General Discussion Thread

[The yak]

You do wonder if it was a one time thing. Kind of dumb to get on it before what is likely the biggest game of his career for the 1st time

He was a bag of nerves against the Roosters.
Looks like he chose the wrong option.

 

[soc123_au]

Sing it with me..

 

[franklin2323]

He was a bag of nerves against the Roosters.
Looks like he chose the wrong option.

I get that it was a trying time. Big games is where you likely get caught possibly you run the risk when there are 7 other games on. Not when it is the biggest one of the year..That is always where the testers are

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

He was a bag of nerves against the Roosters.
Looks like he chose the wrong option.

With all the education players get each and every year no excuse.

If taken he was always always going to get caught.

I've spoken before about the fishbowl life players endure. I get that. But you do the crime you do the time.

 

[Alintheeast]

Wonder if Penrith had won the grand final would it have been stripped due to Naden. They rate coke a performance enhancing drug, pretty sure that Olympic medals have been taken back from teams due to drug infringements.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Same. Well that, if proven, explains a lot.

I was thinking the same thing. It more than likely confirms why he wasn’t used in the Preliminary Final against Souths.

 

[The yak]

Wonder if Penrith had won the grand final would it have been stripped due to Naden. They rate coke a performance enhancing drug, pretty sure that Olympic medals have been taken back from teams due to drug infringements.

Doubt it. They didn't take it off the Sharks after Barba tested positive.

 

[The yak]

With all the education players get each and every year no excuse.

If taken he was always always going to get caught.

I've spoken before about the fishbowl life players endure. I get that. But you do the crime you do the time.

Some are just dumb.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Some are just dumb.

Sadly I must agree.

 

[ACTPanthers]

Dumb merkins will always be dumb merkins...

We don't need that shit around the club. f**k him off, now.

 

[The Realist]

Damn it, can we have a pre-season that isn't a cluster**** plz?

This latest revelation should mean the end of Nadan with us. There were rumours that he didn't really get along with most of the squad - now his standing within the squad and also with staff would be even more diminished. We can't have a player around who drops the morale of the organisation.

This is a pity because despite his limitations as a player he is still a starter for us.

 

[Jane Murray]

Damn it, can we have a pre-season that isn't a cluster**** plz?

This latest revelation should mean the end of Nadan with us. There were rumours that he didn't really get along with most of the squad - now his standing within the squad and also with staff would be even more diminished. We can't have a player around who drops the morale of the organisation.

This is a pity because despite his limitations as a player he is still a starter for us.

They stood by May, and we know what he did, the same could apply here.

 

[Jane Murray]

The NRL is set to launch a seperate investigation into Penrith centre Brent Naden’s positive A-sample drug test of cocaine following the Panthers’ Grand Final loss on October 25, per The Daily Telegraph.

Naden is currently under a provisional suspension after being one of only five Penrith players tested to return a positive reading.

The 24-year-old will appear before an NRL Anti-Doping Tribunal, where he will need to prove the illicit substance wasn’t taken for the purpose of enhancing his performance.

If found guilty, Naden would face a two-year ban, with just a one-to-three month suspension served if found to be used for recreational use.

With Naden checked into rehabilitation last month and having since been released as an outpatient, the Panthers player could face just a one-month suspension as he is undergoing a rehabilitation program, meaning he may not miss a game for the 2021 season.

The league is set to investigate the matter of how Naden may have broken the NRL’s biosecurity guidlines while in lockdown for the Grand Final.

The investigation by the NRL Integrity Unit will look into whether Naden left his own home or was visited by someone, with either scenario breaching the league’s bubble protocol policy ahead of the season decider.

The NRL are understood to have already interviewed Naden on multiple occasions.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I was thinking the same thing. It more than likely confirms why he wasn’t used in the Preliminary Final against Souths.

If the club suspected he was on drugs, enough to keep him out of the Souths game, why would they play him in the GF?

I don’t think the two are related at all.

 

[ACTPanthers]

If the club suspected he was on drugs, enough to keep him out of the Souths game, why would they play him in the GF?

I don’t think the two are related at all.

This. There is no way in hell he's allowed to play, off the bench or starting, if this was known.

 

[The Realist]

They stood by May, and we know what he did, the same could apply here.

The big difference here is that it appears most of the squad and staff like May. Naden not so much. MAy stuffed up on a personal level - Naden on a Professional level that may have had on field consequences. How do you trust a player like that in your ranks?

 

[Hooked]

If the club suspected he was on drugs, enough to keep him out of the Souths game, why would they play him in the GF?

I don’t think the two are related at all.

I think it was just Ivan trying to be too smart. Which turned out dumb.

 

[Jane Murray]

The big difference here is that it appears most of the squad and staff like May. Naden not so much. MAy stuffed up on a personal level - Naden on a Professional level that may have had on field consequences. How do you trust a player like that in your ranks?

What makes you think that?

 

[Kilkenny]

The Naden positive drug test was really the last thing the club needed given post GF has been a challenging period for us trying to get our roster and cap sorted going forward.

Such a shame, the Brent Naden story was a real positive and feel good story given his return to the club, making his NRL and for the most part doing really well on the field.

While I don’t support the taking of so called recreational drugs and or any other form of performance enhancing drugs I hope the club stands by him.

Brent has made a huge mistake but hopefully it does not end his career and he learns from it and bounces back.

 

[Jane Murray]

The Naden positive drug test was really the last thing the club needed given post GF has been a challenging period for us trying to get our roster and cap sorted going forward.

Such a shame, the Brent Naden story was a real positive and feel good story given his return to the club, making his NRL and for the most part doing really well on the field.

While I don’t support the taking of so called recreational drugs and or any other form of performance enhancing drugs I hope the club stands by him.

Brent has made a huge mistake but hopefully it does not end his career and he learns from it and bounces back.

I don't. Naden knows the protocol and he broke it. If suspended, this may end his career.