hehehehehe I love my lattes as well. Yeah Walker is definitely the rooters weak link. Ok he can get to the try line, but defensively he is extremely poor. Utai exposed him twice in the GF and I really have him to thank for the dogs winning it!

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Him and Hodges. I have no idea why we played them both on the same side. Was always my fear before the game. We have some new outside backs coming to the club next year plus some good ones in the lower grades too, I'll be pissed off if Walker is ever in our first grade side for us again in the finals.

btw why dont you bulldog and panthers supporters stay in your own areas, I'm sure you will enjoy yourself there as much as in Bondi :P

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Originally posted by Romp btw why dont you bulldog and panthers supporters stay in your own areas, I'm sure you will enjoy yourself there as much as in Bondi :P

they make way better cafe lattes up in Bondi than they do in Bankstown

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Originally posted by Romp Him and Hodges. I have no idea why we played them both on the same side. Was always my fear before the game. We have some new outside backs coming to the club next year plus some good ones in the lower grades too, I'll be pissed off if Walker is ever in our first grade side for us again in the finals.

Yeah I was stoked when I saw them both line up on the right hand side of the field. Should've switched Hegarty to the right, he's not brilliant but is way better than either of those two. They were realistically never going to be able to keep out Willie Tonga and Matt Utai, people were saying that literally all week. And yet they still played Hodges & Walker

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those last 40 minutes were painful...so painful

*chants* walker's a wanker...

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Originally posted by webmeister Yeah I was stoked when I saw them both line up on the right hand side of the field. Should've switched Hegarty to the right, he's not brilliant but is way better than either of those two. They were realistically never going to be able to keep out Willie Tonga and Matt Utai, people were saying that literally all week. And yet they still played Hodges & Walker

apparently Ricky Stuart didnt want to go with them on the same side but was overruled by 'Coaching Director' Phil Gould. Dont know if thats true, I seriously hope not. My guess is that Walker and Hodges have been playing on that side together most of the season and likewise with the other 2 so they wanted to keep them together. Other option would have been to put Flannery in the centres.

The Panthers beat us this year, this year we beat ourselves 21 errors or something, the tries we let in were so soft. Bulldogs didnt do anything special we just fucked up.

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Originally posted by Romp The Panthers beat us this year, this year we beat ourselves 21 errors or something, the tries we let in were so soft. Bulldogs didnt do anything special we just fucked up.

keeping the Roosters scoreless isn't anything special? in 18 times the Rooters have led at half time they have won 18 times. Now to come away with the win after a stat like that is credit undoubtedly to the Bulldogs.

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And last year, the Roosters had never been kept scoreless at halftime all year, and had not lost by more than 10 all year.

Sorry, Oh and I like coming to Bondi. We don't have a beach here unfortunately

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Originally posted by S_madis in 18 times the Rooters have led at half time they have won 18 times.

No offence, but that is just a crap statistic. I was cringing when they kept repeating it during the game.

The key point is that the Roosters won almost every game anyway, regardless of whether they were leading at half time or not. If their win-loss ratio was 50-50, then that statistic might mean something, but when you win 90%+ of your games anyway, it's hardly surprising.

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you guys made a hell of a lot of mistakes too. Your tries werent anything special, just a routine backline move and crashing over in the corner. The last 15 mins or so the dogs were out on their feet, we were just constantly attacking, made a fair few breaks just kept dropping the ball or fucking up at the end. We dropped the ball on the first tackle soo many times. We just fucked up!

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Originally posted by webmeister No offence, but that is just a crap statistic. I was cringing when they kept repeating it during the game.

the thing is if they have that win ratio, than one would think with them leading at half time that there would be no way back for the dogs, considering that they had to score twice with the 7 point Rooters lead. Overall, exposing the weakness on the right side of defence was crucial to the dogs winning.

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