Caged Panther said:
Part of the reason we never got going earlier is because we never had possession. That was partly through our own inability to hold on to the ball and partly because we were constantly getting penalised. Now I'm not saying we didn't deserve to get penalised but watching the game live it felt as though the Titans were getting alot more latitude with regards to dominant tackles and getting off the line then penrith were. But I will conceed that may be my bias as a penrith supporter influencing my judgement.
No, I think its fine to offer a biased judgment so long as one doesnt hold oneself out as giving an objective assessment I suppose.
Its always better to be at the game live, for a start-no dinky commentators bias influencing your assessment. There are a couple of other hundred reasons as well.
I went to the rabs/sharks match and I saw that their fullback had a pretty solid game.
After the match, on their forum, some of the sharks fans disputed this and said some very unkind things about him. Of course, not many had seen his actual match! Even on TV you cant see the whole field, positioning etc.
A player can get 99% of the game right and screw up 1%. The 1% screw up is the only recollection many people have. Thats a pity.
I can only imagine that it would have been a pretty frustrating afternoon.
If the Panthers can knuckle down and impress over the next 4 weeks, I'll rate them a finals chance. As it is, I'm still undecided.
On player talent, form and the grandness of the occasion, they really should have walloped the Titans. I think Elliot would have been very very unhappy.
Mob may be right. It might be time to give a few of the fringe players an opportunity.
They might be able to implement the game plan more consistently.
Souths suffered the same fate this weekend.
Nobody actually bothered to apply the game plan. Nobody stood up. Big ferocius NZ forwards paying meek homage to the likes of the cowardly shop steward Mason & co. They should have played the tape of youse giving the bulldogs a good and wholesome pawning. They had their heads in the mud for days afterwards.
Yet you cant beat the insect like Titans? What the fug is going on out... mmmm, here?!
Anyways, the Souths game plan may as well have been sent to Folkes the day before, that way, we may have stood a chance!
I hope the Panthers can lift.