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Gaba

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It will be disgusting now to see penrith make the finals, after this flogging
 
Engine

Engine

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Only one Panther thread in the NRL section.

Congratulations Penrith, you guys won the worst performance of the season award.

You beat the bulldogs effort against the raiders.
 
maple_69

maple_69

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While it was absolutely dismal and Elliott is a joke of a human being...is that really warranted when we're 1 point behind the Tigers and 1 point above the Eels (the other Western Sydney sides)?
 
choc_soldier

choc_soldier

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Dutchy said:
They will still make the 8.
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Wish I shared your confidence.

Look at our run home:

Bulldogs [H]
Storm [H]
Warriors [A]
Sea Eagles [H]

Yes, 3 are at home, but 2 are against the 2 top teams, and our home record is pathetic.

As for Engine's question, I would like to say it was a one off shocker, but our past few seasons have been littered with these performances, just not of this magnitude. I think deep down we are a good team, we just don't put it together a lot more often than we should. And we have a muppet as head coach.
 
BrisVegas

BrisVegas

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I stand by what I said in the "What's wrong with Penrith" thread from last year.

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=176279
Their front office simply isn't up to the task of managing a team at an NRL level. If you look at the clubs which consistently perform well over a 5-10 year period, it's those that have a talented administration which make the 8 year after year. Penrith can occasionally jag a decent year of performance if they luck into the right mix of youthful exuberance and experience, but for every 2 years they spend on top of the table they will spend another 8 in the cellar as also rans wondering how it all went so wrong.

Look at their recruitment for '08, the had lost numerous promising players and the only reason they were able to snag Petro was that Gower called it quits.

People can rave about how talented the Penrith juniors are till they are blue in the face, but without the correct environment to nurture said talent, it's really all hypothetical (as I'm sure South Sydney fans are painfully aware of).
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Just look at there recruitment over the past 18 months: Wallace and Gower gone, leaving them without a genuine half-back. Lewis steps into the breach as a make shift half back and is almost lost to South's. Nathan Smith is also told he can leave, then Penrith recruitment team change their mind once more.

Off the field they are still a mess. Their licensed clubs are bleeding money, so they have sold half of the Panthers Leagues corp to ING in a hope of restructuring things.

They only just appointed a dedicated football manager for club this year, where previously they had a board member from the Leagues clubs doing the work.

They sign the uninspiring Elliot to a 3 year deal, who promptly employs Adamson as lead trainer causing un-needed tension between the coaching staff and playing group.

And today they announce the signing of nuffie Jon Sharp as assistant coach in 2009, a former Super League coach who got sacked as he wasn't up to the task of coaching at a SL standard. What makes the Panthers think he'll be up to coaching in the NRL?

Imagine the Panthers with the juniors they have available, the number of clubs they own, and the management of a club like Brisbane or Melbourne. They would be perennial contenders.


So the truncated version: The Penrith Panthers' board have no f**king idea.
 
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SaveTheChildren

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BrisVegas said:
I stand by what I said in the "What's wrong with Penrith" thread from last year.

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=176279
Just look at there recruitment over the past 18 months: Wallace and Gower gone, leaving them without a genuine half-back. Lewis steps into the breach as a make shift half back and is almost lost to South's. Nathan Smith is also told he can leave, then Penrith recruitment team change their mind once more.

Off the field they are still a mess. Their licensed clubs are bleeding money, so they have sold half of the Panthers Leagues corp to ING in a hope of restructuring things.

They only just appointed a dedicated football manager for club this year, where previously they had a board member from the Leagues clubs doing the work.

They sign the uninspiring Elliot to a 3 year deal, who promptly employs Adamson as lead trainer causing un-needed tension between the coaching staff and playing group.

And today they announce the signing of nuffie Jon Sharp as assistant coach in 2009, a former Super League coach who got sacked as he wasn't up to the task of coaching at a SL standard. What makes the Panthers think he'll be up to coaching in the NRL?

Imagine the Panthers with the juniors they have available, the number of clubs they own, and the management of a club like Brisbane or Melbourne. They would be perennial contenders.


So the truncated version: The Penrith Panthers' board have no f**king idea.
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Penrith have and always will be a joke. 91 and 03 were a fluke. Penrith are perennial losers who will never get their act together. The only solution is to kick Penrith out of the comp and replace them with a brand new Western Sydney team. During super league they felt they belonged in their own competition and the time has come to grant them that wish. They are dead weight - cannon fodder for even the most mediocre of teams, even Canberra.

Kicking out Penrith will not damage their junior base. All Penrith juniors would dream of playing for a proper club one day.
 
maple_69

maple_69

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That's why all those talented juniors are clambering to re-sign on long deals to play for that useless club. Even despite the joke that is management. The joke that is Elliott. The joke that is Adamson.

The Penrith junior system works. Possibly better than St George, Parra, the Broncos etc. Something is terribly wrong at the pointy end, and I'm not sure shafting the entire club will help anything, hopefully just the board and coach.
 
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SaveTheChildren

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maple_69 said:
That's why all those talented juniors are clambering to re-sign on long deals to play for that useless club. Even despite the joke that is management. The joke that is Elliott. The joke that is Adamson.

The Penrith junior system works. Possibly better than St George, Parra, the Broncos etc. Something is terribly wrong at the pointy end, and I'm not sure shafting the entire club will help anything, hopefully just the board and coach.
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Super league scum.

Could never understand Penriths initial enthusiasm for Elliot. Is Adamson your defensive coach? We've got Royce.
 
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Daddycool

Juniors
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The Panthers aren't that bad. After a loss like that, it's understandable how many of you are feeling.

Consider this though......3 weeks ago confidence was high because they were doing great. There was speed and talent everywhere.

Just about all of you acknowledge how good your juniors are.

And.....Elliot isn't there for life. I can think of three fine coaches; Sheens, Fittler and Cartright all of whom have past links to the area. Chin up.
 
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