Round 24 - Panthers vs Storm
Wishy's dummies are only as good as the people making the dummy runs. He gets through because the fellas running in support can actually claim to be getting the ball. Alec McDonald genuinely looked like he was going to get the ball.
Position - Left right out or hung out to dry
Every Thursday night game on Fox the commentator at the ground at the end of the match “and here is the Matty Johns’ show” and the go straight to that. Tonight they go back to the studio and discuss Cleary’s shoulder for ten minutes and how bad it is for the him, the Panthers and the game. Also, how the results could have been different if he stayed on. Nothing about our win.
The team of the field is the team you need to beat. Not what could have been.
Get over him.
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Bloody marvellous win. I was hoping for a good game/getting back to our best and to get the win is cherry on top.
Some great efforts across the park. Playing with 12 and holding steady / winning that period 6-4 was immense.Munster was in everything.
Cleary going off was massive but we can’t do anything about that..:
Some great efforts across the park. Playing with 12 and holding steady / winning that period 6-4 was immense.Munster was in everything.
Cleary going off was massive but we can’t do anything about that..:
Filter trying to claim NAS DEFINITELY hit Laurie in the head is laughable.
Chest makes contact in the collision (not a penalty) then Laurie and Munster clash heads. Nelson’s arm hits Laurie in the back and then comes up to collect Munster. His arm doesn’t hit Laurie’s head at all.
Can’t stand Freddy on commentary.
Chest makes contact in the collision (not a penalty) then Laurie and Munster clash heads. Nelson’s arm hits Laurie in the back and then comes up to collect Munster. His arm doesn’t hit Laurie’s head at all.
Can’t stand Freddy on commentary.
I thought he was taking the pi$$. I mean, can anyone take Freddy seriously? Maybe he needs a little more earthing...yourhero wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:18 pm Filter trying to claim NAS DEFINITELY hit Laurie in the head is laughable.
Chest makes contact in the collision (not a penalty) then Laurie and Munster clash heads. Nelson’s arm hits Laurie in the back and then comes up to collect Munster. His arm doesn’t hit Laurie’s head at all.
Can’t stand Freddy on commentary.
I did like the line, could Nelson be the first person ever binned for hitting his own player. It does make a fair mockery of the bunker (I assume that's where it came from). I'd sure love to see more angles of the hit
Position - Left right out or hung out to dry
Fu$ yeh!!
Plenty to come out of that game really. Most importantly , there ain't much between the two teams and we are as big a chance as anyone now.
Neither team at their best still. In fact both will want to lift a bit or we might have a dark horse like dogs come through.To be fair to Penrith I thought jfh and Edwards were short a trot and will improve. Cleary a worry for them. I feel sorry for him and like the guy, but im a blue. Martin back for them is huge but also welch/coates for us. I think Anderson has gone a touch quiet since his first few games and its probably becoming obvious he'll be a straight swap for coates. They'll have to go all in with meaney now if that weren't the case already.
Loeiro, geez I can't make up my mind on him, was immense tonight.
Brick, it's not even a question in my mind.
Munster, improving every week, proved its his spot tonight, was our best before smashed nose and has more gears to go, wish is a perfect 14. Wishart my new favourite player i rekon, I hope we keep him. Absolute footy player.
Nas, getting better with each week as fitness Improves , a couple weeks out now is last thing we need for him, fingers crossed
Harry- much improved calm/smart display which he had in him, hopefully can do that every week now.
Pap, still not convinced, I'd go sua but it's not happening. Still think pen are favs after tonight without Improvement from pap, but i do think we are in the mix now....mostly due to...
Our unheralded forward pack. They've already done it all season and did it round one and again tonight. The last month looked like they were running out of steam and when your a smaller pack and redlining all year that can happen and i thought we had hit the wall. Not after tonight. Shut down Penrith roll forward and at the least- matched them. How they do it looking at the line up and no frills middles I've no idea, actually, it's just storm hard work, grit, character, hard training and crazy fitness to go the 80 and be mobile. I think that's been a plan the clubs devised to try to contain and get over the top of Penrith in drawn out tight contests. Historically they've finished all over us after we've started well from the 60 minute mark, but in the two games this year we seem to be finishing on top, and were consistently doing it pre origin. We stay disciplined,
High percentage footy and win it with our fitness and class at the back end. If the 4 spine all find theyre very best moving forward that packs going to have us in any game. Cant really believe it after last year and how we all felt we were a couple of quality big middles short to be a threat and given nelson looked like he was lost at sea. We've gone the other way and backed in fitness and agility not unlike what dogs are doing. Full marks to all of them and how hard they've worked to put themselves in this position. The Bellamy effect.
Surely we are at least going to preliminary and I'm booking in tickets for gf after tonight , where we are at the very least in the fight if we get there no matter who's on the other side of the field
Plenty to come out of that game really. Most importantly , there ain't much between the two teams and we are as big a chance as anyone now.
Neither team at their best still. In fact both will want to lift a bit or we might have a dark horse like dogs come through.To be fair to Penrith I thought jfh and Edwards were short a trot and will improve. Cleary a worry for them. I feel sorry for him and like the guy, but im a blue. Martin back for them is huge but also welch/coates for us. I think Anderson has gone a touch quiet since his first few games and its probably becoming obvious he'll be a straight swap for coates. They'll have to go all in with meaney now if that weren't the case already.
Loeiro, geez I can't make up my mind on him, was immense tonight.
Brick, it's not even a question in my mind.
Munster, improving every week, proved its his spot tonight, was our best before smashed nose and has more gears to go, wish is a perfect 14. Wishart my new favourite player i rekon, I hope we keep him. Absolute footy player.
Nas, getting better with each week as fitness Improves , a couple weeks out now is last thing we need for him, fingers crossed
Harry- much improved calm/smart display which he had in him, hopefully can do that every week now.
Pap, still not convinced, I'd go sua but it's not happening. Still think pen are favs after tonight without Improvement from pap, but i do think we are in the mix now....mostly due to...
Our unheralded forward pack. They've already done it all season and did it round one and again tonight. The last month looked like they were running out of steam and when your a smaller pack and redlining all year that can happen and i thought we had hit the wall. Not after tonight. Shut down Penrith roll forward and at the least- matched them. How they do it looking at the line up and no frills middles I've no idea, actually, it's just storm hard work, grit, character, hard training and crazy fitness to go the 80 and be mobile. I think that's been a plan the clubs devised to try to contain and get over the top of Penrith in drawn out tight contests. Historically they've finished all over us after we've started well from the 60 minute mark, but in the two games this year we seem to be finishing on top, and were consistently doing it pre origin. We stay disciplined,
High percentage footy and win it with our fitness and class at the back end. If the 4 spine all find theyre very best moving forward that packs going to have us in any game. Cant really believe it after last year and how we all felt we were a couple of quality big middles short to be a threat and given nelson looked like he was lost at sea. We've gone the other way and backed in fitness and agility not unlike what dogs are doing. Full marks to all of them and how hard they've worked to put themselves in this position. The Bellamy effect.
Surely we are at least going to preliminary and I'm booking in tickets for gf after tonight , where we are at the very least in the fight if we get there no matter who's on the other side of the field
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Maybe Bellamy is deliberately trying to see if the team can get through without using him to test if having both sua and wish could work, but just keeping Lazarus as an emergency place holder for now until convinced
Heh funny how we all view games differently. I thought NAS was our strongest forward by far and the only one to me who raised his level
for the occasion. I didn’t see much else we don’t usually see from the rest of the forward pack. They were fine but we need even more out of them. Miss the good version of Welch a lot.
I still find Loiero does a whole lot of work for next to no impact. He’s still as frustrating to watch as ever to me.
for the occasion. I didn’t see much else we don’t usually see from the rest of the forward pack. They were fine but we need even more out of them. Miss the good version of Welch a lot.
I still find Loiero does a whole lot of work for next to no impact. He’s still as frustrating to watch as ever to me.
I agreed this game about NAS, he's coming along very nicely.blazza18 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:59 pm Heh funny how we all view games differently. I thought NAS was our strongest forward by far and the only one to me who raised his level
for the occasion. I didn’t see much else we don’t usually see from the rest of the forward pack. They were fine but we need even more out of them. Miss the good version of Welch a lot.
I still find Loiero does a whole lot of work for next to no impact. He’s still as frustrating to watch as ever to me.
The only time I see Trent is when he's either, about to get his hand caught on the ball and give away a penalty, get left on the ground behind the play the ball or walk way off the mark and muck up the next attacking play when the ref sends him back.
Position - Left right out or hung out to dry
Craig Bellamy press conference:
- Pleased with performance, other than how easy it was for Penrith to get back to 10-all;
- Only saw NAS incident once so wasn't sure how bad it was. A number of players on report NAS only one in bin. (Tongue in cheek) Munster probably deserved to be hit in the head.
- Wishart was great. Was warming up to replace Harry at hooker but then came on at five eighth when Munster went off, then moved into the ruck and then onto the wing.
- Will consider resting players and consider doing it across three weeks. It will depend on what coaches think and what players think / want. Other options is to give players break from training. Don't want to stop momentum either.
- For players like Josh King you have to tie him up to stop him from playing. You give him training off and someone sees him running in the hills.
- Pleased with performance, other than how easy it was for Penrith to get back to 10-all;
- Only saw NAS incident once so wasn't sure how bad it was. A number of players on report NAS only one in bin. (Tongue in cheek) Munster probably deserved to be hit in the head.
- Wishart was great. Was warming up to replace Harry at hooker but then came on at five eighth when Munster went off, then moved into the ruck and then onto the wing.
- Will consider resting players and consider doing it across three weeks. It will depend on what coaches think and what players think / want. Other options is to give players break from training. Don't want to stop momentum either.
- For players like Josh King you have to tie him up to stop him from playing. You give him training off and someone sees him running in the hills.