Re: Roberts : Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:24 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

He just doesn't do enough attacking. He effort us all there. He might do enough....and enough will do so long as we win the GF.
But
Enough isn't enough to stop the grumblings when it looks to me/us like he's holding something back.

Agreed I'm not a fan n not a hater he has just not worked out for us

But the whole thing abut him not doing the lap is laughable 9/10 he walks round the pitch n one of last in the changing room yet its brought up on the odd occasion he doesn't. Fact he ignored hill says more about his authority as captain than it does about Roberts imo

Re: Roberts : Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:30 pm  

Probably still struggling to understand Leyth

Re: Roberts : Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:35 pm  

In a way I think Barba has extracted the urine more than Roberts has. Roberts has clearly not settled from day one and admitted it early doors, I suspect it is very difficult to preform at your best in those circumstances. Barba has put in a dazzling cameo, not for Saints but to attract NRL suitors, and then switched off.

Re: Roberts : Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:43 pm  

I think there is more in Barba.
I think he's been injured but more significant is how weak Saints pack depth is and has been throughout Barba playing out of early form.

Still I hope I'm completely wrong and he's just shat.

Re: Roberts : Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:06 pm  

Barba's kick returns and exploiting broken play prior to playing us (and maybe before then) were a different class to anyone in SL. Since he isn't making these big plays and the yards and points that come off the back of them, Saints no longer look head and shoulders above the rest. This surprises me somewhat, as I don't think they're a one man team. There must also be a drop off in the standard of others at Saints, and I don't think it's just coincidence with how Barba's performing and the stories of him doing one. I hope that we'll be better off without Roberts next season, for it must be difficult for a group of players who have a main pivot who's not 100% committed to the cause.

Re: Roberts : Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:39 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

In a way I think Barba has extracted the urine

I am pretty sure Barba’s problem was that someone else extracted his urine. Right after he’d powdered his nose.

Re: Roberts : Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:17 pm  

Interesting that this thread drifted onto Barba.

Roberts was the best half on the field tonight, a top game. Taking the line on, holding the ball up nicely for Hughes and Big Ben to run onto, a 40/20, some nice clearances and just one dodgy one that went too far. Well done, another game like that would go down well.

Re: Roberts : Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:20 pm  

Winning drop goal in the final? That'd be so funny.

Re: Roberts : Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:48 pm  

As usual the half-witted "negs" have given Alf far too much stick. He wasn't too bad tonight. Not sure what he did at the end of the game ... did he clap the Wire crowd etc.
Playing half-back is not that easy.

Re: Roberts : Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:50 pm  

So do we have to reaccess Roberts in any way? Have we got to both finals in spite of him and Brown? Surely that can't be.

Has he coasted until knockout games where he seems to take on the line more? I have noticed in tonights game, the cc final and the semi v Leeds that in each game and within the first 10 minutes or so he has a moment where he gets the ball and tries to cut through, half successfully when he does. Why didn't he do this more often throughout the season? Whats certain is that knockout games definitely show an uptick in performance.