Cleary injury update

[OldPanther]

He's not done

 

[martielang]

Katoa has been in the 21 all year, he’s next cab off the rank & deservably so IMO.

If Edwards is out, I can’t see them blooding both Luai & Egan in the same game anyway.I think they’d probably put Peach at 6, Luai at 1. Luai would give us another ball playing option ala Moylan.

 

[OldPanther]

 

[unKwn]

rip raiders

 

[herbert henry1908]

Katoa has been in the 21 all year, he’s next cab off the rank & deservably so IMO.

If Edwards is out, I can’t see them blooding both Luai & Egan in the same game anyway.I think they’d probably put Peach at 6, Luai at 1. Luai would give us another ball playing option ala Moylan.

Katoa would mean Wallace playing in the halves or Peachey at 5/8.

Really don’t rate those options.

 

[martielang]

Katoa would mean Wallace playing in the halves or Peachey at 5/8.

Really don’t rate those options.

Sorry, I just meant that I think Katoa is in front of Egan.

 

[OldPanther]

Sorry, I just meant that I think Katoa is in front of Egan.

It appears the club thinks so.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Luai playing definitely reduces Egans chances anyway, but geez we could do with some pace out of dummy half. Wallace is pretty much just playing for his experience at this point.

 

[OldPanther]

Luai playing definitely reduces Egans chances anyway, but geez we could do with some pace out of dummy half. Wallace is pretty much just playing for his experience at this point.

The big question is what do the coaching staff go with. No idea what Griffin thinks of these young blokes.

 

[umina panther]

Katoa has been in the 21 all year, he’s next cab off the rank & deservably so IMO.

If Edwards is out, I can’t see them blooding both Luai & Egan in the same game anyway.I think they’d probably put Peach at 6, Luai at 1. Luai would give us another ball playing option ala Moylan.

If Luai is going to be in for awhile he has to go straight to 6 imo

 

[umina panther]

Luai playing definitely reduces Egans chances anyway, but geez we could do with some pace out of dummy half. Wallace is pretty much just playing for his experience at this point.

Love the bloke and his toughness is amazing but its true.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Edwards baby has been born, we can breathe easy on that one.

 

[umina panther]

Edwards baby has been born, we can breathe easy on that one.

Dylan's missus comes through!

 

[OldPanther]

Dylan's missus comes through!

Best Panther this week.

 

[tripster]

Edwards baby has been born, we can breathe easy on that one.

Best Panther this week.

He is still going to be exhausted come Thursday! I wonder if he will travel with the team - I assume they fly the day before?

 

[OldPanther]

He is still going to be exhausted come Thursday! I wonder if he will travel with the team - I assume they fly the day before?

Oh for sure he'll be wrecked. I think that's how they do it.

 

[tripster]

Greg Alexander said on Fox that Cleary’s injury is a 6-10 week injury and that given Nathan’s age and the fact that he is a ‘good healer’ it will be closer to 6 than 10.

 

[martielang]

Luai playing definitely reduces Egans chances anyway, but geez we could do with some pace out of dummy half. Wallace is pretty much just playing for his experience at this point.

100%. I think Griffin is doing a decent job, but I can’t for the world understand why he see’s Wallace as a cert every week, especially when he’s already shown he’s happy to give the young blokes a run.

Having pace & danger out of DH would also allow our forwards more room, especially Tamou & Merrin who get swamped every time they get the ball.

 

[OldPanther]

100%. I think Griffin is doing a decent job, but I can’t for the world understand why he see’s Wallace as a cert every week, especially when he’s already shown he’s happy to give the young blokes a run.

Having pace & danger out of DH would also allow our forwards more room, especially Tamou & Merrin who get swamped every time they get the ball.

100% well said.

 

[herbert henry1908]

100%. I think Griffin is doing a decent job, but I can’t for the world understand why he see’s Wallace as a cert every week, especially when he’s already shown he’s happy to give the young blokes a run.

Having pace & danger out of DH would also allow our forwards more room, especially Tamou & Merrin who get swamped every time they get the ball.

Only thing I can make of it is he thinks we need his experience. He made a point last year of talking about how young the team is, might not want to fall back on that again?

When Wallace was out last year we looked a better footy team, even with Mitch rein playing at 9.

Now with Cleary out I don’t see much chance of Wallace being dropped.