Round 1 V Eels

[Aliceinwonderland]

Whare will fix that. Peachy needs to play closer to the ruck.

I noticed Cartwright missed a few tackles in the CG game. One led to a try.

Defensively we were ok yesterday (other than the left hand edge), even on our line.

The Peach love him, but he's not an elite centre.

 

[OldPanther]

TheFrog's Player Ratings (RLW format)

Edwards 8
Mansour 6
Blake 8
Peachey 5
Watene-Zelezniak 7
Maloney 6
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Wallace 7
Leota 5
Fisher-Harris 6
Yeo 7
Merrin 7

Campbell-Gillard 8
Kikau 8
Harawira-Naera 5
McKendry 7

I can't argue with that. As someone who has given it to Tamou I was happy to see him put in a really good effort.

 

[franklin2323]

I think in the 2nd half ? Peachey also overran too far across to Mansour and passed to him with little room to move. Mansour couldn't do much and got bundled into touch.
A fit Whare would solve these problems.
Peach on the bench for impact.

Whare does the little things like that well. The problem is he misses the flair so is rarely noticed

 

[tripster]

TheFrog's Player Ratings (RLW format)

Edwards 8
Mansour 6
Peachey 6
Blake 8
Watene-Zelezniak 7
Maloney 6
Cleary 8
Tamou 7
Wallace 7
Leota 5
Fisher-Harris 6
Yeo 7
Merrin 7

Campbell-Gillard 8
Kikau 8
Harawira-Naera 5
McKendry 7

I agree with most of that but not the rating for Edwards. He dropped the ball twice near the start of the game and contributed significantly to our poor start. To his credit he didn’t lose confidence and came up with some good takes and kick returns but I couldn’t give him an 8 / 10.

I also don’t think Maloney had that bad a game. He dropped off a few tackles but he threw the wide pass that almost lead to a try for Mansour (with Peachey done for obstruction) and he also threw the wide pass that bounced around the place and lead to Blake’s try (although it was Blake’s individual brilliance that lead to the try). He was also causing some uncertainty for Parra’s defence in the middle. He was definitely showing the foresight to spread the ball at the right time and was barking orders to the team for attacking formations.

I also wouldn’t give Leota a 5. He gave away a stupid penalty but he was otherwise quite solid in defence in his limited minutes.

 

[Pomoz]

The Peach love him, but he's not an elite centre.

It's one of the reasons he leaving. He is versatile and can be brilliant, but he isn't outstanding in any position. Certainly not outstanding enough to force Whare to the bench (when fit) or Merrin at lock (or May but only, but time will tell with the youngster) and forget hooker, he can't pass water let alone the ball. He is a great utility player. I understand he wants more. Maybe Brennan can bring out his best.

 

[GongPanther]

We got from it what we needed. That is the main thing from that game

Too right.

 

[TheFrog]

I agree with most of that but not the rating for Edwards.

I nearly gave Edwards 7, but he was outstanding after the first 10 minutes.

 

[umina panther]

Maloney had a Maloney game in defence, he is really bad but in the past his attack has made up for it. He dropped the ball a few times and the timing of his passing was off, he had a shocker really. Should be better against a pretty weak souffs team

 

[OldPanther]

Maloney had a Maloney game in defence, he is really bad but in the past his attack has made up for it. He dropped the ball a few times and the timing of his passing was off, he had a shocker really. Should be better against a pretty weak souffs team

His vision was good though. If he can pick up the stuff you've mentioned we'll be gold.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Im still so butthurt we choked from 14-0,good comeback from Penrith tbh,they seem like a good grinding sort of team that's never out of the game.

 

[herbert henry1908]

It's one of the reasons he leaving. He is versatile and can be brilliant, but he isn't outstanding in any position. Certainly not outstanding enough to force Whare to the bench (when fit) or Merrin at lock (or May but only, but time will tell with the youngster) and forget hooker, he can't pass water let alone the ball. He is a great utility player. I understand he wants more. Maybe Brennan can bring out his best.

I’m interested to see if Whare can regain his pre injury form this year, we saw signs late last year, but we really need him to get back close to where he was 3 years ago.

 

[Luke Bowden]

So good to get a win straight up... We also have some room for improvement.

Once Jimmy gets into his grove, we will be a force.

Really happy with the effort.

 

[franklin2323]

Too right.

Losing is never good but trials are all about getting fitness

 

[chrisD]

Would have been so easy in that heat to just let it go, suggests they believe in Griffin or Gould or both. Still I think so much of it is owed to Blake's individual effort.

 

[GongPanther]

That win showed a of lot of guts,determination,grit and most of all,true Panther character.

Immensely proud fan that I am.