Round 25 v Storm @ AAMI Park

[Buzzard Breath]

Panthers coach Cameron Ciraldo has named his side to face Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park on Friday.

James Maloney returns following two weeks off with a medial ligament injury while hooker Wayde Egan has been named despite damaging his own medial ligament last Friday.

Tyrone Peachey shifts to the centres in place of Dean Whare, who is out with a broken arm suffered in the loss to the Warriors.

The Panthers will wear the 2018 Away Jersey.

Panthers v Storm
7.55pm Friday
AAMI Park

1. Dallin WATENE-ZELEZNIAK - sponsored by Hertz
2. Josh MANSOUR - sponsored by Potter Automotive
3. Waqa BLAKE - sponsored by Annlyn Motors
4. Tyrone PEACHEY - sponsored by Col Western Sheds
5. Christian CRICHTON - sponsored by Chardon and Abbott Home Loans
6. James MALONEY (c) - sponsored by Elite Sand and Soil
7. Nathan CLEARY - sponsored by Protech Locksmiths
8. Trent MERRIN - sponsored by Signace
9. Wayde EGAN - sponsored by HIX Group
10. Reagan CAMPBELL-GILLARD - sponsored by Daily Press
11. Viliame KIKAU - sponsored by Sinclair Ford
12. Isaah YEO - sponsored by Heartland Holden
13. James FISHER-HARRIS - sponsored by OAK Plus

14. Tyrone MAY - sponsored by Irresistible Pools and Spas
15. Moses LEOTA - sponsored by Chemtools
16. Corey HARAWIRA-NAERA - sponsored by Steel Roofing Supply Centre
17. James TAMOU - sponsored by ABL Tile and Bathroom Centre
18. Sione KATOA - sponsored by OAK Plus
19. Jack HETHERINGTON - sponsored by OAK Plus
20. Kaide ELLIS - sponsored by OAK Plus
21. Tyrone PHILLIPS - sponsored by OAK Plus

 

[OldPanther]

Panthers coach Cameron Ciraldo has named his side to face Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park on Friday.

James Maloney returns following two weeks off with a medial ligament injury while hooker Wayde Egan has been named despite damaging his own medial ligament last Friday.

Tyrone Peachey shifts to the centres in place of Dean Whare, who is out with a broken arm suffered in the loss to the Warriors.

The Panthers will wear the 2018 Away Jersey.

Panthers v Storm
7.55pm Friday
AAMI Park

1. Dallin WATENE-ZELEZNIAK - sponsored by Hertz
2. Josh MANSOUR - sponsored by Potter Automotive
3. Waqa BLAKE - sponsored by Annlyn Motors
4. Tyrone PEACHEY - sponsored by Col Western Sheds
5. Christian CRICHTON - sponsored by Chardon and Abbott Home Loans
6. James MALONEY (c) - sponsored by Elite Sand and Soil
7. Nathan CLEARY - sponsored by Protech Locksmiths
8. Trent MERRIN - sponsored by Signace
9. Wayde EGAN - sponsored by HIX Group
10. Reagan CAMPBELL-GILLARD - sponsored by Daily Press
11. Viliame KIKAU - sponsored by Sinclair Ford
12. Isaah YEO - sponsored by Heartland Holden
13. James FISHER-HARRIS - sponsored by OAK Plus

14. Tyrone MAY - sponsored by Irresistible Pools and Spas
15. Moses LEOTA - sponsored by Chemtools
16. Corey HARAWIRA-NAERA - sponsored by Steel Roofing Supply Centre
17. James TAMOU - sponsored by ABL Tile and Bathroom Centre
18. Sione KATOA - sponsored by OAK Plus
19. Jack HETHERINGTON - sponsored by OAK Plus
20. Kaide ELLIS - sponsored by OAK Plus
21. Tyrone PHILLIPS - sponsored by OAK Plus

Happy Maloney is back. Also loving Egan getting his go. I rate him more than everyone here.

 

[franklin2323]

Happy Maloney is back. Also loving Egan getting his go. I rate him more than everyone here.

He is promising. Didn't see Egan at his best last week. We had no ball for like 10 mins to start, The knee injury and playing the 80 mins too

 

[Panther Pete]

On paper that team still looks better than average. It's just a pity for the past couple of months they have played for the most part appallingly.

 

[OldPanther]

He is promising. Didn't see Egan at his best last week. We had no ball for like 10 mins to start, The knee injury and playing the 80 mins too

Yeah no hooker would've played well under the circumstances.

 

[Sime_11]

take the 2 when its on offer !!!!!! its been frustrating when could have had a gift 2 on offer, only to then be down 14-nil 5 minutes later.....

Kikau needs to be injected from the bench, he easier to tame when everyone is fresh in the first 20. I like the Leota, CHN starting idea - get them in and grinding the first 20 and then look to inject our impact players.

Maloney playing should be a lift for the team - should hopefully see Kikau look more damaging as Maloney looks to give him the ball when he's running at pace and not a stand still.

reality though - the past few weeks of poor, undisciplined football will continue on and we get pumped 40-0....

 

[age.s]

Shame about Whare. He's been one of the few worth feeding over the past month.

 

[Panfa]

I got a sneaky suspicion phillips and hetherington will come in for chrichton and may

 

[TheFrog]

Happy Maloney is back. Also loving Egan getting his go. I rate him more than everyone here.

Egan has a grade 1 MCL sprain and would have to be in some doubt.

 

[OldPanther]

Egan has a grade 1 MCL sprain and would have to be in some doubt.

You'd think so.

 

[tripster]

I really think RCG shouldn’t be starting. I’d much prefer him coming off the bench and either Tamou or even Leota starting. I think he will have more impact coming off the bench and he hasn’t helped our slow starts.

 

[Nealo 12]

I really think RCG shouldn’t be starting. I’d much prefer him coming off the bench and either Tamou or even Leota starting. I think he will have more impact coming off the bench and he hasn’t helped our slow starts.

Start with who doesn't give cheap penalties away , it's been a real mess with our start to games lately

 

[panthersam]

I really think RCG shouldn’t be starting. I’d much prefer him coming off the bench and either Tamou or even Leota starting. I think he will have more impact coming off the bench and he hasn’t helped our slow starts.

I have to agree with this, he has clearly had his best games and made the most impact coming from the bench. His status as a representative player and after signing the big contract extension it’s like they think they have to justify that by starting him.

 

[rem286]

I got a sneaky suspicion phillips and hetherington will come in for chrichton and may

I hope you are wrong. One will never make the cut in first grade and the other is more of a benefit to the opposition

 

[Frankus]

Egan has a grade 1 MCL sprain and would have to be in some doubt.

Nar, grade 1s are a 3-7 day recovery for most people.

 

[TheFrog]

Nar, grade 1s are a 3-7 day recovery for most people.

Obviously a chance to play or they wouldn't have picked him.

 

[Frankus]

Obviously a chance to play or they wouldn't have picked him.

I would say he is a certainty to play. Young guy like Egan with all the therapy and med support at Panthers, he’ll be running full tilt by tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[superpanther]

look on the bright side at least we don't have Ashley "the cheating klown" refereeing!!!!

 

[tripster]

I am not meaning to be all negative about this, but I don’t see any result other than us being comprehensively beaten.

We have defensive weaknesses all over the park, particularly down Mansour’s side, and having Maloney back will help our attack, but will present another defensive weakness.

Storm will ruthlessly target those weaknesses. Smith will take great pleasure in the ease at which he will direct his team in the direction of our weaknesses and watch us unravel. He will rub our faces in our shitty goal line defence by never taking the 2 once and getting his team across the try line nearly every time they get down our end.

The only way that won’t happen is if Ciraldo has somehow worked miracles and corrected our defensive problems within a week. The other possibility is that we somehow never give the Storm any possession down our end. That’s just as likely as unicorns being real.

 

[Pomoz]

The thing that leaps of the page is "divers boots". We have only one player that is fast enough to run out of sight on a dark night and that's Blake, the others are running behind in divers boots. The rest of our backs are average to slow and that's being generous. Slow to slower still, is probably more accurate. The Storm's wingers will give our wingers a bath if we don't dominate the ruck. Watch Munster swing it wide at every opportunity to give Ado-Carr a chance to get outside Crichton and Mansour.

This might be like watching a horror movie where we are the innocent teenager investigating a noise in the attic and the Storm are Freddy Krueger. I can hear the screams now.......