2016 Wk 2 Semi - Raiders 22-12 Panthers @ GIO Stadium

[Leber]

As much as I want them too, I can't see either of these teams troubling Melbourne next week.

 

[Tommy Smith]

People are overrating Leilua here. He's average.

I know this because Big Pete said so. And Big Pete knows.

 

[Jaegerex]

Is whitehead on report

Not that I saw, unless they did it while focused on Yeo coming off.

 

[age.s]

Moylans right to blow up. Mansour and DWZ returns are what get our sets going 9 time out of 10. Moylans not that kind of fullback.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Best BJ in canberra

 

[Noname36]

You watch last week you merkin?

Yep. The Dogs attack was about as good as Newcastle's.

No need to have a cry princess over one person's opinion. The Panthers are a young side on the way up (good on them) but they're making way too many errors for this stage of the year.

 

[Tommy Smith]

As much as I want them too, I can't see either of these teams troubling Melbourne next week.

If anyone is going to trouble Melbourne it's the Raiders with their dynamic attack.

 

[pantherz9103]

If you watch Penrith's winning streak, we usually play 20 or 30 minutes of really good football and the rest of game we are ok or ordinary. Difference is Canberra are a much better side than the teams we have been thrashing of late. Blake is also a loss and Yeo has been really good in recent weeks too. Penrith haven't really done anything this year to indicate that they can beat one of the top teams on their own ground, so if this goes the way it's looking then it shouldn't be that surprising.

 

[ZEROMISSTACKLES]

Rapana will enjoy his kiwi jersey.

Kidwell is shouting him lunch tomorrow.

 

[Pete Cash]

From the stands it looks scrappy. Wighton and hodgson playing well in the raiders spine. Panthers are making metres but just screwing up when it matters.

Like i said earlier its a sign of how inexperienced these lads are. Compare it to the machine like performance of the bronx and cows last night.

 

[pandas]

One of the raiders' main tactics seems to be ripping the ball out in a 2 man tackle and getting away with it

 

[GongPanther]

Hardly surprising the dominance showed by the Raiders.

I doubt that our good record of playing better in the 2nd will help us.

But the refs must think the sun shines out of Canberras arse with the favorable decisions that led to those tries.

Anyone notice the glaring forward pass in the early part of the game?

As soon as you pick one of those up,and it doesn't get ruled on,you know you're in for a long day.

 

[The Undertaker]

Sutton AND Cummins.
The dynamic duo FMD
Pennys being reffed out of the game

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Moylans right to blow up. Mansour and DWZ returns are what get our sets going 9 time out of 10. Moylans not that kind of fullback.

What kind of fullback is he? The one who doesn't like getting tackled?

Better off playing touch than.

The Raiders have been smart isolating him by threatening to run it down Mansour's edge meaning he can't drop back early or putting it over the line on his side.

 

[Shorty]

If anyone is going to trouble Melbourne it's the Raiders with their dynamic attack.

Yep but they do have to clean up their errors.
But offloads are key to beating the Storm.

 

[Tommy Smith]

If you watch Penrith's winning streak, we usually play 20 or 30 minutes of really good football and the rest of game we are ok or ordinary. Difference is Canberra are a much better side than the teams we have been thrashing of late. Blake is also a loss and Yeo has been really good in recent weeks too. Penrith haven't really done anything this year to indicate that they can beat one of the top teams on their own ground, so if this goes the way it's looking then it shouldn't be that surprising.

Yeah it's gone under the radar that the Raiders are the first top 8 quality team the Panthers have faced for what, 6 weeks?

Perhaps people were overstating how good they are at this stage in their development.

 

[Noname36]

As much as I want them too, I can't see either of these teams troubling Melbourne next week.

I think Canberra are a much bigger chance of troubling them so obviously I'd prefer them to win.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

We really should be ahead by more with the amount of ball we've had. The Panthers can catch 12 points in 5 minutes if they turn it on.

 

[skeepe]

Gus should have been in the media bagging Cummins all week. We all knew this would happen

You've had more penalties. DWZ allowed to take out the marker. Two Raiders players taken out without the ball trying to pick up a Panthers knock on with clear space in front of them.

Some of the calls against the Panthers have been bad, but it's gone both ways.

 

[Apey]

Too many errors from Panthers, good execution from Raiders, pretty poor ruck management from the refs.

Raiders will shit this in the way it's going.