NRL Round 22 - Panthers V Knights - 2:00pm Sunday 4 August - BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

[Les Misérables]

Ponga's disappearance in that half is taking me back to 2022 when everyone was complaining about what we were paying for.

He's been really quiet ever since returning from injury, tbh.

The only ball going out the back with shape for the first 40 was down the short side. No space, no time for Ponga. They're putting the Nova employment into Novacastrian

 

[Sheent14]

Yep, if you're the highest paid player in the game you can't be blaming two blokes in the halves on a third of your wage combined for not getting involved.

Totally agree. Atleast Walsh goes out there every game and tries things even when the team is playing way below par. Rarely will you say he isn't having a go. Despite the multiple errors.

 

[slotmachine]

Dont panic people, cogger will be on soon to straighten up our attack

No x-factor today unfortunately

 

[krustykraz]

The funny thing is that Crossland had a massive boot on him in the Juniors.

 

[slotmachine]

We have gotten the rub of the green from the red so far.

Been out best option for making metres in yardage

 

[MBQLD]

Actually the ref has been surprisingly good to them. They’ve got way more calls than usual

Panthers?

 

[slotmachine]

The funny thing is that Crossland had a massive boot on him in the Juniors.

I remember Billy saying he busted his groin for a year or two and wasn't the same afterwards

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Looking at it purely from the perspective of the future because we’re just marking time this season now:

- The only notable difference with Crossland in over Hastings is that the left sided half at second receiver moves about twice as fast going to the line & doesn’t get easily beaten constantly in defence. Probably fewer hospital balls to the back rower too.
- Gamble is probably the best half at the club right now.
- Energy levels look notably higher without Jackson out there, probably because his teammates don’t like him.

I sincerely think he may have played his last game for us. No matter what Parr says, getting dropped to play 13 in Reggies and replaced by a hooker in firsts screams “we’ve ****ing had it mate, get lost.”

Gamble will always be the 6 when fit in the short to medium term & a key voice on the field, and AOB will always play with a passing 13 at first receiver. Even if it doesn’t translate to much more than mediocrity in the short term, we’re still an obvious candidate for a talented young half to play that spot on the left side, in a system which puts pressure on the guys around him and lessens it on the young fella.

 

[slotmachine]

Gamblor has put in more decent kicks today that the rest of the team combined all year. Pity the kick chase was dog****

 

[slotmachine]

Martin bombed that try because he was more interested in killing ponga

 

[Les Misérables]

The funny thing is that Crossland had a massive boot on him in the Juniors.

He had a massive boot on him until an hour ago

 

[jamesgould]

What's Ponga doing, just stopping and running into a tackler for no reason?!

 

[Sheent14]

Ponga, why are you just stopping wtf

 

[Sheent14]

What's Ponga doing, just stopping and running into a tackler for no reason?!

there was easily 20-30 free metres there and he just decides to stop

 

[jamesgould]

I swear the football IQ of this team is about 12. Same as a stick of celery.

 

[slotmachine]

Needed that.

 

[Nailed It]

Gamble has missed 10 tackles so far, 3 times more than any other player.

 

[slotmachine]

Clunky, not well executed, but signs of life

 

[Good Times]

I swear the football IQ of this team is about 12. Same as a stick of celery.

Still, that's a smart vegetable!

 

[slotmachine]

The gamblor!!!