Round 8 - Bulldogs vs Panthers - Team List and Game Discussion Thread.

[Mr Invisible]

Round 8 - Bulldogs vs Panthers
Fri 27th April @ 7:50pm
Televised on FOXTEL / CH9

MAY be available at 9NOW.COM.AU (legal free stream online).

Panthers - 3rd on ladder
Bulldogs - 14th on ladder

Last result - Bulldogs win

Match Officials
Grant Atkins Referee
Alan Shortall Referee
Rohan Best Assistant Referee (Sideline Ref)
Clayton Sharpe Assistant Referee (Sideline Ref)
Ben Galea Video Referee
Ashley Klein Senior Review Official

 

[Mr Invisible]

BULLDOGS TEAM LIST & NEWS

1. Moses Mbye
2. Brett Morris
3. Josh Morris
4. William Hopoate
5. Marcelo Montoya
6. Jeremy Marshall-King
7. Kieran Foran
8. Aaron Woods
9. Michael Lichaa
10. David Klemmer
11. Josh Jackson
12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
13. Adam Elliot

14. Asipeli Fine
15. Danny Fualalo
16. Greg Eastwood
17. Kerrod Holland

18. John Olive - eliminated from lineup
19. Rhyse Martin - eliminated from lineup
20. Renouf To'omaga - eliminated from lineup
21. Matt Frawley - eliminated from lineup

 

[Mr Invisible]

PANTHERS TEAM LIST & NEWS

1. Dylan Edwards
2. Christian Crichton
3. Corey Harawera Naera
4. Dean Whare
5. Dallin Watene Zelezniak
6. Tyrone Peachey
7. James Maloney
8. Trent Merrin
14. Sione Katoa
10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard
11. Viliame Kikau
12. Isaah Yeo
13. James Fisher-Harris

15. Jack Hetherington
16. Moses Leota
17. James Tamou
18. Wayde Egan

9. Peter Wallace - Late Withdrawl (injury)
19. Nick Lui-toso - eliminated from lineup
20. Tom Eisenhuth - eliminated from lineup
21. Kaide Ellis - eliminated from lineup

 

[haytchcbb]

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/24/panthers-v-bulldogs-round-8-preview/

Slow starts didn't cost the Panthers in some of their earlier games but their inability to come out with guns blazing bit them on the backside in last week's loss to the Sharks, despite a strong finish.

Their only other defeat this season followed a similar script – a round three 20-18 loss to the Bulldogs.

The Panthers got it right in their round four thrashing of the Cowboys and coach Anthony Griffin would love to see some consistent 80-minute performances from his side. Revenge for the round three loss to
Canterbury should add to their motivation this week.

The Bulldogs again showed they can compete but they blew several scoring chances in last week's 6-0 loss to the Roosters, missing an opportunity to claim a big scalp.

They need to start winning if they plan on being a top eight contender.

Head-to-head: Played 93; Bulldogs 52 wins, Panthers 38 wins, 3 draws
Matches at venue: Played 45; Bulldogs 23 wins, Panthers 21 wins, 1 draw
2017 results: Panthers won 38-0 at ANZ Stadium in round 13 and 16-8 at Panthers Stadium in round 21
Points per game: Panthers 23.1; Bulldogs 14.7
Points conceded per game: Panthers 15.1; Bulldogs 20.9

Steve Turner's prediction:
The Panthers head into the clash with Canterbury off the back of a five-day turnaround and with a host of stars sidelined with injury as well as a defeat last weekend to the Sharks, the depth at the foot of the mountains will be tested once again against a desperate Bulldogs team looking to register their third win of the season. After failing to score a point last weekend against the Roosters, the spotlight will once again be on the Dogs attack. Canterbury did defeat the Panthers earlier in the season but if their attack doesn't fire, it could be win number six for the home side. I'm tipping an upset and Dogs by 8.

 

[Novocastrian]

Fuck i hope Toomaga gets a run on the bench instead of Holland.

 

[S.B.W_Jnr]

Fuck i hope Toomaga gets a run on the bench instead of Holland.

I hope so too!

 

[Typical dog]

Fuck i hope Toomaga gets a run on the bench instead of Holland.

You my friend, will be disappointed

 

[pugsley]

I expect Frawley to sit on the bench

 

[finchie]

If lichaa isn’t dumped I’m done with pay

Hooker isn’t one position we are struggling with for depth

 

[Oatley Dog]

Same squad as last week.

 

[cookieman909]

Surely should of been changes.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Christian Crichton, 3 Corey Harawira-Naera, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 6 Tyrone Peachey, 7 James Maloney, 8 Trent Merrin, 9 Peter Wallace (c), 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Isaah Yeo, 13 James Fisher-Harris

Interchange: 14 Sione Katoa, 15 Jack Hetherington, 16 Moses Leota, 17 James Tamou

Reserves: 18 Wayde Egan, 19 Nick Lui-Toso, 20 Thomas Eisenhuth, 21 Kaide Ellis

The Panthers are unchanged from last week's loss to the Sharks.

Bulldogs: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Jeremy Marshall-King, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott

Interchange: 14 Asipeli Fine, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Greg Eastwood, 17 Kerrod Holland

Reserves: 18 John Olive, 19 Rhyse Martin, 20 Renouf Toomaga, 21 Matthew Frawley

 

[ILiveForDib]

Amazing

 

[Dognacious]

Changing the team wasnt the answer so no changes as expected. None of our lower graders are going better than the first graders anyway.

The answer for this year is time. Beyond that, it depends how the individual players go this year.

 

[flamebouyant]

Groundhog day. If we dont win this game then THERE HAS TO BE CHANGES!!!!
Im ok with picking the same team to keep consistency so long as they show good form like they did against the cowboys, but if we put in another performance like last week i will probable need to buy a new tv.

 

[finchie]

Oh wow
Promised the world and delivered a map
Couldn’t even come up with an atlas

 

[Vek]

I am so confused atm.

Why not:

6- Frawley
7-Foran
9-JMK

Replace hollands bench spot with To'Omaga, and put Jackson to lock.

Imo, that is our perfect team. Our defence has been sorted it seems, so frawley should be fine in 6, playing off JMK in 9 I think would see some nice attacking footy.

 

[Gubanaculum]

We dont need holland on the bench because fine can play centre put martin or toomaga in ffs.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

BrInG tHe MaDnEsS

 

[finchie]

We should have NFI plastered all over our jerseys and signage at belmore
The club has turned to shit
No Fcuking idea from anyone
The once feared and looked up to club has turned to the new laughing stock and cellar dwellers