Because the defense of the title of Penrith Panthers is in disorder after five consecutive losses
The depth of the Penrith’s light roster has been tested as never before. We will soon arrive at the wages cap, but this season has already been rude from the point of view of the accident/suspension. Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards, Brian To’o, Mitch Kenny and Jack Cole are among those who spent time aside during the series without the victories of the panthers.
The boys enter – Blaize Talagi, Casey McClean, Tom Jenkins and Luron Patea – they will need time to find their feet in the first grade.
Squeeze the salary cap
You cannot continue to eliminate samples from a team of samples and expect the results to remain the same. After the triumph of last year, the panthers lost Jarome Lui, James Fisher-Harris, Sunia Turva and Isaiah Iongi. Before then, Stephen Crichton, Matt Burton, Spencer Leniu, Viliame Kikau, J’maine Hopgood, Apisai Korisau and Zac Hosking were crushed.
The panthers have the largest and best kindergarten in the country, but you cannot find substitutions similar to that quality. Lui, who helped to remove pressure on Cleary, could be the starting star who lack the most.
What goes up must go down
Penrith players were awake for so long that it is a surprise that this collapse did not arrive before. The team was in five large finals in a row and their key men were also involved in the state of origin and in the test service during that period.
What we are seeing is that the fatigue factor that starts. He throws the fact that each team raises against the four peat prizes, and it seems that they have finally hit the wall.
Winning is contagious. So he is losing
The panthers are experiencing a series that they are not used to. A series of players has never experienced a losing race in this way and you can see that the trusted levels are at historic lows.
The most worrying sign is the defense or his lack. Four of the five dolphins attempting to the Suncorp stadium were the long -range variety. Those drops, with the inability to capitalize the opportunities, meant that they were never truly in the game.
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Each loss will bring more pressure and control, a new phenomenon for most of the team. There is also the weight of the story; No team in the 117 -year -old history of the competition continued to win the Premiership after winning only one of the first six games.
This team of Panthers has created history in the last four seasons. It will take something very special for them to add.
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