Nice to see Roberts smiling for the first time this season. Hopefully he’ll start to settle and enjoy himself when the temperature starts to rise a bit.

If my memory is right in the early days we tried to make Monaghan into a scrum half which I think he fancied. That didn't quite work out.

Roberts' kicking was very good against Catalans and that lovely "no look" pass to the 2nd wave runner in the first try.

I think both half backs got kicking & distribution right on a really horrible day.

Roberts was not one of the elite halfbacks of the NRL, he was probably a mid-ranking halfback who has mostly played in teams at the lower end of the table. He does, however, have a good highlights montage which suggests he has some spark to his game and isn't just a "work the team around the park" kind of halfback, which is why there was some excitement on here when he signed.

He has obviously had injuries and it could be that he is not fully fit and this is restricting the explosive parts of his game in which case he is playing a more limited game at the moment which is fair enough and we can hope to see more excitement from him over time.

Wire fans have high expectations from Aussie halfback signings, but the expectation isn't that they will all be Langer or Johns ability, the benchmark are guys like Greg Mackey and Nat Wood, who bought in to the spirit of the club and became real iconic Wire players. They were at the heart of their teams, lifted the other players and came up with big plays at important moments. Roberts from his NRL pedigree should be a player at least of the Mackey or Wood ability level so if he can show that kind of attitude he will be a very good signing.

The slight niggling fear I have with Roberts is that when I watched his highlights video the player he reminded me of was Denis Moran at London, and I would definitely take that kind of performance. Watching him so far with us, he reminds me of Denis Moran at Wigan. Sometimes these moves don't work out, like Moran didn't for the Pies.

I thought Roberts played well yesterday and pretty sure he'll end up being a quality half for us.

Yeah i thought his kicking game was really good,he's not afraid to tackle and happily takes on the line with no fear. he's getting fitter with every game and by the time summer is here and the ground is firm he will be fit and explosive and he'll be a lot better. I've got faith in him

I’d rather have a slow burner who takes a few months to hit top form and get five good years out of him than a whirlwind that takes our breath away but then leaves after a year of his contract to go and work in mines.

Well not to slow, but I get what you mean.

Is there concerns with Roberts? Sometimes the quietness off our club speaks volumes

As noted on the forum, he's not exactly a high five guy...or is he?
Can the club begin a search for a player 100% for a move?
I believe it might be worth us having a talk with him.
See if his moral would boost if we agreed he could leave following the end of the 2018 season....and.in the mean time, we start a look for 2019.

I think the only discussion that would be considered would be along the lines of " look Tyrone, if you want a gig in the NRL when this contract ends you are going to have to up your game and smartish".
Personally I'm of the view that it is still relatively early days (like Matt King) so still prepared to be patient.

the Comparison with King is interesting King had played reserve grade Rugby then Retired and become a binman by the age of 22.
he returned to the game having turned 23 and by the time he joined Wire aged 27 he had won a premiership (sort of) played State of origin and played for the Kangaroos.

Roberts has been an NRL regular since the age of 19 and joined us age 26 having won nothing and never played Rep Rugby.

we should have been patient with King because he had a highest level of Rugby league to reattain .

Being Patient With Roberts is likely to be simply waiting for him to find his level as a good superleague Halfback and nothing more. He is not Andrew Johns or Alfie Langer.

He has no prior top level Rugby League to call upon just a lot of games for two poor NRL teams and long periods of criticism about his form.

I was glad we had signed 'someone' when we signed Roberts because I was desperate for a change from the previous year, and wasn't sure a Rookie coach was going to be enough. However if people are waiting for a Sandow MarkII you have no chance and neither will we get a young version of Gidley. Roberts is simply a more experienced Aussie version of Gareth O brien or Dec Patten in my view.

the returning to the NRL for Roberts is a non starter for me if he returns home it will be to play reserve grade or back up half back to a lower table side... I dont see where he gets a starting half back spot in the NRL.

I hope he sticks at it and becomes a good superleague halfback but I'd swap him for Blake Green on Monday.....

Never winning anything or playing rep rugby in australia doesn't make him poor. Blake Green has done neither of those things over there. Being an NRL regular since he was 19 as a half or FB shows he more than good enough for SL. Sure there are plenty of reserve grade aussie half backs that would impress over here.

We currently have our best HB pair for a fair while. We've previously enjoyed 1 good HB and 1 other one (or 0 good HBs).

In Brown + Roberts we have 2 very competent HBs, which is something that we've not had for a long time. Both can kick well, throw a decent pass, and share the attacking load between them. We therefore have 2 dangerous attacking edges (along with the other personnel). It makes teams think now, as all the play doesn't just go through one person. We look structured and balanced with the pair of them.

Roberts doesn't smile? So what.

Is the only stick we're beating him with the fact he's not lived up to over-inflated expectations? If so, I don't care. Roberts is a cog in a far bigger machine that's now starting to tick.

Just watched the game back; Roberts was congratulating players after tries, patting players on the back after mistakes, had hands on the ball numerous times in most sets, took the line on, looked lively and "hunting"for gaps, after passing he'd follow the ball looking for an offload or pass back to him.. I don't know how anyone can watch that performance and decide that because he didn't leg it 30 metres or so to pat someone on the back after yet another try he's not interested.