LIVE GAME Round 25 vs Roosters

[wstigers11]

Whereas I saw a player run to the other side of the field to create numbers, attract defenders with his positioning, which in turn allows the opportunity for Madden to find Herbert with room to utilise the overlap created for Skelton to score.

Yeh was on purpose the defenders were drawn in on Luai

 

[liltiger]

Herbert great in attack, 3 try assists in first half.

He also jammed in, hit and stuck really well in D aswell. Had his best game in our colors yesterday.

 

[tigerman80]

I dont recall Luai doing much kicking at all

Yeah about 3 kicks our 1.2million man , with his standard missed tackle that leads to a try,,changed momentum with that horrendous forward pass

 

[Bellend]

Where has this defense been ?? Wow straight lines, speed, proper tackling from start to finish,

 

[happy_tiger]

Where has this defense been ?? Wow straight lines, speed, proper tackling from start to finish,

Your dreaming like the rest of us

 

[happy_tiger]

Your dreaming like the rest of us

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The Roosters apparently won't get the minor premiership, drop to three and will miss out on a home semi final either having to play the Panthers or the Warriors. It is a costly loss.

 

[tigeress]

I dont recall Luai doing much kicking at all

I'd say Maddens poor kicking was due to his recent stay in hospital ?
So you would have thought Luai would have helped out since he would have known about that ....

 

[tigeress]

Herbert great in attack, 3 try assists in first half.

I think Herbert is a great asset to our team. He's in everything. Good effort Patrick.

 

[Vicious]

I'd say Maddens poor kicking was due to his recent stay in hospital ?
So you would have thought Luai would have helped out since he would have known about that ....

Luai doesn’t want any responsibility in regards to our kicking game and it’s been like that since he started playing with us, not just after signing with PNG.

 

[Speed2burn]

I think Herbert is a great asset to our team. He's in everything. Good effort Patrick.

I’d take him over T’oa any day, atleast he has a dig

 

[Vicious]

The Roosters apparently won't get the minor premiership, drop to three and will miss out on a home semi final either having to play the Panthers or the Warriors. It is a costly loss.

That’s right and you could tell they were definitely trying hard because of how important the 2 points was to them.
We were very physical throughout most of the 1st half and up until about 15mins to go in the 2nd half and I don’t think the Roosters handled it too well, they just expected to roll through us without much resistance.
Hopefully that is a real eye opener for sone of our players and fans who doubt we have the forwards strength to compete with the better teams.
It shows they can do it when not being complacent.
I think it re-emphasises we need sone real pressure for NRL positions to keep some of our players focused.
I think it also shows the benefit to our team in having big bodied, physical wingers to assist in the yardage battle.

 

[Demps]

Always good, waking up after a win.
Love this club.

That wasn't even a full strength team for us.
There's a team in there, we just need to get it crackin.

 

[Leck]

Anytime we roll the Roosters it's a great day. That field goal was steel, but Jock should not kick conversions again. We would have won that by 7, not 1.

 

[Demps]

Anytime we roll the Roosters it's a great day. That field goal was steel, but Jock should not kick conversions again. We would have won that by 7, not 1.

Luai's mistakes led to two tries.

Once we're free from him, things should tighten up too.

 

[tigeress]

Liked what Benji said in his presser, proud of the team and on the field 4 or 5 players are on train and trial contracts,
So true compared to rorters full of origin or international players

The 4/5 players that you refer to Benji - they are getting PAID aren't they !

 

[Telltails]

Surely people are starting to see the value in Seyfarth. Pure commitment - every club has to have effort players he is ours. No world beater but gives it everything.

 

[tigeress]

Luai doesn’t want any responsibility in regards to our kicking game and it’s been like that since he started playing with us, not just after signing with PNG.

Actually when you watch Luai at close quarters, he's very ordinary, he made at least 2 mistakes in that match that led to try's... I think he's even embarrassed by the way he's playing.

He came from a team that had star players in it to WT's who didn't have any stars to speak of, I can understand that he would be happy to be leaving (even a year early)- at least we will be able to put someone in his place that wants to be there.

 

[Vicious]

Actually when you watch Luai at close quarters, he's very ordinary, he made at least 2 mistakes in that match that led to try's... I think he's even embarrassed by the way he's playing.

He came from a team that had star players in it to WT's who didn't have any stars to speak of, I can understand that he would be happy to be leaving (even a year early)- at least we will be able to put someone in his place that wants to be there.

Nothing to prove apparently.
I can tell him he will never win a NRL Premiership without Cleary, Yeo and Edwards, so you would think he would like to prove that theory wrong, but deep down he would know it’s the truth.

 

[Leck]

Luai's mistakes led to two tries.

Once we're free from him, things should tighten up too.

Yeah, there were a few other crucial mistakes, especially Seyfarth’s.

I can see Benji’s perspective, because Luai’s a $1.2m recruit. However, as he’s leaving, I would have dropped him and continued to give Javon game time to improve his game.