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[Westernised Panther]

I had to laugh at the Roosters press conference. A journalist asked if it was a plan to kick to Latrell to minimise his impact (a ploy Penrith use to tire him out every time he plays against us), Robinson said "no plan, it was just a coincidence". Yeah, right and I have a harbour bridge I want to sell you.

It was so bloody obvious they wanted Latrell to run the ball back and tire himself out. And it worked, he looked knackered most of the time. A supremely gifted athlete, capable of moments of magic like that amazing pass against us, but lazy and unfit. Considering how important fullback is to your defence, I can't see how it benefits South's playing him there. He could still be given a license to roam in attack, playing in the centres then he could cruise most of the game and keep his energy levels up. He would be far more dangerous there than playing at the back struggling to defend. Let's hope South's continue to play him there so we can continue to give him catching and kick return practise.

We need to do same to Gutho, along with Sivo and Blake next Friday.

 

[CCJohnC]

We need to do same to Gutho, along with Sivo and Blake next Friday.

It is important that Sivo is always marked possibly by T'oo and not left on his own to go to the try line. This happened when we played South's and Johnston scored.

 

[Black Panther]

No I wouldn't. But I am selfish

Well Parra are going to have to bite down on a hard one. Come out to our fortress and beat us when it matters.. Finals time..

 

[Iamback]

As much as I hate Spider Cam, it was great last night to show how lazy Latrell is defensively.

Plenty of evidence showing him just moping around back there, not talking, not giving directions etc.

Even in attack, he just refuses to get involved, and refuses to do the tough stuff.

He's absolutely electric running off the back off a fast play the ball, and is a bit more active inside the opposition 20, but for a guy with his natural skills and tackle breaking ability to only be running 100m a game is such a waste.

A complete downhill skiier, and a massive liability when things aren't going his way. His sin-binning last night was ridiculous, and I couldn't believe the nerve of him to stand there and argue, and then stroll off.

It is something that you can't see on TV but can live, even Munster back there does work. Mitchell, Tom Turbo and Ponga do nothing

 

[Murraymob1]

Bomb the the ball to Blake’s side .him and gutherson have been caught a few times looking at the ball and letting it bounce

 

[ColdWetPanther]

NSW Cup is brr we ing shown on Watch NRL, thr international version of Kayo (so might be on Kayo as well).

Our young boys up by 10 points after the first half. Bringing lots of energy. Weather looks atrocious.

 

[mxlegend99]

NSW Cup is brr we ing shown on Watch NRL, thr international version of Kayo (so might be on Kayo as well).

Our young boys up by 10 points after the first half. Bringing lots of energy. Weather looks atrocious.

Not sure if its on kayo. It wasn't on FoxSports 2. But its on channel 9 atm.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Bomb the the ball to Blake’s side .him and gutherson have been caught a few times looking at the ball and letting it bounce

Yeah I noticed that on Thursday night. It reminded me of when Cleary launched a few bombs at Mansour & Mitchell in the 2nd game against Souths last season. Both were caught staring at each other on a number of occasions.

Make it happen Clez

 

[Westernised Panther]

NSW Cup is brr we ing shown on Watch NRL, thr international version of Kayo (so might be on Kayo as well).

Our young boys up by 10 points after the first half. Bringing lots of energy. Weather looks atrocious.

Katoa having a great game. Dolphins have got themselves a good one that’s for sure.

 

[forby]

Most of them are having good games.
Wong on North's team looks good.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Most of them are having good games.
Wong on North's team looks good.

He was talked up on NRL 360 about being the next Suuiali.

 

[Smug Panther]

Lol we don't need any trick plays or to even target anyone. We do our thing we win and win well

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Katoa having a great game. Dolphins have got themselves a good one that’s for sure.

He was good with the ball. Got caught out in defence quite a bit making some poor decisions.

 

[Murraymob1]

Broncos v dragons
Hoskings playing high work rate but a bit of work needed on his defensive energy got caught hanging back in the line on the last try.but looks promising once he gets into our system

 

[Munky]

For those of you who will be heading out to the finals game against Parramatta, I hope it is not scheduled for either Saturday or Sunday next weekend, especially if you were planning to get to the game by train. The following is from the Transport for NSW website (source: https://transportnsw.info/alerts/details#/ems-7945) -



Also, for those coming from the Blue Mountains (source: https://transportnsw.info/alerts/details#/ems-7975) -

Bah, just a short walk from Emu Plains to the stadium for us Mountain folk.

City dwellers have no true concept of distance.

 

[Murraymob1]

Raiders v tigers
We may have lost with our reserve team but the effort was there .today the raiders currently are thumping the tigers 42 to nil before half time
Let’s see them blame Cleary for this rabble
I will add I have a huge multi hinging on the raiders winning was a bit worried at the start but sailing right now lol

 

[forby]

The boys from last night could put 50 on the Tigers today!

 

[mxlegend99]

Our reserve grade side would win enough games in a year to avoid the wooden spoon.

Realistically wouldn't be a top 8 threat. The top 8 sides are a huge leap in quality over the bottom 4 or 5 teams. Its ridiculous just how bad the likes of Tigers, Knights, Titans and Warriors were.

I think our reserves would have finished between 12th and 14th or thereabouts.

They say there's not enough quality players for extra teams. But really it's the culture at teams that's making them shit. Doesn't matter who they recruit. Their toxic culture wins out in the end.

 

[Iamback]

Our reserve grade side would win enough games in a year to avoid the wooden spoon.

Realistically wouldn't be a top 8 threat. The top 8 sides are a huge leap in quality over the bottom 4 or 5 teams. Its ridiculous just how bad the likes of Tigers, Knights, Titans and Warriors were.

I think our reserves would have finished between 12th and 14th or thereabouts.

They say there's not enough quality players for extra teams. But really it's the culture at teams that's making them shit. Doesn't matter who they recruit. Their toxic culture wins out in the end.

Year 1 yes, I would pick those young guys to make the 8 before WT or Dogs

 

[Pomoz]

Our reserve grade side would win enough games in a year to avoid the wooden spoon....

They say there's not enough quality players for extra teams. But really it's the culture at teams that's making them shit. Doesn't matter who they recruit. Their toxic culture wins out in the end.

We only have to look at ourselves to know that the players are there, the coaching isn't. Before our current success, we wasted most of 40 years of having a massive junior pool. We were unable to convert good junior players into quality first graders consistently. The facts don't lie. Minimal rep players, years without getting to the semi-finals, 2 premierships in 40 years, out-sourcing our NSW Cup team. Just years of terrible decisions by the club.

The more I think about it, the man responsible for turning us around is Don Feltis. He had the guts to say this has to change and approached Gus. Gus started the revolution that led us to where we are. Many others have contributed to it, but Don was the spark that lit the Gus powder keg that started it all.

I have no doubt Gus will change the Dogs for the better. The question is, who can do that at the other clubs with big junior areas? The junior talent is there, the coaching and strategic management is not.

I thought Tim Sheens would be good for the Tigers, but the leadership he has shown since being at the Tigers is so poor, I am not sure he can change things quickly enough. The decision to lend out players and thereby accept losing, failing to assist the interim coach (he has reportedly had next to nothing to do with Kimmorley) and appointing a complete rookie as the next coach. The complete lack of ownership of the current situation is very weak leadership. Tim Sheens is unsighted and Kimmorley has been left high and dry. I expected a lot better from Tim.