GAME THREAD: Steelers v. Panthers. Sat, 1st February.

[Mart]

Which Panthers team will turn up, and will they be smarting after chucking their Challenge Cup hopes away?

[JoeySlats#13]

Which Panthers team will turn up, and will they be smarting after chucking their Challenge Cup hopes away?

they'll be chomping to turn us over, they're not out of it if they beat us twice....might have a new signing as well.

i still see us winning if we play the way we have been, maybe we have DeLuca back as well, which would be a welcome bonus!

[tepster]

Expect the volume to be turned up to deafening levels,so take your earplugs.

[Nathan]

Not seen much of the usual ‘biggest rivalry in the universe’ hype for this one.

Just for once I’d like to see a proper Steelers/Panthers game.

[NinjaBreadMark]

Should be a good one! They'll want nothing more than to take points from us after their cup exit!

Does anyone know if their new guy will be playing, and if he is any good?

[Clowne57]

Should be a good one! They'll want nothing more than to take points from us after their cup exit!

Does anyone know if their new guy will be playing, and if he is any good?

I would imagine its a strong possibility, hes only in Europe so an easy flight.

[JoeySlats#13]

Should be a good one! They'll want nothing more than to take points from us after their cup exit!

Does anyone know if their new guy will be playing, and if he is any good?

I would imagine its a strong possibility, hes only in Europe so an easy flight.

He'll definitely be in if he's coming from Europe

[Ron 25]

Not so very long ago, their eyes would have been bulging at the thought of taking us down a peg or two. Nowadays, who knows which version is going to turn up?

[NinjaBreadMark]

I see they're still assessing DeLuca and Hrabel on a day by day basis too, so its possible they might be back for the weekend.

Although I do love the fact that we're not reliant one just one or two guys for the scoring, so even with people out, we still seem to be able to get the goals!

[raetiamann]

I see they're still assessing DeLuca and Hrabel on a day by day basis too, so its possible they might be back for the weekend.

Although I do love the fact that we're not reliant one just one or two guys for the scoring, so even with people out, we still seem to be able to get the goals!

The key for me is that we don't bring either back before they are ready.