PL v Lions

[Beavers Headgear]

abpanther wanted to know the scorers so will chuck it on here, will be easier to find

Penrith 36 ( Norrie, Georgetown, Campbell, Iosefa, J.Williams, Bell tries, Trindall 6/6)
Lions 14

Standouts were all the halves, Trindall, Firman and Williams, while up front Worth was pretty strong

 

[mxlegend99]

Firman and Williams to first grade immediately. New halves required.

Gower to hooker.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Our PL team could beat the FG team

 

[Dr Crane]

There is no way the Premier League team would have been any worse than the first grade team.

Trindall was excellent and kicked some great goals

The Lions were pretty embarrassing though.

 

[griffo346]

if we move gowie to hooker and have the new halves pairing as suggested wheres priddo go? retirement?

 

[mxlegend99]

if we move gowie to hooker and have the new halves pairing as suggested wheres priddo go? retirement?

Who cares where he goes?

Lock. Utility. Doesn't play at all. He's past his best. As is Gower, but a change from the main playmaker would fix his game up.

 

[ozbash]

penrith prem league were good last night, a class act.

 

[Blaze]

Was really impressed by Trindall. He belongs in first grade on the basis of that performance.

He kicked a couple of fantastic 40/20s. (both were kicked from inside his 30 IIRC)

Firman was pretty meh imo.

 

[mightypanther]

Who cares where he goes?

Lock. Utility. Doesn't play at all. He's past his best. As is Gower, but a change from the main playmaker would fix his game up.

What garbage. Show us the coach's qualifications that authorise you to judge who can play and who can't.

And considering he's the one player that was not a part of that rubbish they dished up last night, I find it laughable that you're having a go at him. The first game that we have been totally flogged, and it's the first game he misses. That tells me that the team missed him last night.

The team as a whole has been playing badly this season, and yes Priddo has not been at his best this season, but niether has anyone else.

I still say that Priddo's performance has only eased off since Elliott has had him playing for less than the 80 minutes, and not by his choice or because he physically can't cope with it, but because for some reason Elliott thinks it's good for our game plan to give him a break. Before this season that never happened. He is like Gower, Wesser, and the backs, he needs to play the full 80 minutes to perform at his best.
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[Munky]

Trindall is an awesome player.

Probably the best half at Penrith on form at the moment.

 

[mxlegend99]

What garbage. Show us the coach's qualifications that authorise you to judge who can play and who can't.

And considering he's the one player that was not a part of that rubbish they dished up last night, I find it laughable that you're having a go at him. The first game that we have been totally flogged, and it's the first game he misses. That tells me that the team missed him last night.

The team as a whole has been playing badly this season, and yes Priddo has not been at his best this season, but niether has anyone else.

I still say that Priddo's performance has only eased off since Elliott has had him playing for less than the 80 minutes, and not by his choice or because he physically can't cope with it, but because for some reason Elliott thinks it's good for our game plan to give him a break. Before this season that never happened. He is like Gower, Wesser, and the backs, he needs to play the full 80 minutes to perform at his best.
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It was asked what would happen to Priddis if Gower was switched to hooker. I said he would play lock, utility or not at all.

This is just my opinion. That's what these forums are for. Sharing opinions. I don't think he has been up to par as our hooker this season. Nor has Gower been up to par of our primary playmaker. The results speak for themselves. And our flogging from the Warriors wasn't Priddos fault, nor did i say it was. But it is the fault of our 2003 players who are being paid the big bucks, getting all the responsibility, and failing to perform. Priddis, Gower, Wesser and Big T are all guilty of this. The older boys seem to have less desire.

 

[mightypanther]

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Your response was "who cares where he goes, lock utility or doesn't play at all".

If that doesn't show that you believe he should be dropped, then I don't know what does.

I, for one, am sick of hearing people single out 2 or 3 players, and say that they should be dropped or sacked from the club, or other such rubbish.

This is a team sport, and this season has proved more than ever (as did 2001) that the team, as a whole, plays well......or not.

In many many games in years gone past, either Gower or Priddo on their own, have put thier bodies on the line and won games for us that would have otherwise been lost, as they have done their best to make up for the slack of other players not up to form.

So what if either or both of them are having an off season, I can't see anyone else in the team stepping up to pick up the slack for them.....OR giving them a reason to kill themselves to carry the team.

I think it's about time that others in the team (and the fans), starting showing them the same support that they have shown to others in the many years they have been with us.

The team, as a whole, obviously has some mental attitude problems, and who knows what has caused it, all we do know is that it is spread right across the team. I can't see how dropping our most senior players is going to help the mental attitiudes of the younger ones, if anything they should be looking at bringing in a sports psychologist, to have a go at trying to work out what is going wrong in their heads, get that right, and the rest will fall into place.
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