Round 6 versus Bulldogs

[Fangs]

After Nathan's first 60mins of kicks? Sure roll the dice

Man you'd be a nightmare to play against in the Rugby League computer game. Unpredictable bench rotations.

 

[Chins]

Man you'd be a nightmare to play against in the Rugby League computer game. Unpredictable bench rotations.

That was the whole upside of the 6 man bench!
Not for Ivan tho, CoggDogg till he dies baby.

Anyways we'll towel up the Phins next week

 

[Fangs]

That was the whole upside of the 6 man bench!
Not for Ivan tho, CoggDogg till he dies baby.

Anyways we'll towel up the Phins next week

Truth is the bench had barely anything to do with it. We lost the middle which is horrible and the senior playmakers were all bad.

Dogs deserved winners. Gus wins again.

 

[Pjf04b]

The dogs cant play any better, Penrith couldnt play any worse.
Too many errors, 6 agains and penalties.

 

[Luke Bowden]

He was absolutely owned tonight.. plenty of reasons for it but the bottom line is his first contact on preston all night was schoolboy level.

So was Yeo.

 

[Luke Bowden]

What??? The dogs were great. Their linespeed was brilliant. Their scramble was top notch and they shred us all night...

We couldve lost by 60 tbh...

Not really, it really was a battle of who could be shitter. We won

 

[Chins]

I guess a positive was Leota's hard running. Just a shame no one else really went with him

 

[Goonji]

Everything that could go wrong, did. We were also out enthused and outplayed. Some dodgy ref calls but we were atrocious.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

I guess a positive was Leota's hard running. Just a shame no one else really went with him

Leota had his usual strong game. The other forwards though didn't help him out.

 

[PennyPanthers81]

Leota has been really good this year I’ve thought, especially considering his age.

Nathan could have kicked them out of that, I don’t know what he was doing with those dumb short kicks. If I was a conspiracy theorist I would say that they all put a motza on the Dogs at 6 bucks.

 

[Frankus]

We played well below our best and came up short. The dogs played well. Won the grind, beat us up through the middle and went through our edges with relative ease.

We were out Penrith’d.

No need to be jumping off bridges in round 6.

 

[Stinkfinger]

Yes he lost you the game. Was it 2 or 3 tries he let in?

Wasn't just him. It was the lot of them really. Milky got his usual two tries he's about the only one who can hold his head high. Dylan was OK but made his usual error.

 

[Stinkfinger]

That was the whole upside of the 6 man bench!
Not for Ivan tho, CoggDogg till he dies baby.

Anyways we'll towel up the Phins next week

Not quite so sure about that. They might suddenly find their A game just for us.

 

[The Realist]

Martin not looking like a must re-sign atm

Yeah I am in the offer him a mediocre contract and if he wants more, let him go camp.

 

[Oldpanther86]

It's funny people think it's unfair on talagi but half the time it isn't even poor positioning he struggles to tackle 1 on 1. Other times he sucks at positioning but point stands. Yes I'm kinda angry because the team as a whole played f**king shit but Talagi has an issue. Alao Kenny was atrocious slow and inaccurate service and trying to milk penalties constantly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/s/AascA9J6WU

 

[Frankus]

Blaize had an off night as did most of our side. The talk that he is crap, useless, etc can’t say I agree with.

Preston has been terrorising left edges for the past 18 months. Strong through the hips and legs and runs a beautiful line.

If our middle hadn’t been completely dominated and we won the grind, we would have limited their opportunities by turning their forwards around to work and get back behind the ball before doing it all over again. Neither of those things happened for prolonged periods last night. It happened the backend of the first half and for a short time after the break. It all starts with line speed and first contact in defence which in my opinion is purely based on attitude. We just didn’t step on the field with the right one.

The dogs beat us at our game.

 

[Luke Bowden]

It's funny people think it's unfair on talagi but half the time it isn't even poor positioning he struggles to tackle 1 on 1. Other times he sucks at positioning but point stands. Yes I'm kinda angry because the team as a whole played f**king shit but Talagi has an issue. Alao Kenny was atrocious slow and inaccurate service and trying to milk penalties constantly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/s/AascA9J6WU

Where was the issue in the other 4 rounds?

His defence has been great this year.

He’s still learning. .

 

[Oldpanther86]

Where was the issue in the other 4 rounds?

His defence has been great this year.

He’s still learning. .

When I'm not at work I'll clip it. It was definitely there during the first 5 rounds. Eels ran at him with success for a start. It was just covered by the team being overall dominant. It'll be another one of those things like tago where everyone except the specific people on this forum don't admit the issues for fear it means you're not a big enough fan

 

[age.s]

I know it was only one game but there were some pretty concerning elements of last night which need to be remedied if we want to win this comp. Ordered from what I'd consider most to least important.

Yeo was really... un-Yeo like. He still made some trademark runs but he looked flustered and rushed. Hes very clearly the soul of the team and you could feel the rest of the team mirroring his energy. Mistakes, missed tackles. Its not his first such game this year either. By far the biggest concern.

Weve played loose so far this year. Quick passes, offloads, running it on the last. Lots of risk. Its looked amazing but I think we saw why that hasn't been a feature of our game regularly. It looks great when the opposition lets it happen but when you have less space and/or the passes don't stick it looks terrible. We looked like the Storm often have against us in recent years. Yes we were (technically) chasing the game but Pantherball has been this decade's gold standard for a reason and I hope we have a bit more faith in it to get us out of tough situations.

Nath was extremely poor. He put one outstanding kick in the first half. From our 40, hit the grass, turned Tracey around completely, had him playing the ball 5 meters out, our defensive line surging forward and the whole Dogs pack lumbering back. Contrast that to his end of sets in the second half when the game was still very close. Little dinks behind the line. Running it on the last. Midfield bombs coming down on the 30. What do you know, the Dogs middle came home far stronger and their edges had the space to out us to bed. Its not that complicated a game. No idea why we went away from what has worked unbelievably consistently for the past 6 years. He played like a kid in his 20th game.

Talagi was really poor. I'm not on any hate train. I still really like the kid and overall his defense has been ok, but I think he and Casey will continue to be the weakness in our line that gets exploited when our middle falls apart and opposition backlines get space. Their failures are really a symptom of other problems though.

Phillips looked out of his depth physically. There's obviously a player there, and he's looked great when we we've skiing downhill this year. But he was dominated a few times in a way a NRL middle really shouldn't be. Needs another year to fill out before he's a consisistent option. Not sure where Henry's at but I think we want a bit more from those minutes.

Good news is a performance like that has come at 5-0 so we have space to fix things that we didn't have when we played poorly last year.

 

[age.s]

When I'm not at work I'll clip it. It was definitely there during the first 5 rounds. Eels ran at him with success for a start. It was just covered by the team being overall dominant. It'll be another one of those things like tago where everyone except the specific people on this forum don't admit the issues for fear it means you're not a big enough fan

Oh cmon. People can have a different opinion about footy without it being some weird parasocial psychological thing.