http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2017/03/09/loss_was_a_reality_c.html both Merrin and Yeo mention needing match fitness. I will take their word over people on here.
Still don't blame that for the loss and neither am I it's why we couldn't get back into the game. Doesn't explain why we were rubbish from kick off
Mate we got pumped from the first minute onwards, the whole team could of played 5 trials and we still would of got pumped with the attitude and effort we showed up with. The players talking about match fitness is a cop out to me, I'm sure there are many players out there who didn't get a good run in the trials who didn't play shit. Watch Jason Taylor's interview prior to the tigers game, he was asked about woods, Moses, brooks and Tedesco not playing trials and literally said "we don't trials to get fit we train hard for months in the offseason". Now he isn't a great coach but he's an experienced first grader and he had no reason to make excuses. Oh and the tigers didn't look like they were lacking match fitness despite a number of them not playing trials.
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