Rd16: Parra v Penrith GAME DAY THREAD @ Bluebet Stadium 2/7/21

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Hahaha. I read this comment without reading who wrote it and thought, it sounds like that f**king toothless inbred merkin from Silverdale!! And what do you know!!!

At least Im here commiserating!

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Yeah the boys need a Madge bollocking, it really works wonders for morale and gets a response.

By the way, Moses will have played in more finals series come the end of this year than Wests Tigers will have in its history. That’s quite a stat.

Is that all you’ve got ffs?!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

This game could have been in 2020. Great defence, terrible attack.

Massive coincidence our attack wasn't great against the competition's best defence.

 

[DaveMc]

Is that all you’ve got ffs?!

What more is needed?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We’ve been attacking like this forever.

We've only scored two tries in a game 'forever'?

 

[hineyrulz]

What more is needed?

A decent attack coach and a coach with hair FFS!!

 

[DaveMc]

A decent attack coach and a coach with hair FFS!!

We don’t need an attack coach, we just need a coach to give the boys a rev up in the sheds. Madge would do nicely. And while he’s semi-bald, he has facial hair at least.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

We don’t need an attack coach, we just need a coach to give the boys a rev up in the sheds. Madge would do nicely.

Just get a tape of Madge being a flog, and bea, she can mouth the words without saying anything. Ventriloquist. Get a rubber Bellamy in to kick a chair.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well, even the most potent forward pack can go cold if they are playing excessive minutes,,,,

Merkin	Minutes
Matterson	75
Papali'i	72
Nrown	59
RCG	53
Lane	42
Paulo	42
Niukore	32
Kaufusi	24
Cartwright	9

Who played too many minutes? Yeo played 70, Kikau and Capewell both played 64. Koroisau played as many minutes as Lussick (despite running the ball twice as much).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Melbourne would have put 30 on Penrith tonight without Cleary. We just need to accept that we are second tier and that the top 3 after this round ends are simply better than us and on another level.

We're definitely not as good as the top two teams (but can beat them with some luck). But we are at least as good as every other team.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Didn’t need to blow them away. Being ahead with 63% possession would have been enough.

We didn't have that much possession. We had 52% and lost the first half by two points. In the second half we had 41% and lost on a goal kick.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm now convinced we are not good enough and that our coach is B class at best.

You're easily discouraged. We are in this comp up to the back wheels. No we're not the best or even second best. But the best team doesn't always win the comp.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Why are we second tier though???? I think we have enough talent to challenge the top sides our pack should keep us in most games.

What exactly are you basing our level of talent on? All the Origin games they have under their belts?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It's a combination of some stale coaching methods and the continual overrating of our players.

We definitely overrate our players. The Origin selectors don't though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The gap in talent isn't as much as the gap in coaching and support staff.

Even after tonight Arthur's has beaten Cleary 61.5% of the time (8 from 13).

 

[hineyrulz]

What exactly are you basing our level of talent on? All the Origin games they have under their belts?

Besides Cleary who didn't play tonight that Panthers side doesn't have that many more origin games under their belts. It's funny how you talk down the side when it suits your argument but then are only too happy to talk it up in the next instant. Around around and around we go where Pou stops nobody knows. But one things for sure it's nobodies fault but us fans of course. And that bald gutless merkin Sterlo's.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But your boys need a good rodgering in the sheds after that….you shouldn’t have lost that.

We had 47% of the ball, away, against a team above us on the ladder. Why shouldn't we have lost the game? We were $2.50 underdogs ffs.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

We had 47% of the ball, away, against a team above us on the ladder. Why shouldn't we have lost the game? We were $2.50 underdogs ffs.

I wasn’t the only one who sensed the belief out there.

A lousy kick from ending the reign of terror.

You had 47% of the ball and they couldn’t put you away.

You have a pretty good footy side.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Besides Cleary who didn't play tonight that Panthers side doesn't have that many more origin games under their belts. It's funny how you talk down the side when it suits your argument but then are only too happy to talk it up in the next instant.

Penrith	Origin games
Capewell	5
Yeo	4
Luai	2
Martin	2
To'o	2
Parramatta	Origin games
Paulo	5
Gutherson	3
Nrown	2
Campbell-Gillard	1

So just including the merkins who played tonight (excluding Cleary's 10 games) they had 15 games to our 11, which was 36% more Origin experience. And yet they only scored 8% more points than us. You need more facts and less shit emotions. Go and see a doctor ffs.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I wasn’t the only one who sensed the belief out there.

A lousy kick from ending the reign of terror.

You had 47% of the ball and they couldn’t put you away.

You have a pretty good footy side.

I reckon we'll beat them at Bankwest. Will we get to play them there in the finals? Probably not this year.