Opinion Penrith

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

Its time us Penrith Panther fans got more respect, we are not animals, we are fellow human beings.

And for you cyberbullies out there. get a life! Social media cyberbullying statistics show that over 65% of parents around the world cite cyberbullying on social media as one of their greatest worries. There are many fellow Penrith Panthers fans who read Front Row forum but are too scared to write here for fear that as Penrith Panther fans, they will be bullied and ridiculed. They have sent me many many text messages and smiley emojis of support from Fellow Penrith Panther fans in my quest to stop the out and out bullying of Penrith Panther Fans.

My story is very similar to a lot of Penrith Panthers fans stories. Of horrific bullying.

I went to an elite secondary college in Sydney. Throughout school I was always a geeky kid. A late bloomer. A nerd if you will. The kind of kid bullies love. Except I had one feature that stood out. I was a coppertop. A red dog. A ranga. A redhead. With freckles.

That feature made me a target for bullies. On a daily basis I would be beaten. I was afraid to go to the toilet at school for fear of my head being flushed. "Let's get that red out of your hair, ranga", the bullies would say as they tipped me upside down. Blue Loo tastes as awful as it looks and smells. They would flush my Penrith Panthers scarf and beanie down the toilet as well.

Then there was the trip home. I had to get off the school bus early a few times after my belongings were thrown out the window just for being a geeky Penrith Panthers supporter. I remember when I was 17, my Penrith Panthers lunch box got kicked away by 4 bullies and a car ran over it and I lost my favourite thing in the world to some bullies games.

The teachers were no help. My parents were called to the school because I was seen as a "troublemaker". The school had no policies to deal with this type of thing. Their solution was classes by myself, more or less in protective custody.

I started to have physical illnesses in reaction to all of this. Nasty things like irritable bowel syndrome, chest pains (at 17 years of age), all stress related

But the only thing that made me strong was my love of my Penrith Panthers.

In hindsight a lot of my fellow Penrith Panther fans who are friends and who are too scared to go on this site, wish they would have said more and opened up when they got the chance, it's just that fear of not having it taken seriously and being dismissed. The added stress of coping with cyberbullying on a regular basis can steal their feelings of happiness and contentment. It also can increase feelings of worry and isolation. WE are ONE in our desire to be treated like all people should be treated. We all say as one, STOP THE BULLYING OF PENRITH PANTHER FANS,

 

[Apey]

shit troll

 

[blaza88z]

shit troll

If he actually typing all that shit out, I am genuinely worried about him

 

[Pete Cash]

If he actually typing all that shit out, I am genuinely worried about him

I think it's a rogue AI that was fed the frog posts before being released on the world

Science has gone too far

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Sounds like a soft boiled egg to me.

 

[Nealo 12]

I think Roy has a Namibian friend if you get my drift .

 

[Perth Red]

I think Roy needs to speak to the shell service station owner again to cheer himself up

 

[This Year?]

Yeah, it's at 26. I'm not really sure how it's a thing either tbh. It would be a whole lot more impressive if it was at 29 with a gf win in there. Still, I'd rather be where we are than the Broncos or Dogs.

TBH it's impressive regardless. Being minor premiers is a massive achievement for any club and to be 11-0 is very impressive given there's been SOO during the off-season as well. If I were you I'd be enjoying every moment of fine form.

 

[soc123_au]

If he actually typing all that shit out, I am genuinely worried about him

Based purely on effort it's quite impressive.

 

[soc123_au]

TBH it's impressive regardless. Being minor premiers is a massive achievement for any club and to be 11-0 is very impressive given there's been SOO during the off-season as well. If I were you I'd be enjoying every moment of fine form.

I'm loving it and will savour every moment for as long as it continues. I just find the regular season streak thing a bit cringe. The 17 last year is a huge achievement on it's own, then to back it up with 11 and counting is awesome, it doesn't need a more obscure stat to pump it up imo.

 

[age.s]

Based purely on effort it's quite impressive.

Is it though?

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

I am no troll and your abuse just proves my point.

Sure, I understand that it is quite intimidating playing a side that has won 23 of their last 24 games, but let’s be perfectly clear about this: the Panthers are one of the good guys.

Just like when Brian in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” had to remind his comrades in the People’s Front of Judea and the Campaign for Free Galilee that fighting with each other – along with the Judean Peoples Front and the Judean Popular Front – was a needless diversion from their struggle against their common enemy (the Romans), the idea that opposition teams and their supporters would waste any energy deriding or hating on the Panthers and their fans is bizarre to me.

But we Penrith Panther fans understand and know it will never change. We will always get abused, sometimes by the same people who say abuse should be called out.

Most people are horrid hypocrites.

 

[MugaB]

Most people are horrid hypocrites.

As opposed to Most dogs? Most fish Or Most Reindeer...

My pet cockteil is very rude sometimes

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

At least with dogs and reindeer, you know what they are after - food, warmth, companionship etc. They don't have ulterior motives. Unlike human beings who most often have an ulterior motive for what they perceive to be their actions.

Firstly, education and culture and language make big differences that you cannot neglect, even when everybody is honest and friendly. The current education system is pushing a "woke" ideology and not teaching our children - reading, writing and arithmetic. the ulterior motive is the pushing of the woke agenda which is terrible.

Second, there is people with deeper, generally bad ulterior motives. You see that all the time in business. People who live from commissions do not care that you make a good buy or a bad one or one you cannot afford. That caused the economic crisis of 2008. And that was all legal. In the illegal world, depending where you are and what you do, attacks come between once a week and once a year.

Third. Never underestimate yourself. You have value not just because of who you are but because of who or what you know. Many novels tell tales of spies who pretend to fall in love with a secretary because they want access to the office. It can be worse in real life: there was once a terrorist who placed a bomb in the suitcase of his bride, in hopes to make the plane she was taking explode. Talk about “ulterior motive”!!!

In summary, you don’t have to be suspicious, but you should learn to read people.

That's why Penrith Panthers fans who have been bullied their whole lives can read people very well. We have been treated horridly and know the dark heart of most human beings that most people try and hide but actually beats loudly all the time.

 

[Cactus]

I think Roy needs to speak to the shell service station owner again to cheer himself up

The Shell service station owner advises that stock of salted butter has completely run out.

This has been a public service announcement of behalf of Shell Penriff.

 

[GAZF]

These memoirs are getting in my way of reading about PENRITH.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

As for all the abuse towards Penrith Panther fans on this site and the attacks on the Penrith footy club, you only have to look at the turmoil of our journey as a Club to see that we don't deserve all the hate. There have been three coaches sacked and a fairly major shift in the boardroom. In 2019 we missed the finals, coming tenth.

How can you possibly hate them for this recent run of good form? I mean, it’s not like it’s arrogant Clubs like the roosters, Manly or the Broncos we’re talking about.

The fact that the Panthers are now undefeated in 2021 – making it 23 straight weeks on top of the NRL ladder – is testament to just how good a coach Ivan Cleary is.

I’m by no means a new arrival to Cleary’s fan club.

Back in 2014, during his first stint with the Panthers, I could see just what a great operator he was, with his brief stint with the Wests Tigers only cementing my views.

Cleary clearly has a plan. It is well thought out and when put into action it usually gets results. What he expects from his players is that they buy in. That they “get on the bus.”

He’ll work with the clay he has and he doesn’t tolerate dissent or big heads. If you indulge in the former or possess the latter your tenure under Cleary will be very brief, regardless of how valuable you might perceive yourself to be.

Ivan Cleary is running a tight ship at Penrith.

But still We, the Penrith Panther fans are heaped with abuse and bullying. You only have to look and read the pages of this topic on this website to see that. Its appalling.


Often we are chosen by bullies because we are conscientious, ethical and stand their ground. We are also quite competent, which makes bullies worried that their own level of incompetency or questionable ethics will be exposed.

Back to our beloved Penrith Panthers team, you just have to look at the players he’s let go while coaching to understand that he does not negotiate and cares not a jot for reputations.

Further, unlike certain other clubs, the Panthers haven’t exactly recruited superstars. The vast majority of their players are home grown, with those they do get at market usually being good, honest toilers.

Of the 19 players that have taken the field this year for the Panthers, only four have played first grade for other clubs.

We have an amazing junior program

All I can say is please stop the abuse toward Penrith Panther fans. We deserve better. And YOU, personally are better than that.

 

[Jim Rockford]

But still We, the Penrith Panther fans are heaped with abuse and bullying. You only have to look and read the pages of this topic on this website to see that. Its appalling.

If you think it's only Panthers fans copping it then I suggest you go and read other threads on this forum. All fans of all clubs cop it some time or another. It's part and parcel of supporting a team in a major competition and it happens in every major sporting league around the world. Enough with the "Woe is me, I'm a Panthers fan"posts, you're only encouraging people to heap more shit on your team.

 

[ACTPanthers]

As for all the abuse towards Penrith Panther fans on this site and the attacks on the Penrith footy club, you only have to look at the turmoil of our journey as a Club to see that we don't deserve all the hate. There have been three coaches sacked and a fairly major shift in the boardroom. In 2019 we missed the finals, coming tenth.

How can you possibly hate them for this recent run of good form? I mean, it’s not like it’s arrogant Clubs like the roosters, Manly or the Broncos we’re talking about.

The fact that the Panthers are now undefeated in 2021 – making it 23 straight weeks on top of the NRL ladder – is testament to just how good a coach Ivan Cleary is.

I’m by no means a new arrival to Cleary’s fan club.

Back in 2014, during his first stint with the Panthers, I could see just what a great operator he was, with his brief stint with the Wests Tigers only cementing my views.

Cleary clearly has a plan. It is well thought out and when put into action it usually gets results. What he expects from his players is that they buy in. That they “get on the bus.”

He’ll work with the clay he has and he doesn’t tolerate dissent or big heads. If you indulge in the former or possess the latter your tenure under Cleary will be very brief, regardless of how valuable you might perceive yourself to be.

Ivan Cleary is running a tight ship at Penrith.

But still We, the Penrith Panther fans are heaped with abuse and bullying. You only have to look and read the pages of this topic on this website to see that. Its appalling.


Often we are chosen by bullies because we are conscientious, ethical and stand their ground. We are also quite competent, which makes bullies worried that their own level of incompetency or questionable ethics will be exposed.

Back to our beloved Penrith Panthers team, you just have to look at the players he’s let go while coaching to understand that he does not negotiate and cares not a jot for reputations.

Further, unlike certain other clubs, the Panthers haven’t exactly recruited superstars. The vast majority of their players are home grown, with those they do get at market usually being good, honest toilers.

Of the 19 players that have taken the field this year for the Panthers, only four have played first grade for other clubs.

We have an amazing junior program

All I can say is please stop the abuse toward Penrith Panther fans. We deserve better. And YOU, personally are better than that.

Bro, enough already.

 

[Cactus]

I remember when I was 17, my Penrith Panthers lunch box got kicked away by 4 bullies and a car ran over it and I lost my favourite thing in the world to some bullies games.

This could be my most cringe worthy, mind boggling, stress inducing, heart wrenching, soul destroying, gut churning favourite bit.