The Roosters dropped a seventh sport from their previous 9 and sit 14th on the ladder, however coach Trent Robinson says he has religion his facet could make a late run into the highest eight.
Robinson was instantly requested by Fox League’s James Hooper within the Roosters post-match press convention about how troublesome the 30-16 loss to Melbourne makes their activity to play finals footy.
“I’m not thinking about finals, I’m thinking about the game we just played,” Robinson shot again.
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“I have belief in what we can do but we have to back up game after game after game. We have to get many in a row. That’s the truth and I think many can see that.
“But it’s not much use planning your seventh one (win) when you’ve got to get your first one.
The Roosters were in the contest for much of the match, trailing 6-4 until the 52nd minute. But three Storm tries in ten minutes curtailed the Roosters’ winning hopes.
Robinson lamented that “poor period”, labelling it “disappointing.”
“We were in a really good tussle there at 6-4 at halftime… We sort of ended up winning the field position for the first 10 minutes (of the second half) but couldn’t take our opportunities,” Robinson stated.
“It was from that 52-53 minute mark it sort of swung, they sort of ended up having some sixes again, penalties and that and then there was three tries in ten minutes.
“That was really disappointing in a really poor period as I feel like we’ve been fighting a lot, and really good in second halves so that was really disappointing.
“We were sitting on four points for a long time, couldn’t take our opportunities when they presented in the first half and then the second and then the game was gone.
“Really disappointed to go to 30-4 down there.”
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The Roosters assault has been closely panned this season, and once more, the dearth of creativity got here to the fore in opposition to the Storm.
Robinson stated there are some constructive elements however revealed what he believed was the plain situation that may’t get them out of first gear with ball in hand.
“We aren’t having individuals creates things on their own. We got to have a lot of guys combine to have our moments this year,” Robinson stated.
“It’s a lot of combination play that many guys are having to come up with, which is good, you got to do that but then you got to come up with some moments around that.
“The ends of sets were really poor. The ends of sets were as bad as I’ve seen tonight.
“Runs on last tackle down short side, kicks five metres short than they should be, just the ends of sets there is no pressure applied.
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“There’s no tries being scored, there is just nothing coming off those plays. I think they count for 28-30% of tries come off that and we aren’t applying pressure on them either.”
The tightness of the competitors means the Roosters nonetheless have a pulse this season regardless of the poor previous couple of months. As it stands, they’re solely two wins outdoors of the eight with seven video games to play.
Robinson’s males will try and get their season again on observe after they journey to the Gold Coast and tackle the Titans in Round 21.
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