Round 24 v Storm

[Girds89]

I am in favour of it as well but there are 2 reservations.

1. How will he defend 3 in? It's easy to mostly 'hide' on the wing and to an extent fullback. Not so much defending in the line.

2. He is an instinctive half which is sort of similar to Luai.

To counter my second point - Luai has to an extent learned how to play as the dominant/structured half and we also have Yeo often giving us structure at 1st receiver.

Yeah but he plays very direct which I like.

He's a very good ball player.

He will bring points.. whether he can bring enough to counter the defence is the issue

 

[The Realist]

Fish only fired up in his 2md stint.

Yeo needs to pull the rest of the pack aside this week and give them a dressing down.

Yeo sets a stupidly high bar. Best forward in the game and it's not even a contest. It baffles me how he doesn't get more accolades as well as Dally M points. He was the best player on the field tonight.

 

[age.s]

We missed tito bringing the ball back.

I think ivan needs to tell bizza to pass the ball to edwards when they are targeting him like that so we have him on carry 1.

Tito carry 2. Tago or casey on 3 than Edwards again on 4 coming out of trouble.

Throws a bit of doubt into the defensive line too. Felt like Dyl was quite some distance off his winger as he brought it back. At full strength he's there within passing distance which might allow Bizza that extra half a foot of room he needs to break a tackle and get the set rolling.

 

[penrithfrank]

KEEP THE FAITH LADS !

 

[The Realist]

KEEP THE FAITH LADS !

The Fact that the Storm executed a near perfect game plan to beat us, but only beat us by 2 (with the Panthers having a makeshift back row) gives me heart. I went to this game hoping for a win but expecting a loss.

 

[penrithfrank]

What was penrith record without cleary when he was out with his HAMMY

 

[WestyLife]

KEEP THE FAITH LADS !

Facebook is leaking again.

 

[Hamstring awareness]

So some observations from the ground.

Melbourne played the perfect anti-Pantherball game. They nullified it completely.

*Our back 3 were unusually impotent - most surprising was the way Storm handled To'o with ease.

*This led to our forwards being more tired and when our forwards tried - they were all bashed (except for Yeo).

* Storm targeted our short wingers/average high fullback very well. It is a clear weakness that somehow most teams fail to exploit - but the Storm did.

*Edwards was clearly hampered. He didn't have anywhere near the speed or power off of his legs. He really should not have played.

*The only reason we even got close to winning is Yeo. He was in everything good we did.

*Mitch Kenny is starting to become a bit of a penalty machine.

*Lindsay Smith had a very good all-round game but it is bad plays like getting stripped that turn games and lost us this one.

*Luai has basically been in passenger mode for the last 3 weeks. He better pull the finger out again.

*Nathan was unusually poor for most of the game before the injury. Some of his passing was really off. He knew it as he was remonstrating himself on the field.

*Trent tried too hard and didn't really have a good game.

*Casey is going to be hard to dislodge. Does nothing wrong and is a real danger in and around the ball.

*Again the Bench was weird

That's all I can think of, off the top of my head.

Agree with all of this except your point on Luai. I think he has been good to very good the last few weeks. That kick for the Tago try was *chef’s kiss*.

 

[Old and Disgruntled]

KEEP THE FAITH LADS !

FULL Strength Storm scrape home by 2 points, against a depleted Panthers, sprinkled with a bunch of ROOKIES. A lot to look forward to from Panthers.
Agree with you.

 

[Michael Matral]

So some observations from the ground.

Melbourne played the perfect anti-Pantherball game. They nullified it completely.

*Our back 3 were unusually impotent - most surprising was the way Storm handled To'o with ease.

*This led to our forwards being more tired and when our forwards tried - they were all bashed (except for Yeo).

* Storm targeted our short wingers/average high fullback very well. It is a clear weakness that somehow most teams fail to exploit - but the Storm did.

*Edwards was clearly hampered. He didn't have anywhere near the speed or power off of his legs. He really should not have played.

*The only reason we even got close to winning is Yeo. He was in everything good we did.

*Mitch Kenny is starting to become a bit of a penalty machine.

*Lindsay Smith had a very good all-round game but it is bad plays like getting stripped that turn games and lost us this one.

*Luai has basically been in passenger mode for the last 3 weeks. He better pull the finger out again.

*Nathan was unusually poor for most of the game before the injury. Some of his passing was really off. He knew it as he was remonstrating himself on the field.

*Trent tried too hard and didn't really have a good game.

*Casey is going to be hard to dislodge. Does nothing wrong and is a real danger in and around the ball.

*Again the Bench was weird

That's all I can think of, off the top of my head.

Pretty accurate summary..I'll give Laui a pass mark as he's had some great moments

 

[Luke Bowden]

It’s consistently been given a penalty the last two years. Was just dumb play. Really dumb play.

No it hasn’t.

late hits on the play makers have, but that wasn’t late. There have been far worst let go.

Klein knows it was a mistake, he tried to tell fish that he had time to make “reduce” the impact…. That’s not a thing, it’s either late or it’s not. The impact only affects the penalty.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Id go all in on laurie at 6.

Me too

 

[soc123_au]

If we get Nathan back for finals we will be fine. Even if we dont we are still right in it. We do need some proper back rowers though. We need Garner back and to string a few games together.

Yeo best on ground again, the man is a machine.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Has Mav “Showed” enough yet? Or are people still not convinced he can play footy?

 

[hindy111]

Has Mav “Showed” enough yet? Or are people still not convinced he can play footy?

He has a very nice pass. Know when to draw and pass far better then Martin or Sorenson I'd say. Just doesn't have the power game .
I think he showed a little last night. Prior I wasn't keen on him other then a back up

 

[WestyLife]

Has Mav “Showed” enough yet? Or are people still not convinced he can play footy?

He's looking alright.

 

[Sime_11]

coming to plan IMO - we needed a loss before the finals - let it hurt, we need a good hard look at ourselves.

Nathan will be put on ice and used sparingly before the finals - id be shocked if he's gone for the year, perhaps we see a Keary/Cronk scenario for our halves.

we showed glimpses of good Pantherball last night and Melbourne didnt have much of a response - im confident of beating them if we meet them in the finals.

our discipline is poor and will be addressed, i cant help but feel we are cruising abit waiting for finals, we'll be a different team come finals - we havent scene the best from this team this year yet, and when we do (hopefully on GF day) - its going to be glorious


bring on Canberra away next week

 

[BossleyPanther]

Has Mav “Showed” enough yet? Or are people still not convinced he can play footy?

Finally yes, last week and yesterday he has really showed he is decent.

 

[soc123_au]

Has Mav “Showed” enough yet? Or are people still not convinced he can play footy?

Yeah, I think you will be proven right on this one. He is building nicely, he certainly isn't a clone of his Dad, which I think is what most people were hoping for.

 

[Frankus]

Annnnd Tago can suck the biggest bag of dicks he can find. What a dumbmerkin of a player

Don't give up your day job you miserable merkin. Deadset you are the biggest flog on LU and that's an achievement because there are some absolute dunces on here.

I'd like to see Laurie 1 Edwards 6 luai 7 no Schneider

Right trio, wrong order.