2024 Grand final Panthers vs Storm

[Fangs]

No @Pugzley has been doing this for years, it's good luck

Yeah sure was in 2020.

We may as well smash mirrors and walk under ladders at this point.

 

[Sime_11]

ive been saying to family and close panther fans that if we got Melbourne in the GF - it would be 3rd time lucky this year.

i feel both games we lost to them we haven't had our best performances - so i just hope we have saved the best till last for 2024.

1. hopefully a dry track next week
2. Sorro has to play off the bench - sorry to Eisenhuth - he'd plod but he's done his job this year - actually deserves a ring. Just hoping that Martin & Garner dont go down with HIA in the first half.
3. NAS outcome really affects the Storm this week - he was brutal when he came back from that sin bin. He will be hard to contain, dont underestimate King & Loiero - they will handle our forward pack defensively.
4. Hughes will be key to pressure heavily, beware Munster - he's not what he was 5 years ago, but he can be such a big game player.
5. Believe - as uncomfortable as it was at times last night, Nathan just did Nathan things - he will keep us in the game even if we are down.

That said - id love to reverse 2020 and be up 22-0 at HT - because i cant see Storm pulling a comeback like we did if its required.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

I am liking what Ivan did in the press conference talking about the obstruction. Drawing attention to diving and putting pressure on the officials is smart this week, particularly with Hughes in the other team who is the best at getting himself questionable obstruction calls.

If it was Wayne that did this, we would all be waxing lyrical about how he is the master manipulator. Of course, Wayne would ring up his puppet Creepy Crawly and have him dedicate an entire section of NRL360 to replaying on loop the times Hughes has dived.

Does Ivan have anyone in the media he can influence in this way?

 

[maple_69]

Nah but Ivan is just a good coach. He’ll probably have Luai and Nath hitting the decoy all night now that the halves are on notice about their cynical defensive decisions.

 

[Original Name]

One thing I'll say about the storm is even vs the Roosters they got a try off a blatant knock on when the score was 24 - 18 and the Roosters had gained momentum. Doesn't mean much for us but the storms defence is clearly there for the taking.

Their kick chase was pretty poor for such a good defensive team. Were letting Teddy split them or almost split them by leaving gaps. Our kick chase was much better in comparison.