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GAME Day Mighties vs VERY mighty Panfers Carrington Park, Bathurst.

Since 73

First Grade
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What was that noise?

Ah, the sound of Tricky Trindall plummeting back to earth.

One week you're a name in lights, the next you get get your arse handed to you in a hand basket.

Champion halfbacks 101:
Consistency.
You find a way.
Its on you.
You make everyone else look good.

Exhibit A:
Cleary.
Masterclass.
General kicking - Goal kicking.
Set up plays.
They feel 10 feet tall running out behind him.
His defence - saved at least 3 tries
Turn the game with one kick. It seemed to be over after the 40/20. ....but I think that said as much about us dropping our head as it giving them the lift.

Last night showed what its like to run behind a puppeteer like Nathan. 2nd raters like Casey Maclean and Jenkins and most of their pack, play like champions. Whereas first raters like Nikora, AFB and Iro look like its their first game when our halves dont fire. One guy is laying everything on a platter for his men and on the other side everything a team does fails. Again and again.

Joey Johns made some some of the most average footballers in the comp topics of SOO conversations. Once he retired and those blokes were left to their own devices they were never heard from again. Steve Simpson- who he put through holes 5 times a half - went from SOO to the bench for Mackay Cutters.

Last week Tricky found more holes in the Titans than he would at a brothel.
Last night he met the impenetrable wall of a machine.
He went to jelly and lost his nerve.
He was beat before he ran on.
Its all up here Tricky. All up here (taps side of head).

Parramatta showed how to beat this mob - more than once - and those who do follow the blueprint.
Simply, you run them around. The defensive wall is robotic and if you think you will paint by numbers and go through them you will be lucky to score 6 points.
You want the final score to be 42- 38.
In your favour.

A lesson for Tricky.
Play your own game.
Do what you know works for you.
Do what you know works for your team.

The official match report just in:
A shit park.
A shit atmosphere.
Shit lighting.
A shit ref.
We shit ourselves.
Tom Jenkins gives me the shits.
We were shit.
A shit idea to take the elite national comp to yokeltown -- Man Utd v Liverpool at Smerkinhorpe Community Park.
Match rating: Shit.
 
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2012....Sharks Year

First Grade
Messages
6,349
What was that noise?

Ah, the sound of Tricky Trindall plummeting back to earth.

One week you're a name in lights, the next you get get your arse handed to you in a hand basket.

Champion halfbacks 101:
Consistency.
You find a way.
Its on you.
You make everyone else look good.

Exhibit A:
Cleary.
Masterclass.
General kicking - Goal kicking.
Set up plays.
They feel 10 feet tall running out behind him.
His defence - saved at least 3 tries
Turn the game with one kick. It seemed to be over after the 40/20. ....but I think that said as much about us dropping our head as it giving them the lift.

Last night showed what its like to run behind a puppeteer like Nathan. 2nd raters like Casey Maclean and Jenkins and most of their pack, play like champions. Whereas first raters like Nikora, AFB and Iro look like its their first game when our halves dont fire. One guy is laying everything on a platter for his men and on the other side everything a team does fails. Again and again.

Joey Johns made some some of the most average footballers in the comp topics of SOO conversations. Once he retired and those blokes were left to their own devices they were never heard from again. Steve Simpson- who he put through holes 5 times a half - went from SOO to the bench for Mackay Cutters.

Last week Tricky found more holes in the Titans than he would at a brothel.
Last night he met the impenetrable wall of a machine.
He went to jelly and lost his nerve.
He was beat before he ran on.
Its all up here Tricky. All up here (taps side of head).

Parramatta showed how to beat this mob - more than once - and those who do follow the blueprint.
Simply, you run them around. The defensive wall is robotic and if you think you will paint by numbers and go through them you will be lucky to score 6 points.
You want the final score to be 42- 38.
In your favour.

A lesson for Tricky.
Play your own game.
Do what you know works for you.
Do what you know works for your team.

The official match report just in:
A shit park.
A shit atmosphere.
Shit lighting.
A shit ref.
We shit ourselves.
Tom Jenkins gives me the shits.
We were shit.
A shit idea to take the elite national comp to yokeltown -- Man Utd v Liverpool at Smerkinhorpe Community Park.
Match rating: Shit.
You forgot shit post
 
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2,987
What was that noise?

Ah, the sound of Tricky Trindall plummeting back to earth.

One week you're a name in lights, the next you get get your arse handed to you in a hand basket.

Champion halfbacks 101:
Consistency.
You find a way.
Its on you.
You make everyone else look good.

Exhibit A:
Cleary.
Masterclass.
General kicking - Goal kicking.
Set up plays.
They feel 10 feet tall running out behind him.
His defence - saved at least 3 tries
Turn the game with one kick. It seemed to be over after the 40/20. ....but I think that said as much about us dropping our head as it giving them the lift.

Last night showed what its like to run behind a puppeteer like Nathan. 2nd raters like Casey Maclean and Jenkins and most of their pack, play like champions. Whereas first raters like Nikora, AFB and Iro look like its their first game when our halves dont fire. One guy is laying everything on a platter for his men and on the other side everything a team does fails. Again and again.

Joey Johns made some some of the most average footballers in the comp topics of SOO conversations. Once he retired and those blokes were left to their own devices they were never heard from again. Steve Simpson- who he put through holes 5 times a half - went from SOO to the bench for Mackay Cutters.

Last week Tricky found more holes in the Titans than he would at a brothel.
Last night he met the impenetrable wall of a machine.
He went to jelly and lost his nerve.
He was beat before he ran on.
Its all up here Tricky. All up here (taps side of head).

Parramatta showed how to beat this mob - more than once - and those who do follow the blueprint.
Simply, you run them around. The defensive wall is robotic and if you think you will paint by numbers and go through them you will be lucky to score 6 points.
You want the final score to be 42- 38.
In your favour.

A lesson for Tricky.
Play your own game.
Do what you know works for you.
Do what you know works for your team.

The official match report just in:
A shit park.
A shit atmosphere.
Shit lighting.
A shit ref.
We shit ourselves.
Tom Jenkins gives me the shits.
We were shit.
A shit idea to take the elite national comp to yokeltown -- Man Utd v Liverpool at Smerkinhorpe Community Park.
Match rating: Shit.
Are you sure Casey McLean is a second rater, you probably don’t know much about footy. He has played for NZ already at 19, in fact scored 4 tries on debut. Just because he has the luxury of playing behind the best Halfback doesn’t make him a second rater as you say.

As for the rest of your comment, I looked like the lights were below par so not sure why the game wasn’t played at 3pm. But looked like a full house and the atmosphere looked good from TV point of view.
 

Inferno

Coach
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Penrith would have put 70+ on most teams last night.
Take out the poor 50/50 calls and some dumb penalties and handling, we weren’t that bad.

We have changed a lot from last year and will take time to put it all together but lots of positives
In what way do you think we've changed a lot since last year?

These are the scores from the last 10 games between the Sharks and the Panthers

2025 (vegas) Panthers 28, Sharks 22
Sep 2024 Panthers 26, Sharks 6
May 2024 Panthers 42, Sharks 0
July 2023 Panthers 28, Sharks 0
July 2022 Panthers 20, Sharks 10
Jun 2021 Sharks 19, Panthers 18
May 2021 Panthers 48, Sharks 0
Aug 2020 Panthers 38, Sharks 12
July 2020, Panthers 56, Sharks 24
Aug 2019, Panthers 26, Sharks 20.

1 win in 10 games and it was an Origin affected round with an average losing margin of -21 points.

From my perspective it's hard to see last night's performance as anything other than more of the same.

It is round 2, the season has barely started. We had a good win in round 1 and a loss in round 2 doesn't mean much. But that performance was poor and very much seemed same old same old to me.
 

Since 73

First Grade
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Are you sure Casey McLean is a second rater, you probably don’t know much about footy. He has played for NZ already at 19, in fact scored 4 tries on debut. Just because he has the luxury of playing behind the best Halfback doesn’t make him a second rater as you say.

As for the rest of your comment, I looked like the lights were below par so not sure why the game wasn’t played at 3pm. But looked like a full house and the atmosphere looked good from TV point of view.
You lost?
 

Since 73

First Grade
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8,393
2025 (vegas) Panthers 28, Sharks 22
Sep 2024 Panthers 26, Sharks 6
May 2024 Panthers 42, Sharks 0
July 2023 Panthers 28, Sharks 0
July 2022 Panthers 20, Sharks 10
Jun 2021 Sharks 19, Panthers 18
May 2021 Panthers 48, Sharks 0
Aug 2020 Panthers 38, Sharks 12
July 2020, Panthers 56, Sharks 24
Aug 2019, Panthers 26, Sharks 20.

2 top 4 sides.

That right there isnt about the football.

Thats a mental problem.
 

Generalzod

Immortal
Messages
37,578

In what way do you think we've changed a lot since last year?

These are the scores from the last 10 games between the Sharks and the Panthers

2025 (vegas) Panthers 28, Sharks 22
Sep 2024 Panthers 26, Sharks 6
May 2024 Panthers 42, Sharks 0
July 2023 Panthers 28, Sharks 0
July 2022 Panthers 20, Sharks 10
Jun 2021 Sharks 19, Panthers 18
May 2021 Panthers 48, Sharks 0
Aug 2020 Panthers 38, Sharks 12
July 2020, Panthers 56, Sharks 24
Aug 2019, Panthers 26, Sharks 20.

1 win in 10 games and it was an Origin affected round with an average losing margin of -21 points.

From my perspective it's hard to see last night's performance as anything other than more of the same.

It is round 2, the season has barely started. We had a good win in round 1 and a loss in round 2 doesn't mean much. But that performance was poor and very much seemed same old same old to me.
To be fair the Panthers have been doing that to all other teams, They where unlucky not to even make last years grand final.
 

R-15-3

Bench
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In what way do you think we've changed a lot since last year?

These are the scores from the last 10 games between the Sharks and the Panthers

2025 (vegas) Panthers 28, Sharks 22
Sep 2024 Panthers 26, Sharks 6
May 2024 Panthers 42, Sharks 0
July 2023 Panthers 28, Sharks 0
July 2022 Panthers 20, Sharks 10
Jun 2021 Sharks 19, Panthers 18
May 2021 Panthers 48, Sharks 0
Aug 2020 Panthers 38, Sharks 12
July 2020, Panthers 56, Sharks 24
Aug 2019, Panthers 26, Sharks 20.

1 win in 10 games and it was an Origin affected round with an average losing margin of -21 points.

From my perspective it's hard to see last night's performance as anything other than more of the same.

It is round 2, the season has barely started. We had a good win in round 1 and a loss in round 2 doesn't mean much. But that performance was poor and very much seemed same old same old to me.
More our defence it’s completely different, the line speed, the first contact to hold and drive back, the energy we exerted was way up on last year.

Only 4 ruck interference & 1 inside the 10 against Kleins Panthers in the current crackdown shows the system was working.

Not a fan of Nikora but his defence has improved more than anyone, last season he lost the ruck constantly.

we didn’t concede tries because they broke down our system,
3 tries in the corners and 1 from the strip came from possession, poor lead up calls with players switching off against the best team in the modern era.

Agree on our attack not much new but rd2 in horrible energy sapping conditions against the best rushing defensive in the world.

We just didn’t take the risks needed to beat Penrith and if we did we probably get done by 50+
 

PJ

First Grade
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6,804
Just watched the highlights, can't bring myself nor do I have the time to watch the whole thing.

From what I saw we didnt deserve to win, but the scoreline flattered them.

First try was from what would be called a knock on 99 Times from 100.

Second was from an absolute bs penalty against Ramien.

Third is on us, but ffs you get told from ankle biters play to the whistle. 3 of our guys standing there. Sure they may not have got the ball, ut they could have stopped the play.
 

Quicksilver

Bench
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I had that feeling watching last night.
For a good lot of them they’re beaten before they even take the field.

Maybe, but Penrith were also very good.

Side note: Oh this page is very buggy today. Must be a GameDay where even the pop up ads get pop up ads.
 

2012....Sharks Year

First Grade
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More our defence it’s completely different, the line speed, the first contact to hold and drive back, the energy we exerted was way up on last year.

Only 4 ruck interference & 1 inside the 10 against Kleins Panthers in the current crackdown shows the system was working.

Not a fan of Nikora but his defence has improved more than anyone, last season he lost the ruck constantly.

we didn’t concede tries because they broke down our system,
3 tries in the corners and 1 from the strip came from possession, poor lead up calls with players switching off against the best team in the modern era.

Agree on our attack not much new but rd2 in horrible energy sapping conditions against the best rushing defensive in the world.

We just didn’t take the risks needed to beat Penrith and if we did we probably get done by 50+
It actually reminded me of a game a couple of years ago where we were beaten comfortably (maybe 28-0)by the Panthers but there were good signs in defence. The next week from memory we beat the Storm and went on a bit of a run. Tbh we were showing good signs and were dominating field position until Cleary hit that 40/20. Not a season defining loss imo.
 

Chins

First Grade
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You guys will be ok but you aren't near us, not trying to be an arrogant merkin here.
Need to add something before the finals
 

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