2024 NRL GRAND FINAL: Penrith v Melbourne Oct 6th

[Poupou Escobar]

Harry Grant?? Did you watch the game at all, he went missing like the rest of their spine players.

Grant's team had 45% of the ball. Any spine will struggle with that little possession against a strong defence. He also made 59 tackles in 80 minutes.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

And then shat the bed again in 2015? More likely is the rebuild happened well above Cleary's pay grade and started when Gould got there and organised funding for all this very expensive investment.

Here's the academy opened after Cleary left: https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2016/03/30/panthers-open-$22-million-academy/

Here's an article detailing how much it all cost and for long they have been sustaining this level of spending: https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2022/05/02/panthers-reveal-the-price-of-success/

None of this began with Cleary coming to the club. And it seems he was only brought back when the Panthers were trying to retain his son. Here's Nathan denying rumours his new contract was linked to his dad getting another high paying job with the club:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2018-nathan-cleary-rejects-dad-clause-in-whopping-new-panthers-deal/news-story/d58d226ff605013e6a868b5ce19e538d

A month later came the announcement that Nathan Cleary's dad would be returning as coach, presumably due to his stellar work at the Tigers: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/29/penrith-panthers-confirm-return-of-ivan-cleary-as-coach/

Nothing to see here.

You are one weird Rooster.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No shit Sherlock

 

[Pazza]

You are one weird Rooster.

Can you take him with you to the Panthers forum, we've had enough

 

[the phantom menace]

Good article about how #coaching in fact might have made the difference on the day between two otherwise equally resourced clubs and equally matched and talented sides.

Who'd have thunk it?

Five things that highlight coach Cleary’s tactical masterclass

The strategic and the spontaneous collided as Ivan Cleary masterminded Melbourne’s demise, and his halves shot them to pieces with play-making brilliance.

www.smh.com.au

 

[soc123_au]

And then shat the bed again in 2015? More likely is the rebuild happened well above Cleary's pay grade and started when Gould got there and organised funding for all this very expensive investment.

Here's the academy opened after Cleary left: https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2016/03/30/panthers-open-$22-million-academy/

Here's an article detailing how much it all cost and for long they have been sustaining this level of spending: https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2022/05/02/panthers-reveal-the-price-of-success/

None of this began with Cleary coming to the club. And it seems he was only brought back when the Panthers were trying to retain his son. Here's Nathan denying rumours his new contract was linked to his dad getting another high paying job with the club:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2018-nathan-cleary-rejects-dad-clause-in-whopping-new-panthers-deal/news-story/d58d226ff605013e6a868b5ce19e538d

A month later came the announcement that Nathan Cleary's dad would be returning as coach, presumably due to his stellar work at the Tigers: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/29/penrith-panthers-confirm-return-of-ivan-cleary-as-coach/

Nothing to see here.

Sacking Ivan at the end of 2015 was an odd one. The injury toll that year was horrific. Not sure the point you are trying to make with he rest of it. If getting Ivan back was to shore up keeping Nath what of it?

 

[the phantom menace]

The injury toll that year was horrific. Not sure the point you are trying to make with he rest of it.

It's Poupou Escobar - his whole point in this forum is to apparently troll his fellow Parra fans. It won't take you long to highlight his circular logic, and then he'll have a meltdown and accuse you of targeting him

 

[soc123_au]

It's Poupou Escobar - his whole point in this forum is to apparently troll his fellow Parra fans. It won't take you long to highlight his circular logic, and then he'll have a meltdown and accuse you of targeting him

I was a bit disappointed he didn't mention the size of Clearys face

 

[hineyrulz]

You are one weird Rooster.

You don't know the half of it.

 

[Incorrect]

Not sure the point you are trying to make

f**k I wish I had a dollar every time someone responded to Pou with those words....

 

[Chins get the wins]

Can you take him with you to the Panthers forum, we've had enough

@hindy111 is more than enough thank you very much

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Good article about how #coaching in fact might have made the difference on the day between two otherwise equally resourced clubs and equally matched and talented sides.

Who'd have thunk it?

Five things that highlight coach Cleary’s tactical masterclass

The strategic and the spontaneous collided as Ivan Cleary masterminded Melbourne’s demise, and his halves shot them to pieces with play-making brilliance.

www.smh.com.au

So did Bellamy outcoach Cleary in 2020? Is this the narrative for every footy match or just grand finals?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sacking Ivan at the end of 2015 was an odd one. The injury toll that year was horrific. Not sure the point you are trying to make with he rest of it. If getting Ivan back was to shore up keeping Nath what of it?

You don’t see the problem with paying Nathan’s dad a huge amount of money outside the salary cap?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**k I wish I had a dollar every time someone responded to Pou with those words....

I keep overestimating these merkins

 

[Parra Pride]

I absolutely f**king hate the Storm and watching those smug pricks lose will always bring me joy. I would also love if every single Panthers try was incorrectly given, and thoroughly proven to be after the fact just to rub more salt in the f**king wound. I also have zero respect for any merkin here who wanted the Storm to win, those f**ks were the only team we lost to in the finals while they were cheating, they can go get f**ked until the end of time.

 

[JokerEel]

I absolutely f**king hate the Storm and watching those smug pricks lose will always bring me joy. I would also love if every single Panthers try was incorrectly given, and thoroughly proven to be after the fact just to rub more salt in the f**king wound. I also have zero respect for any merkin here who wanted the Storm to win, those f**ks were the only team we lost to in the finals while they were cheating, they can go get f**ked until the end of time.

Amen!

 

[ColdWetPanther]

You don’t see the problem with paying Nathan’s dad a huge amount of money outside the salary cap?

If a head coaches worth is measured in winning, then then salary paid to Ivan has been justified no matter what the initial justification.