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Penrith Panthers
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Tries Nathan Cleary (4), Billy Burns (2), Brian To’o, Wayde Egan, Moses Leota Goals Nathan Cleary (9/9)
Newcastle Knights
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Tries Starford Toa, Herman Ese’ese Goals Mason Lino (1/2)
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Tries Will Smith (2), Josh Hoffman, Greg Leleisiuao, Oregon Kaufusi, Josh Hoffman Goals Rhys Davies (5/7)
Considering it’s a dead rubber game, I don’t think they felt the need to shake up the squad, besides it might be the last time some of these guys play in the same team.
I would be expecting a end of year review considering the season we have had.
I would imagine there will be some question marks around a few players that may be potentially told they can look elsewhere as they are not in the teams future plans. I don’t have any evidence of this of course but I would imagine the contracts of RCG, Whare, Mansour to be looked at, I don’t think May will be returning to the club either. You also have Winterstein coming off contract.
I imagine next year will the year Coach Cleary gets to put the team he wants together.
Mostly due to the long term contracts. From what I have heard there are some at the club, including the coach who are not a fan of long term contracts, and it is tightening up the cap in the next few years.
Winterstein and Katoa’s contracts are finished at the club, I don’t see them getting extended. There was an article today about Wayde Egan been told he is no longer needed and will be released. McKendry has another knee injury and will be retiring at years end.
Out of all the off contract players, the only one I think they will hold on to is Jed Cartwright. Wayde Egan, Tyrell Fuimaono, Sione Katoa, Hame Sele, Frank Winterstein will probably be moved on I would suspect. Whare and Mansour will be players of interest in the end of season review. Both had quiet seasons, both are on good coin, and both are on long contracts.
Good points, Steve. I think Whare & Mansour are terrific players, but both have had poor seasons. Both have also been injury prone in the last 2 seasons, esp. Whare with hamstring problems that seem to plague him.
I don’t know if they should go, but I agree they will certainly come under scrutiny.
Steve you posted…some at the club are not fans of long term contracts including the coach!!!
Seriously he is on a 5 year gold plated deal as is his own son…IF…as you suggest he doesn’t believe in them why would he accept one?
I am torn between long term contracts and players futures, and would be happy with a long term contract if it had measurable and quantifiable KPI’s and players and coaches alike were paid a “performance” or “outcome” bonus . For example giving Cleary (the son) $1m a year without any KPI’s attached is just asking for trouble
There doesn’t appear to be any accountability for their own actions, which sit outside any reasonable assumption any other employee would have
I understand its a team and for example you could have others outside your self playing badly but maybe there needs to be a “team” bonus on top of a players bonus.
Anyway for what ever reason, what we have at Panthers aint working
On the player cleanup…no one wants to see anyones career end as for most of these guys its all they have but we have too many who are just not good enough and need to find another club and this May overhang has to be hurting us and him…why the NRL won’t allow us to sit him outside the cap and club until his legal issue is resolved is bizarre…its almost like he is an employee on workers comp…costing us money and cant contribute
If we are the nursery and Goulds grand 5 year plan is to reveal itself it had better be 2020 because from where i sit and what i see we are in a world of hurt and in no way can match it with the top 8 sides of this year
On todays game, wind could be a major factor although i suspect we have 2 sides who just want to get through 80 minutes and get on the grog.
Level of interest in todays result…zero from me and sadly i think its the same level of interest from this terrible playing group we have.
the Knights are a seriously bad footy team todaybut the damn Panthers can make you wonder…today we have forwards running hard breaking the line and 4 Panther players in support
All year i had been asking for forwards to run hard break the line and look for support and i get it last game of the year when its all over
And its been reported on the call Cleary is set to make Cleary Captain next year
Until next year everyone
Thanks for your posts and valuable information about the club, players and stats
Didn’t think we would be going out in the last round of the year.
Crighton’s not a winger, Luai’s not a centre and we still beat them.
Newcastle have bigger issues than us by a long way. The win for
mine does little to sweeten the bitter taste of a season soured by
a myriad of internal issues. The NRL hierarchy disappointed as did
the rule makers and rule enforcing officials. Our game has withered
on the vine and needs a facelift pronto.
Meanwhile the Panther Pride faithful have been just that. Thanks
for your company, opinion and never ending optimism. Look
forward to your 2020 input. Go you Panthers !
Great way to finish the season, especially with Cleary breaking the record for most points in a game. It makes you wonder where we could have ended up if we had played like that from the start.
EDIT: The last conversion took Cleary past 600 career points. He is just 12 points short of Preston Campbell in 4th for points for the club, and with a good season next year could overtake Michael Gordon in 3rd (will need 198 points).
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