Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Mon May 24, 2021 7:52 am  

Pat Bateman wrote:

A lot of teams ie Storm and Roosters are struggling for injuries at the moment. The Panthers look the real deal with Cleary pulling the strings and Yeo leading from the front. With a lot of teams struggling to adhere to the new head high rulings the Panthers look really clean cut, putting Souths to the sword Without any issues regarding sin bins. All that matters is how they finish. Manly took Paramatta apart and look a strong team at the moment. It’s just a fantastic competition and a pleasure to watch

After the start Manley had they really turned it around.

Much more blowout scores now but the actual quality and entrainment values is very very high.

You can lose discipline in the ruck giving away six again multiple times and within 10 mins you can get steamrolled.

Penrith look the best side but given a choice would never go against the storm in a GF.

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Mon May 24, 2021 8:31 am  

puroresu_boy wrote:

After the start Manley had they really turned it around.

Much more blowout scores now but the actual quality and entrainment values is very very high.

You can lose discipline in the ruck giving away six again multiple times and within 10 mins you can get steamrolled.

Penrith look the best side but given a choice would never go against the storm in a GF.

Totally agree. What astounds me about the NRL is the depth in talent they have, I know it’s nothing new but you look at Canterbury sitting at the bottom and they still have international/ Origin rep players in it ie zelezniak, Thompson, Cotric etc just crazy. I watched a NSWRL game between North Sydney Bear and the Magpies, the standard was up there with some super league games. Sadly a different world.

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Tue May 25, 2021 10:09 am  

Pat Bateman wrote:

Totally agree. What astounds me about the NRL is the depth in talent they have, I know it’s nothing new but you look at Canterbury sitting at the bottom and they still have international/ Origin rep players in it ie zelezniak, Thompson, Cotric etc just crazy. I watched a NSWRL game between North Sydney Bear and the Magpies, the standard was up there with some super league games. Sadly a different world.

To be fair, I think the NRL reserve teams would beat an England team, given how much depth they have.

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Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Tue May 25, 2021 10:15 am  

IMO it's a two horse race between Penrith and Melbourne. Penrith look superb at the moment but they're bound to have a blip or a few injuries at some point.

While there is a lot of depth in the comp compared with SL there is still quite a disparity between bottom and top. Canterbury have been absolutely awful this year.

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Tue May 25, 2021 11:04 am  

They're very good. Potentially too good in that their individual value as players is now way, way in excess of their cap room. I'd say that side gets broken apart spectacularly over the next couple of seasons.

If I were them I'd be looking to lose a game soon. They look unbeatable and you really don't want to go into the play offs with an unbeaten record, it'll just add so much pressure. Imagine going all season unbeaten and losing to Melbourne in the final. Ouch.

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Thu May 27, 2021 9:26 pm  

The competition this year is really exciting. Penrith are a joy to watch and Luai and Cleary are a great pairing. I don't think any SL team would make the 8 in the NRL at the moment. Our game looks laboured and slow in comparison unfortunately.

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Fri May 28, 2021 10:06 am  

Not as good as the Halifax Panthers

Re: Just how good are the Penrith Panthers? : Fri May 28, 2021 10:18 am  

ryano wrote:

The competition this year is really exciting. Penrith are a joy to watch and Luai and Cleary are a great pairing. I don't think any SL team would make the 8 in the NRL at the moment. Our game looks laboured and slow in comparison unfortunately.

This. 5 years ago I would say the top teams in SL could compete but not now.

Watching the NRL now the first thing which becomes so apparent is the speed of the game compared to SL. It looks like a different sport.

The 6 again rule has made a difference but SL has that rule and SL still looks very slow in comparison.

I think it's just really about they have better players. They are better athletes and the skill level of the players is just better.

The amount of unforced errors in SL doesn't help at all.

One difference between the two administrations is the NRL are always looking at what can be done to keep the game quick and secondly they are intent now on making sure the game is entertaining and not allowed to go back to the arm wrestle style which made the game a battle of attrition. During this period the NRL was a better competition for actual competitiveness but it could be argued SL was a better product in terms of entertainment value and excitement. That can't be said anymore!!!

SL will usually then piggy back on a rule the NRL brings in but when has SL ever talked about the speed of the game? When has SL ever talked about the importance of the game being entertaining and exciting?

It just carries on as normal every year with no real appraisal of how the game is at the elite level is being played. SL should be looking at the NRL and asking some serious questions about the difference between the two competitions.

I can certainly see why the NRL fans Aussie/NZ community in the UK are not really interested in Super League.