2024 Predictions

[Whino]

Time for some fun. (again)

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out:
News teams in the 8:
Our biggest threats:
Our rookie of the year:
Our best player:
Surprise packet(s):
Underachiever(s):
1st coach sacked:
Other coaches sacked this year:
Wooden spooners:
Buy of the year:
Dud buy of the year:
Biggest talking point:
Which former Panther will return home in 2025:

 

[Whino]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Raiders & Roosters
News teams in the 8: Souths & Parra
Our biggest threats: Brisbane
Our rookie of the year: Henry
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Roosters & Cowboys
1st coach sacked: Payten
Other coaches sacked this year: None
Wooden spooners: Tigers
Buy of the year: Averillo & Blore
Dud buy of the year: Capewell
Biggest talking point: Cowboys.
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Momirovski

 

[The yak]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Raiders, Knights, Sharks.
News teams in the 8: Souffs, Manly, Titans
Our biggest threats: None
Our rookie of the year: Geyer
Our best player: Yeo
Surprise packet(s): Titans
Underachiever(s): Brisbane & Parra
1st coach sacked: Ciraldo
Other coaches sacked this year: Arthur
Wooden spooners: Dogs
Buy of the year: Des Hasler
Dud buy of the year: Crichton
Biggest talking point: Gould throws a tantrum.
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Crichton

 

[MugaB]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out:
Roosters
New teams in the 8: Dolphins
Our biggest threats: hahaha, maybe warriors,knights
Our rookie of the year: cole
Our best player: tago
Surprise packet(s): titans
Underachiever(s): roosters
1st coach sacked: Ivan (for being too tired of winning) probably Arthur
Other coaches sacked this year: robinson
Wooden spooners: eels
Buy of the year: herbie farnsworth
Dud buy of the year: jack whighton
Biggest talking point: luke brooks
Which former Panther will return home in 2025:
????

 

[Bob]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Canberra
News teams in the 8: Parramatta
Our biggest threats: Complacency or the Roosters
Our rookie of the year: Harrison Hassett
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Titans / Manly if Turbo stays on the field
Underachiever(s): South’s
1st coach sacked: None this year
Other coaches sacked this year: None but South’s coach will be under pressure
Wooden spooners: St George
Buy of the year: Flegler for the Dolphins
Dud buy of the year: Jack Wighton (Outside his comfort zone)
Biggest talking point: Gus and his plan for the Dogs
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: 1 or both of the Puru brothers

 

[Someone2]

Time for some fun. (again)

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Knights , Sharks, Roosters , Raiders
News teams in the 8: Eels, Souths , Dolphins , Manly
Our biggest threats: Eels
Our rookie of the year:
Our best player: Luai
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Roosters
1st coach sacked: Payton
Other coaches sacked this year:
Wooden spooners: Tigers
Buy of the year: RTS
Dud buy of the year: Wighton
Biggest talking point: Luai Cleary punch up at training
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: the guy that recorded the girl

 

[jane the pain]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Warriors, knights and Brisbane.
News teams in the 8, Dolphins Manly, Titans
Our biggest threats: Storm
Our rookie of the year: Geyer
Our best player: Yeo
Surprise packet(s): Titans
Underachiever(s): Brisbane & Parra
1st coach sacked: Ciraldo
Other coaches sacked this year: Arthur
Wooden spooners: Dogs
Buy of the year: Des Hasler
Dud buy of the year: Crichton
Biggest talking point: NSW wins the origin series
Which former Panther will return home Matt Burton

 

[Roosters rule]

An outsiders opinion.


Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Canberra
News teams in the 8: Manly
Your biggest threats: Broncos and the Roosters; )
Your rookie of the year: Cole
Your best player: Edwards
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Souffs. Parramatta
1st coach sacked: Arthur.
Other coaches sacked this year: Souffs coach.
Wooden spooners: In my dreams Souffs. Probably Tigers
Buy of the year: Some guy called Spencer
Dud buy of the year: Wighton
Biggest talking point: Souffs miss the 8 again after a horror year of scandals and infighting.
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Burton

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Thanks for setting up Whino.

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Newcastle, Canberra
News teams in the 8: Souths, Cowboys
Our biggest threats: Sharks
Our rookie of the year: Does Alamoti count? If not, Sommerton.
Our best player: Martin
Surprise packet(s): Kenny continuing to improve rapidly and adding a bit of a scoot for dummy half.
Underachiever(s): JFH
1st coach sacked: Arthur
Other coaches sacked this year: I think we’ll see few sacked this year but Demetrius, O’Brien and Benji under most pressure at the end of the season.
Wooden spooners: Tigers
Buy of the year: AFB (even if he doesn’t turn up till 2025). Most impactful at his new club in 2024 will be Dom Young.
Dud buy of the year: Wighton
Biggest talking point: How terrible the new drop out rule is and how coaches are behaving cynically to exploit it. It will be a blight on the game and may even be changed again (it will be packaged as a change of interpretation) mid year.
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: (inconsistent with the answers above I know but…) Ciraldo

 

[Hooked]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Roosters, Sharks and Knights

News teams in the 8: Titans, Souths & Cowboys

Our biggest threats: Brisbane and Storm

Our rookie of the year: Henry

Our best player: Leota and Cleary.

Surprise packet(s): Titans

Underachiever(s): Roosters

1st coach sacked: Arthur

Other coaches sacked this year: Robinson

Wooden spooners: Dragons

Buy of the year: Alamoti

Dud buy of the year: RTS

Biggest talking point: Brad Arthur sacked mid season. Caretaker Trent Barrett guides the Eels to 5 straight wins. Signs long-term contract then Eels lose 6 straight.

Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Tyrell May.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Canberra
New teams in the 8: Manly
Our biggest threats: Storm & Roosters
Our rookie of the year: Sommerton
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Souths
1st coach sacked: Demetriou
Other coaches sacked this year: Arthur
Wooden spooners: Dragons
Buy of the year: Alamotti
Dud buy of the year: Wighton
Biggest talking point: Mutiny at Redfern….
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Burton and/or Terrell May

 

[Iamback]

Time for some fun. (again)

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Canberra, Warriors
News teams in the 8: Dolphins, Titans
Our biggest threats: Broncos
Our rookie of the year: McLean
Our best player: Edwards
Surprise packet(s): Dragons
Underachiever(s): Parra/Souths
1st coach sacked: Arthur
Other coaches sacked this year: Payten
Wooden spooners: Parra
Buy of the year: Averillo
Dud buy of the year: Wighton
Biggest talking point: Ageing Souffs team and Benji being a dud
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Burton

 

[snickers007]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out: Raiders, Sharks

News teams in the 8: Eels, Titans

Our biggest threats: Warriors

Our rookie of the year: Cole

Our best player: Martin

Surprise packet(s): Titans, Tigers

Underachiever(s): Broncos, Sea Eagles

1st coach sacked: Siebold

Other coaches sacked this year: None

Wooden spooners: Bulldogs

Buy of the year: Averillo or Blore

Dud buy of the year: Wighton

Biggest talking point: The four-peat

Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Billy Burns

 

[MugaB]

Yeah its looking bad for the big bald BRAAAAD Arthur here on these predictions, along with simple jack at the wabbits being a dud, lets see if he suits that shade of green

 

[Iamback]

Yeah its looking bad for the big bald BRAAAAD Arthur here on these predictions, along with simple jack at the wabbits being a dud, lets see if he suits that shade of green

I made the mistake of saying it in the Parra thread.

He is lucky Benji is coach or he'd be the worst in the game.

Wighton is overrated and now in an old team

 

[MugaB]

I made the mistake of saying it in the Parra thread.

He is lucky Benji is coach or he'd be the worst in the game.

Wighton is overrated and now in an old team

Tass= Where you gunna play jack coach,
Demmertriou= i dunno, we'll fit him in somewhere #cough#centre#cough
Tass = sorry coach, what you say?
Demmertriou = nothing mate

 

[kinghippo]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out:
News teams in the 8: Dolphins , Parra
Our biggest threats: Brisbane , Parra
Our rookie of the year: Henry
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Bulldogs
1st coach sacked: Stuart
Other coaches sacked this year: Ciraldo
Wooden spooners: Canberra
Buy of the year: Flegler
Dud buy of the year: Brooks
Biggest talking point: Roosters Salary cap Breach
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Katoa

 

[jane the pain]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out:
News teams in the 8: Dolphins , Parra
Our biggest threats: Brisbane , Parra
Our rookie of the year: Henry
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Bulldogs
1st coach sacked: Stuart
Other coaches sacked this year: Ciraldo
Wooden spooners: Canberra
Buy of the year: Flegler
Dud buy of the year: Brooks
Biggest talking point: Roosters Salary cap Breach
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Katoa

Hopefully not Sione.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Hopefully not Sione.

@martielang has left the group……

 

[Bob]

Which side(s) from the top 8 last year misses out:
News teams in the 8: Dolphins , Parra
Our biggest threats: Brisbane , Parra
Our rookie of the year: Henry
Our best player: Cleary
Surprise packet(s): Dolphins
Underachiever(s): Bulldogs
1st coach sacked: Stuart
Other coaches sacked this year: Ciraldo
Wooden spooners: Canberra
Buy of the year: Flegler
Dud buy of the year: Brooks
Biggest talking point: Roosters Salary cap Breach
Which former Panther will return home in 2025: Katoa

Isaiya is not coming back anytime soon, article the other day said he is working through an extension with the Dolphins, his family have moved to Redcliffe, and although Wayne goes this year Wolf is his Tongan coach and the man to takeover from Wayne so he already has that relationship with him