“[But] I'm excited. They're the one team I want to play at this time of the finals. That's who I want to knock out first.
“Beating Penrith is probably one of the hardest things to do against any team. Beating them at their home is the hardest thing to do in league. When you do that it shows what we're all capable of.”
The Eels have their own halfback to be proud of with Mitchell Moses weathering a barrage of hits last week against the Storm before putting a shot on Kenny Bromwich to signal his intentions to stand up this finals series.
“It was unreal. 100 per cent (it inspired us),” Brown said.
“When you see a halfback do it, he's been massive in defence this year as well. He's got way better.
“People target him, so when your halves are defending well it makes it hard for people to get through. It helps us.
“Mitchell's tough. He's really tough. He's still playing with his fingers [not 100 percent]. I'm sure it's fine, but at the same time, he did break it two weeks ago.”
“I'm gonna take his head off. Nah, I'm joking. I saw the video after and he was hitting his head saying 'that was dumb'. It was dumb but he understood that.
“It was just heat of the moment sort of thing. There's no beef there or anything.
"If anything, it's good to have him back playing because you want to play a good quality side with him and Luai back next week it’s going to be fun and a good challenge for us.”
Brown made no apologies for declaring Penrith were the team he wanted to make life difficult for in the finals by forcing them to play again in week two by beating them for a third time this season.
The Panthers opted to rest their starting side against the Cowboys, a luxury few sides are afforded at this time of the season.
“I understand that tactic, we did that last year. They are obviously minor premiers and can rest as much as they can," Brown said.
