I think itâs time for the coaching staff to have a rethink about Casey McLean.
Not up to first grade standard, his flair in attack is undone by his dismal defensive work.
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Also, if he doesnât want to pass the ball, why is he in the Centres?
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I think thatâs true for both centres.
One puts himself out of position defensively trying to make a flair in defence
The other leaves Jenkins unmarked and screaming for the ball
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Can someone teach these guys how to attack? 
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What did we just watch. Cronk of all people surprisingly explained this the best so far - everything is just off, the new people brought in to replace those that left just arenât cutting it for whatever reason. All our player losses may have finally broken our system.
Edwards doesnât look right, he doesnât seem to be running freely.
We could still go on a run later in the season and scrape into the 8 maybe but if it does happen we are taking the Everest route instead of the cushy top 2.
I guess a haphazard collection of thoughts here, a bit like our attack today.
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Panther Pride Man of the Match voting is now open One thing that was noticeable to me, we really missed Kenny. His direction in attack would have made a huge difference, taking a lot of pressure off Cleary in the opposition 20. His ruck defence was also missed.
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Agree miss Kenny in defence and Dylan didnât look to be fully fitâŚmiss Brian âŚJenkins & McClean need to go back to reserve grade build up some confidence prob is who replaces themâŚ.awful performance but must say great turn out by Panthers fans at Suncorp tonight.
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Well this was disappointing to watch.
In some ways we are still getting worse each week.
Both centres in my opinion are the weak links in both offence and defence. Allamotti and Milky in the centres next week please , if Paul is suspended maybe we have to look to Garner, but I canât see us persisting with Tago or McLean.
Canât blame the forwards this week, I thought Leota in particular was excellent.
Blaze was either underwhelming, over awed or just plain inexperienced. A lot of work needed with him.
Not the end of the world, but at this stage we are looking closer to the spoon than the premiership.
I do hope our run of success doesnât end the way itâs looking to date,
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I guess that the salary cap has finally achieved what it was designed to do, weaken a successful club. It just took a few years longer than the nrl planned. It is very unlikely that any other club will be able to achieve what the Panthers have. The good news is that the other nrl fans can go back to hating the storm and the broncos, as it should be.
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At this point our best team may be the one that ended up on the field against the Sharks in Vegas - that team while not at our ruthless best still knew how to win and won.
So a fit Kenny and Edwards, Laurie/Alamoti on the wings and Garner!/Tago for centres. Patea on the bench.
Still mind boggling how things felt after round 1 and now - itâs essentially the same team except for some injuries that have happened along the way. Maybe this is what happens with little good depth and new players - over time as injuries bite.
Not looking forward to the SOO season if the incumbents are picked.
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This season is mirroring that infamous 2019 season. Ivan eventually debuted the next wave of kids. The problem here is, there isnât exactly anyone demanding to be selected in reserves. Patea an exception. The middle forwards are going okay, its the outside backs that just canât seem to get it done.
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It was a great run. Thank you for the last five years, it has been amazing.
Perhaps we can now work towards being competitive again when we get our home ground back in two years.
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Joey Manu wants a release from Rugby to come home. Backend a contract to the shithouse and get him Penrith. 
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Gotta say, I disagree with the âit wasnât our forwardsâ comments, I base our entire result on the work ethic of our forwards. Yes Moses was better this week, but I still cannot fathom Lindsay Smith thinking he is a playmakerâŚis he scared? When Fish left, I honestly thought Lindsay would step up, but I have not seen him with effort into the defense and a quick play the ball.
Donât get me started on Henry, wouldnât be surprised if he is on the sidelines for a couple of weeks with that head drive into the player on the groundâŚdidnât know he was such a loose unit.
Yeo being benched speaks volumes !
I am also glad IC has said that is why Blaze needed time, he has the want and skillset, but based on last night isnât up to NRL standard yet. Jenkins back to reggies, Casey to wing Garner to defend in centres next to Casey.
That play from the scrum on the 1st tackle broke us, stupid play when you have them on the ropes, next set bin, then tryâŚfunny how structure is lost when your thoughts are focused elsewhere, we need to score, we need to win etc etc
AGAIN (the result is not his fault) but the refereeing was atrocious, they were pumped just as bad as us, but managed to defend the bad callâŚWE USED TO DO THAT !!!
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The part I found the most worrying was the âhesitationâ both in attack and defence.
The players in attack doing it as well are not the rookies, itâs more experience players like Dylan and Nathan holding a pass a little too long. Where our passing was smooth and fast in past years, there is a slight double guessing of their action and it gives the defence an easy read on the play. To me this either come down fro a lack of communication or a lack of trust.
In defence, players are not sliding in unison⌠creating gaps (particularly on the wings. There was a few occasions that Tago just didnât slide with the line, leaving Alamoti with 2 players to defend, one that lead to a try as it didnât matter what action Alamoti took, they both ended with a Dolphin scoring.
Before we start working on Attack and Defence we should start with Trust and Communication.
Also to those on social media who say âwe need to get back to how we wereâ, I say no. This isât the 2021 side, and we have a new crop of players, we need to fin a new groove and work out how the system adapts to that. Because if we are unable to adapt, we are dead in the water.
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Yeo âResults will come but it needs to happen sooner rather than laterâ
Refreshing and open chat with Yeo after the game - mentions fatigue being a factor
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A big concern is that it will now be difficult to get fans to travel to Parramatta stadium, particularly on Thursday and Friday nights. I fear that the crowd numbers will not be good unless they start winning games.
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Hit the nail on the head Steve, Nathan is trying to slow his game to suit because of this. Trust is earned not givenâŚthis is where we miss Luai, not afraid to call people out for missing their position in attack, Nath is too nice on the field.
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A good example of Nathan being off his game was the cut out pass to nobody. Alamoti was involved in the previous tackle and was rushing to get back to position, it was impossible for Paul to be in position for that cut out pass.
What needed to happen was for Cleary to check and pivot or for the player to his right to shift out to fill in the spot where Alamoti would have been.
Itâs just little errors like those that brought us undone, we are our own worst enemy out there. We clean this up and we can get on with winning some games.
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