How are we feeling after watching that demolition, still think the our boys didn't turn up after the loss? We played much better and than the Storm did tonight, we defended better and attacked better. I get the doom & gloom after a loss, and I definitely get the frustration, but Panthers have gone to another level this year so we just need to chill and make the other matches count best we can. I'm hoping last weeks game hasn't affected the team to much and they go into Monday's game with some confidence, or the Tigers will beat them.
Secretly hoping we get the Panthers after an Origin game and they rest a few players - they're looking so hot right now.
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Yep.. I know the season is early and lots can change but don't see anyone putting up much of a fight at this rate.
Storm had 94% completion rate but still had 50 put on them wtf.
Penrith just do things way better then anyone else. They hardly drop the ball. One thing i've noticed is in the first 15 min they have 68 percent possesion to 32 percent the opponent. This is where they do their damage put on 20pts in the first 20min. They also play for the jersey and fans unlike some teams. They look hungry compete for everything...great to see storm struggling
Season has ended and its April
Maybe eels weren't so bad, didnt see tonights game, but on face value, we scored more and clearly panthers head and shoulders better than everyone. Eels might be a chance v tigers. Win that game and we back on track. Just hopefully no more injuries!
I keep banging on how fucked the game is ........OK in the 80s it was just us dogs and manly ............how good is the game now ?
The panthers are great, there is no denying it but boy do they get every decision go their way.
Thought we weren't that bad last week, we just looked terrible against the panthers. Can't remember a time where a team has been so far ahead of the pack. Perhaps not since us in 2001
Listening to the Clearys in the presser they sound very much like Bill Walsh the famous 49er nfl coach.
Cleary Snr talks about the process and preparation more so than anything else week to week getting the players up to perform and the result takes care of itself.
Chins talks about the foundation being there defensively never once did I hear them talk about the score line except being surprised at what it was.
This is what locked in looks like they've recruited and developed so well even with a key defensive magnet like Mitch Kenny taken out of the middle they curb stomped Melbourne in the contact area in the middle third.
Then the flipside listening to Bellamy and Grant you saw deflation we should be better in some of the effort areas but in the same breath even those two are tipping there hats saying that this Penrith side are near enough to a juggernaut right now and it's going to take a hell of a team to stop them.
Onething I did take was Cleary Snr mentioned combinations and sticking with them that's exactly what they did with Blaize and Maclean defensively and threw in ICE to steady the ship they didn't panic last year when they were getting gashed on that side they stuck trusted there process and shored up the weakness and look what's happening teams aren't pouring through the mentioned the combination is still a work in progress but it's on the improve.We could learn something there.
Coryn, I suggest you go back to the blog asking if anyone is losing faith and have a read over some of the comments made after our loss to the Panthers. Are the 1eyedeel community in a state of panic? Are they trusting the process? Are they sticking with and supporting who we've got? Are they realising we are a work in progress and we are improving?
Delayed gratification is something important to aspire to (I know people are going to say we've been waiting 40 years), but under Ryles we are a bit over 12 months in to the process. The rewards will come if we just stick at it, just like Penrith.
Cleary is trusting the process after 4 back to back premierships and another on the way. Their team just walloped a team by 50, the team they walloped just put 50 on us. The process they're trusting has proven incredible success behind it... that's precisely why they trust it..
It's apples and oranges. We have no success to trust. Success doesn't just happen if you don't change, success happens when you find the right formula, prove it, and stay committed.
Here, on the other hand, was Bellamy's response (the Storm being the NRL era team that have sustained they highest standards for the longest):
"If they (Storm players) don't want to go harder, they can go and play in reserve grade and we'll bring some young blokes up," he said.
"That's how we always handle these situations.
"We've just got to learn from tonight and just be better, that's all. The disappointing thing for me was our defence.
"You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a good defender. You just need to work hard and be determined."
Steadfast when they win, uncompromising when they lose. That's what the Panthers and the Storm have in common.
Compare the Bellamy presser to our approach, that's a much more useful comparison.
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