2021 Preliminary Semifinal V Storm

[Smug Panther]

Api to play 80 and stack the bench is a very viable and not all that risky option

 

[GongPanther]

Api to play 80 and stack the bench is a very viable and not all that risky option

A few players need to up their games tomorrow. Api I'm sure will have his usual great game.

 

[Vicpanther]

ffs it would be great to field our first choice team for once. Have we even had the chance to do it since origin?

 

[Big Mick]

I'd start Soro and let Marto come off the bench.

The worst decision Ivan did was not let Marto have a week off before the finals. he's looked tired since Round 20.

 

[WestyLife]

We're going to get smashed so it doesn't matter.

 

[Dodgy]

I come here looking for inspiration and get pumped up about a super underdog win. Then I read WestyLife's post.

 

[Vicpanther]

I come here looking for inspiration and get pumped up about a super underdog win. Then I read WestyLife's post.

i think if we play as hard as we have the last 2 weeks we may get the win. Melb dont like physical games

 

[WestyLife]

I come here looking for inspiration and get pumped up about a super underdog win. Then I read WestyLife's post.

I'm tricking the footy gods

 

[billypilgrimnz]

We are deserved underdogs, but if the Eels can beat the Storm when it (kind of) mattered and they were chasing the record win streak, then we can certainly beat them tomorrow.

 

[Smug Panther]

We're going to get smashed so it doesn't matter.

Don't be a bitch. We are in this

 

[WestyLife]

Don't be a bitch. We are in this

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I'm tricking the footy gods

 

[Dodgy]

Carolina winning today is a good omen.

 

[WestyLife]

Seriously after watching our guys kill it up until origin I thought we were sure things. That went well

 

[Crashtest]

Leota is out.

Updated NRL Teamlist: Preliminary Final

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary reduces his squad to face Melbourne Storm in a Preliminary Final at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.

www.penrithpanthers.com.au

Leota went missing last week against the Eels pack, which he has done a couple of times this season when other teams forwards have turned up to try and play us through the middle.

So may not be that big a loss, as the Storm will be trying to dominate the middle early In the game. We need more than the 16m he made last week in his first stint against the Eels.

Not saying he may not have turned up this week and made up for last weeks effort, but at least with Leniu we know he will rip into the Storm pack for whatever minutes he gets on field.

 

[Crashtest]

Api to play 80 and stack the bench is a very viable and not all that risky option

It’s a huge risk though, if Api goes off with a HIA or injury.

No coaches are going 4 forwards on the bench any more. The Storm have chosen 2 utilities. We can’t go in with none.

 

[Smug Panther]

It’s a huge risk though, if Api goes off with a HIA or injury.

No coaches are going 4 forwards on the bench any more. The Storm have chosen 2 utilities. We can’t go in with none.

How pack has been getting rolled. I guess we can ask To'o to carry them?

 

[WestyLife]

How pack has been getting rolled. I guess we can ask To'o to carry them?

Him and Edwards will run for 300m.

 

[GongPanther]

Carolina winning today is a good omen.

Unfortunately McCaffery injured was a blight.

 

[Dodgy]

It's only 2-3 weeks.

 

[Blues Riff]

I'm tricking the footy gods

We're on the ropes. We're battered and bruised. We're cooked.