Round 11 V Eels

[GongPanther]

Unbelievable that we won that. Some great defensive efforts near the end.

Luai and Edwards on Jennings... i think Jimmy plays we lose that.

And would be a lot easier of a win without Katoa. I've said it once before, he is a f**ken spud. I've had enough of him.

 

[mxlegend99]

Also thought Winterstein deserves a mention. Ran some really good lines, strong with the ball & defensively was terrific. Judge him on how he’s playing for us, not what he did or you perceived he did at another club.

We get it. You love the shit players.

His 59m gained were instrumental in winning. As was his 4.13s play the ballwhich was second only to Sione Katoa for being the slowest.not to mention his incredibly well timed penalty.

Not our worst. But its a big stretch to talk him up

 

[Flashstep]

Don’t know whether anyone has mentioned it but Josh Mansour’s tackle at the end on Blake Ferguson was a massive moment. He doesn’t make that tackle and the Eels were in to tie things up.

Gave Ferguson a mouth full as well which was hilarious, I think getting dropped for a week has lit a fire under his ass, hope he keeps it up

 

[franklin2323]

Full credit to Cleary’s effort in those last 20 minutes, put on a huge defensive display for a halfback.

What an ugly win, though. But I suppose that’s what happens when you’re out of form.

Still took some very poor options but defence was sound

 

[mxlegend99]

That was me. A mate from oztag is a family friend of him. Said on Monday he was playing with May's exemption. The only question is it the same guy or you apply for someone as you need it

I asked a friend at the club and he said the exemption was only due to Egan and Jimmy being out.

But if Nath gets picked for Origin. That's Nath and Egan out... so we should get him next week too.

 

[franklin2323]

We get it. You love the shit players.

His 59m gained were instrumental in winning. As was his 4.13s play the ballwhich was second only to Sione Katoa for being the slowest.not to mention his incredibly well timed penalty.

Not our worst. But its a big stretch to talk him up

How was his defence though? That is all you want from fringe guys

 

[franklin2323]

I asked a friend at the club and he said the exemption was only due to Egan and Jimmy being out.

But if Nath gets picked for Origin. That's Nath and Egan out... so we should get him next week too.

That works this week. Give him one of the 2 spots left. Like To'o played backrow tonight so perfect for that bench spot

 

[martielang]

We get it. You love the shit players.

His 59m gained were instrumental in winning. As was his 4.13s play the ballwhich was second only to Sione Katoa for being the slowest.not to mention his incredibly well timed penalty.

Not our worst. But its a big stretch to talk him up

Haha too easy.

He played decent minutes on a soggy track & looked good after being injured the last 6 weeks, not sure how anyone can dispute that.

The bloke has done more in his few games then CHN did all last year.

Imagine if Hook had the opportunity to work with Winterstein?

 

[kinghippo]

Well that’s true, but I still didn’t see anything to say without Maloney it improved his attack.

Katoa is truly awful.

His skills didn’t really improve but he really made the team his own.
He often takes the back seat with Maloney but took control tonight,it was a good performance.

 

[steve carter]

And would be a lot easier of a win without Katoa. I've said it once before, he is a f**ken spud. I've had enough of him.

He did everything possible for us to loose we don't need that shit . Please please young guns who are dying to play show results

 

[Rhyno]

Surely Panthers gotta be premership favourites now

 

[panthersam]

It was so good just seeing effort for 80 minutes from the team tonight. Happy not to have two losses to Parra this year

Although Katoa had some alright moments in the match I still think he is a liability to what we need in this team. Service just isn’t good enough and he has too many silly plays in him.

Mansour giving it to Ferguson at the end was awesome haha

 

[TheFrog]

I’m ready to get hammered, but Katoa made 2 poor errors, just dumb stuff, other then that he was solid - try assist, ran the ball, kicked well, tackled well, distributed well & was key to most of our line speed & energy. Our attack looked as fluent as it has all year.

He worked hard but takes too long to work out what he's going to do with the ball. This stifles the attack.

 

[herbert henry1908]

His skills didn’t really improve but he really made the team his own.
He often takes the back seat with Maloney but took control tonight,it was a good performance.

I’ve never doubted his effort, but a guy being paid $1m needs to create scoring opportunities. I don’t see that in his play.

 

[martielang]

He worked hard but takes too long to work out what he's going to do with the ball. This stifles the attack.

He’s definitely too indecisive at time, agree. But We had the exact same issues with Wallace last year though. Our structure around the ruck or lack thereof is astounding. We normally have 2 forwards standing in the line of our half.

I just don’t think the hysteria matches the performance. Tbh I’m probably biased cos he is a cracking kid, I really want him to succeed.

 

[mxlegend99]

Haha too easy.

He played decent minutes on a soggy track & looked good after being injured the last 6 weeks, not sure how anyone can dispute that.

The bloke has done more in his few games then CHN did all last year.

Imagine if Hook had the opportunity to work with Winterstein?

Bro you gotta lay off the drugs. I thought our players could be braindead at times. But you're just on a whole new level.

Corey Harawira-Naera had 8 linebreaks and 6 tries last year.

Frank Winterstein has a whopping 4 CAREER tries. And 5 career linebreaks. Not season... CAREER totals.

 

[Kilkenny]

DWZ will have to stay now with Waqa Blake likely to be out for an extended period.

 

[BxTom]

I wanna shout out to Dylan Edwards.

He's been trash all year; has almost single handedly lost us games with his dick fingers. To compound that, he drops the first ball he touches, and Parra score on the back of it.

Very next set we have the ball, he handled it 3 times. Instead of going into his shell, he attacked the ball. He put his hand up to make up for his first poor effort.

He wasn't great tonight, but he was MUCH safer, and on a slippery night, that's good enough. Hopefully tonight gives him some confidence, and he puts his best foot forward for the remainder of the season.

I thought that he came back very well after making the first mistake. He inserted himself into the play well.

 

[martielang]

DWZ will have to stay now with Waqa Blake likely to be out for an extended period.

Actually really interesting to see what happens now.

 

[franklin2323]

I’ve never doubted his effort, but a guy being paid $1m needs to create scoring opportunities. I don’t see that in his play.

He will never be a creative player. For me it is the poor options letting him down. 10 to go 20 out. He was in front of the post. Spread it too Winterstein for handover. Every kick after that was a bomb where to touch is the better option