2023 Grand Final Panthers vs Broncos

[maple_69]

Toxic journos aside, as far as I've seen, sentiment towards Penrith has started turning to respect this year after there was a lot of tall poppy salt and arrogant accusations the last few years. I think our side has matured and settled down, confident in their place at the top. Luai throwing the odd well placed grenade into the public sphere aside, its a pretty chill group these days. For a side in their 4th grand final in a row, going for a threepeat, its amazing how many neutrals ARE on Penrith over Brisbane.

 

[Bred not Bought]

Sadly Crichton and Spencer's last game for us. They both will be missed. I hope the boys can send them out winners.

You hear a lot of BS about motivation. Given how tight the players are with each other I am sure they will be keen too.
I will miss them as well.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Brisbane are far more exciting to watch. They are the entertainers, an excitement machine. The football they play is highly attractive and they come at you.
Penrith are more like a machine. Like they are playing a game of chess. Slowly they gain assertion and strangle the life out of the opposition before they strike. Almost like they are killing them slowly.

If the passes stick Brisbane are going to give this a real shake. But if a few of them go to ground and Penrith get into the grind and normal routine I imagine they'll crush them.

It's easy for your average fans also not to understand defence and patience. A great example in the NFL is TOM BRADY. He was hardly flashy or able to do anything out of this world but his patience, clutch plays and game management made him the GOAT. Something Tallis I don't think would understand.

WALSH also has very poor defense for a fullback. And he has the tendency to overplay his hand at times. Don't get me wrong he is the most exciting players I have seen since Hayne 2009. But he has many faults still to work on.

Walsh isn't even half of peak Turbo

 

[WestyLife]

Walsh isn't even half of peak Turbo

He has much better forwards than peak turbo though. Turbo plays for us or broncos and no one goes near them.

 

[Chins get the wins]

He has much better forwards than peak turbo though. Turbo plays for us or broncos and no one goes near them.

We are winning this game. No one needs to stress

 

[jane the pain]

NRL Teamlist: Grand Final

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary has named his squad for Sunday night's Grand Final against Brisbane Broncos.

www.penrithpanthers.com.au

 

[hindy111]

Walsh isn't even half of peak Turbo

Turbo id love to see fully fit and not injured for a the rest of his career. He could of been a GOAT.

 

[John Hamblin]

Sunday Crichton will play his 100th game, also I find it ironic we played the Broncos in our opening round, and we face them in the grand final.

99 games 84 wins what a strike rate. With Nathan in the team AND leading at halftime 56 straight wins!

 

[WestyLife]

We are winning this game. No one needs to stress

Just stating the facts not really stressed. The worst part is just having to wait a week. Work is going to feel so slow.

 

[jane the pain]

99 games 84 wins what a strike rate. With Nathan in the team AND leading at halftime 56 straight wins!

Unfortunately reality will bite him, Salmon and Leniu next year.

 

[Blues Riff]

We are winning this game. No one needs to stress

I'm genuinely comforted by your deranged optimism. No sarcasm (for once)

 

[Black Diamond]

Brisbane are far more exciting to watch. They are the entertainers, an excitement machine. The football they play is highly attractive and they come at you.
Penrith are more like a machine. Like they are playing a game of chess. Slowly they gain assertion and strangle the life out of the opposition before they strike. Almost like they are killing them slowly.

If the passes stick Brisbane are going to give this a real shake. But if a few of them go to ground and Penrith get into the grind and normal routine I imagine they'll crush them.

It's easy for your average fans also not to understand defence and patience. A great example in the NFL is TOM BRADY. He was hardly flashy or able to do anything out of this world but his patience, clutch plays and game management made him the GOAT. Something Tallis I don't think would understand.

WALSH also has very poor defense for a fullback. And he has the tendency to overplay his hand at times. Don't get me wrong he is the most exciting players I have seen since Hayne 2009. But he has many faults still to work on.

Good analogy.

Walsh might be flashy and a handful in attack but comparing fullbacks, give me Edwards and his military precision in ordering our defence any day.

Pretty boy just runs around flapping his hands trying to tackle on the line.

Bring on the Panther machine! I'm ready to watch the strangulation and the slow death of the Groncos lol.

 

[Black Diamond]

I'm genuinely comforted by your deranged optimism. No sarcasm (for once)

Me too

 

[MugaB]

Did you respond with the wrong account @MugaB?

Huh, you got rocks in your head if you think im silverdale... just coz someone laughs at his petty jokes dont mean they are thesame person.. a have no alts, although i do love the "chins get the wins" name, that is a top notch username, too bad the guy using it, is a bit ofa flog most days, but atleast he is our penrith flog... reminds me of Romy

 

[MugaB]

Brisbane are far more exciting to watch. They are the entertainers, an excitement machine. The football they play is highly attractive and they come at you.
Penrith are more like a machine. Like they are playing a game of chess. Slowly they gain assertion and strangle the life out of the opposition before they strike. Almost like they are killing them slowly.

If the passes stick Brisbane are going to give this a real shake. But if a few of them go to ground and Penrith get into the grind and normal routine I imagine they'll crush them.

It's easy for your average fans also not to understand defence and patience. A great example in the NFL is TOM BRADY. He was hardly flashy or able to do anything out of this world but his patience, clutch plays and game management made him the GOAT. Something Tallis I don't think would understand.

WALSH also has very poor defense for a fullback. And he has the tendency to overplay his hand at times. Don't get me wrong he is the most exciting players I have seen since Hayne 2009. But he has many faults still to work on.

If the passes stick? You mean if the forward passes are overlooked.. fmd, i saw 5 fwd passes that game against the warriors, the more notable one was the only one everyone picked up, and the warriors got pinged for a line ball at the ruck, ref's must either be blind or on the take, that was blatent

 

[GongPanther]

You forgot to add Lindsay Smith

He will have a Christmas Cracker.

 

[Pomoz]

There are five people who will decide the fate of this game. JFH, Martin, Leota, Kenny and Leniu. They win the battle in the forwards, we win. Simple as that. Lose that battle, the offloads start, field position is lost and we lose. They have more pace than us everywhere. Literally, in every position in the back five they are quicker.

If they can reproduce what they did against the Parra forwards, we can win this. Character and fitness will win this for us, nothing else. We can't out-skill them.

You forgot to add Lindsay Smith

I didn't forget to add Lindsay Smith, or Yeo. Nobody is scared of getting belted by these two. Yeo is an amazing tackler, but he doesn't hurt people. Lindsay is a good player, but nobody is trying to avoid him.

The other boys, on the other hand are tough dudes who try and knock the opposition into a different time zone and very often succeed. If we let Carrigan, Flegler and Haas dominate us, we lose the game. We have to feed our boys raw steak all week, show them Rocky 1 and 2 and "unleash the Kraken"!

 

[GongPanther]

I've followed the Panthers since game one 1967.

Lots of bad times and struggling seasons but I have always stuck solid.

I've listened to the garbage about the junior league nursery, but in fairness, the Broncos have had the entire capital city of Brisbane for 35 years. Now they get local competition in the Dolphins, they get serious.

The Eastern suburbs, North shore and the pretenders from the Shire have always just thought of Penrith as a side to make up the numbers.

We "westie's" were only meant to do their gardening and wash their cars, NOT win the footy comp.

We might not win the premiership every year in the future, but it won't take a genius, or a so called "entitled" person east of Parramatta to know that the Panthers will be around the top of the ladder for years to come.

Win or lose this week, we have a club to be extremely proud of.

Here, here! Well said!

 

[Iamback]

Just stating the facts not really stressed. The worst part is just having to wait a week. Work is going to feel so slow.

GF weeks are the slowest

 

[GongPanther]

What about Tallis? Someone mentioning if Cleary should be in the same category as Johns, Thurston etc. His response ‘I went to a schoolboy carnival (in QLD) and all the kids wanted to be Reece Walsh’. Sensational insight.

He was only brought on to make Kent sound intellectual.