Following a surprise loss to the Dragons last week, the Sydney Roosters have the chance to bounce back against the Bulldogs on Saturday.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson was asked about the team's halves partnership of Luke Keary and Sam Walker, admitting there are some on-field chemistry issues to iron out.
Keary spent most of last season dealing with an ACL injury, and still appears to be finding his feet in the team's set-up for 2022.
"[Keary's chemistry with the team] is on us coaches," Robinson said.
"I actually feel like individually he's defending really well ... kicking well ... attacking quite well too.
"But it's up to me as a coach to put [Keary and Walker] together.
"That's my responsibility ... all the boys are ready to go with a bit more work from myself and the coaches."
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As for any confusion regarding specific positional roles in the halves, Robinson believes it is still a work in progress.
"It's through clarity of what I want [Keary] to do in that role [as a halfback] - asking him to do it, training him to do it, and allowing him to create that role in his style as well," he said.
"So it's not just about him. It's about all the guys around him playing their roles. I've got to get that clearer for him.
"As I said, I believe in what we've done this week. We're on our path there.
"But there were a couple of areas that we needed to fine-tune. And we'll nail it when it comes time."
It has been a mixed season thus far for the Tricolours, picking up four wins from their seven matches.
According to Robinson, he is aiming to build consistency in his side as he has in past seasons - through hard work.
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This week, in particular, was spent focusing on improving the team's chemistry.
"It's talk, then it's training, then it's spending some time ironing out some of the things where there was a disconnect," he explained.
"So it is sort of reconnecting what one guy's thinking to what another's thinking ... and then it's about practicing it.
"You need to lay the cable to be able to produce it over and over again.
"And so we started today, we'll do it again tomorrow, and then we'll do it again on Saturday.
"There are some real positive signs that I really want to hold on to, and there's some execution of our attack that we want to improve."
