Round 7 Panthers vs Raiders

[Kilkenny]

Looking at NRL stats it suggests Dylan has running metres of 1400 plus with daylight second. RCG appears to be third according to the same stats with a touch over a 1,000. Amazing stats really, I know he is under rated and under valued for the most part but credit where credit due the guy has been amazing thus far.

 

[Iamback]

He may be able to? Before May replaced Edwards versus the Storm last year I am not sure I had ever seen May play fullback, so it was more about his football smarts than experience. I don’t think any of us really know if Salmon has the same amount of nous as May…

Crichton went back there on Friday night. Salmon went to centre that would be the set up if someone in the back 3 went down

 

[Iamback]

I guess if Edwards get injured during a game Crichton moves back there there and the utility whomever that may be accommodates a reshuffle. No big deal against the lesser sides, not sure we get away with our current bench against the better teams.

Hopefully Edwards has injury free season, he really is critical to our chances I’m my opinion.

That was the setup on Friday
Same when To'o went off

 

[Original Name]

Looking at NRL stats it suggests Dylan has running metres of 1400 plus with daylight second. RCG appears to be third according to the same stats with a touch over a 1,000. Amazing stats really, I know he is under rated and under valued for the most part but credit where credit due the guy has been amazing thus far.

Back in Hook's last year (from memory) before Dyl got injured according to NRL.com he was the first for supports in the NRL daylight was second and Teddy was third. It was a bit of a small sample size of like 6 games or so but Teddy was whatever he was on the guy behind him was like 4 behind Teddy (I think it was Gutho), guy behind him was like 6 behind him and Edwards was 20+ ahead of Teddy.

Then we changed our attacking structure and stopped offloading/stuck Dyl on an edge. But my point is Edwards would play better in a team suited to him.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

like I said in another thread.

It is hard to know where to rank us in the scheme of good teams. Are we really that good or is the standard across the comp that bad?

Good and bad are relative terms; you don’t get points for style. You get two points for scoring more points than the team lined up opposite than you. And we get those 2 points at a historically great rate.

 

[Crashtest]

This Kenny/Salmon taking two bench spots can only work against the lesser sides. I like both, think they have done a fine job thus far, but it ain’t gonna work when we come up against the Storm at there best, at full strength.

Have you seen the Storm bench though? Or the Roosters or Manly?

If we lose to the Storm or Roosters it won’t be because Kenny and Salmon are on our bench.

 

[Smug Panther]

Have you seen the Storm bench though? Or the Roosters or Manly?

If we lose to the Storm or Roosters it won’t be because Kenny and Salmon are on our bench.

Storm lost to us because they had Smith and Hynes on the bench! Players of that quality!

*In part but it was the biggest reason imo

 

[Munky]

Storm lost to us because they had Smith and Hynes on the bench! Players of that quality!

*In part but it was the biggest reason imo

I thought it was Grant and Hynes on the bench?

Which was actually worse once Welch went down early.

 

[Smug Panther]

I thought it was Grant and Hynes on the bench?

Which was actually worse once Welch went down early.

You're correct, Kids woke me up at least 10 times last night but the point is still the same.

 

[Crashtest]

Storm lost to us because they had Smith and Hynes on the bench! Players of that quality!

*In part but it was the biggest reason imo

Im talking about their bench this year. I wouldn’t do a straight swap of our 4 for their current 4. Same goes with Roosters and Manly bench.

 

[chrisD]

If Raiders were to win it'd be because we have to lose one eventually.

Souths are trash that just got a luckiest ass run through the finals last season a team could ever hope for. They go banged up us without Edwards, a week off then the Eagles lol, into the grand final to play banged up us again but after two absolute wars against Melbourne and Parra. It was a gift wrapped hand delivered premiership to the most undeserving team in recent memory, only they still dropped it because they're a pack of heartless frauds. This season's Cronulla shits all over Souths.

 

[Iamback]

Good and bad are relative terms; you don’t get points for style. You get two points for scoring more points than the team lined up opposite than you. And we get those 2 points at a historically great rate.

We aren't the only one's getting points at a great rate though.

Take last year. Souths lost to us and Storm only, any other year they win the minor premiership.

Storm have also won over 80% of games since 2020.

Don't get me wrong better to be us then the dogs. Just not sure where this run will sit compared to Parra of the 80's or Canberra of the early 90's.

 

[BossleyPanther]

We aren't the only one's getting points at a great rate though.

Take last year. Souths lost to us and Storm only, any other year they win the minor premiership.

Storm have also won over 80% of games since 2020.

Don't get me wrong better to be us then the dogs. Just not sure where this run will sit compared to Parra of the 80's or Canberra of the early 90's.

With the players leaving the storm, Parra next year and if we can get a genuine hooker, this run can last for years.

 

[Iamback]

With the players leaving the storm, Parra next year and if we can get a genuine hooker, this run can last for years.

The hooker is the concern.

GC are struggling because of young spine as they mature they will lift
Roosters too once the halves get game time
Manly will get Faiunu back at some stage - They are a hooker away from being good
NQ kids will develop
Broncs are improving

Then of course Bulldogs will punt Barrett at some stage and become good.

So the standard will improve across the NRL in coming years. Hopefully we stay top of the bunch

 

[murraymob]

Our line speed against Brisbane was off and slow.if it on the raiders will be lucky to get to our end unless there are penalties .we sit at 1 for meters Gaines the raiders sit at 16 .about 420 meters difference

 

[Munky]

.about 420 meters difference

You could say we're blazing ahead.

 

[DinkyDi]

Get the win.

 

[MrBlack]

The players should respect the Raiders. Doesn't mean I have to.

Yep - im turning up expecting a 30+ point win.

I'll let the players worry about the detail......

 

[betcats]

Whitehead is out

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Get the win.

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