I'd like to apologise for unfairly beating the (top 4 placed) Titans and Eels...
... And yet, if the Dragons were to beat us next week, the headlines would read "dragons beat 1st placed Panthers" without batting an eyelid...
There's a lot of Panthers fans with sand in their vagina in this thread.
Yeah Tommy, that's why we started this thread to begin with.
2003 still hurts, hey Tommy?
:lol:
In all seriousness:
We've got a long way to go.
We've shown a lot of strengths. We've shown a lot of weaknesses. There's a lot we've yet to be properly (and regularly) tested on. Most promising of all, we haven't reached our potential.
For what it's worth, I don't currently view us as genuine title contenders. Yet. That doesn't mean we're pretenders either.
I won't judge our contention credentials until the close of rd. 26.
This is the most complete Penrith side we've seen in years. No matter where you stand, things are on the up and up at the foot of the mountains.
I think blaming our position on a weak ladder/draw is a cop-out (as the few rational responses to this thread have already demonstrated). I cant imagine many clubs would have wanted to face the knights rd. 1.
And if we are complete, undeserving pretenders, I'd ask why
your club isn't leading the comp instead? It's far to early for us to get carried away, but it's equally ridiculous to criticise our position and players. They've worked hard and deserve their position as much as your club deserves its position.
Are the Donkies (to use an example) really struggling because of the unfavorable draw? :lol: :
Serously. You want to see a fixed draw... the Broncos having 7 or more days between every match except one for the opening 18 rounds. That's a ridiculous leg up on the competition and gives them a headstart on nearly every single game.
Rounds 11, 12 and 13 they have 8 days from their last game, then a bye before going back to a Saturday night game in Round 15. 6 day turnaround for Round 16 against the Sharks, then a 10 day turnaround before having to face the competition leading Penrith Panthers.
They only have to play the Panthers, Roosters and Eels once. They get to play Dragons, Titans and Knights twice. Deadset I would trade Panthers draw for the Broncos draw in a heartbeat.
And, if we aren't quite the real deal - probably the most sensible post in the thread:
Happens every tear to different teams. If you don't make the finals because of the draw then you were never going to win it anyway. If you do make the finals because of the draw then you get exposed when it counts. Like the bounce of the ball, sometimes it goes your way sometimes it doesn't.
