Rd13: Parra v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank 1/6/25

[hineyrulz]

Effort was excellent, unlucky not to be 10-12 points up at half time.

Riffs scramble was excellent, we’ve played much worse and won this year.

we are a work in progress but JR has something cooking here.

we just need a competent RR team to do their jobs and fill the gaps in the squad.

lol oh well it’s nice to dream.

 

[King-Gutho94]

yeah he’s done an awesome job…I hope he’s given every opportunity to take us to another level in the next 12 to 18 months,

The board gave him a 4 yr contract

I think they hold Ryles in higher regard then MON.

If anything MON is under the pump more atm then Ryles because everyone can see the improvement on the field with the current cattle.

 

[AnonymousLurker]

Great effort today by the boys. It was a top notch, effort was a hard physical game and really proud of their defence. No shame in losing , we simply lost to a better team.

 

[Pazza]

The board gave him a 4 yr contract

I think they hold Ryles in higher regard then MON.

If anything MON is under the pump more atm then Ryles because everyone can see the improvement on the field with the current cattle.

lower grades are going well, how much credit do we give mon for that?

 

[King-Gutho94]

lower grades are going well, how much credit do we give mon for that?

The cycle of life everything is MON fault when it goes bad.

And nothing to do him when it goes well.

 

[Delboy]

lower grades are going well, how much credit do we give mon for that?

Generally the younger players are a result of the planning , identification and signings by the 2 guys in charge of junior recruitment. DeGois and Shepard have done a better than average job, not only are there local juniors in the reps and progressing into Cup, but players from NZ, QLD, Country and some other NRL teams .

 

[Legal Eel]

So does Ryles, MoN and Jim.

Can you at least tell us the positions we are targeting?

 

[Gronk]

If you break it down, we both had 50% possession, yet Penrith ran 240m more than us. Achieved through their superior centres and forwards.

I was pretty clear that we struggled to get to the red zone in a scoring position. If it wasn’t for Mitch’s kicking game, they would have been camped in our half for the full 40 after oranges.

We have good players, they have great players.

 

[Stagger eel]

Bailey and Wenisini would of been handy yesterday.

 

[The Predictor]

Bailey and Wenisini would have been handy yesterday.

Bailey is a huge loss

 

[JokerEel]

If you break it down, we both had 50% possession, yet Penrith ran 240m more than us. Achieved through their superior centres and forwards.

I was pretty clear that we struggled to get to the red zone in a scoring position. If it wasn’t for Mitch’s kicking game, they would have been camped in our half for the full 40 after oranges.

We have good players, they have great players.

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Panthers defense is much like the Fins. The rush up and put pressure on the ball runner

Where our defense is take 2/3 steps forward as 1 line and meet them there. It allows the attack to make a lot more meters but it also stops holes forming.

Panthers also hold you up with 2 in the tackle until a 3rd or 4th player joins in to take you to the ground.
Whereas we have 2 in a tackle most of the time.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

If you break it down, we both had 50% possession, yet Penrith ran 240m more than us. Achieved through their superior centres and forwards.

I was pretty clear that we struggled to get to the red zone in a scoring position. If it wasn’t for Mitch’s kicking game, they would have been camped in our half for the full 40 after oranges.

We have good players, they have great players.

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Obviously Yeo is a great player, but in particular the hooker / edge forwards (smith, kk and Moretti) v panthers (Martin, Kenny, Sorensen), the panthers players are good, but it's probably more the experience difference. Our 3 have 52 games v 379 games. That's a huge difference.

Even comparing the whole starting pack it's 886 v 490. They have 5 players with 100 plus games, only 1 with less. We have 2 with 100 plus games, 4 with less. Interestingly our next best is Hopgood who only has 56.

Ryles is doing a good job, with a pretty inexperienced side. We definitely going to be better for it.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Penrith fans chanting "We hate Parra" in the final few mins was interesting.

 

[JokerEel]

Penrith fans chanting "We hate Parra" in the final few mins was interesting.

They have fans? That's more interesting

If us or dogs or even tigers win 4 comps in a row and had to play out out Penrith you can bet it will be a sell out..

 

[King-Gutho94]

They have fans? That's more interesting

If us or dogs or even tigers win 4 comps in a row and had to play out out Penrith you can bet it will be a sell out..

The pink really does stand out in the crowd when your there.

I do think Penrith have won a generation of fans similar to us in the 1980s.

I dont think they will be as big as us in terms of fans but in 20-30 years once kids get older who have jumped on i suspect they will be far bigger then what they are now.

 

[Stagger eel]

Penrith fans chanting "We hate Parra" in the final few mins was interesting.

they only chanted that when they had the game won, it just shows that we messed with their heads yesterday and they were scared.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

One major disappointment was Panfers looked fresher than us, how does that work when they had 5 reps to our 2 ?

Were they fresher or more desperate? We were coming off two good wins, and nobody's up every week.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

My only criticism for the game is that if Papalii was brought on to play hooker surely he was also told to run...1 run from memory

He is a tiny little bloke though, and whether he runs should depend on the state of the defence. If the play-the-ball is slow there's no point in someone like Papalii (or Moses) having a run.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They were the first to introduce the meter eating back 5 so their forwards can rest

The Roosters were doing this back when Ferguson was playing for them:

1. Tedesco
2. Tupou
3. Mitchell
4. Manu
5. Ferguson

 

[Poupou Escobar]

dunno what the final stat was but we did have nearly 60% of the ball most of the game

The final count was 50%-50%, so us having nearly 60% of the ball most of the game would mean Penrith had more than 60% for a significant part of the game at the end. I remember we had over 55% at halftime though.