And can I be so bold as to pick Yeo fo the Clive Churchill?
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Starting to get ready to head out to the game. I am quietly confident we can win.
Not sure on what IC will do with final makeup of side, but glad to see Sorro in the 17 & am happy to have IC decide which way to go.
Cāmon boys!!! 
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After a hectic week at work, and waking up with a migraine this morning, Iām strangely calm heading into today.
I usually get my gut feeling about the game when I walk in, with 2001 being the last time I had it wrong.
At the moment Iām thinking:
Panthers 12-8
Edwards CCM
Toāo to score one of our tries
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5 minutes to go. Game wrapped up. Luai sets up a Turuvo try and Fish kicks the conversion.
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My full report tomorrow, but oh wow what a game!
4-peat baby!!!
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Panther Pride Man of the Match voting is now open Glad u weāre happy for IC to make decision
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4 in a row!!!
What more needs to be said? Enjoy the night & summer.
May the fourth be with you all.
PS. My gut feeling waking in was right again - 22 years in a row!!! (Including 2021 at kickoff when I couldnāt be there)
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Iām still trying to take it all in. The atmosphere at the ground, before, during & after was incredible. 4 IN A ROW!!!
What an incredible era we are witnessing - nothing we could have ever imagined. I woke up this morning & said to my wife āit happened, right? I didnāt dream it?ā Amazing the achievements of these boys!
Credit to everyone at the Panthers - management, staff, coaches & support staff, players & the fans. This includes those who have moved on during the streak, including some wonderful fans who have passed.
I would like to point out I did my little bit to get us home. I wore my regular kit, including my āluckyā shoes that are worn out & have had to be repaired a couple of times & I refused to mention the name of the ref thru the finals.
I have family & friends who give me grief about always wearing Panther gear almost all the time. They will kid me when I wear a Panther shirt/cap when we have lost that week, and I say I support my team all the time. I now consider that with 5 GFās in a row & the FOURPEAT done, I can justly & proudly wear Panther gear every day for the rest of my life, without question.
Enjoy the off season all and stay safe. WE are THE PREMIERS for another 12 months & will have held the trophy for over 1,800 days come Oct 5, 2025. Do we dare to dream AGAIN of another premiership - FIVEPEAT in '25 has a nice ring to it 
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What a time to be a Panthers fan!!!
Did any of us seriously dream on making it 4 in a row until the last few years?
My traditional Panthers Grand Final routine was majorly disrupted this year. My manager had to run off overseas for a family emergency 3 weeks ago, leaving me to run the shop, with minimal help, just as we started getting busier. During this time I have had to contend not only with the Panthers finals campaign, but also watching my original team (Newtown) win the NSW Cup, and my adopted Ron Massey cup team (Glebe) win their first ever premiership. By the time I finished work on Saturday I had nothing left. Saturday night I developed a migraine and couldnāt keep my medication down. By yesterday at 10am, I was on the verge of calling my mate to see if he knew someone who could take my ticket, when suddenly the medication stayed down, and the migraine started to clear. Due to a lack of money lately, thanks to medical bills & car repairs, my usual weekend at Penrith also had to be cancelled. So to say this is nothing like I would have like to have enjoyed this feat is a major understatement. Unfortunately the scheduling of the fan day clashes with work, so I doubt I will get to enjoy that too.
On to the game. While I thought there wasnāt much between the two teams, I thought we looked in control for most of the game. Apart from a piece of individual brilliance from Grant, they didnāt seem to threaten us much. We were very clinical, with some great tactics, in particular letting the taller Storm wingers catch kicks, then wrapping them up before they could do anything with the ball. Martin was easily the best player on the field, on both sides of the ball. The only player of ours who I canāt praise for their effort is Schneider but given that he failed to get on the field I canāt hold anything against him.
Now time to kick back and enjoy another Premiership. Iāll be catching up with a few mates in Penrith & the Blue Mountains over the summer. Iāve got a few posts that Iām working on before I take a bit of a break, although Iāll still be checking in regularly. Iāll be working on getting a few kegs off so that I can get up the stairs at Parra Stadium easier. Might work on the novel & hopefully complete it!!!
Enjoy the summer Panthers fans, and come back refreshed so we can strive for five
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Unbelievable. Iām just so proud and happy to support this team. Four premierships in a row.
I just donāt have the words to properly articulate how I feel.
I joined this forum back in the Luke Walsh days. If you had told me back then that Penrith would go 4 in a row.
So happy we send out Fish, Tito and Romey as champions
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Some observations and comments :-
These are the golden years. After decades of treating any match win as a cause for celebration, and the wooden spoon as an ever-present threat, this is all too much. Soooooooo good.
In these days of mortgage stress and consequent ācost-of-livingā pressure, it was great to see so many Penrith fans coughing up the big bucks to attend the game.
Great coaching and play to handle the attacking bombs to their tall outer backs.
Has there been a better defensive effort this year? Is Penrith the fittest team in the NRL?
Lots of talk about the Melbourne āno tryā, but bugger all about the ādubiousā strip penalty that gave Melbourne the field position for their try.
Plenty of haters on forums like The Roar, but they can suck eggs. For some, we now need to win 5-in-a-row to be a contender for ābest everā or something similar. Canāt please some people.
Martin was exceptional, but so was Yeo. Either would have been a worthy man-of-the-match.
Interesting choice of words by Yeo post-game, in respecting Melbourne (including their āownersā). Thatās a contrast to true clubs like ours. I am not a fan of people owning teams.
Alamoti is starting to make the loss of Crichton less irreplaceable. Will he move to the wing next year, making room for one of the McLeans in the centres? For next year, there are at least 3 contenders to replace Turuva. I donāt know anything about the Kiwi (Papaliāi); can he be brought up to be close to JFH? And it will be interesting to see the new 5/8th; Talagi, Cole or Schneider??
Surprise call-up for Smith to the Kangaroos; I hope that it doesnāt mean that his value increases to the point that we lose him as well because of cap pressure.
Ivan Clearyās 5th grand final and 4th premiership, but only once good enough for Dally M Coach. That tells me that there is something wrong with the methodology of the system used for selections.
Once weāre back at Penrith Park, it would be better for the Penrith players to do a slow lap, or just visit the eastern stand, like in years past. To do so would reinforce their professed valuing of the fan base.
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The Panthers have withdrawn from next years World Club Challenge due to excessive workload and scheduling issues next year.
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Has a chance to watch the replay after attending the Grand Final on Sunday.
Every player did their part and left the most complete effort this season to the finale.
I hear a lot about the physical toughness of both sides, a fair few of them on both sides were carrying injury into the game (you can tell by the amount of tape holding them together and the withdraws for the International fixture and opting for surgery).
But while I agree both sides are physically tough, I feel that Penrith was mentally tough, something the Storm seemed to lack. When they were up by 6 they looked in control and started to get a roll on, but Penrith kept to the game plan and put on two tries after that, the wheels started to fall of the Storm, Penrith stuck to their guns and kept pressuring the playmakers and each set started to look more and more desperate. The last try to Alamoti sealed the deal. The Storm were gassed and gutted. A few more 1% plays to the Storm and their fate was sealed.
It goes to show that to win that trophy you need to be mentally tough as well as physically tough.
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