regularly plays slow backrowers not only in the centres, but on the wing, not out of necessity, but out of choice. We are also the only side in the comp to play without a gameplan, which in itself is absurd, because Pearce is so obviously suited to a structured style of play (either organising in the seven, or as has been suggested, taking advantage of space created by second man plays and such in the six). He gets nothing from the coaches, including an astounding lack of protection in defence (someone really should tell him to defend wider and not get so involved, as tough as he is).

A counter to this argument would be to say that Anasta and Minichiello are burdened by Pearce, rather than vice-versa, but I disagree. If you had to pick one of the three to play in your side, I (and most of you, I daresay even PWN and Cogburn) would pick Pearce any day of the week.

I am of the opinion that you could swap Pearce for any half in the entire competition and it would make little to no tangible difference. Even with Joey against Melbourne, we still would've been caned by the refs and belted by an astronomically superior side.

He is a focal point for criticism, but Pearce is far from the biggest problem this side faces.

[stsae]

Yep you are right STSAE they have made a GF in 2010 but I am talking about 2012 semis.

STSAE I agree that our 6 & 1 are not the best but IMO the 7 & 9 are the 2 that run the attacking game, Pearce & Friend can not read the play 1 or 2 rucks ahead, they can not apply repeat set pressure, they rarely make breaks or catch the opposition defence out around the ruck. Pearce is suppose to be the one making all the calls, remember he a current SOO player & if you compare him to Qld SOO 1/2 back & compared their game & what influence they have on games, Pearce just does not stack up.

If you are a good 1/2 back it wouldn't matter who was outside of you.

STSAE I dont want this to get in to some argument about Pearce, I dont dislike him & I have never said he should be dropped or sacked I just feel he is totally overrated.

Mate I agree with you, many totally overrate Pearce.

I've always been of the opinion he's very Funchesque. But he's never had a consistent good coaching staff and never had really good attacking players around him, except for 2010 with Carntey. Co-incidentally it was his best season by a long way.

Even Funch played well in Melba and won a ring. IMO Pearce would kill it under that type of regime, structured, and with those freaks around him on the field.

IMO with a good 5/8 in Baloney and a good FB both Friendly and Pearce would do a very good job for us. I don't believe either will win us a comp on their own, they aren't that type of players, but they are good team players given a good team around them.

ATM Pearce is our ONLY attacking option. It's not fair on him or the team. He doesn't have the skill to carry a side. Even Thursthead has failed without Bowen and Payne. I can't expect Pearce, who is 1/2 the player, to do what Thursthead can't do.