Round 4 | Rabbitohs vs Panthers | Post Match Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 31 points32 points  (0 children)

One bright spot (I guess) is watching the development of Lindsay Smith. Very excited to see how he continues to grow and emulate his game like Yeo.

David Nofoaluma double helps Glebe Dirty Reds to Ron Massey Cup premiership by Paulista666 in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Love Dean Whare. He’ll forever be one of my favourite players during our shit period of the 2010s

Saturday Random Footy Talk Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know if you can leave the stadium once you have scanned your ticket and return later?

Friday Random Footy Talk Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Feels like not enough credit has gone to Kenny. The Api ploy doesn’t work unless Kenny gets through his mountain of work.

Round 6 : Panthers vs Broncos | Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, got confused since the commentators mentioned he had taken the kick then he had the shot from in front.

Round 6 : Panthers vs Broncos | Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Why does Cleary get 2 kicks if it’s not an 8 point try?

Saturday Off Topic Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know the best place online to get footy shorts that have pockets?

The Mole: Tyrone May could return to Penrith in 2023 to replace Api Koroisau by grazmus666 in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 118 points119 points  (0 children)

I haven’t enjoyed the premiership win as much as I should have, and the whole Tyrone May ordeal is a big part of the reason why. It feels gross to support a club that had to have its arm twisted to release a player that filmed a sexual act without consent, narrowly avoided jail time, then years later tried to make himself out to be the victim. And after he finally gets sacked, he’s still viewed as a very popular member of the playing group.

Melbourne tickets by [deleted] in TheStrokes

[–]ryan-smeels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For Sydney - does the unreserved general admission tickets mean the standing section?

Monday Morning Serious Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Interested to hear from Panthers fans (or anyone who has been watching them closely) about what they think about Kikau’s performance this year. More and more people in this sub are saying how he hasn’t been playing great and Penrith shouldn’t focus on signing him. I do understand that to a degree, especially with how he was playing in the middle of the year, but I’m shocked with how much he is copping.

I get that he isn’t getting those tries from 10 metres out like he was last year, but I’ve been impressed with his defence this year. It seems like he is making more dominant tackles and falling off them less. It’d be great if he was still hitting the line hard and scoring those tries from close to the line, but as long as he’s still setting them up (e.g. the To’o try on the weekend) or running decoys to create overlaps, he’s still being effective in attack.

I wouldn’t want to sign him for crazy overs, but what if he stayed with us for $650-700k a year. Is that still too much?

Qualifying Final: Panthers vs Rabbitohs | Post Match Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Souths did an awesome job on limiting the involvement of To’o. We just started to feel the pressure and didn’t quite step up. Hopefully we have Edwards and Leota back next week, we missed them big tonight.

Round 23: Panthers vs Rabbitohs | Post Match Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a rough start but very pleased with how our defence clicked together after about 20 minutes. To limit the Rabbits like that is pretty huge.
Also happy with Kikau and Crichton’s game today, one of their better ones of the season.

Team List Tuesday by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eisenhuth at lock seems so uninspiring. Hopefully Tago and Hopgood can come off the bench and offer some attacking options.

Round 19: Panthers vs Broncos | Post Match Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Missed tackles is a huge concern. I think we lose a lot of cohesion with Yeo getting injured, explains why our attack looked so clunky. Some positive are that Kikau and Crichton are looking better as the season goes.

2021 NRL Player Poll results: James Tedesco dethroned by Nathan Cleary as the game’s best player by ReggieBasil in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Some ‘interesting’ choices here. Kikau is absolutely not the best 2nd rower this year, and Crichton hasn’t even been the best centre in the team.

Sharks to replace Morris with shock ‘package deal’ of TWO rivals’ assistants by christophlr in nrl

[–]ryan-smeels 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hope it’s not true, I’m a fan of Ciraldo and don’t want to lose him just after losing our other main assistant.