Panthers team vs Eels

[FUIFUI_MOIMOI]

http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/d...33752&title=battle-of-the-west-team-announced

1. Michael Gordon
2. David Simmons
3. Brad Tighe
4. Michael Jennings
5. Sandor Earl
6. Arana Taumata
7. Luke Walsh
8. Tim Grant
9. Kevin Kingston
10. Petero Civoniceva
11. Matthew Bell
12. Adrian Purtell
13. Luke Lewis

14. Sam McKendry
15. Nigel Plum
16. Lachlan Coote
17. Yileen Gordon

18. Masada Iosefa
19. Ryan Walker
20. Sarafu Fatiaki

 

[Jake the snake]

Strong side!!

 

[BissyB]

Great hit out before round 1

 

[Noise]

I realise the season is 2 weeks away but Where's nathan smith? ive got him in my fantasy side at centre. Is he injured? This is gona throw my whole backline out of whack
As if being an eels supporter isnt stressful enough, supercoach dam near consumes my life. Serenity now

 

[natheel]

apparently kearney said on eels reels that this weeks side will pretty much b the round 1 team. very good hit out against a strong penrith side before taking on the warriors...BRING IT ON!!! teams are going to underestimate us

 

[Suitman]

It's a trial.
Happy for the hitout but I'd rather the 2 points in Rnd1.

Suity

 

[jk13]

adrian purtel at 2nd row. isn't he that shirt grabber who plays centre/wing? i'll giv him 5 mins until the coach pulls him for running away from our forward pack

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Weak side. We'll smash that lot.

 

[Gronk]

Where's our farkin side then ?!? This Board, I tell ya. :crazy:

 

[Maroubra Eel]

These dirty merkins from the foot of the mountain aren't gonna know what's hit them.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Id rather not send out a strong side for this game, so close to round 1.

 

[mxlegend99]

adrian purtel at 2nd row. isn't he that shirt grabber who plays centre/wing? i'll giv him 5 mins until the coach pulls him for running away from our forward pack

That's him... but Matt Elliott won't drop him under any circumstances. He'll move him around and throw him in at hooker or halfback before dropping him.

It took until Round 2 of the finals last year for Matt Elliott to finally admit that he wasn't good enough to crack our full strength backline (or IMO even be in the top 2 depth players) and he just moves him to the second row rather then dropping him.

It's a solid team, but I can't wait for Waterhouse and Smith to come back and force Purtell out of the side.

 

[mrpwnd]

That's him... but Matt Elliott won't drop him under any circumstances. He'll move him around and throw him in at hooker or halfback before dropping him.

It took until Round 2 of the finals last year for Matt Elliott to finally admit that he wasn't good enough to crack our full strength backline (or IMO even be in the top 2 depth players) and he just moves him to the second row rather then dropping him.

It's a solid team, but I can't wait for Waterhouse and Smith to come back and force Purtell out of the side.

That'll never happen under Elliotts watch haha.

I'm surprised Coote ain't starting at fullback, could Penrith possibly be looking to make Gordon their fullback for the season?

 

[TheParraboy]

Eels by 1

 

[goosie]

penrith by 12

 

[Parra Guru]

good side, should be a good game

 

[Eels Dude]

Id rather not send out a strong side for this game, so close to round 1.

Why not? Ultimately it's ideal that you'd want your strongest side to play a trial together so they're prepared for the first round properly.

 

[mrpwnd]

Why not? Ultimately it's ideal that you'd want your strongest side to play a trial together so they're prepared for the first round properly.

Could go either way, if Parra play close to their strongest squad so close to round 1 it could risk injury to key players although for the most part people generally want their best players to be fit and ready for round 1.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

We should save our strongest side til about R15. Don't want to risk any injuries.

 

[mxlegend99]

That'll never happen under Elliotts watch haha.

I'm surprised Coote ain't starting at fullback, could Penrith possibly be looking to make Gordon their fullback for the season?

Nope. I'm hoping he'll move to centre... but a Matt Elliott article last month suggested he would stay on the wing and have to move around and go looking for the ball. Basically the same sh*t he had to do last year before playing at fullback.

Coote will only play about 20 minutes off the bench against Parra. Just a small run as he had surgery and wouldn't be fully fit as yet. With Jennings and Gordon now ruled out this is probably our backline:

1. David Simmons
2. Sandor Earl
3. Brad Tighe
4. Adrian Purtell
5. Ryan Walker

Even with 3 players out, Adrian Purtell still stands out as the weak line our backline IMO. Hopefully Simmons and Walker kill it and push Purtell to the bottom of the pecking order.... although realistically they could score 10 tries each and still not crack the side ahead of Purtell.