2020 Finals discussion thread

[mickqld]

Well I can almost guarantee every member of Silvertails will be on “ team Panther” next weekend !!

I’m in , are you ???

I'm on team "get this sht season over with"

 

[XV-1]

Wow Sutton is such a bad ref. If he refs next week it'll be a wrestle-athon. No set restarts tonight and he'll be under orders not to blow any next week after his monumental brain explosion in last years GF with the 6 again. NRL won't want another controversy.

ROFL. it was Ben Cummins who called 6 again. DOH

 

[cc eagle]

Wow Sutton is such a bad ref. If he refs next week it'll be a wrestle-athon. No set restarts tonight and he'll be under orders not to blow any next week after his monumental brain explosion in last years GF with the 6 again. NRL won't want another controversy.

4 restarts tonight

 

[eagleron]

Didn't watch the game so no 6 again restarts?

Not a lot

 

[bob dylan]

Drizzle will be my tip.

Not even sure if I will watch it, I reckon the past 25 years if Manly havent been playing I am about a 50-50 chance of watching.

 

[mickqld]

Penrith 38-Nil will do just fine next week.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

God this match doesn't fill me with confidence for next week. I still think Penrith will end up blowing the Storm away but they can't start the game in the same form they ended this one.

Against the storm the job for them is simple. Start well (aka don't let storm do what they did to a lethargic Raider's team by the 20th minute this week), keep relatively even possession and then enter a grind by the 20th minute or so. Storm will get exposed on the big day and I can't wait. Really hoping the Riff don't throw an egg on my face. It's all about attack this year

 

[Chip and Chase]

ROFL. it was Ben Cummins who called 6 again. DOH

 

[Damien2812]

4 restarts tonight

Looks like the NRL has ordered the refs to allow more of the usual slow the ball down play. Goes to show how farce this 6 again rule is. Much prefer teams being allowed to slow the ball down..

 

[WESTIE]

I reckon you wouldn't be able to count the celebratory cones getting punched out here tonight...lol....go the Riff next week.

 

[eagleron]

God this match doesn't fill me with confidence for next week. I still think Penrith will end up blowing the Storm away but they can't start the game in the same form they ended this one.

Against the storm the job for them is simple. Start well (aka don't let storm do what they did to a lethargic Raider's team by the 20th minute this week), keep relatively even possession and then enter a grind by the 20th minute or so. Storm will get exposed on the big day and I can't wait. Really hoping the Riff don't throw an egg on my face. It's all about attack this year

It was Sutton who gave the Bunnies momentum with his bad call against Tamou attacking the legs on the first set of the match, there may have been a different first ten minutes had it not been for that stuff up by arguably the worst referee in the game

 

[court83]

Glad the riff got up.. but gonna need to be a damn site better next week if they wanna win..
Cleary was non existent in the second 40 when the game was there to be shut out... if he doesn't step up next week storm will win by 20

 

[davohan123]

API my goodness one of the biggest mistakes letting him go this club I love has made in a long long time.

 

[Rackets]

Glad the riff got up.. but gonna need to be a damn site better next week if they wanna win..
Cleary was non existent in the second 40 when the game was there to be shut out... if he doesn't step up next week storm will win by 20

Agree. Cleary went missing second half but so did Jerome, and as much as I want the riff to win next week, it's gonna be tough. Storm are too clinical and the speed in their backs.... wow. Also their gun players never go missing and are always sniffing around for line breaks.
Goodluck and go the riff!!

 

[ALinda]

Can't wait for the scam400 testimonial presentation of diamond studded rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches and tiaras next week.

I can wait

Better still, hope it never happens...

 

[HK_Eagle]

Can't wait for the scam400 testimonial presentation of diamond studded rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches and tiaras next week.

Wouldn't a diamond studded ref whistle be more appropriate?

 

[wombatgc]

You have been watching a different Api to the one I'm watching

Good on you @nightster . No disrespect to @Simonmyers11 , because he has been wrapping Api deluxe of late. But his apparent lack of a passing game is nothing more than an urban myth. He is the best hooker in the NRL right now. There is absolutely nothing wrong with his passing game.
Yes, Manly had to make a call on Fainu and Api with the salary cap. But I’ve never seen a bigger backfire than the Api call in my fourty years of supporting the Sea Eagles.
Just watching him tonight, winning MOM, and his happy Api grin, and knowing his personal tragedies that he has overcome......it’s the proverbial bitter sweet moment.
Good luck next week Api. I really hope you not only win, but smash your opposite number to bits.

 

[wombatgc]

Well I can almost guarantee every member of Silvertails will be on “ team Panther” next weekend !!

I’m in , are you ???

Without a doubt. I just wish I could be in my old stomping ground at Penrith Leagues Club. Going to be massive and messy!

 

[Hibyemama]

With Kikau back, i believe panthers will win. In 91 and 03, they were minor premiers and went on to win it. Plus we got a manly player playing hooker so lets hope Api get a win.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Wouldn't a diamond studded ref whistle be more appropriate?

Anyway you look at it, Cameron Smith has had an amazing career.

Multiple playing contracts with the same club (and at the same time!); playing in 420-odd FG games, whilst concurrently officiating in at least 350 of those games.

Yes, an amazing career.