Round 22 v Dragons

[GongPanther]

Panthers 1-17. Come on boys!

NYC: Panthers defeated Dragons 26-18 in an entertaining match.

Panthers now in 8th spot.Dragons drop to 4th.

This game will be a tight and entertaining struggle for all fans with both clubs having so much to gain,and equally so much to lose.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Segeyaro is our best player bar none. So vital to us.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

We've had a lot of possession and nothing from it.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Strange half. We've had a lot of possession and thrown the ball a bit, but the Dragons are reading us comfortably enough. We should be up by more. We've looked suspect down the right in defence but the Dragons have not really been all that sharp in attack.

I'm not confident.

 

[The Enforcer]

Don't like the game thread Billy ?

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Great defensive effort in the second half. Very well played to this point.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

No complaints today. Everyone played well.

 

[The Enforcer]

Well done to your boys. Doesn't sound like it was overly impressive against a very ordinary side, but a very valuable 2 points.

 

[GongPanther]

Listened to the ABC call...FYI,only the Dragons were playing.:roll:

The David Morrow (a St George supporter) sounded like he was calling a funeral march.:lol:

 

[GongPanther]

Well done to your boys. Doesn't sound like it was overly impressive against a very ordinary side, but a very valuable 2 points.

But you left out an impressive observation to the point that we won after losing three more players due to injury.

This week the punters gave us next to no chance (approximately the same odds as the Canterbury match from last week) and yet,we are continuing to surprise.

The Cows at Penrith Park next Monday..win this one,and we should be O.K. for the top 4.

 

[Doomednow]

Docker played his best game in a while. More of that, please.

 

[mxlegend99]

Yep Docker looked more like his old self. Running hard, hitting hard and finally being an asset to the team. Dragons pack is soft though. A 90kg bloke playing at 100% beats a bunch of 100+kg softies. They're the reason Soward struggled last year.

 

[betcats]

Good games all round for our players, Will Smith was better with a couple nice touches. Soward led us round well.

 

[TheFrog]

The Frog's Ratings

Moylan 7
Mansour 8
Whare 7
Idris 7
Simmons 5
Smith 6
Soward 9
Plum 6
Segeyaro 9
McKendry 6
Manu 7
Yeo 7
Docker 8

Brown 7
Latimore 7
Robinson 8
Grant 6

Segeyaro just shaded Sowie for MoM for mine.

 

[forby]

Listened to the last 20 mins on the Internet here in pizhou in china.
Sounded like a good defensive effort. ABC was pro dragons and had no real praise for penrith.

 

[MrAnonymous]

Played a simple grinding game and got the job done, all you have to do against the Dragons, very similar to the game earlier in the year.

Docker was our best forward today, played well finally. Thought Grant did alright when he was on, Gave a few silly penalties, hopefully he keeps his spot still.

Soward bossed the game, thought today was one if his best since he's been here.

Solid all round performance.

 

[MrAnonymous]

Big game next Monday night as well, we win that we pretty much secure a top 4 spot.

 

[GongPanther]

Docker played his best game in a while. More of that, please.

Not surprised he had a good game.

He is a Dragons junior who played for Shellharbour then played for Dragons nyc team.

 

[Blues Riff]

Sowie had a cool head and led the team well.
Segs may very well be a Cyborg.
Great defense. Probably not good enough to keep the top sides out.

My standards may be a little low, but I'm calling it-

"The season has been a success"

Let's see what else they can do.

 

[maple_69]

I thought we actually looked pretty sharp in attack. It looks like Segeyaro is starting to come into his own in our structured attacks as well. Having both Segeyaro and Soward playing the ball close to the line, Moylan sweeping through plus some forwards running through they have a lot of good options in attack. We certainly dont look like the side that would go 40 tackles inside the 20 without scoring.

Defence obviously outstanding. Most of all because we lost our most important defender.
Our forwards looked good but I'm not going to judge them on dominating the Dragons pack.

Great win. We're going to the finals!