Panthers aim up for a western shootout

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IT was 15 minutes after Penrith surged back into the finals race by dismantling South Sydney last night and coach Matthew Elliott took the microphone to address the fans.

Then the chant went up. "Bring on Parra, bring on Parra ...''
Elliott just smiled. The countdown to next Friday night's battle of the west, when the Panthers face the Jarryd Hayne-inspired Eels at Parramatta Stadium, had already begun.
"It's the one that we've got to rise to,'' Elliott said in a clear challenge to his players.
"Parramatta are playing some sparkling footy, so it's going to be a big challenge for us and we want to make sure that we make it a big challenge for them."
"And I think it's us who have to rise to it. But I know this group pretty well now, so we just need to have a really good week's preparation.''
After ending the Rabbitohs' finals hopes, Penrith took a big step towards their first finals appearance since 2004 with a win that moved them into seventh position above Parramatta.
Frank Pritchard, the wildcard in the Panthers pack, produced a damaging performance after the Rabbitohs led 4-0 after six minutes.


The Kiwi terrorised Souths with his running game and offloaded at will to have a hand in most of Penrith's seven tries.

 

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/big-cats-maul-the-bunnies/story-e6frexnr-1225765147175

 

[Jake the snake]

I would like to say that Jennings is a absolute champion. He has speed to burn.

Very tough game for us.... Mentally I don't know if we can aim up after such an intense battle last week. Positives is Feleti Mateo is fresh as....

 

[SCoops]

Who are they kidding?

They get SMASHED by the Broncos who are playing average at best.

They beat a depleted Souths team that was missing 5 of its TOP stars.
Had they all been in the side it would have been a totally different game.

Now they are saying they will beat us.. at home and at full strength?

I say bring it on, then we will see how dismal they really are.

I have a few mates and the old man talking it up (all Panthers supports).
Told them all to pull their heads in. One good game against a depleted team means nothing other than 2 points.

Coops

 

[Twizzle]

take care of Jennings and we take care of the panfers

 

[slippery_sucker]

I think pritchard is more of a worry...

 

[hineyrulz]

Pritchard and Jennings are the dangers, i'm sure Reddy would be keen to make amends from the last time they met.

 

[SCoops]

I think pritchard is more of a worry...

Na... a couple of big hits from FFMM and he will be back in his box.

He made his mark in the Souths game due to poor defense. They had no hard hitters in the side that could hit up on him. All their little guys were putting the shoulders up and were getting sent flying back.

Frank will not have that opportunity next Friday.

Coops

 

[Swiftstylez]

Who are they kidding?

They get SMASHED by the Broncos who are playing average at best.

They beat a depleted Souths team that was missing 5 of its TOP stars.
Had they all been in the side it would have been a totally different game.

Now they are saying they will beat us.. at home and at full strength?

I say bring it on, then we will see how dismal they really are.

I have a few mates and the old man talking it up (all Panthers supports).
Told them all to pull their heads in. One good game against a depleted team means nothing other than 2 points.

Coops

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Brenno75]

Ffmm ftw!!

 

[FUIFUI_MOIMOI]

they've got nothing. Fui will go straight through them. Woolnough and matthew bell... HAHAHAHA!

 

[TheFrog]

Now they are saying they will beat us.. at home and at full strength?

I haven't seen anyone associated with or even supporting Penrith claiming they WILL win this match- that would be stupid. We all know Parramatta are in fantastic form. This will be a very tough assignment.

 

[murraymob]

perhaps its the parra supporters gloating.No penrith supporter wrote that article.No penrith supporter thinks this game is easy As for the parra guy earlier saying the broncos are average he must have missed the fact they just beat the competition leaders the dragons.There are no easy games from now on. 11 teams all with a realistic chance of semi final football

 

[Kornstar]

I would like to say that Jennings is a absolute champion. He has speed to burn.

Very tough game for us.... Mentally I don't know if we can aim up after such an intense battle last week. Positives is Feleti Mateo is fresh as....

The Eels WILL let us down this year! That is pretty much fact!

Every week i wait for it and so far they have pulled through, the problem is we are now going for 7 in a row with a team who in the first half of the year were worthy of a wooden spoon! I don't believe they can keep it up especially after the Tigers game.

I'll be there cheering them on but Pritchard scared the crap out of me last night, he will destroy us if he plays that way again.......

 

[Eelectrica]

perhaps its the parra supporters gloating.No penrith supporter wrote that article.No penrith supporter thinks this game is easy As for the parra guy earlier saying the broncos are average he must have missed the fact they just beat the competition leaders the dragons.There are no easy games from now on. 11 teams all with a realistic chance of semi final football

Mabe a few, but I think most of us know how tough this assignment will be. Backing up after the Tigers game will be tough for us. Souths gave you a training run. Which is the better lead up will be known this coming weekend.

Win lose or draw no excuses though from this Parra supporter. Either way I'm looking forward to another exciting game of league. If we're good enough on the night great if not, well it will be congrats to you guys.

 

[MrT]

The Eels WILL let us down this year! That is pretty much fact!

Every week i wait for it and so far they have pulled through, the problem is we are now going for 7 in a row with a team who in the first half of the year were worthy of a wooden spoon! I don't believe they can keep it up especially after the Tigers game.

I'll be there cheering them on but Pritchard scared the crap out of me last night, he will destroy us if he plays that way again.......

So your saying they will let us down by not winning the premiership.
I'll tell you what, I've seen enough this year to be confident that our club is heading in the right direction.

We've won 6 games in a row playing with 4th and 5th choice halves. I don't know if there's another club that could do that.

As for Penrith game. Pritchard grew in confidence the worse Souths got.
Parra's defence will be a lot lot different. I'm not saying he won't have a blinder but it will be very different circumstances.

Big question is whether Penrith will have the defence to hold us out.

Parra have continued to amaze me as the season goes on. Never did I think this year we would be the form team of the comp at any stage. We've done so with players like Mateo and KK out for half the season.

Will we win on Friday? I sure hope so and we will need to if we want to make the 8.

There are no excuses for the crowd, THIS MUST BE A SELL OUT

 

[lingard]

Well, firstly, I don't think the Panthers are as good as the Tigers. Secondly, our defence is infinitely better than it was last time we played the Panthers. Thirdly, they got FLOGGED by Brisbane, and then they FLOGGED a very understrength Souths. Now that is hardly a great build up to a semi-final style game, is it? On the other hand, we fought our guts out against a Tigers side that was as good as any side in the top four IMO. I think we will win.

 

[Caged Panther]

Thirdly, they got FLOGGED by Brisbane, and then they FLOGGED a very understrength Souths. Now that is hardly a great build up to a semi-final style game, is it? On the other hand, we fought our guts out against a Tigers side that was as good as any side in the top four IMO. I think we will win.

Penrith were probably thinking the same thing before they played brisbane. Honestly I expect the eels have the firepower to beat us and this game will be greatly overhyped.

 

[jono]

As good as the win was v Tiges , the heartening thing is that the team still didn't play to its potential. To steal a line from Gould , they invited the Tigers back into the contest.
If the boys can maintain their concentration and intensity for the whole 80 minutes , sure , Jennings and Pritchard may ask some questions and even hurt us on the scoreboard , but I'm confident we will have more than enough answers.
Parra 28-12

 

[ianlovesparra]

Hindy will take care of pritchard, reddy will take care of jennings, they would of learnt from their last match against the panthers. Parra by plenty.