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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2733361, member: 8536"] BRONCOS captain Corey Parker has taken the blame for Brisbane’s shock loss to Penrith on Saturday night because he did not lead the side as he should have. Parker said the players “weren’t mentally there” in Brisbane’s second-half fade-out against the Panthers at Pepper Stadium.Brisbane must regroup quickly for Good Friday’s grand final rematch against premiers North Queensland. A crowd of 51,000 is predicted for the Suncorp Stadium clash but for revenge to be taken, Parker said the team needed an attitude adjustment. “We have standards and we didn’t live up to them in the second half and I have to take responsibility for that,” he said. “I have to take responsibility for that as I am the skipper of this team. ‘‘Mentally we weren’t there or we switched off or whatever you want to put on it.‘‘It doesn’t matter who you play, they can score points.” It was Parker’s first loss as captain this season and he showed why Wayne Bennett appointed him when he *refused to blame anyone but himself. Parker was adamant the 23-22 defeat was not indicative of poor training and would be an aberration. That belief will be tested in Brisbane on Friday night. “Next week (Friday) will be a big crowd, you guys (media) will pump it up and that’s great but at the end of the day there’s going to be two points on offer,” Parker said. “This is Round 4 of 24 games. This is one game in a marathon race.[LEFT]“They are the games you want to play in. “We know what happened in that game and why we are in the position we are, and the challenge for us is to make sure we are not in it again. “We won’t win every game, that’s a given. ‘For us it is about getting back to our standards.” Parker was one of Brisbane’s better players against the Panthers, although his kick-off that went out on the full in the dying minutes ended the Broncos’ hopes of a fightback. Bennett criticised the players, questioning their mental strength post-game. “He’s 100 per cent right,” Parker said of Bennett’s comments. “You give any team quality ball, and enough of it, you will be chasing your tail. “You can handle losing a game if you have done the things you want to do right. “A fair assessment of the game was we were very good for 30 minutes. We took our foot off the pedal and invited them back into the game.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/corey-parker-shoulders-blame-for-broncos-horror-half-against-panthers/news-story/565fc6383b59997a3b417542ab6f37c8[/URL] [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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