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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2832050, member: 1899"] If I was a Panthers supporter, I would be fed up with the club. With the draw they had, they should be well and truly entrenched in the Top 4. Instead they find themselves in the bottom and I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel, at least not in regards to 2017. The question has to be asked, what went wrong. From my vantage point, I can't look past their Round 5 loss against Melbourne. The Panthers were hot coming off their win against Newcastle, it seemed like they had put Round 1 behind them only to come crashing down to earth against Melbourne. They looked like a deer in the headlights that evening and instead of taking their licks and improving their game for their fanbase, they were too busy looking to party. Now I could understand it if they were a couple of young guys and they're just trying to live it up, but when you're the captain and in such a delicate position career wise like Matty Moylan it does my head in. Is there a dumber player in the competition than Matt Moylan? Is he aware of where he's at career wise and the profile the club is trying to give him by making him captain? Here he is, receiving plaudits by all and sundry and instead of doing his absolute best to ensure he's right on the field he's setting a bad example both on and off the field. Compare him to Darius Boyd. Now there was a time in Darius' career where he was going the way of Matty Moylan. Where after being hailed as a Top 10 player, Boyd went into his shell and just chimed in on his second man play. Whenever he was called onto do more like ruck it up, he'd pass the buck onto whoever was beside him whether it was a Morris, Nightingale, Uate or McManus. However, when he was in the frame for the Broncos captaincy, Boyd started running with vigor and if you watch a lot of games last season in particular you'll notice all these little plays that don't seem like much but in the grand scheme of things made a huge difference. Moylan isn't doing that. In fact, he's struggling to position himself correctly and only comes into the game when his team mates allow him to come into the game. A few weeks, maybe a few months ago, I had him in the NSW Origin side more or less because it seemed like the NSWRL wanted to find a way to get him into the side and he wasn't Pearce and Reynolds isn't much chop at all. As it stands, my thoughts haven't changed on those other players but my thoughts on Moylan have altered drastically. If he doesn't pick his game up soon, it won't be long until he finds himself back in the NSW Cup and that would be an absolute crying shame. The most troubling aspect about Moylan's form is that when he was dropped to the NSW Cup, he couldn't inspire the boys down there. In fact, they lost to competition straggler's Newcastle who were one of the worst units in NSW Cup history last season. If that doesn't tell you how far he's fallen I don't know what else will. To be fair, he's in good company as well. Campbell-Gillard, Watene-Zelezniak, Hiku, Latu, Merrin...they're a joke at the moment and I think Gus needs to start tapping people on the shoulder if he wants to get results. This current vein of form really puts last season into perspective. Last year, the Rugby League press was tripping over themselves trying to pat Griffin on the back for moving Soward & Segeyaro on and giving Cartwright and Cleary a shot in the halves. While their run into the finals was quite impressive, the press got a little too over enthusiastic using it as a predicator for success. Looking back, it wasn't like they were playing against the best opposition, a lot of teams had either checked out or were simply down on troops. Now that everyone is motivated, Penrith have been exposed and they maybe one of the biggest pretenders to come into a season. It's like the Parramatta Eels of the 00s or the Warriors who are a whole other kettle of fish. Expectations for the rest of the season: Hook to be shown the door, the Panthers to start playing well now that they got their way and in the end the Panthers won't be any closer to a premiership than they were when they had Elliott as their coach. [/QUOTE]

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