Round 1 Panthers Vs Cowboys - Panthers Stadium

[Smug Panther]

See Staines defuse that grubber kick? That’s what we couldn’t get from Mansour.

But boy our gun pack has missed Josh's meters......

 

[herbert henry1908]

Staines has been great, especially defensively.
I thought he may get pushed back a bit but he holds his own well.

I actually wasn’t too worried. I noticed last year that he had more strength than his size would suggest, he didn’t get tossed around much at all.

 

[snickers007]

But boy our gun pack has missed Josh's meters......

Cowboys barely made it to their kick. Very little chance for any of the back 3 to do any hard yards

 

[WestyLife]

Typical round 1 game. Very happy though and we didn't lose anything with the players we replaced this year.

 

[Smug Panther]

Cowboys barely made it to their kick. Very little chance for any of the back 3 to do any hard yards

Because we have the best pack in the comp. When Josh was a star he was carrying absolute bums here. Straight up bad footballers

 

[age.s]

We had a few games like that last year. Never threatened, consistently dangerous but bombed tries left and right keeping the scoreboard modest. We should have hit at least 40, but the foundation was there and you'd think the composure would improve from the first round. Always nice keeping a team to nil too but in truth they were abject. Might be a long year up in Townsville, particularly if they keep Lolo off for half a game.

Edwards, Cleary, To'o, Capewell, Kikau, Fish, Leniu were all awesome, but everyone put in a solid shift. It's going to be a good year I think.

 

[snickers007]

Because we have the best pack in the comp. When Josh was a star he was carrying absolute bums here. Straight up bad footballers

I mean Mansour was top 5 for post contact metres in the entire comp last year. Let's not pretend that he wasn't contributing last season.

 

[Smug Panther]

I mean Mansour was top 5 for post contact metres in the entire comp last year. Let's not pretend that he wasn't contributing last season.

He's still a good player but he offers what we don't need

 

[franklin2323]

If you asked me Tuesday I would of taken 24-0 score... After we bombed 8 tries and got it.

Mixed feelings. We made chances is the positive

 

[franklin2323]

On Staines. I said after the trials he didn't look 100%. Saw it again tonight didn't seem to have his pace

 

[mxlegend99]

Attack was rusty. Defence was top notch.

Attack should improve naturally though. Better start than our 2020 season. Honestly we didnt look good until after our loss to Eels last year. Some very ugly games along the way.

 

[age.s]

But boy our gun pack has missed Josh's meters......

Our pack won't always have it this easy.

 

[betcats]

That was a dominant performance. We should of scored 40 but that was just bit of rustiness

 

[WestyLife]

On Staines. I said after the trials he didn't look 100%. Saw it again tonight didn't seem to have his pace

I didn't notice anything wrong with Staines. He beat HTF who's a speedster while having to turn and chase

 

[franklin2323]

He's still a good player but he offers what we don't need

We gained 600m extra then them. So didn't lose that

 

[mxlegend99]

I mean Mansour was top 5 for post contact metres in the entire comp last year. Let's not pretend that he wasn't contributing last season.

Good for metres. Definitely.

But anything else he contributed could be matched by anyone.

 

[Smug Panther]

Our pack won't always have it this easy.

Then we'll lift elsewhere. I love Josh but the side has moved past him

 

[soc123_au]

Great result off a mixed performance.

Edwards was fantastic, probably my mom with Cleary not too far behind.

I think the Momo, Staines edge has some serious potential. I'm hoping they can get it together in the coming weeks.

 

[chrisD]

So May is going to spell Api. I'm not big on May at hooker but he looked pretty good there tonight and I guess it's probably the best option to get him in there and involved. I'd assume if the game was in doubt Api would come back on towards the end, and May might shuffle elsewhere then.

The only time the cows had the ascendancy was at the start of the second half and I put it down to Martin, Huth and Spencer not having been strong defensive during that period. Martin's defence particularly concerns me, it's all effort without any perspective.

Fish doesn't need to play so long that first stint and Yeo doesn't need to play so long. No need to kill them.

More bombs, less Kikau stepping inside.

 

[BxTom]

Haven't seen it yet, but good to win. I'll wait until we are 4-5 games in before saying too much.