LU Panthers Forum Player of the Year 2020

[Fangs]

Fangs, you did a terrific job last season and yes I am definitely in for player ratings.

I am sure if we have a better season this year you are going to have your work cut out.

Thanks mate. I do my best.

Foughts From Fangs will be back and better than ever in 2020.

 

[Kilkenny]

Thanks mate. I do my best.

Foughts From Fangs will be back and better than ever in 2020.

Do you think if all our starting 13 this Saturday night get 8 or better that will mean two points and a win in Round 1,

 

[Fangs]

Do you think if all our starting 13 this Saturday night get 8 or better that will mean two points and a win in Round 1,

I'm not sure but Cleary is at least an 8 in a losing effort.

 

[Fangs]

I'll start things off.

Aikens - 7 (Very safe)
Mansour - 7
Whare - 7 (Was excellent in defence)
Naden - 7
To'o - 8.5 (Best of our outside backs)
Luai - 8.5
Cleary - 9

Tamou - 7
Korisau - 8
Tetevano - 6
Martin - 5.5
JFH - 8
Yeo - 9

Kikau - 7.5
Crichton - 8.5 (How long till he starts?)
Leota - 7
Hetherington - 7

 

[TheFrog]

Aekins 6
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 6
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Koroisau 9
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 7
Martin 7
Yeo 8
Crichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6.5
Hetherington 6

 

[OldPanther]

Aekins 5
Mansour 8
Whare 5
Naden 6
To'o 7
Luai 8
Cleary 9
Tamou 7
Koroisau 10
Tetevano 4
Fisher-Harris 6
Martin 4
Yeo 8
Crichton 8
Kikau 8
Leota 5
Hetherington 3

 

[Flashstep]

Aekins 5
Mansour 7
Whare 5
Naden 6
To'o 8
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Api 9
Tetevano 3
JFH 8
Martin 4
Yeo 9

Chrichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6
Hetherington 4

 

[age.s]

Onya Froggy. Here's to a full season of scores.

Aekins 6 - Did nothing wrong but outclassed by Chrichton in the final 20.
Mansour 7 - Had some very shaky moments under the bomb but took the ball back well and his work for Circhtons try was electric.
Naden 7 - Good game. Took his try really well and defended well.
Whare 6 - Defended well. Not much happening with the ball though.
To'o 7 - Some great running with the ball. Defended well.
Luai 8 - Some magic touches, particularly for Nadens try.
Cleary 9 - Exceptional game. Controled it well. Kicked very very well and opened up space for the outside men for Crichtons and Kikaus try.
Tamou 8 - Rough early game but came home strong like the rest of the middle.
Koroisau 9 - Shades Cleary for MoM. I was skeptical somewhat but we looked completely different with him running things.
Tetevano 6 - Assume he stayed off due to injury?
JFH 7 - A couple of good runs. Lots of work as usual.
Martin 5 - Tackled well but some boneheaded stuff in there too.
Yeo 9 - Taumalolyeo

Crichton 7 - Changed the game when he came on. Has to be in the team.
Kikau 7 - Good stuff in an abridged game for the big guy. Will score a LOT if our spine keeps doing that.
Leota 5 - Good energy in attack and defense. I like him in the team but needs to do less stupid things.
Hetherington 5 - Went ok. I like having someone who loves the niggle.

 

[MugaB]

Onya Froggy. Here's to a full season of scores.

Aekins 6 - Did nothing wrong but outclassed by Chrichton in the final 20.
Mansour 7 - Had some very shaky moments under the bomb but took the ball back well and his work for Circhtons try was electric.
Naden 7 - Good game. Took his try really well and defended well.
Whare 6 - Defended well. Not much happening with the ball though.
To'o 7 - Some great running with the ball. Defended well.
Luai 8 - Some magic touches, particularly for Nadens try.
Cleary 9 - Exceptional game. Controled it well. Kicked very very well and opened up space for the outside men for Crichtons and Kikaus try.
Tamou 8 - Rough early game but came home strong like the rest of the middle.
Koroisau 9 - Shades Cleary for MoM. I was skeptical somewhat but we looked completely different with him running things.
Tetevano 6 - Assume he stayed off due to injury?
JFH 7 - A couple of good runs. Lots of work as usual.
Martin 5 - Tackled well but some boneheaded stuff in there too.
Yeo 9 - Taumalolyeo

Crichton 7 - Changed the game when he came on. Has to be in the team.
Kikau 7 - Good stuff in an abridged game for the big guy. Will score a LOT if our spine keeps doing that.
Leota 5 - Good energy in attack and defense. I like him in the team but needs to do less stupid things.
Hetherington 5 - Went ok. I like having someone who loves the niggle.

All agree on this assessment, Aekins is a very safe Fullback, we cannot have an 80min performance of Crichton there as we'd have a very tired Stephen who quite frankly came on and ran around everyone who was basically operating at 50% by that 60th minute, its why he can do all the special things he did.
Martin was doing some uncharacteristically silly things, which cost us a lot of possession.
Hethro has his panthers spots, they won't change, we need a bit of that agro

Yeo by far Man of the Match, Api a close 2nd, Nathan,JFH,Aekins equal 3rd. The rest of the team pulled their weight, and this all lead to this magnificent win, if all players could get to a consistent 7-8 per game, we'd be braining the competition.

Im still not sure we can have Josh Mansour on the wing all year, im fond of a Naden/Sauce Swap


Aekins=7
Mansour=4
Naden=4
Whare=5
To'O=6
Luai=6
Cleary=7
Tamou=6
Api=8
Tetevano=4
Fisher-Harris=7
Martin=5
Yeo=9

Crichton=6
Kikau=6
Leota=5
Hetherington=5

 

[Thirsty Panther]

Round 1

Aekins 6
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 7
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Koroisau 9
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 7
Martin 6
Yeo 8
Crichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6
Hetherington 5

 

[Dave's mate]

Aekins 5. A slower less powerful Edwards, not a regular first grader.

Mansour 5. Great kick but doesn't break tackles anymore and will continually be exposed under the high ball

Whare 5. Normal soild self. Got little ball

Naden 6

To'o 6

Luai 7. Played a lot straighter than in the past. Good game


Cleary 8. Very good signs

Tamou 7

Api 8. Best signing in years in the position we needed most.

Tetevano 3. Shit bloke,shit game.

JFH 7

Martin 4. Powerful but hands like feet

Yeo 9. Killed it in the middle. Should be our captain.

Chrichton 7. Our fullback if we want to challenge in September, fullback needs to be more than solid (Edwards, Aekins)

Kikau 6. Far from his best but always a threat

Leota 5

Hetherington 1. What people see in this muppet is beyond me. Yet another game with a ridiculous penalty

 

[betcats]

Heathro won’t be the only one of our forwards to give away a high tackle penalty. He was good, he works very hard defensively and does the little things.

 

[soc123_au]

Round 1

Aekins 6
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 7
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Koroisau 9
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 8
Martin 5
Yeo 9
Crichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6
Hetherington 5

 

[Crashtest]

Aekins 7
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 7
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 8
Koroisau 10
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 8
Martin 6
Yeo 9
Crichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6
Hetherington 6

 

[Tronald Crump]

Aekins 6
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 6
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 8
Tamou 7.5
Koroisau 9
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 7
Martin 6
Yeo 8.5
Crichton 7
Kikau 7
Leota 6.5
Hetherington 6

 

[Panther Pete]

Aekins 6.5
Mansour 7
Whare 6
Naden 6.5
To'o 7
Luai 7
Cleary 7.5
Tamou 7.5
Koroisau 9
Tetevano 5
Fisher-Harris 7
Martin 6
Yeo 8
Crichton 7
Kikau 8
Leota 6
Hetherington 6

 

[martielang]

Crichton looked sharp but the blokes getting 7 & 8’s + for putting the ball down & looking decent for 10 mins against a tiring defence we were on top of, while also making an error that turned over possession early in the count when we were setting up for a field goal. That’s my only criticism with people’s ratings.

 

[mxlegend99]

Crichton looked sharp but the blokes getting 7 & 8’s + for putting the ball down & looking decent for 10 mins against a tiring defence we were on top of, while also making an error that turned over possession early in the count when we were setting up for a field goal. That’s my only criticism with people’s ratings.

We win and the average performances get 7s. We lose that same performance from the same player would get a 5.

Of all ratings though, Tetevano has the most inflated ratings for mine. Plays 21 minutes before injured in which we are dominated by Roosters, makes only 29 metres off 4 runs with an error thrown in and gets a pass from most people.

If the game ended at the 21 minute mark even our best players would have struggled to get a 5.

Aekins - 6
Mansour - 6 (boosted from one play basically, although it was lowered by one play too)
Whare - 5
Naden - 5
To'o - 7
Luai - 7
Cleary - 8
Tamou - 7
Koroisau - 8
Tetevano - 3
Kikau - 6
Martin - 4
Yeo - 9

Crichton - 6
JFH - 8
Leota - 5
Hetherington - 5

Going off one watch these are my ratings. The hardest guys to rate are those who did good things in limited minutes. Like Crichton and Kikau.

The workhorse blokes for me deserve the love. JFH and Yeo were monsters. Korisau too. Nathan has proven he was capable of kicks and vision people claimed he didn't have aswell. He did it in 9s aswell but you could argue it was just less players on field. But kicking his 40/20 against one of the best back 3s in the comp was incredible.

 

[OldPanther]

We win and the average performances get 7s. We lose that same performance from the same player would get a 5.

Of all ratings though, Tetevano has the most inflated ratings for mine. Plays 21 minutes before injured in which we are dominated by Roosters, makes only 29 metres off 4 runs with an error thrown in and gets a pass from most people.

If the game ended at the 21 minute mark even our best players would have struggled to get a 5.

Aekins - 6
Mansour - 6 (boosted from one play basically, although it was lowered by one play too)
Whare - 5
Naden - 5
To'o - 7
Luai - 7
Cleary - 8
Tamou - 7
Koroisau - 8
Tetevano - 3
Kikau - 6
Martin - 4
Yeo - 9

Crichton - 6
JFH - 8
Leota - 5
Hetherington - 5

Going off one watch these are my ratings. The hardest guys to rate are those who did good things in limited minutes. Like Crichton and Kikau.

The workhorse blokes for me deserve the love. JFH and Yeo were monsters. Korisau too. Nathan has proven he was capable of kicks and vision people claimed he didn't have aswell. He did it in 9s aswell but you could argue it was just less players on field. But kicking his 40/20 against one of the best back 3s in the comp was incredible.

I gave Tetevano a 4. Really wasn't impressed.

 

[snickers007]

Aekins - 6
Mansour - 6
Whare - 6
Naden - 7
To'o - 7
Luai - 7
Cleary - 8
Tamou - 7
Koroisau - 9
Tetevano - 3
JFH - 8
Martin - 6
Yeo - 9

Chrichton - 6
Kikau - 6
Leota - 6
Hetherington - 6