2021 Grand Final: Panthers V Souths

[Black Diamond]

Love this on a Knights Facebook page

 

[Iamback]

We win this, I'm getting myself banned from here.

Just call an admin a prick... did the job for me

 

[TheRiff]

That's 2 replacements for him, 2 for JFH, 2 for the other prop, one to bring May on, leaving only 1 left in case someone gets hurt. Seems risky.

Teams never use just 8 replacements, The last few games he has came on as a HIA replacement

 

[The yak]

I hope the players that are battling to be fit aren't liabilities. It concerns me some are touch and go won't train all week. I hope if cleared for the game they are fit to get through it.
We don't need to be caught short with one or two players going down.

 

[The yak]

With Souths beating us in the 1st week of the finals it shows we can't take them lightly.
I am sure the boys will be wary of them and more importantly want to even the score.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

I hope the players that are battling to be fit aren't liabilities. It concerns me some are touch and go won't train all week. I hope if cleared for the game they are fit to get through it.
We don't need to be caught short with one or two players going down.

According to reports Fish, Bizza and Edwards didn't train last week either.

If they are deemed OK to go, they will be fit enough to manage.

 

[Goonji]

Don’t know if you watch much rugby league but every game we talk about ref and the calls they make. I’m sure this game will be no different

The Refs make mistakes but for the majority of every game played, the players control the outcome either through their efforts, mistakes or their skills. Luck also plays a part. May the best team (Panthers) win.

 

[WestyLife]

The thing not mentioned is Reynolds loves to kick a 40/20 and we don't defend them well at times. Edwards has to be switched onto it. Nathan has put his own away for the season which is weird.

 

[mxlegend99]

The thing not mentioned is Reynolds loves to kick a 40/20 and we don't defend them well at times. Edwards has to be switched onto it. Nathan has put his own away for the season which is weird.

I wonder if we put some plays away from earlier in the season to use only if needed and have to throw out on grand final day.

So we practice them early on. Perfect them. Then sit on them so we have something up our sleeves for the must win games that the opposition hopefully aren't ready for. I highly doubt we are going to do that. But i truly hope we have something saved.

 

[The_Frog]

I wonder if we put some plays away from earlier in the season to use only if needed and have to throw out on grand final day.

The Crichton try seems like a perfect example of that.

 

[WestyLife]

I wonder if we put some plays away from earlier in the season to use only if needed and have to throw out on grand final day.

So we practice them early on. Perfect them. Then sit on them so we have something up our sleeves for the must win games that the opposition hopefully aren't ready for. I highly doubt we are going to do that. But i truly hope we have something saved.

I sure hope so. There's a few things that got put away so to speak.

 

[WestyLife]

The Crichton try seems like a perfect example of that.

That was storm specific as JAC defends a long way in and uses his speed to slide out.

 

[Frankus]

According to reports Fish, Bizza and Edwards didn't train last week either.

If they are deemed OK to go, they will be fit enough to manage.

As I said in a previous post they can play on it, if they rest right up BUT they will be doing f**k all training in order to let it heal enough to be fit to play. During the game they re-injure it. Rinse and repeat. Can limp through for a month or two, can’t really carry injuries like this for much longer otherwise can cause chronic issues.

 

[BotanyBorn&Bred]

Panthers star Pangai Jnr set to be ruled out of NRL grand final

Edwards in doubt as Pangai jnr reveals why he ruled himself out of grand final

The Panthers have recalled Charlie Staines into the 21-man squad as cover for Dylan Edwards, who is racing the clock to prove his fitness.

www.smh.com.au

Panthers star? What a joke, he aint a Panther, he's a mercenary rental

 

[unKwn]

I wonder if we put some plays away from earlier in the season to use only if needed and have to throw out on grand final day.

So we practice them early on. Perfect them. Then sit on them so we have something up our sleeves for the must win games that the opposition hopefully aren't ready for. I highly doubt we are going to do that. But i truly hope we have something saved.

We’ve been in a couple do or die games now so if we haven’t pulled out our attacking tricks by now then it’s unlikely to see one against Souths, unless it’s one where we target an individual player like against Storms we caught Fox out of position. I could see Cleary putting in one of those long grubbers for Critta to chase and hopefully score catching young Taafe out of position. We’ve done this play against Knights and Roosters this year with success.

 

[maple_69]

Some of our scrum plays just look impossible to defend but we rarely run it full gas. There's definitely a few things that they've pulled out of nowhere for a flashy try throughout the year and then never seen again.

 

[DinkyDi]

 

[Frankus]

The one I’m most surprised about of all the injuries is To’o. His ankle sprain, more specifically Syndesmosis is painful. The ligament holding your tibia and fibula, i.e. your shin and outer lower leg bone is torn. Either partially or entirely. If its partially torn, weight bearing on it can cause a complete rupture. Complete rupture can then cause the two bones to flex outwards from the downwards pressure on your ankle joint; which is basically like putting a wedge in between something to split it in half.
Either way, I have had Syndesmosis at the same time as complete rupture of all my anterior ligaments in my ankle. Hurt at the time. I consider myself a fairly tough bloke and fairly fit. I was walking around on it for a few days before my mri results came back - I knew it was f**ked.

But even with strapping and needles there is no way in hell I could have ran anything other than a straight line properly let alone played and considered lateral movement.

To’o is superhuman.

 

[Girds89]

Not suprised tpj out. Shame. Hed have been handy.

Hope ivan trusts spencer and gives him more than 10mins.

 

[Whino]

TPJ out, a shame but at least the call was made early.
A nice burst (if used right) by Spencer will fill the void.