2021 GF | PREMIERS - Penrith 14-12 South Sydney @ Suncorp

[fowlster]

f**K Penrith and f**k Souths

Hope a meteor hits the field and destroys them both (at nil all)

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Vic Mackey]

Great stuff vic

Panthers fans not being able to support a grand final win in person is lol worthy. Looks like I'm going for PENRITH!

no parade, no drinks at the leagues club, no fan day at the ground the next day

In all seriousness of there’s one GF you don’t want to win, it’s this one

 

[The_Frog]

* Teams that lose 2 GFs in a row then become AIDS for the next few years (Easts 03/04, Saints 92/93, Balmain 88/89)

Fact Check: Balmain made the 5-team finals the following year, going out first week (playing a midweek playoff wouldn't have helped). It was their last ever hurrah as a stand alone club. Dragons missed the finals the next year but returned the year after. Only the Roosters had a sustained period in the bottom half after making the decider three years running.

Congrats on joining Rhyno in incorrectly stating the fate of repeat GF losers.

 

[yobbo84]

no parade, no drinks at the leagues club, no fan day at the ground the next day

In all seriousness of there’s one GF you don’t want to win, it’s this one

Nah. Watching my team make the grand final has been a boon for my mental health in an otherwise miserable 3 months.

I'd be certifiable if I had to go through this lockdown as a Tigers fan.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Fact Check: Balmain made the 5-team finals the following year, going out first week (playing a midweek playoff wouldn't have helped). It was their last ever hurrah as a stand alone club. Dragons missed the finals the next year but returned the year after. Only the Roosters had a sustained period in the bottom half after making the decider three years running.

Congrats on joining Rhyno in incorrectly stating the fate of repeat GF losers.

having not won a comp in the last 16 years you probably have lower standards then me however sneaking into the finals only to be booted straight out is still pretty AIDS to me

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Russell and his f**king bell.

At least he's not singing

 

[fowlster]

Russell and his f**king bell.

At least he's not singing

I wouldn't be surprised if he did.
F**king stupid bell and the gloryhole! gloryhole! pride shit.

I'm incensed
Need a Bex

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Im really flip flopping between who I want to win, or really its who I want to lose more. So I'm putting together a list:

Pros in Penrith losing:
* Ivan will be sad and potentially have a complete mental break down over Bennett smiling
* Every year penrith don't win it Gould becomes less able to take credit for a Premiership
* Latrell Mitchell will probably have another massive sook on social media about not playing
* Souths fans dont get to go to the game and enjoy it properly
* Souths windown ends this season so they wont win it again anytime soon
* I'll be happy for Benji
* Teams that lose 2 GFs in a row then become AIDS for the next few years (Easts 03/04, Saints 92/93, Balmain 88/89)


Pros in Souths losing:
* Russell Crowe will cry and likley blame the referees
* We won't have to listen to Gould go on about how Penrith were actually the better team for the next 12 months
* Penrith will probably win one with this squad at some stage, and LOL@ their fans not being able to celebrate it properly due to lockdown
* The two times Penrith won a comp they've then been completely irrelevant for the next decade
* The media won't have all off season saying 'I cant believe the Tigers let Benji go'
* Souths will still have 1 comp in the last 50 years and wont be adding to it anytime soon
* I dont find the Panthers team anywhere near as unlikable as they were last year
* I can say we beat the Premiers
* Dylan Edwards winning a comp gives hope to all the kids plying their trade in the 12Ds that they can still make it

From my observations Souths fans seem fairly relaxed whilst Panthers fans are nervous. Funnily enough this is mirrored by their coaches.

I just hope its entertaining. I dont buy the games are good just becuase they are close. The Panthers/Storm game was absolute dogshit quality and only exciting in the last 4 minutes because it was close and a final. The Eels/Panthers game was ordinary too but slightly better viewing.

Ultimately I'm tipping Penrith something like 14-12. This was said for another game but my big hope is that its a controversial game with the better team losing due to a dud bunker call in the last minute.

So unqualified support for the Panthers; welcome aboard!!

 

[Vic Mackey]

So unqualified support for the Panthers; welcome aboard!!

im not supporting penrith winning, I’m supporting souths losing

 

[Smug Panther]

im not supporting penrith winning, I’m supporting souths losing

Acceptable

 

[GongPanther]

God the sooking from the Penrith camp... You know you use the trainers against the spirit of the game. I can understand doing everything you can to win but the hysteria when you're called out on it is a bit much

Calling the best defensive club sooks, is asking for a fist beating. Prepare to meet thy doom.

 

[GongPanther]

Was this reduction to 75% capacity mean?

Are people going to have their tickets cancelled? Or were 25% tickets not sold?

A reduction of 13,000. It will be a last in, first out basis. Those who don't want to come will also be refunded.

 

[GongPanther]

Im really flip flopping between who I want to win, or really its who I want to lose more. So I'm putting together a list:

Pros in Penrith losing:
* Ivan will be sad and potentially have a complete mental break down over Bennett smiling
* Every year penrith don't win it Gould becomes less able to take credit for a Premiership
* Latrell Mitchell will probably have another massive sook on social media about not playing
* Souths fans dont get to go to the game and enjoy it properly
* Souths windown ends this season so they wont win it again anytime soon
* I'll be happy for Benji
* Teams that lose 2 GFs in a row then become AIDS for the next few years (Easts 03/04, Saints 92/93, Balmain 88/89)


Pros in Souths losing:
* Russell Crowe will cry and likley blame the referees
* We won't have to listen to Gould go on about how Penrith were actually the better team for the next 12 months
* Penrith will probably win one with this squad at some stage, and LOL@ their fans not being able to celebrate it properly due to lockdown
* The two times Penrith won a comp they've then been completely irrelevant for the next decade
* The media won't have all off season saying 'I cant believe the Tigers let Benji go'
* Souths will still have 1 comp in the last 50 years and wont be adding to it anytime soon
* I dont find the Panthers team anywhere near as unlikable as they were last year
* I can say we beat the Premiers
* Dylan Edwards winning a comp gives hope to all the kids plying their trade in the 12Ds that they can still make it

From my observations Souths fans seem fairly relaxed whilst Panthers fans are nervous. Funnily enough this is mirrored by their coaches.

I just hope its entertaining. I dont buy the games are good just becuase they are close. The Panthers/Storm game was absolute dogshit quality and only exciting in the last 4 minutes because it was close and a final. The Eels/Panthers game was ordinary too but slightly better viewing.

Ultimately I'm tipping Penrith something like 14-12. This was said for another game but my big hope is that its a controversial game with the better team losing due to a dud bunker call in the last minute.

Tack another 20 points on for the Panthers. Our defense will simply be too much for them, then our attack will pour it on for the lolz.

Also, I thought you might have brought up the point in which Balmain and Souths had a GF in I think 1909? And Souths dudded the Tigers for some reason, and that hatchet hasn't been buried.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Tack another 20 points on for the Panthers. Our defense will simply be too much for them, then our attack will pour it on for the lolz.

Also, I thought you might have brought up the point in which Balmain and Souths had a GF in I think 1909? And Souths dudded the Tigers for some reason, and that hatchet hasn't been buried.

I’d be surprised if a team that’s scored 4 tries in 3 games suddenly scores 30+ points in a Grand Final, but stranger things have happened

I do agree that Penriths defence will likely be the difference

 

[ColdWetPanther]

im not supporting penrith winning, I’m supporting souths losing

You say potato, I say potato.

 

[yobbo84]

Tack another 20 points on for the Panthers. Our defense will simply be too much for them, then our attack will pour it on for the lolz.

Also, I thought you might have brought up the point in which Balmain and Souths had a GF in I think 1909? And Souths dudded the Tigers for some reason, and that hatchet hasn't been buried.

Since Round 20 Souths are scoring the most points in the competition (33.0 per match compared to Penrith's 20.8), while conceding the least points (13.9 per match compared to Penrith's 14.3).

In that period too we have played the Panthers twice, Roosters and Eels.

Even if you go right back to Round 12, we are averaging 15.1 points conceded compared to Penrith's 14.4.

But sure, we can pretend it's still May and we can't tackle, if that helps you.

 

[GongPanther]

Great stuff vic

Panthers fans not being able to support a grand final win in person is lol worthy. Looks like I'm going for PENRITH!

I thought you would be aware that there will be both Souths and Panthers fans present at the ground?

 

[GongPanther]

"Left gutted"?....you should have included Nine news' afternoon's moniker on it when they said....now wait for it..."TICKETS ARE BEING TORN UP!!"

 

[The_Frog]

im not supporting penrith winning, I’m supporting souths losing

Close enough.