Roosters brilliant effort has been a long time coming

FIRST IMPRESSIONS The Roosters certainly didnt look like wooden-spooncontenders in this one. From the opening whistle there was an energy and purpose abouttheir performance that has been lacking all season. Advertisement: Story continues below They made simple handling errors in their first three sets ofsix in the match, but for the rest of the game they were just aboutperfect in their execution and ball control. ROOSTERS FORWARDS The Rooster forwards, led by the experienced men CraigFitzgibbon and Willie Mason, totally outmuscled the Knightspack and set the foundation for this huge upset. Half Mitchell Pearce enjoyed the extra time and space at hisdisposal and was able to ignite the enthusiastic speed men outwide. He mixed up his game well. He tested the Knightsdefence on the edges and back through the middle with some nicevariation. The Roosters totally dominated field position and managed topost some good tries to establish a 24-6 half-time lead. The body language at this stage suggested the game was virtuallyover. However, the respective positions of the two teams on thepremiership ladder had you thinking there had to be a swing Rosetta Stone inmomentum at some stage. When the second stanza did begin the visitors picked straight upwhere theyd left off and soon put the result beyonddoubt. THE KNIGHTS The Knights looked frantic and totally out of sorts allmatch. The expression on their faces was a combination of shell-shockand frustration. Perhaps they were guilty of under-estimating theiropponents. They did have very little possession in the opening 40 minutesbut much of this was due to the excellent play by the Roosters thananything the Knights were doing wrong. In fact in the first 45 minutes of the contest the Roostersforced six line drops-outs on the home team and the extra defensiveworkload certainly took its toll. Even when they received a bit of possession in the second halfthey were guilty of going sideways too often and were easilycontained by the enthusiastic Rooster defenders. Their normally solid defence looked uncertain and fragile asthey battled to contain the rampaging visitors. THE MOTIVATION What motivates a football team? You would have to interview every individual in the Roostersteam and ask him what motivated him for last nights matchcompared to virtually every other game so far this year. There wasa totally different vibe about this team last night. The big indication of intent and spirit is in the way playerswork for each other in attack and defence. The Roosters wererelentless last night better than Ive seen them for along, long time. THE VERDICT This Roosters victory was no fluke. Losing coach Brian Smith will have sleepless nights this weekwondering how to inspire the Knights from their slump in form. The winning coach, Brad Fittler, will have sleepless nightswondering where the hell this brilliant Roosters form has beenhiding for the past year. Rugby league is a funny game.

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