2021 NRL Season

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Maroon_Faithful, Feb 5, 2021.

  1. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    He was shit, but he at least was trying to do something. Munster, Grant and Papi were utterly useless.
     
  2. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Pap blew a few things didn't he. Thinking Grant may be much better off going to a different club and being a bigger fish in a smaller pond too.

    Thought Leniu was really good off the bench. Hoping he has a good crack in the big dance.
     
  3. Magic AJ Parker

    Absolute domination from Penrith in the first half so far.

    Just don't look very dangerous in attack.

    Will be very interesting to see how this game plays out, I get the feeling if Souths can get a good run of possession at any point in the 2nd half they'll go on to win this.
     
  4. Magic AJ Parker

    Over 1000 run metres for the Panthers in that first half. Insane.
     
  5. AVA T Delonge

    Yeah I thought the same thing. They literally dictated that entire first half and couldn't get up by more than 2. Lucky it didn't cost them.
     
  6. Magic AJ Parker

    That Thurston interview with Yeo :lol: :lol:

    You'll never see a bloke look more clueless.
     
  7. Magic AJ Parker

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  8. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Smith totally should have opened that Cleary interview with: "You're welcome".
     
  9. Magic AJ Parker

    So stupid seeing the top tiers of the stadium empty and the bottom tiers packed.
     
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  10. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

  11. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Yeah it's fucked, I had tickets but had to surrender them.
     
  12. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Martin would have been my pick for CC.
     
  13. Magic AJ Parker

    Geez, NRL didn't skimp on the confetti.
     
  14. Magic AJ Parker

    I guess the exciting thing for Penrith fans is I thought their attack in the finals series was really pedestrian. Whether that was down to the injuries they were carrying, form slumps post origin or a loss of confidence you can't imagine it will be something they won't rectify next year.

    I can't recall a team winning a grand final and I mean the way the played throughout the whole finals series being so heavily reliant on their defence and just dominating field position.

    It was a nice end to what has been an absolute cheat code of a season for attacking players.
     
  15. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    100%, attack has looked totally shot. Felt like the footy of old with the low scores and arm wrestle.

    Some of it seemed to come down to just dumb attacking structure, plays through the middle after having 2 one out slow play the balls etc.

    In their back line movements and how they get a bit too side to side can come from a few things:
    -Edwards non existent linking
    -Yeo acting as half back getting a little predictanle, particularly when they're setting up to hit the second rowers wide
    -Neither Burton or Momirovski having a very powerful running game, neither makes wingers shit themselves in in the way a powerful strike centre can/does.

    Can't believe it all came together though. So happy the group got a premiership, very sad I wasnt watching it with a bunch of mates.
     
  16. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I really feel for Mansour, he stays at Penrith he probably ends up back in first grade and plays that grand final.
     
  17. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Surely Penrith get rid of Staines. Unless he is playing 1, he isn't worth keeping.
     
  18. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I've assumed the plan is to move Edwards on at the end of his contract. Staines not suited to the wing at all.

    It'll probably all come together perfectly to get Laurie back in another year or two.
     
  19. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I thought that but when they had an opportunity to try that out this year they went with Crichton.
     
  20. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Edwards is probably your 3rd best fullback, but he is Nathan's best buddy. Penrith keeping Luai and Edwards ahead of Burton and Laurie feels like a call from Nathan instead of papa Cleary.
     

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