Finals Week Two: Bulldogs v Panthers

[Goonji]

Wasn't a head butt, there was no butting, it was just a heading.

Didn't Walsh lead with his head?

 

[jane the pain]

Bring on Sunday

 

[The Realist]

Bring on Sunday

WTF is Dean on?!? A 50/50 crowd Split? Panther's fans will be lucky not to be outnumber 3:1.

I implore any Panther fan who is reading this, to get yourselves, your family and friends to this game if possible.

 

[Chins]

The only real question is do we have the balls to rest Kenny again?

 

[ODC]

I haven’t received a login code from the membership team. Anyone else?

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

The only real question is do we have the balls to rest Kenny again?

I'd rest Kenny, Cleary, Yeo, To'o, Blaze, Edwards and still be smug confident.

 

[Pjf04b]

Dean Ritchie has no idea where Penrith is. Penrith to Accor is 41km, Belmore to Accor is 11km.
A bit of difference!

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Dean Ritchie has no idea where Penrith is. Penrith to Accor is 41km, Belmore to Accor is 11km.
A bit of difference!

Dean Ritchie is a certified genius (censored for language).

 

[Goonji]

Dean Ritchie has no idea where Penrith is. Penrith to Accor is 41km, Belmore to Accor is 11km.
A bit of difference!

Because we play our homes games at Parramatta he thinks we're from Parramatta. The bloke is a goose.

 

[globalpanther]

I haven’t received a login code from the membership team. Anyone else?

Use same one you received last wk or wk before mate.

 

[Stinkfinger]

Of course they’ll get off No one wants us to win another title
We are the new MANLY !!

I hope for their sake they are not counting on the Broncos to get that job done.

 

[maple_69]

We should be able to knock this one out in second gear with a disciplined performance. Dogs don’t have the firepower or the pack to trouble us for 80 at this point of the season. Another game not showing our hand or investing too much emotional energy is all we need. Can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d actually start Schneider with Kenny on the bench and ideally he doesn’t play more than halfa.

 

[Sime_11]

This is a final - it’s in our favour - do not underestimate this dogs team

Discipline and tonnes of effort - dominate and don’t let up

 

[Iamback]

In 30 years time when we're reminiscing about this unbelievable period in our footy supporting time on this earth, I guarantee we won't care if we played full strength teams in the lead up to 5 straight.

We are in this situation because we are yet to run out our full strength 17, We left 3-4 wins on the table across the year. We would have the week off now. So it all evens out

 

[Frankus]

This is a final - it’s in our favour - do not underestimate this dogs team

Discipline and tonnes of effort - dominate and don’t let up

Yep. We should be confident but this dogs side is full of grit and effort. It won’t be a cakewalk.

 

[Crashtest]

The only real question is do we have the balls to rest Kenny again?

Why would it mean we have balls if we rest our starting hooker for a knockout final?

If he is still injured, he isn’t picked. If he isn't injured, he plays. You don’t rest your best players in a knockout final, when a loss means there is nothing to be rested for.

 

[Chins]

Why would it mean we have balls if we rest our starting hooker for a knockout final?

If he is still injured, he isn’t picked. If he isn't injured, he plays. You don’t rest your best players in a knockout final, when a loss means there is nothing to be rested for.

Because we should lap the Dogs with or without Kenny but we probably can't beat Brisbane without him

 

[Fangs]

Connor Tracey is the quiet achiever in the Bulldogs team.

He leads the kick return metres in the comp comfortably. Even Edwards isn't pulling his numbers. Our kick returns have been top of the competition for 5 years straight and its an area the Bulldogs have had noticeable improvement in.

We could try the bomb if the conditions are good. With a good kick chase that will stop Tracey picking up cheap metres. Other option would be kicking over to Jethro. He has handled himself well in first grade so far but he is very inexperienced.

 

[snickers007]

Because we should lap the Dogs with or without Kenny but we probably can't beat Brisbane without him

I don't like the optics of it.

Resting Kenny (if he is fit), says to the Bulldogs 'We don't need to be at our best to beat you'. It's free motivation.

And yes, the Dogs are absolutely ravaged with injury - yet they have a guy like Kikau refusing to go get scans on a potential fractured eye socket. He's like "f**k the scan, I'm playing. Who's with me?" And that's inspiring.

Combined, that makes the Dogs dangerous. We need to treat this game with the respect it deserves. It's an elimination final, played in front of 60k+ people. Let's put our best 17 on the field, and if we are in a position to give him a spell, fine.

If we treat the game like a training run, we'll get rolled.

 

[Stinkfinger]

Because we should lap the Dogs with or without Kenny but we probably can't beat Brisbane without him

Dogs will be tougher than Broncos I reckon.