Round 8: TITANS vs PANTHERS (2022)

[Dooldog76]

100% it’s perplexing. I can’t work it out but typically when we turn in Holbrook he pulls a rabbit out of his hat

The ears could be sticking out...

[JunctionBlock]

Does KP know which side of the field he’s supposed to be on?

[willhelm]

We all love Mo but gee he can be so lazy in defense.

[The Birdman]

We all love Mo but gee he can be so lazy in defense.

He's regressed horribly as a player over the last two seasons

[gotitans101_]

He's regressed horribly as a player over the last two seasons

Two? I would say only this year. He was great through Origin last year & our finals game.

[The Birdman]

Two? I would say only this year. He was great through Origin last year & our finals game.

He was an error machine at times last year. Prior to that he barely dropped the ball through his first few seasons.

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There is a noticeable improvement in our line speed tonight. It's a lot faster.

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We're actually winning the arm wrestle here. Penrith are off their game a bit but our attitude is much, much better tonight.

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Flanagan making it very clear our halves (and coaches) are doing a poor job getting Fifita good ball.

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Great first half by the boys (except Sexton). It feels good to see them put in a big first half effort. Hopefully they can sustain it for the full 80 minutes.

[NZTITAN]

Thought Ese'ese had a positive impact when he entered the game. Looks very nimble out there.

Our attack (albeit scoring once), kinda feels like it's flowing better out the back with the additional playmaker (keep AJ at 1 now).

[Dooldog76]

How good is tino? Great leader.

[lonegull]

Ese ese looked good when he came on provided plenty of energy towards back end of that first half

[Titslover]

This place is quiet when doing well didn’t fit our narrative I’m not delusional enough to think we’ll win but its nice to see them puttin in some effort and actually a bit of linespeed too. Been impressed with Ese Ese and Lisone. Still though how are we so hopeless at getting Fifita good ball? The bloke is an absolute freak when he has a bit of room to move, please give it to him boys.

Sexton’s confidence is absolutely shot too, last thing he needa to do is worry about kicking goals. Give it to Herbet. Could you imagine Sexton having to kick a sideline conversion to win, we’d just know its going to miss.

[ozynorts]

It was pointed out though that Fifita waits for the ball, in comparison to Kikau who charges onto it. Within 5 minutes of going on Fifita was gassed and was out on the wing. He is fast becoming the next coming of Dave Taylor.

[The Birdman]

A shame as soon as Penrith scores a try our go forward disappears and our defense drops off. Our mentality is still weak.

[ozynorts]

Once again the inside defence got lazy (Lisone but it was Mo first half) and Cleary goes through.

[The Birdman]

Absolutely pathetic in attack in that sequence. Clark should change his surname to Clunk or Clog

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We're officially back to hoping AJ does something freaky from distance to score tries. Our attack flows like a clogged toilet and we have to get rid of Clark and Sexton who are terrible and not ready for first grade respectively.

[ozynorts]

Fifita gets a good ball in space and drops it cold. Boy oh boy.