This week - turn around

[Chook2]

After last week looking at positives for this week
main part is players back

1. Teddy back at fullback and manu to centre
2. lodge back on bench to complete front row rotation
3. Sitili back on bench or 1 more week in NSW cup
4. Gus back in res for the week
5. Nathan brown first game - in res most likely
6. billy smith expected 1st game back in res after acl - fingers crossed he can stay on the park this year
7. apparently Napa back as well in res - interested to see if he can create any impact in res

in the end 7 players back, and Sitili and Gus will be back on 1sts in a week or two after getting March fitness back

also Toia expected back soon

The troops are coming back

[Sentimentinel]

And we're only into round 7, looking forward to the season ahead!

[SamKerrSimp]

Whoever runs harder on to the ball will win it’s that easy

[JAF]

Whoever runs harder on to the ball will win it’s that easy

And not dropping it!! Lol

[mattyh]

dammit! if we could just get hold of that penrith playbook! run hard , dont drop balls...

[weplayforprems]

The Sharks can’t tackle. Hold the ball and we will towel them.

[Thirteen]

A friend saw Angus at his shop last week. Angus said he hoped to be back in first grade for Anzac Day. He also beat my mate’s 7 year old son 3 times in some game called Daytona while the kid waited for his Dad to have his haircut. No mercy! That’s the Angus we know and love.

[Thirteen]

dammit! if we could just get hold of that penrith playbook! run hard , dont drop balls...

Or somehow get Bondi Boy into the dressing room for a pre-game motivational speech. The only problem is that he’d insist Lindsay Collins play on the wing and he’d be wearing his Penrith jersey.

[Pablo Escobar]

How we respond this week will tell us everything.

[ism22]

A friend saw Angus at his shop last week. Angus said he hoped to be back in first grade for Anzac Day. He also beat my mate’s 7 year old son 3 times in some game called Daytona while the kid waited for his Dad to have his haircut. No mercy! That’s the Angus we know and love.

Hahaha classic... as a Sega fanatic this makes me wanna go there and kick his butt at Daytona just to say 'oi, leave the little kids alone'.

Then again he could be a weapon at Daytona. THAT would be awesome! It's such a classic. Though, my local mall has a copy and the guy servicing it can never quite get the CRT screen right. I soooo badly wanna crack it open and say 'THIS is how you fix a frigging CRT with v-sync issues ya mug!!!'

[bondi.boy]

Whoever runs harder on to the ball will win it’s that easy

It's part of the winning strategy.
Run onto the ball at pace, at gaps, not straight at opp players, it's what the Premiers do.

[SamKerrSimp]

It's part of the winning strategy.
Run onto the ball at pace, at gaps, not straight at opp players, it's what the Premiers do.

Are you aware that running at opposition players drawing in defenders is one strategy that creates gaps? What would Robinson know he’s never won a comp

[eddie]

Well, I didn't watch the melbourne rubbish, but I can pretty much guess what happened.
We do need troops back as our bench was too weak, and Egan and Drew have no place in the side.
I betting we didn't get any breaks off the game managers either.
Same story for years.

[HunchoRooster]

Cronulla are a good attacking side but they leak plenty of points. Hynes is the real deal but I still think they are a couple years away from genuinely challenging. We should be beating them, they are a Top 8 side no doubt but nothing more than September fodder. Need to lay a marker down this week and beat them well.

Surprising it's their defence that has been disappointing given Fitzy is coach and he prioritises that above everything. I think they sacrifice some defensive grit with their edge back rowers, who make up for it in attack as two of the best hole runners in the comp. We need to be wary of that.

[Eggspert]

Getting the feeling we will put a score on the Sharks.

Teddy back, Hutch out of centre & Manu in, Lodge likely back & it feels last weeks result will be just a bad memory.

The team can go on a decent run now at almost full strength. No excuses for another showing like the Dolphins & Storm games.