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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2777610, member: 1899"] Odd game. As expected, when the Panthers were confronted with a team capable of scoring points they looked vulnerable and directionless. It's easy to put a battered and bruised team to the sword and play enterprising football, it's difficult to do it when the opposition is ready to play. Meanwhile the return of Blake Austin added a lot to the Raiders tonight. Williams & Sezer are very similar players, their halves pairing robbed the Raiders of the potency and structure that got them to the dance. Austin's running game troubled the Panthers gave and provided more space for Leilua & Rapana who were more involved than they were the week before. Once again, the Raiders started the game like a house on fire. If they can establish a similar start against Melbourne and convert it into points we could have a boil over on our hands and a far more entertaining grand final in the making. However, I don't expect the Storm to roll over like the Panthers did. It took Penrith until the 55th minute to get into the game and by that stage the pressure got to them. I also don't expect the Raiders to receive the majority of the home-town calls either. There were a few instances where the Panthers were hard done by and it's really frustrating to see. [/QUOTE]

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