Rd4: EELS v Panthers GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium 23/3/2023

[84 Baby]

Much as I’m all for the Mr Hands love, there were a couple of times he showed his inexperience.

 

[EelsFan05]

Great game. Gutho's tackle of JFH to stop a try and cops a dog shot in the kidneys for his troubles. Jnr is going to have a 3-4 week holiday. But we beat the Panthers!

 

[Gary Gutful]

Hands will be on the shit list within 4 weeks. Enjoy it while it lasts you poor bastard.

 

[DaveMc]

Mitch Kenny being Penrith’s full-time replacement for Koroisau is perhaps the biggest drop-off in quality since we went from Peter Sterling to Stu Galbraith.

 

[Avenger]

Matterson the tight arse was immense. He is a f**king top tier player when he’s on and was probably our best when we lost the GF last year.

 

[yy_cheng]

Much as I’m all for the Mr Hands love, there were a couple of times he showed his inexperience.

It was his first game lol

 

[Bandwagon]

He was less shit than last week but 7 tackles, 4 missed and 2 ineffective. He didn’t handle anyone

....as compared to Penisini, 28 tackles ,1 miss, 1 ineffective, which is a sensational effort.

 

[Avenger]

Hands will be on the shit list within 4 weeks. Enjoy it while it lasts you poor bastard.

I don’t put rookies there mate. Notice Jake Arthur isn’t on there?

 

[Stevie]

Matterson the tight arse was immense. He is a f**king top tier player when he’s on and was probably our best when we lost the GF last year.

f**k he defended well. One set when everyone looks gassed he made 3 tackles in a row from marker. Quality player.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Matterson the tight arse was immense. He is a f**king top tier player when he’s on and was probably our best when we lost the GF last year.

He's a beast and enormously talented. If his head is right he is a world beater.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I don’t put rookies there mate. Notice Jake Arthur isn’t on there?

I'm not talking about your shitty thread.

 

[Bandwagon]

Matterson the tight arse was immense. He is a f**king top tier player when he’s on and was probably our best when we lost the GF last year.

Yeah, 166m and 58 tackles, plenty of PCM,s, didn't look the least bit rusty from the break.

 

[lucablight]

Moses really needed that. It would have been a bad look for him to sign such a lucrative contract and not ice that game after all the criticism of him being a downhill skier. So happy to see him rise to the occasion and hopefully it gives him the self belief to know he can do it repeatedly now.

 

[yy_cheng]

Rcg 261m 84 pcm

 

[Stormy36]

I could not disagree more. His defence is terrible. So many just run around him he gets wrong footed so often. When he has hold of someone yeah but I think he was appalling.

You can disagree, no drama with that. Defence isn't just about making or missing tackles. If you go alot further in depth to defence, in my eyes he was outstanding. The ability to cover 3 on 2s, the ability to be up top in one on one tackles, the ability to stop and slide when you realize you are short. If he was shit we lose by 20 because they looked dangerous down that edge

 

[The Predictor]

Mitch Kenny being Penrith’s full-time replacement for Koroisau is perhaps the biggest drop-off in quality since we went from Peter Sterling to Stu Galbraith.

Galbraith went okay, none have come close to sterling

 

[yy_cheng]

Did we change our victory song

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Ryan Matterson… all is forgiven. Donation to the church is on its way

 

[Happy MEel]

But its chewing up 3 interchanges to do that .... will need to scam a few HIAs

Well then we go the second option.

25 minutes: interchange 1 - Hodgson for Hands
28 minutes: Interchange 3 - Paulo for Grieg
30 minutes: interchange 2 - Hopgood for Doorey, Matto to middle
32 minutes: Interchange 4 - RCG for Maka

55 minutes: Interchange 5 - Emu for Paulo
60 minutes: Interchange 6 - Hopgood for Matto
60 minutes: Interchange 7- RCG for Maka
70minutes: Interchange 8 - Matto for Doorey

We then have 2 interchanges for contingency

 

[84 Baby]

It was his first game lol

Exactly. I think people need to temper expectations a bit