Round 7 vs Wests Tigers @Bathurst

[Fangs]

Good 15 minutes from the Tigers then we took over the game.

Tupou off which is a big loss. They didn't pick a back utility.

Hoping for a big secone half and we shut them out quickly.

 

[Pjf04b]

How do the tigers on report but Penrith have 0 penalties?

 

[Red&BlackBear]

How do the tigers on report but Penrith have 0 penalties?

Nufty ref

 

[Chins get the wins]

Henry and Smith have been better than Leota and Fish in the first half for mine.

Years of being carried by our back 3 is finally catching up with them

 

[Chins get the wins]

Alamonti looks much smaller than when he was at the Dogs

 

[Munky]

Playing dumb as f**k again

 

[Munky]

Luai keeps derping it up running back on side

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Surely Alamoti gets the back spot either at center or wing if Turuva leaves.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Yeo has carried this side yet again

 

[Munky]

Sorro's runs have been pure plod.

Getting the arm free but no impact

 

[Munky]

It's a win but it looked clueless with a few moments of brilliance.

 

[Chins get the wins]

So it took an injury to Edwards for Laurie to get on. He just doesn't work as a 14 and it hamstrings our whole side.

Our forwards are also playing like bitches apart for Yeo who's the best forward I've seen in my 38 years on this planet

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Takeaways:

Yeo - carried the side through the middle third. Lead well and he was the calming factor out there when Panthers looked out of sorts at times.

Alamoti - great club debut. Classy in attack and great in defence. Could be a smokey to take that wing or center spot should Turuva leave.

Edwards - awesome knock again. Works his butt off, hopefully he didn’t pick up an injury and it was a precautionary benching.

1st half - very sloppy, not because of errors but just getting started into the game. Resembled trying to start a cold engine in the middle of winter at 4am.

2nd half - much better but a few penalties and errors crept it. Tigers own errors I think opened the game up more than Panthers play.

Defence - all the critical items aside their scramble defence was great. Sure Tigers spilt ball on the last when they broke the line but Panthers scramble forced those errors.

Fish and Leota - off start but their second stint was much better. Looked like they found their groove.

Smith - good game, did a job and made a few half breaks. Getting better each game. He will be the Fish number 1 replacement.

Enjoy the win, albeit it scrappy - they got there. 2 wins 1 loss and a bye in the 4 weeks Cleary was out. Not a bad run.

 

[unKwn]

So it took an injury to Edwards for Laurie to get on. He just doesn't work as a 14 and it hamstrings our whole side.

Our forwards are also playing like bitches apart for Yeo who's the best forward I've seen in my 38 years on this planet

He came on for Kenny at 9 but then moved to fb when edwards came off

 

[Red&BlackBear]

So it took an injury to Edwards for Laurie to get on. He just doesn't work as a 14 and it hamstrings our whole side.

Our forwards are also playing like bitches apart for Yeo who's the best forward I've seen in my 38 years on this planet

Once Cleary is back, Schneider to 14 I think. He is a good defender and I think he can provide something off the bench as half lock or hooking cover seeing Garner can play center forcing a center to wing. Thoughts?

 

[Chins get the wins]

He came on for Kenny at 9 but then moved to fb when edwards came off

Missed that. Should have happened 20mins earlier

 

[Chins get the wins]

Once Cleary is back, Schneider to 14 I think. He is a good defender and I think he can provide something off the bench as half lock or hooking cover seeing Garner can play center forcing a center to wing. Thoughts?

A better option than what we have been doing

 

[Panther Mike]

Not a great display by any means, especially the first half but ground it out like I expect us to and won by a comfortable margin despite it looking quite concerning at stages with a lack of field position.

Fingers crossed that Dylan is ok

 

[Chins get the wins]

Not a great display by any means, especially the first half but ground it out like I expect us to and won by a comfortable margin despite it looking quite concerning at stages with a lack of field position.

Fingers crossed that Dylan is ok

Good excuse for him not to be picked for NSW (it should be Turbo anyways) and we need him to pick up points during Origin.

 

[Fangs]

Good win.

Tigers played well enough. I'll conceede they are showing some improvement. But they aren't going to keep up with us.

Was really happy with those sets on our line in the second half. At 10-6 we could have handed it back to the Tigers. Determined work when we clearly aren't at our best.

That JFH try can be a reset for him. The guy is a beast. Hope he goes berserk against the Cowboy forwards next week.