Raiders lose to Panthers 18-10

Hugh Lews said :

You could make that a template heading –

RAIDERS LOSE TO [INSERT TEAM NAME HERE]

That would have upset the 500 fans who showed up…

Your jokes would be funnier if they hadn’t already been made, ad nauseum, by 200 other morons visiting this site.

You could make that a template heading –

RAIDERS LOSE TO [INSERT TEAM NAME HERE]

That would have upset the 500 fans who showed up…

Campese is still not 100%. They certainly seemed to lack ioptions.

A frustrating game.

For mine, the problem was with our fifth-tackle options. We need to have more in the bag than just (a) the “Campo kicking to Monnas” play, and (b) passing the ball to a forward running one out from the ruck and hoping that he will somehow crash over. We need some decoy runners, cut-out passes, and general bodies in motion so that the opposition is left guessing where their line will be attacked. That’s how gaps get opened up and exactly how Penrith scored the last try, which sealed the win for them.

It’s a bit like when Billy Snedden said following the 1974 election “we didn’t lose the election, we just didn’t win enough seats to form a government” which prompted Jim Killen to say “I went to the races and the horse I backed didn’t come last, it just didn’t run fast enough in order to win”.

The Raiders had a shed-load of possession mid-to-late through the second half, but they couldn’t do anything with it.