This is a good match and i'm looking forward to it,both sides have players lining up for Friday Nights macth but the Eels have a few moire than the Panthers.

The Panthers have Lewis and Rooney playing on Friday night in the Origin match but otherwise are the same team who beat the Sharks in Golden point two weeks ago,they are rested and looking to make it two wins on the trot at home and they really should win this match,the Panthers have a huge forward pack and are looking better and better as the season go's on,their last home game was against a red hot Roosters side and although they went down I thought that was their best performance of their season and to back it up by travelling away and beating the Sharks has them in a good frame of mind this week against an Eels side with all the talent who just keep on losing games.

The Eels have a number of players in action on Friday Night with Hindmarsh,Finch,Hayne and Mateo all expected to back up here on Saturday Night at the foot of the Blue Mountains,this could have a massive effect on them and I expect the Panthers to go for the jugular here and take advantage of that fact,the Eels have been really hard to read this season,they've lost 4 of their last 5 and have now lost 3 in a row and 2 of those games have been at home as well a place where they are usually dominant,they have lost both their 2 games on the road also this season and in both of those games have not looked likely at all,they have wealth of talent but fail badly at putting it altogether on the pitch and another performance like that could see the Panthers rack up a cricket score against them.

The Panthers have won 2 of their last 3 against the Eels and have an amsing record of losing one at home to the Eels to win the next time at home against them,they lost the last time these two meet in Penrith last season 14 - 27.

I like the Panthers here,they have a good speedy backline and with Sammut in ther anything is possible,their forward pack should match the Eels quite well and I expect them to play how they have been over the last few weeks and get a win here,but with the Panthers you never really know and they have not ran away with any of their games this season and in ones they have won they have faded in the second half apart form their most recent win against the Sharks in which they finished the stronger,the Eels have shown they can play the whole game as well and should be close at the end of this match,but i'm picking that the Panthers will hang on here and get a win albeit a narrow one....Take the Panthers by 12 points or less...Good Luck.

Pick : Panthers by 12 points or less
Odds : 3.40
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : TAB(NZ)
Date : 2008-05-03
Match Result : 18-26
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