I was really impressed by Smoothy's 70-odd minutes. I know he can play big minutes (he's had to when we lose Reyno and Billy has gone to #7) but he was really good lastnight.
Our wingers also jam in, leaving our centres to trail back in from the inside behind to cover their outside. Putting a slower second-rower in this position just doesn't work, so it really messes up our defensive strategy.
Apart from having to live in the shithole that is Penrith, rather than Sydney proper. Which to be fair is still a shithole, just not as icy perhaps as Penrith. More blo...I mean, snow though.
It's fascinating the names that are being thrown up as Rorters targets. They've gone after Gagai and now apparently Reimus Smith. Neither of those two blokes are in the same league as Cobbo/Walsh or even probably Staggs.
I see that as either they're keeping their powder dry on the bigger...
His quotes about WHY he's going to a top-tier team are too fucking funny too. Something about people will say he hasn't learnt his lesson if he goes to a lower team, so he HAS to go to a top team with good systems etc.
Of course. It's other people's fault he can only go to a top tier team...
Yup, just like the GF... 😔 We have got to fix up our first halves. I wish the Storm game in the finals was our template, if we play like that no-one would even get close.
I hope to see a very different mindset this week. If we put the flashy stuff away until we fucking earn it, we'll win...
What sucks the most about that Roosters game is that we could have been well in front by the time we started copping those injuries, rather than having to draw level at 18-all without a winger and our halfback....before then losing our other winger and our other half as well for a big chunk of...
Honestly at this point they're just making shit up. I've been watching this game since the 90's and IMO it's in the worst state it's ever been. It's borderline unwatchable at times.
We had the balance right at the back end of last year and into the finals. Smash the shit out of teams up the middle in the first half before taking advantage of the growing gaps out wide.
Why we have gone away from that this year is baffling. We play far too laterally this year and I just...
I don't think the Roosters were anywhere near as good as everyone seems to think. We were just terrible, and the injuries played their part.
We should have been 18-0 midway through the first half, if we had any respect at all for either the football or our opposition. The scoreline blew out...
Went Cobbo, X-man and Peeks with Patty and Staggs very close behind. Tough again this week, for the opposite reason to last week, ugh. We looked so fucking flat right from the start.
I've been a vocal Billy supporter but based on his performances this year, you cannot expect to get 80 minutes out of him. He looked gassed after 15mins tonight, which isn't his usual. He was subbed early and had nothing left by about 60mins.
He is fine at covering 7 from #9 - he is NOT fine...
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