GRAND FINAL: Parramatta v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD at Accor 2/10/22

[Joshuatheeel]

 

[IFR33K]

How are you fatigued after 5 mins?? Especially when you only plan is chasing the collision. Not a good plan

Both teams like to belt their opposition into submission. Unfortunately for us they done it much better. I think playing in nq didn’t help our cause.

 

[IFR33K]

No we all saw Jakey run on and he scored a great try!!!

should see Facebook they were claiming ja was the reason we scored and said if only he came on earlier.

 

[Gronk]

should see Facebook they were claiming ja was the reason we scored and said if only he came on earlier.

I don't do NRL on facebook and ^^^ this seems to justify me not looking for it.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Because FFS!!

FFS.

 

[Gary Gutful]

F**ken hell. Martin Lang agrees with me. Maybe @hineyrulz is right?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Both teams like to belt their opposition into submission. Unfortunately for us they done it much better. I think playing in nq didn’t help our cause.

Agreed. It was a factor but shouldn’t be used as an excuse.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Nine news said last night Gutho played with a broken hand for the whole finals series.

Needed surgery but put it off until after the finals.

Moses missed footy for a broken finger come back early.

Junior didn't get a break post origin.

Dylan had back spasms ahead of the cowboys game.

RCG had ice on his hamstring last week at training.

I suspect we were most busted then what was made out and Penrith were just fresh as a daisy getting 2 weeks off in the space of 5 weeks.

Not an excuse btw just reality.

 

[hineyrulz]

Both teams like to belt their opposition into submission. Unfortunately for us they done it much better. I think playing in nq didn’t help our cause.

Analed by our own game plan

 

[yy_cheng]

Both teams like to belt their opposition into submission. Unfortunately for us they done it much better. I think playing in nq didn’t help our cause.

Plus they skipped the last round, played us, skipped the next round, played Souths then us

So 3 games in 5 weeks. They had all the energy in the world to play the power game

 

[Poupou Escobar]

There are two narratives here in the post game wash up.

One is that the Pennys were on another level, unbeatable and would have won by 3 or 4 tries vs any team.

Another is that it was an opportunity lost due to poor preparation, lack of mental strength and poor game plan and/or execution of game plan and somehow we should have overcome their superior everything.

Gould tipped us to beat the Cowboys and then predicted Penrith would score at least four tries against us while we would score only one or two. He must’ve known we wouldn’t be prepared for it. The bookies knew it too by offering $3 for us to win.

 

[84 Baby]

Love how the media are only just realising the Smugs are the Allicent Hightowers of the NRL

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In my view both teams only played as well as their opponent let them.

Exactly. Our attack was up against the best defence in the comp while theirs was up against a defence that was ordinary all year.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Love how the media are only just realising the Smugs are the Allicent Hightowers of the NRL

Hot?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The first 2 sets in the game is all we turned up for in a Grand Final and needed to do everything that what was needed. After that, we never did what was needed to win that game.

So we did turn up ready to play and then changed our minds?

 

[hineyrulz]

Nine news said last night Gutho played with a broken hand for the whole finals series.

Needed surgery but put it off until after the finals.

Moses missed footy for a broken finger come back early.

Junior didn't get a break post origin.

Dylan had back spasms ahead of the cowboys game.

RCG had ice on his hamstring last week at training.

I suspect we were most busted then what was made out and Penrith were just fresh as a daisy getting 2 weeks off in the space of 5 weeks.

Not an excuse btw just reality.

Which makes the coaches obsession to use 15/6 players down the home stretch all the more ridiculous.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

In hindsight maybe we should of started Brown for his leg speed.

Niukore is faster.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How many times did Brown charge up in D and come up empty handed ? Pennys footwork at the line rendered him ineffective.

Line speed needs more than one merkin for that exact reason.

 

[84 Baby]

Hot?

I said Allicent, not Laena Valeryon

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They Interviewed someone from the 2009 gf team and he said that in the beginning of the year, DA tried to implement a style/strategy that successfully worked in England for him.

However, he realised the players werent suited for that style and scrapped it and introduced offloading and from that point onwards, it shot away

He should’ve tried it in 2010 as well.