Round 23 vs Cowboys

[kiwipete]

Surely we'd be wrapping up Anderson. With Grant and Anderson gone we'd be left with a rookie, Latimore, a second rower and two blokes who are past their best and likely to miss a fair bit of football.

Absolutely agree, there are no big names available so lets go for the next best, and we get someone who wants to be a part of what this club is about. No ego just wants to play NRL footy.

 

[kiwipete]

What are you suggesting here?

Just that I hear TG doesn't quite fit what Ivan wants from this player group. No ego's, no bigheads and someone who just wants to work hard for his team mates.

Nothing sinister, I never doubted TG's ability or willingness to win for Penrith.

 

[kiwipete]

Peachey,
Cartwright,
Taylor
Kite all aren't coming back we have no problem playing any forward we want in the side

Not quite true, Anderson is outside the top 25 and TG is inside, and fit and well so we are required to select him in FG unless we have no other options available. That was the same problem that kept Moylan and Anderson out of FG last year. The club can be fined if they breach the rule.

 

[MaxPower]

Just that I hear TG doesn't quite fit what Ivan wants from this player group. No ego's, no bigheads and someone who just wants to work hard for his team mates.

Nothing sinister, I never doubted TG's ability or willingness to win for Penrith.

When you used the words 'excuse' and 'convenient' i thought you were hinting Cleary had an ulterior motive for the non-selection of Anderson.

 

[roofromoz]

Saw bits of the Friday Favourite classic match on Fox Sports v Cowboys in 2008. Where O'Donnell gets sent off after raised elbows on Priddis and Lewis, and Sammut kicks one of the ugliest field goals you will ever see from dummy half to snatch victory deep into golden point. Memories.

After that was another match, v Illawarra in 1994 at Penrith. Alexander at fullback, Fittler and Freeman in the halves, the Axe (Gillmeister) in the front row. Handy side.

 

[TheFrog]

I don't think it exists on video anywhere, but the '84 match at Penrith between us and Illawarra was an out and out cracker, played before a crowd of about 5,000. Not only Alexander's first season, but both Sheens and Brian Smith's first seasons as coaches. Both sides had their best season up to that time, both narrowly missing the finals. It was one of the most exciting Rugby League matches I have ever watched. We won 18-10 but it took a mammoth defensive effort to keep the guys in red, who scored in the opening minute of each half, out.

 

[BxTom]

I don't think it exists on video anywhere, but the '84 match at Penrith between us and Illawarra was an out and out cracker, played before a crowd of about 5,000. Not only Alexander's first season, but both Sheens and Brian Smith's first seasons as coaches. Both sides had their best season up to that time, both narrowly missing the finals. It was one of the most exciting Rugby League matches I have ever watched. We won 18-10 but it took a mammoth defensive effort to keep the guys in red, who scored in the opening minute of each half, out.

I think that the mid eighties through to our first Grand final was a great time to be a Panther Fan. You could see, feel and taste the improvement in the club. Similar to how it feels now .


Tom.

 

[forby]

Two big results for the U20s today, with Brisbane beating Souths and Cronulla upsetting the Storm! With the Warriors up against the Knights they could be in 7th 2 points above 8th.

 

[TheFrog]

Hmmmm our next 2 opponents have won their previous matches by a total of 100 points.

 

[maple_69]

Ripe for the picking then. They belted aweful teams. Great that Melbourne got that game out of their system after the Knights debacle. We have them both at home and we're not rated. All the ingredients of a couple of great ambushes.

 

[TeamSatan]

We really need to win this week.
Just to stay in front of the pack.
Hope we get a huge crowd and the refs on our side.
Cat in the hat against Thurston should be fantastic.
Think we can get them on the edges..Whare to shine.

 

[The OX]

If the weather is as they predict there wont be many more than 6000 there.

 

[Thirsty Panther]

Yeah. Cold wet night, school night and playing a team outside Sydney. I think anything near 8,000 would be as good as you will get.

 

[maple_69]

Due to outstanding scheduling we're going to do it two weeks in a row as well. These games were only scheduled a month a go and theyre both huge games in shaping the top 8..

Anyway a cold night (looking like 10 degrees for tomorrow evening) should help us as much as a huge crowd would.

I agree that we really need to win this. Most of the teams around us had easy beats this week. If we can win we keep the gap we've earned. Next few weeks everyone has tougher games so we'll see a lot of games dropped by top 8 teams which hopefully eases the pressure on us.

 

[Dufmack]

Any news on Simmons? Keep hearing his knee and concussion will rule him out, I assume Naiqama the replacement?

 

[umina panther]

DWZ waaaay before Kev is he is out

 

[Dufmack]

DWZ waaaay before Kev is he is out

Hope you're right

 

[umina panther]

Hope it's pissing down tonight. Let's grind these f**kers out

 

[chrisD]

I hope it's not still pissing down, I've had enough of getting wet at the football for one season.

 

[mxlegend99]

going to be a horrible crowd. Monday night, against Cowboys with it pissing down. Pretty much anything that will effect the crowd has all hit at once to make sure it's lucky to be 5k people.