2024 Panthers

[Luke Bowden]

Or a left field option, Jack Cogger.

Left field! He’s no guarantee to be playing first grade, let alone Origin.

 

[jane the pain]

Left field! He’s no guarantee to be playing first grade, let alone Origin.

@Westernsed Panther O'Brien would be crazy not to.

 

[Munky]

A NSW spine of

1) Robert Jennings
6) Jaemon Salmon
7) Jack Cogger
9) Soni Luke

Should be considered, after all they did all appear for a premiership winning team at did point in last two seasons.

 

[jane the pain]

A NSW spine of

1) Robert Jennings
6) Jaemon Salmon
7) Jack Cogger
9) Soni Luke

Should be considered, after all they did all appear for a premiership winning team at did point in last two seasons.

Is that a shot at me?

 

[Fangs]

Calker?
Last game incumbent. Played under Maguire.

Could be him too but Cleary/Walker has been tried once before I think.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Is that a shot at me?

Never.

It’s obviously just a coincidence.

 

[Fangs]

No one has confidently put any name in front of Luai. Moses/Hynes/Walker/Cogger are not in front they are just options.

So the idea that Luai is unlikely to be selected isn't making much sense to me.

 

[soc123_au]

Why not? He complimented Cleary

For 25 minutes by just playing straight and letting Nath do his thing. I like Cogger, he did everything you could want from a back up half for us. That is a far cry from being in the rep footy conversation though. He has to nail down a 1st grade spot first in any case, which I hope he does.

 

[Luke Bowden]

No one has confidently put any name in front of Luai. Moses/Hynes/Walker/Cogger are not in front they are just options.

So the idea that Luai is unlikely to be selected isn't making much sense to me.

This!! 100%

 

[jane the pain]

Never.

It’s obviously just a coincidence.

Usually people quote the names, or the post. Thanks

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Some Wildin going on in here

 

[hindy111]

Anyone see Cole and Jesse Mclean bursting onto the scene this season?

 

[Chins get the wins]

Anyone see Cole and Jesse Mclean bursting onto the scene this season?

Jesse will only play for To'o during origin unless someone goes down.

Cole will hopefully be a shot at 14 by the second half of the year. I guess he might play centre if May or Tago get hurt.

 

[mxlegend99]

No one has confidently put any name in front of Luai. Moses/Hynes/Walker/Cogger are not in front they are just options.

So the idea that Luai is unlikely to be selected isn't making much sense to me.

He was already dropped in Game 3 for 2 of those guys. NSW won after having dropped him. Hynes played for Australia.

Cogger is almost zero chance of being picked. That's just insane. A different coach will have different ideas obviously. But I don't see him being picked and would say the likes of Moses, Hynes and Walker are ahead of him.

One thing a new coach will do is look at what worked and didn't work for his predecessor. What worked was dropping Luai. What didn't work was picking him.

 

[Pomoz]

He was already dropped in Game 3 for 2 of those guys. NSW won after having dropped him. Hynes played for Australia.

Cogger is almost zero chance of being picked. That's just insane. A different coach will have different ideas obviously. But I don't see him being picked and would say the likes of Moses, Hynes and Walker are ahead of him.

One thing a new coach will do is look at what worked and didn't work for his predecessor. What worked was dropping Luai. What didn't work was picking him.

I can't agree with that. Luai had Cook outside him in the centres. That had way more impact on the game than anything else. That was a brain explosion by the NSW coaching team.

The series was won by the time Walker and Moses were playing. Easy peasy when there is nothing to play for. I would like to see how Walker goes when they are in the trenches getting manhandled by the QLD forwards and, I don't know, getting head butted.

 

[jane the pain]

 

[Old and Disgruntled]

Thanks Jane, 2 players out of 30.?

 

[jane the pain]

Thanks Jane, 2 players out of 30.?

There will be more, those photos are the only ones released

 

[Fangs]

He was already dropped in Game 3 for 2 of those guys. NSW won after having dropped him. Hynes played for Australia.

One thing a new coach will do is look at what worked and didn't work for his predecessor. What worked was dropping Luai. What didn't work was picking him.

If we win game II and Cleary is fit its a different story as well. We all know the first 10-12 rounds will decide a lot. Its up for grabs and Luai isn't out of the running just yet.

I'm interested to see what they do with Crichton/To'o. Both played right edge game three. I think Martin played left side as well. Its an obvious advantage when you pick Luai but if you split them on two sides you lose that.

 

[maple_69]

I personally think Moses deserves a shot at the 6. Walker is great at times but he’s dreadful at times and he’s 34. Maybe it’s slack on him but peaking at that age just doesn’t help give people confidence in you as an option to invest in at the start of a new era. Hynes needs to prove it in big games frankly although I do think he can do a good job.

Moses can offer a first class kicking alternative, is very fast and showed last year he can handle the physicality. I think he can be a great foil for Cleary.

Luai needs to go back to the NRL/Samoa and earn his spot back in my eyes. He certainly wasn’t set up for success for NSW but he’s also been in patchy form for the last two years basically so I don’t think he’s owed anything.