Sydney Roosters

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  1. GYR DW Lewis

    Oh yeah I forgot about Matterson.
     
    GYR, May 10, 2017
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  2. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah, spot on IMO. You mentioned Minichiello but you got away with that because of SBW. Mini rarely got the ball in ball-playing positions and when he did it was never in as close as second receiver. Gordon can work as a fullback but just not with the current structure. The halves are pretty to watch when they link up but it's too easy to set a defensive lineup when the only two competent ball players are on one side of the field.
     
    Cribbage, May 10, 2017
    #3122

  3. Toolman TR Man

    they could attempt Matterson as a ball playing 2nd rower to add something different.
     
    Toolman, May 10, 2017
    #3123

  4. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I'd be more tempted to play Watson at fullback, especially now that you don't have to pick SKD anymore, but yeah this is worth thinking about.
     
    Cribbage, May 10, 2017
    #3124

  5. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Well I guess it's by default but Mitchell is back. Reckon he'll have a big game. Parra's right side is a sieve.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, May 12, 2017
    #3125

  6. GYR DW Lewis

    So apparently we are playing the Eels tomorrow for the Chad Robinson cup. Does that mean the winner will be the team who goes missing first? #toosoon?
     
    GYR, May 13, 2017
    #3126

  7. Magic AJ Parker

    I remember back in 2013 when we beat the Dogs without all of our Origin stars it really struck me that we were genuine contenders.

    For exactly the same reason the loss to Canberra leaves me thinking that barring a dream run with injuries and a few things falling our way we aren't a genuine shot this year.

    There's a lot to be said for team's who can win against all odds.

    That game was there for the taking and we butchered it.
     
    Magic, May 29, 2017
    #3127

  8. Magic AJ Parker

    In saying that how fucking gun is Matto. Genuinley reckon we should shift Aubbo out to the centres.

    11. Cordner
    12. Matterson
    13. Taukeiaho

    After he got some minutes under his belt he would be part of the best backrow in the game come next year IMO.
     
    Magic, May 29, 2017
    #3128

  9. Julian BJ Taylor

    It's definitely not close to being the best in the game, but Matterson maturing into a gun second rower is good to see. He was so in between positions last year it wasn't funny.
     
    Julian, May 30, 2017
    #3129

  10. Julian BJ Taylor

    hmm

    I felt as though Easts held in the game pretty well. Canberra should have put them to bed by the 50th minute or so. A couple of bat downs from the left hand edge outside backs and Austin's butchered try kept you in a game that very easily spun out to 30 or so to 6 with 25 to go IMO. I wouldn't be as bullshit positive as Gould has been about it, but I'd be pretty happy with the efforts with some pretty key effort players out. 7 Penalties in a row helped, obviously, but I didn't actually have a problem with the refereeing like heaps of Canberra fans did. I thought Roosters' momentum earned most of those penalties.
     
    Julian, May 30, 2017
    #3130

  11. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah but I think that's why it sucks for them. They held in the game but not because they were playing particularly well.
     
    Cribbage, May 30, 2017
    #3131

  12. GYR DW Lewis

    You can look at it that way but you can also look at it in the way that we did a hell of a lot better than we expected. No one thought we were going to win that game and had we made just 30% less errors than we did, we would've won that game. Considering how bad our ball handling was and how much possession Canberra had in the 2nd half, we did quite well.

    Also, that penalty that Perenara gave that gave them a 6 point lead was absolutely disgraceful. If someone is making no attempt at getting up quickly to play the ball, you do not penalise someone for being too slow to get up. Then again, everything about Perenara is disgraceful.

    Anyway, this Saturday is a much bigger test if we are contenders than last Sunday was.
     
    GYR, May 30, 2017
    #3132

  13. Magic AJ Parker

    Winning Grand Finals, Beating Souths and winning on Anzac day.

    The only things better than seeing Darius Boyd lose.
     
    Magic, Jun 3, 2017
    #3133

  14. Magic AJ Parker

    Your pick?
     
    Magic, Jun 3, 2017
    #3134

  15. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Cronulla, St George and North Qld are all really strong, although you were talking next year which would weaken Cronulla given the age of Gallen and Lewis. Canberra have the best second rowers and would challenge if they could settle on a lock.

    Aubusson to centre just doesn't make sense anyway though given who your centres are. I'd probably just bench him if I wanted to play Matterson.
     
    Cribbage, Jun 3, 2017
    #3135

  16. Magic AJ Parker

    Skidsy's gone.

    :(
     
    Magic, Jun 13, 2017
    #3136

  17. GYR DW Lewis

    Look, considering how his story is one of a kind, probably never will see again and how long he has been at the club, he probably deserved a better send off.

    In saying that though, I wouldn't want to risk putting him in the team just for a farewell.
     
    GYR, Jun 14, 2017
    #3137

  18. GYR DW Lewis

    What about that kick from Pearce!?!?! Unbelievable that we got away with that win. I don't remember the last time we played that badly let alone play that badly and still win.
     
    GYR, Jun 24, 2017
    #3138

  19. Magic AJ Parker

    Fuck yeh in terms as difficulty that's up there with the best I've ever seen.

    So lucky to get away with the win though, literally no effort or energy for the first 70 minutes. Everything was done half-arsed.
     
    Magic, Jun 24, 2017
    #3139

  20. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    It was one of the best field goals not just because of the position on the field but because it takes fortitude to attempt knowing that you have to strike it well enough to get it over the bar but if it's not straight enough you're probably going to give up a 20m restart which will likely cost you the match.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jun 24, 2017
    #3140
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