Round 18: Sydney Roosters vs Gold Coast Titans

[titanstattman]

ROOSTERS

1. Amos Roberts
2. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
3. Mitchell Aubusson
4. Setaimata Sa
5. Sam Perrett
6. Braith Anasta
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Mark O'Meley
9. Riley Brown
10. David Shillington
11. Willie Mason
12. Anthony Tupou
13. Craig Fitzgibbon (c)

Interchange:
14. Lopini Paea
15. Frank-Paul Nuuausala
16. Anthony Cherrington
17. Brent Grose

Reserves:
18. Jake Friend

TITANS

1. Preston Campbell
2. Ben Jeffery
3. Josh Graham
4. Gavin Cooper
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Mat Rogers
7. Brad Davis
8. James Stosic
9. Nathan Friend
10. Michael Hodgson
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Will Mathews
13. Daniel Conn

Interchange:
14. Matthew Cross
15. Michael Henderson
16. Luke Swain
17. Shannon Walker

Well we have another Friday night next week.. Game Kick off at 7.45pm

I think after this week Carty will be making sum big changes and we all know who has to go, my picks are JEFFREYS-O'DWYER and my picks for i would love to see in the game is that Presto goes to number 7 and they inject..

1. WALKER
2. RAPANA (its a must)
3. TONGA

I really think if Carty can make the right changes the team will jel nicely and we will come away with the 2 pts i really do think we can do this.....

[Paul]

I don't think he'll make too many changes going away to a top side like the roosters(although I think he should). It'll be more of slotting injured players back in (harrison/atkins etc)

[titanstattman]

I don't think he'll make too many changes going away to a top side like the roosters(although I think he should). It'll be more of slotting injured players back in (harrison/atkins etc)

Yes and no on that i think he will and we just hope they are the right ones to shut these roosters winning ways just like we did last year at carra...

[patskE]

we seen it week in week out, carty dont like to drop someone unless they are injuryed.
sooo iam not getting my hopes up
but vs roosters, we need rapana height tbh.
he just needs to show faith in the young guys coming throguh n start em for the whole game

[Supergoose]

It is a tough decision when troops are going down left, right and centre but he has to drop O'Dwyer at the very least and I would suggest Bowen and Davis and perhaps Jeffreys needs to go as well. I certainly think Jeffreys should not be picked as a winger - maybe fullback but probably centre would be a better place for him.

[patskE]

i would only move campbell from fullback to put walker there.

Minichiello will have scans in Brisbane tomorrow but Titans medical staff fear he will need a season-ending operation like Bailey.

The Titans have also lost co-skipper Scott Price with a broken arm this week.

At best, without surgery, Minichiello would still miss four to eight weeks.

"It was such a great start to the season and you come to the crucial side of the competition and you're losing your best players through injury. It hurts,'' Minichiello said.

"I think we've got a lot more depth this year than last season. We've still got a couple of good players that can step up. By no means are we writing this season off.''


taken from a article from courior mail

[daveyk]

It is a tough decision when troops are going down left, right and centre but he has to drop O'Dwyer at the very least and I would suggest Bowen and Davis and perhaps Jeffreys needs to go as well. I certainly think Jeffreys should not be picked as a winger - maybe fullback but probably centre would be a better place for him.

i wouldnt put jefferies at fullback - he is hopeless under the high ball - after the last few weeks he really needs to go to QLD cup. costing us too many points week in week out

[Coaster]

No matter what happens, we cant afford to just throw in the towel like we did last 10 min against Manly, even if we do win 4 or 5 more games, for and against is going to make or break our season.

Every single point is a nail in our coffin, and we have to fight even harder at the back end of games, no matter what!!!

If Owdyer is picked at Center, i will lose all my respect for Carty.

[patskE]

hehe coaster. knowning carty, n from wat he did with samau, odwyer will be there
peter steleing said he has been playing good footy during the game aswell. that cant help! lol

[kwigibo]

I think we can all agree that the team that played on friday will not win in Sydney.

A team I'd like to see, pending availability.

Walker
Rapana
Tonga/Rogers
Delaney
Atkins
Rogers/Davis
Campbell
Hodgson
Friend
Meyers
Laffranchi
Conn
Harrison

Matthews
Henderson
Cross
Amos

[patskE]

I think we can all agree that the team that played on friday will not win in Sydney.

A team I'd like to see, pending availability.

Walker
Rapana
Tonga/Rogers
Delaney
Atkins
Rogers/Davis
Campbell
Hodgson
Friend
Meyers
Laffranchi
Conn
Harrison

Matthews
Henderson
Cross
Amos

nice lineup, nice tall wingers!


every time i come home from work, b4 i do anything i always turn on my pc, n goto
- foxsports.com.au/league
- nrl.com
- goldcoast.com.au (bulletion titans page)
- couior mail

about how a player is hinted to get a chance in the side, ie rapana last week, n that guy from tweed heads. and every week come tuesday arvo, i get dissapointed casue none of em come ture, carty keeps the same side, only changes wat he reall has to, i over it now, past the days of being excited of seeing the lineup, every time i see it, iam disapointed about the fact he dosnt give a new guy a go when the current isnt working

[Blunt_Beno]

my team would be

Walker
Rapana
Rogers
Delaney
jeffery
Campbell
Davis
Hodgson
Friend
Meyers
Laffranchi
Conn
Harrison

Matthews
Henderson
Cross
Cooper

i still think jeffery would be an awesom center, but we need rogers to move there while prince is away. and outside a decent center jeffery will excel.

[patskE]

y hope when we know carty wont do it ahah
he prob put grahman at centre if anything
n bring walker of the bench
dnt get hopes up ppl ahah

hopefully KiNG coNN is sweet for the game but!

[kwigibo]

He'll probably put Walker on the wing, just to screw up for the hell of it.

[patskE]

ahah nah i heard kahlar was taking odwyer spot :P
walker is a fullback, he aint a winger, he can create something n crime in with his magic when he wants
on the wing his limited to being on the receiving end of it all