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2024 Grand final Panthers vs Storm

Should I make an early prediction?


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Fangs

Coach
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Bullshit..... we scored 3 tries inthe last 3 mins at commbank stadium, right in front of my eyes "all three", yet we play 8 games there and we aren't winning them all ffs please

Need to see the final squads of all teams.

I ain't gonna complain about winning 5. But I do think many are underrating the loss of our home ground.
 

age.s

First Grade
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As far as I can see there has been little said good or bad about our friend Mr Klien. Well done sir.
Mostly stayed out of it. Let things go on both sides that would have been called in a regular game. Missed Sorensen catching the ball in the air off the kickoff before landing out, but Melbourne had a challenge at that point so only have themselves to blame. Strip call on Luai was dodgy, as was the bunker not overturning it.

I've seen worse.
 

Frankus

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Slightly off topic but Lindsay Smith getting a rep call up for the Roos is immense! So happy for the fella
Mate he has been outstanding since debuting. I certainly doubted him and thought he was a bit of a plodder part way through last season. But he has turned into a fantastic middle forward. I think he would be the starting 13 at just about any club bar Penrith, Brisbane or Cowboys. What a player.
 

Munky

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Melbourne are a team built to score off set starts from penalties/six agains in the attacking half.

Ideally they get called for their ruck BS and the ref doesn't penalise their opposition to even things up.

Our game is built on grinding until a good defensive set results in tackle one being on the fifty metre line from a kick return. Essentially the same as an early tackle penalty but the ref doesn't feel the need to square up the infringement count.

In a way we benefit from Melbourne's ruck shenanigans since it removes stoppages for both teams and they have no long kicking game.
 

Munky

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Mate he has been outstanding since debuting. I certainly doubted him and thought he was a bit of a plodder part way through last season. But he has turned into a fantastic middle forward. I think he would be the starting 13 at just about any club bar Penrith, Brisbane or Cowboys. What a player.

In 2022 I was at the game at Parra where we played the Tigers.

He looked lost wandering around behind the defensive line at times and was way off the pace. It was very jarring to see.

Crazy that he could have a Kangaroo's jumper two and a bit years later.
 

WestyLife

First Grade
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Melbourne are a team built to score off set starts from penalties/six agains in the attacking half.

Ideally they get called for their ruck BS and the ref doesn't penalise their opposition to even things up.

Our game is built on grinding until a good defensive set results in tackle one being on the fifty metre line from a kick return. Essentially the same as an early tackle penalty but the ref doesn't feel the need to square up the infringement count.

In a way we benefit from Melbourne's ruck shenanigans since it removes stoppages for both teams and they have no long kicking game.

This doesn't get mentioned enough. The ref staying out of it is to our benefit. No one can go with this team in set for set football for 80 mins. Even their good players fail in their execution that 1 times out of 10 or the Dally M halfback who ran at poor half/second row combos all year has to run at Luai and sorro/garner coached by the GOAT in a big game and he has no kicking game to fall back on.
 

Munky

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This doesn't get mentioned enough. The ref staying out of it is to our benefit. No one can go with this team in set for set football for 80 mins. Even their good players fail in their execution that 1 times out of 10 or the Dally M halfback who ran at poor half/second row combos all year has to run at Luai and sorro/garner coached by the GOAT in a big game and he has no kicking game to fall back on.

The Roosters are the same but no where near as good as Melbourne.

Only good when starting in the opposition half and rely on the ref for their game management since their halves can't do it.

I realised last night Robbo only wins premierships when he gets a two year rental on halves that already went to grand finals under Cleary/Bellamy.
 

WestyLife

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The Roosters are the same but no where near as good as Melbourne.

Only good when starting in the opposition half and rely on the ref for their game management since their halves can't do it.

I realised last night Robbo only wins premierships when he gets a two year rental on halves that already went to grand finals under Cleary/Bellamy.

Yeah surprise to no one both have horrendous kicking games.
 

Pugzley

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Just unbelievable feeling. I have tried to explain to my 8 year old son that this is not normal that this may never be done again. He doesn’t know anything but success for this tremendous club. Whilst the run needs to end at some point, I have high confidence that we never go back to being the whipping boys / our cellar dweller days. I’m having a few cold ones just soaking it all up and watching a replay on fox.

We should petition the NRL to rename the grand final to the “Panthers Invitational”
The Ben Alexander Memorial Cup
 

Murraymob1

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Just off topic watched the dressing rooms after the game.I hope penrith put a complaint against Fittler in. To nine .While on air beer in hand he approaches Jessica fox and asks her to hold his beer.She was not happy and moved away from him
 

Whino

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This explains Martins struggles this year.


The secret injury that meant Clive Churchill Medal winner couldn’t even train​


Liam Martin played with painkillers every week from round four to cope with the pain from a debilitating shoulder injury– then revealed he had barely trained in the countdown to the NRL grand final after popping rib cartilage during a wrestle session.

Only Penrith’s inner sanctum were aware of the real pain the 27-year-old had endured over the past few weeks, with Martin – who has been battling an AC joint injury since March – needing more painkilling injections to train and play with the injured rib.

Despite the injuries, the Penrith backrower scored a try, set up another and was hugely influential in attack and defence against Melbourne on Sunday night in a performance that saw him became the first forward since Cronulla’s Luke Lewis eight years ago to win the Clive Churchill Medal.
“I did the ribs leading up to the Roosters’ [qualifying final] – I did it during a wrestle session believe it or not,” Martin told this masthead.

“[Teammate] Paul Alamoti popped it. I struggled to train that week, and got it needled up. I doubled up last week [against the Sharks] because it did nothing. I thought, ‘This is doing shit’, so they put more in. It was tender tonight. But as the night went on, it felt alright. I couldn’t do anything during the week at training.

“The AC has scarred over, but I’ve had that needled each week since I did it back in round four against the Roosters. I got pinned in a tackle and landed awkwardly. I was able to get it needled that night and finished the game.”
TV viewers could see the shoulder pad on top of Martin’s shoulder shift out of place during the grand final but Martin said although it was painful, he would not need to go under the knife.
“For some reason the needle wore off on Sunday night [in the AC joint]. It doesn’t need surgery, it just looks bad,” he said.


Penrith physio Pete Green said rib cartilage injuries were among the most painful in the game, but added that Martin was in the same category as Panthers fullback Dylan Edwards and former hooker Api Koroisau when it came to coping with discomfort.
Martin has emerged as one of the form edge forwards in the NRL, despite being unhappy with his performances for most of this season.
“I was inconsistent and certainly felt like I had more to give.” he said. “I was happy with the finals series – I could finally hit a bit of form and do what I needed to do for this team. This is a pretty surreal feeling.”
Martin was in the headlines before the Storm clash after Melbourne playmaker Cameron Munster revealed the pair “did not really like each other” when playing for Australia. They later posed for a photo for this masthead, and Munster revealed how his mother, Debbie, had ordered her son to kiss and make-up with Martin after hearing the news.

There was no run-in with the pair at Accor Stadium, but Martin did spray centre Jack Howarth after he scored before half-time.
“That was just heat of the moment – I thought I’d give him some on the way back,” Martin said with a smile.
In other news, Nathan Cleary, who did not require a pain-killing injection to his right shoulder before kick-off, is due to undergo surgery, with the recovery time a minimum three months. Cleary said the issue was instability rather than pain, and “it only hurts when it gets into awkward positions”.
“The only way I could [return] was to work as hard as I could around the clock so I could be here,” he said.

“I said to Mum that I’ve got to play three games, and that’d be it. I’m not going to go into full details [of what I’ve been through], but it’s been a frustrating year.”
Winger Brian To’o failed to finish the game with a knee issue and was hobbling long after full-time but while there were initial fears he had suffered damage to his MCL, Green said it was nothing more than “knee on knee” contact.

 

age.s

First Grade
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Nah fittler has been a total creep the other week with the kiss cam and now this. Maybe be a little professional.
From what I read, he made a gaffe (not really trying to creep on her) on air a while back and was trying to smooth it over. Awkward as f**k but really, make a formal complaint to 9?
 

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