*Official* NRL 2012 Season thread

[chaminda_00]

I can't believe the didn't pick Sims. They finally recognise there is only a handful of players in NSW with the talent to get close to the Queensland side and pick Hayne and Jennings purely on talent. But don't pick Sims over Creagh.

Would prefer an extra front rower in TLL over Burher.

I'm sure we will still lose, but at least we are not going to lose trying to defend for 80 minutes.

 

[Ausage]

Yeah Buhrer is this years WTF selection. There's always one. Decent player but nowhere near Origin quality. Reckon they see him as a utility for some reason. Creagh is just depressing, but somehow unsurprising. Reckon Watmough is unlucky too, he's always been pretty good value in Origin. Yet again we go in with 3 front rowers and one of them is Trent ****ing Merrin.

Don't mind the Jennings selection. The media don't actually watch Penrith games, and just see that he's been dropped to NSW cup, hear it's for performance reasons and assume he's been going **** all year. He hasn't, he's been going well and we have **** all options there anyway. It's him or Idris folks.

Glad they picked Farah. About time people realize that Ennis isn't an "origin player" and just a **** **** with a ton of grub in his game, not to mention a mange player.

 

[Burgey]

On the plus side, I think it's the fastest back line NSW has picked in years.

 

[howardj]

^ should be able to turn around and chase our breaks all night

 

[howardj]

My Qld Team (don't watch a lot of league so may have missed somebody obvious, or included somone who is injured):

Slater
Tate
Hodges
Inglis
Boyd
Thurston
Cronk

Scott
Smith
Petero
Miles
Thaiday
Johnson

- Parker
- Hennant
- Taylor
- Gillett

 

[Prince EWS]

Oi howardj! My spies tell me this will be the team named at 6:30:


1. Slater
2. Boyd
3. Inglis
4. Hodges
5. Tate
6. Thurston
7. Cronk
8. Scott
9. Smith
10. Civoniceva
11. Thaiday
12. Myles
13. Harrison

14. Gillett
15. Hannant
16. Shillington
17. Taylor

18. Cherry-Evans

 

[howardj]

Ah forgot Shllington

Scrub Parker for Shillington

Thanks

 

[Ausage]

On the plus side, I think it's the fastest back line NSW has picked in years.

Actually reckon the 1-13 are fine, probably as good a team as we could pick. It's the single prop on the bench, the fairy princess and our quota WTF selection that are the problem.

 

[howardj]

Oi howardj! My spies tell me this will be the team named at 6:30:


1. Slater
2. Boyd
3. Inglis
4. Hodges
5. Tate
6. Thurston
7. Cronk
8. Scott
9. Smith
10. Civoniceva
11. Thaiday
12. Myles
13. Harrison

14. Gillett
15. Hannant
16. Shillington
17. Taylor

18. Cherry-Evans

oooh, you have good spies

well done

 

[Burgey]

Massive game by Tim Grant tonight for Penrith. One of the best front rower's games I've seen this year. Superb.

 

[Ausage]

McKendry and Weston were very good too. We have a pretty good front row when it doesn't contain Danny Galea.

Pretty damn happy with that. Showed a lot of determination despite the refs coming out of the closet as Dragqueens. Deserved to win by more.

 

[uvelocity]

they didnt score enough points early when they had all the ball, but showed heaps of fight and I was actually happy to get my tip wrong.

on the not scoring enough points thing, there's no way you couldn't put jennings back in (assuming the attitude stuff is fixed up) talk about leaving him in nsw cup because panthers won is silly. daniela was great in defence though, been a fan of his for a while.

 

[Ausage]

It should have been more pressure but we got smashed by penalties as the Dragons worked it out of their own end. On another night a few of those chances would have been converted (Danielas two no trys were unlucky, Mansour (who was otherwise awesome) dropped the ball as he was putting it down).

Jennings has to come back, and I'd replace him with Tighe who's just ordinary.

 

[uvelocity]

yeah agree with that. Tighe was going to be the next big thing but has done sfa.

how was lewis when they raked it out "oh turn it up" ref sent him packing.

 

[Ausage]

how was lewis when they raked it out "oh turn it up" ref sent him packing.

Ha yeah that was hilarious. "This is a gee up right?" WAG

 

[uvelocity]

oh yea gee up. hah knew it was something. Was a dead set rake though. They showed a lot of heart especially on their own try line. dragons, and fien in particular were poor for most of the game though.

A lot of pretty ordinary last tackle options late from penrith too, guess they ran out of puff. Tim Grant getting the ball on the last a couple of times not in the playbook.

 

[Ausage]

A lot of pretty ordinary last tackle options late from penrith too, guess they ran out of puff. Tim Grant getting the ball on the last a couple of times not in the playbook.

Yeah not sure if that one was Austin calling to early and not being where he should have been, or Kingston being too slow and losing concentration which happens a bit. Possibly a bit of both.

 

[Johnners]

Blues great planning to shut down Johnathan Thurston and Darren Lockyer through computer technology | thetelegraph.com.au

 

[Spikey]

The players defending on Thurston's side will be Mark Gasnier and Beau Scott.

never4get

 

[Ausage]

Penrith flyer signs with Cronulla | NRL, Rugby League, NRL Scores, NRL Ladder | Fox Sports

Noooooooo. No no no holy ****ing **** balls no.

One of my all time favorite Panthers leaving. Ridiculously devo