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1. NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg Grand Finals to be played Saturday 25/9 at Commbank Stadium, Parramatta NSW
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Much better experience with getting tickets this week - less than 10mins. Even then, after logging in just before 10am, when the bookings opened, the Cat 1 Panthers tickets {Bay 109} showed as insufficient to get our 2 seats?? I pushed proceed anyway (couldn’t see any other option) & got 2 tickets in 108-1 Row 15, so close to halfway!!
I see that the tickets include train travel, so I think that’s how i will get there, rather than getting stuck in traffic - there is an event at Qudos also on Sat night.
Go the Panthers!!!
this game will be intense and we will have no excuses.
we have had a break to freshen up and Souths have had one almighty tough game plus a much easier win last week, which oddly enough in my opinion may not work in their favour.
if they had of had another rigorous clash like the Roosters game and come through that, would have been a much harder opponent.
not saying they won’t be and i expect Staines to be tested heavily…Souths will view him as the weak point and hope those inside him may think the same and make mistakes in defence.
easiest way to overcome this is to dominate them in offense and have them making mistakes and second guessing each other.
will be a very tough game, shame about the weather again not only for the players but also for thee crowds.
I expect us to win, don’t care if its by a single point but more importantly hope the game is decided by the players and not by the bunker and or ref.
we will need to remove that risk by a strong win.
They have plenty of point scoring in them if they get on a roll, our forwards will need to dominate and suffocate them defensively which will allow Cleary et all to cut them open.
After the Rabbits won last week, i started feeling nervous. Then i had to start dealing with people telling me all week how the rabbitohs will definitely win. Same thing happened with Parra and for some reason it makes me feel more confident. Now i think about their front row injuries / suspensions. I can see Api and fish having an absolute field day with the Bunnies bench up the middle. Both in attack and defence.
I’m fairly confident of a win this week. As I pointed out in another thread, when we beat them a few weeks ago we were missing Cleary, Luai & Fisher-Harris. The fact that we were able to beat them missing those players has got to be playing on their minds going into this game, sowing seeds of doubt.
In saying that they still have a very strong side. Dare I say it, probably the second best in the competition. They definitely can’t be taken lightly in any circumstances. Mitchell & Walker are the main danger men, with a number of others who can chime in cause problems. Where they do look vulnerable is in their front row rotation, with Burgess & Havili missing. With Johnston under an injury cloud too, one of the main strike weapons could be out, or if he does play, asking to be tested from the get go.
For us, apart from the May injury we should be at full strength. Staines has his detractors, and no doubt he will be put under pressure, but I think we have the team to work around it. If it does present too much of a problem, it might be worth switching Chricton to the wing, and bringing Salmon into the centres, although I doubt this will be necessary. We have been good at containing Mitchell since he moved to Souths (he hasn’t beaten us in a Souths jersey), and I imagine the tactics that have worked in recent years will be employed again.
The score I’ve had in my head all day is 22-8. Realistically I’m expecting it to be a lot closer, but I’m putting it on just in case.
Staines will be switched positionally for To’o to sure up the defence on each edge and allow Charlie to play on his preferred side. When Charlie is put on his preferred side he puts in a strong showing.
If you need proof of it, see the absolute field day he had last week in the NSW Cup Preliminary Final, he really troubled the Jets defence, and turned them inside out a quite a few times.
I agree Souths will try to test Charlie out very early in the game, and will come to the conclusion that it probably wasn’t the best strategy.
I find the Staines situation perplexing. When he first came to the media’s attention, it was for his apparent great speed (Forbes Ferrari). Against Melbourne, Munster put a kick deep into our territory for Addo-Carr to chase, but Staines outpaced him. That was proof. We’ve had some good wingers over the years, but I don’t ever recall a real speedster (ignoring James Roberts’ brief stint) until now. So, apart from being a flier, he didn’t seem to offer much; he sure seemed to give up on chasing far too easily. In one NRL game he couldn’t even run down West’s hooker (Liddel?) over about 70 metres; gave up on the chase.
But, this year, I think he has shown far greater ticker, more skills and more intensity. This should have made him the complete package. But then, in a recent game against The Jets, he made a clean break and it was a case of shut-the-gate. Not so. From nowhere, the Jets five eight ran him down with ease. So what’s the story? Was he injured? Is his speed over-rated?
I reckon it’s fitness Pete. Fullback is one of the most stamina-demanding positions in the game. That day against the sharks was absolute flogging. He was literally just there to put the ball down on the line.
I went up to Townsville a few weeks again and watched him very closely in that game he wasnt too bad under the high ball but his defence was ordinary and his effort and lack of urgency a worry. Hopefully he will be better on the wing and given a bit of spacce lets hope he can show the speed and finish he showed in his first few NRL games. Lets go Panthers
i had remarked i hope the ref, bunker or both don’t cost us the game
omg my concerns were highlighted by last nights debacle
how any of the on field officials missed the forward pass from Moses and the continued forward passes from Mahoney is beyond me and to add even more what about the spear tackle from Paulo, let alone no sin bin but not even on report
Cleary got sent off and coped 5 weeks
That was all in the single game…terrible decisions and not saying it cost the Cowboys but it didn’t help.
Just on that game Cowboys had too many chances and should have won going away…Eels hung in there and doubt the 2 soft tries by Gillard would be allowed by us.
That spear tackle last night was worse than Cleary’s - and included an elbow to the head as well.
Cowboys were robbed with that blatant forward pass try, not to mention all the missed forward passes from dummy half as well.
Anyhow, I have to get the Eels out of my head - we have a game to win against Souths.
I am nervous, but quietly confident all the same.
Hope we start with Kenny again for the first 30 mins.
I could wings all day about ticketek, got some
Ordinary seats high at the Northern end with the members presale on Monday (nothing else available), now they have half way seats for sale. I am so over their stupid drip feeding of seating, it treats members with contempt.
Anyhow, pumped for the game, and hoping for a good result - Penrith 23 - Souths 12
Hoping to see a good game of footy.
Alas there’s a referee and bunker to contend with.
I have little confidence in our modern day officials.
Panthers to win handsomely. It’s time we exposed our ‘true grit’
after the Preliminary Holiday. Best Wishes Panthers !
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