Round 5 Vs Eels

[Dave's mate]

What Ivan absolutely needs to address is Nathan's haircut! FMD kid

 

[franklin2323]

Edwards isn’t much better, Ivan’s dedication to “safe” fullbacks is a massive detriment to the team. If we can’t get some decent attack going we are not going to be heavily involved in the pointy end of the season.
Everyone played pretty well tonight but realistically we are a good forward pack and a bunch of average backs.

Watch Edwards and watch Aekins. Edwards straightens up when we are attacking. Aekins crabs across field and losses the overlap. He also is following the ball

 

[Fangs]

Nathan Cleary's performance anyone?

I thought it was one of his most confident first grade performances. He tried his hand.

 

[forby]

When the opposition has 80% possession for 30 minutes it is inevitable that they get all the momentum and will score. No too many teams could have held out like they did. In the end it was the bounce of the ball and calls like the Ferguson crusher that cost them.

 

[soc123_au]

I'm certainly not slitting my wrists over that one. A few adjustments along with that effort & we will win more than we lose. Nice to see Liam Martin have a strong game after his dusty start to the year. He was really good tonight. I'd also prefer Burton in the 6, but I thought Luai played a good game. What I think about the fullback has already been said.

 

[kinghippo]

Watch Edwards and watch Aekins. Edwards straightens up when we are attacking. Aekins crabs across field and losses the overlap. He also is following the ball

Edwards is a little better than Aekins but he is not bringing much more to the table. If we are pinning our attacking hopes on him we are in for a low scoring season.

 

[Fangs]

When the opposition has 80% possession for 30 minutes it is inevitable that they get all the momentum and will score. No too many teams could have held out like they did. In the end it was the bounce of the ball and calls like the Ferguson crusher that cost them.

How'd you rate Crichton?

 

[martielang]

I’ve been critical of Martin before but he was sensational tonight, especially given his long lay off & having to play the 80 odd.

Would like to see Luai stay on when Burton comes on. Either move Luai to fullback or play Burton as a lock / roaming forward.

 

[Panfa]

I said before the game if aekins plays we won't win we came close but I just knew he would stuff up at some stage.Tamou needs to find a new club he's slow as a wet week leota smashes him all day.Burton has to start at 5/8 Jerome can replace api at hooked when api gets tanked.Naden needs to come into the team for whare the guy does nothing.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Nathan Cleary's performance anyone?

I thought it was one of his most confident first grade performances. He tried his hand.

I thought considering he hadn't played under these new rules, and no games for a couple of months. He did really well.

 

[Exsilium]

If you rewatch Crichton’s misses, both times he’s turned his hips away from his opposing centre. That leads you to overrun or get turned around.

My grade coach always used to say “Hips flat, stops attack. Hips turned, get burned”

It’s just a poor couple of moments and he’ll have to learn from it if he’s to remain at centre.

 

[kinghippo]

I’ve been critical of Martin before but he was sensational tonight, especially given his long lay off & having to play the 80 odd.

Would like to see Luai stay on when Burton comes on. Either move Luai to fullback or play Burton as a lock / roaming forward.

Martin was really good, he has been guilty of a lot of fumbles in his last few games, but he always bends the line.

 

[betcats]

I don’t think we played bad in the second half, it was just those bad misses from Crichton and two penalties during that six minutes that lost that game. We didn’t touch the ball from quite a few minutes before their first try until after their third, the we wrestled momentum back and probably would’ve won if the game went a few more minutes.

When we are dominating a game we need to come up with more than 10 points, it’s just not good enough.

 

[John Hamblin]

Great first half. Pathetic second half. Wish i could say I was surprised. But this is Panthers through and through

What do you call pathetic we defended well you are NOT a supported END OF

 

[GongPanther]

3 tries in 6 minutes was very poor mentally wise. But thats the way it goes. Losing Capewell in the first minute was a big loss not only for our defence, but also as a roving back.

But Mansour...firstly he robs us of a definite win V the Knights by not passing back inside. Then he makes a dumb-shit choice in not to spread the ball out wide to at least give us a chance to score. The bloke is a complete fooking moron.

But on the other side of the coin, a 6 point loss against a team like Parra is very creditable. We'll get them on the return match to a full house at Penrith Park on 9-11. Now for next Friday's match V Storm.

 

[Dave's mate]

I don’t think we played bad in the second half, it was just those bad misses from Crichton and two penalties during that six minutes that lost that game. We didn’t touch the ball from quite a few minutes before their first try until after their third, the we wrestled momentum back and probably would’ve won if the game went a few more minutes.

When we are dominating a game we need to come up with more than 10 points, it’s just not good enough.

Yeah we were the better side. Very f**king rare when im this "happy" with a loss

 

[age.s]

Martin was really good, he has been guilty of a lot of fumbles in his last few games, but he always bends the line.

And maaaan can he crunch a fool. Shades of ol Plummy.

 

[kinghippo]

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[John Hamblin]

Critter got completely owned.

We now know why Hasler let Api go - he isn't a 70+ minute hooker

Tamou isn't worth 1/2 of what we are paying him

JFH is a champion player but always seems to give critical loose penalties away. Gotta cut that crap out.

Mansour - a beast running the ball out - super ordinary at everything else.

Aetkins - tries hard - an honest back up, but you can't have him as your fullback and expect to be a top tier team.

Kikau - dangerous near the ball and a hard hitting defender but is good for at least 1 knock on a game.

As I keep saying about this Panthers team - many of the players are good for that 1 critical missed tackle, brain dead penalty, or sloppy feet/hands a game. When the odd player does it that is a few errors a game.

When 1/2 the team does it - you can give games away and that is exactly what we did.

Are you a SUPPORTER or do you just like to BAG the crap out of a team who busted there gut against a huge possesion turnaround in the second half. Its easy to bag a team when they don't win. We don't need FAIR WEATHER supporters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dave's mate]

Are you a SUPPORTER or do you just like to BAG the crap out of a team who busted there gut against a huge possesion turnaround in the second half. Its easy to bag a team when they don't win. We don't need FAIR WEATHER supporters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we don't need people on this site who can't handle differing opinions