2020 Finals Week 3 V Storm: Game Day

[afgtnk]

Pretty **** shattered tbh. Really thought it wouldn't turn out like this.

[Begbie]

We need to talk about Croker.

[The Greenhouse]

Cameron Smith already doing a lap of honour.

[Raider of d Lost Ark]

CHN >>>>> Bateman

Agree. Let's see what he can do when he starts games next year

[Walter]

Despite all the players getting slammed, I'll put my hand up to say I'm disappointed in Wighton and Papalii. Both anonymous today when they needed to stand up.

They’ve flown in the face of bog-average conservative coaching and substandard play from some of their team mates, all year, and carried us to wins that we didn’t always deserve. They get a pass tonight

Rick is squandering the best years of their careers. Time to get some fresh ideas into the coaching

C'mon now, we won 11 of our last 14 games

We ran out of gas, this was always coming. It just came a lot later than most expected

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[Sid]

Ahhh that was heartbreaking

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[Green Taipan]

Embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Horace Dove-Edwin]

Beaten by a better team tonight.
To get to this point has been good.

Looking at premiership winners over the past 15 years they have been won by teams that regularly play prelims.

We're getting to be one of those teams now.

No need to get too down or to start bagging any of our players.

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[Roger Kenworthy]

Cameron Smith already doing a lap of honour.

It's going to be weird in 2021. First season Melbourne aren't benefitting from cheating the cap since 2005.

[Begbie]

We need Whitehead as captain, Scott in for Croker and a focus on recruitment for big fast beasts on flank. Croker on the coaching team.

[Botman]

I don’t give a **** what anyone says
John Bateman has been a treat to watch play for this footy team and I’ll miss him
This team will miss him

Nothing but love for JB

[Azza]

Great effort to make the preliminary without hodgson but one of our worst performances in a couple of years sadly

[Rickmando]

We need to talk about Croker.

Don’t you dare on this forum! The biggest protected species since the white rhino!!

[afgtnk]

We need Whitehead as captain, Scott in for Croker and a focus on recruitment for big fast beasts on flank. Croker on the coaching team.

Curtis Scott in for no one please. Croker and our backline is a weakness - let's not make it weaker.

[Walter]

50 hours of travel over a shortened season doesn’t help either despite what some would argue.


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[KingDynamite]

Yawwwn at the criticism. You’re the same blokes spouting the same criticism as when we were finishing in the bottom 8.

We are the best we’ve been in 25 years. We came up against a team primed to win it all. Again, our year wasn’t the ultimate success, but it was a success.

[Johno]

They're targeting us exactly where we've got little - the outside backs. Smart

Never fails...... well done

[GreenMachine]

I was less confident with this game.
My reasoning- the travel.
I know some people love dismissing it but it doesn’t change a thing and our inept start proves it...
You can’t fly in on game day and expect to be at your best.
Nonetheless, **** the nrl, **** Qld and see you all next year..

[The Greenhouse]

FULL TIME

Melbourne Storm 30
Canberra Raiders 10

MATCH REPORT: Storm blow Raiders away to book grand final spot

The Storm charged into their fourth grand final in five years with a clinical 30-10 demolition of Canberra at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.

Three tries inside the first 10 minutes laid the platform for the Storm, with Jesse Bromwich, Ryan Papenhuyzen and Suliasi Vunivalu all getting over early. Canberra were left shell shocked as the Storm produced some devastating attack to blow the game open.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/16/sto ... inal-spot/

[Raider47]

I don’t give a **** what anyone says
John Bateman has been a treat to watch play for this footy team and I’ll miss him
This team will miss him

Nothing but love for JB

I love him but I've been disappointed with his performances on the big stage.

I hope CHN can take us to the next level.

[Bovrick]

CHN >>>>> Bateman

CHN has been phenomenal tbh, Starling a real plus too. Can't agree with slamming Bateman on tonight's showing, he's done his defence well and was a constant threat with his runs, albeit guilty of trying to carry the attack himself late on, despite nothing coming from the middle and the 3/4s being atrocious.

[Seiffert82]

Play 22 games and then get blown off the park in 3 sets and 5 minutes of the worst footy I've seen from us this year.

Anyway, tough season for the boys. At least they stuck in there.

[Raider of d Lost Ark]

Beaten by a better team tonight.
To get to this point has been good.

Looking at premiership winners over the past 15 years they have been won by teams that regularly play prelims.

We're getting to be one of those teams now.

No need to get too down or to start bagging any of our players.

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I like watching them all hugging and laughing after getting smashed in a prelim final

[afgtnk]

They're targeting us exactly where we've got little - the outside backs. Smart

Never fails...... well done

You, out of everyone, need to shut the **** up.

Biggest game of the year and the only thing you do is to take snipes at posters. Pathetic, spineless ****.

[Horace Dove-Edwin]

CHN >>>>> Bateman

CHN has been phenomenal tbh, Starling a real plus too. Can't agree with slamming Bateman on tonight's showing, he's done his defence well and was a constant threat with his runs, albeit guilty of trying to carry the attack himself late on, despite nothing coming from the middle and the 3/4s being atrocious.

CHN played well and was a real threat.
Get a good pre season into him and look out.

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[LastRaider]

Beaten by a better team tonight.
To get to this point has been good.

Looking at premiership winners over the past 15 years they have been won by teams that regularly play prelims.

We're getting to be one of those teams now.

No need to get too down or to start bagging any of our players.

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I like watching them all hugging and laughing after getting smashed in a prelim final

That annoys me

[1992]

Smith to lose the GF would make me smile.

[moto748]

We need Whitehead as captain, Scott in for Croker and a focus on recruitment for big fast beasts on flank. Croker on the coaching team.

Curtis Scott in for no one please. Croker and our backline is a weakness - let's not make it weaker.

Agreed. Scott is ordinary at best. You have to say, which Raiders backs would get into Melbourne's team, or Penrith?

[Green Taipan]

Despite all the players getting slammed, I'll put my hand up to say I'm disappointed in Wighton and Papalii. Both anonymous today when they needed to stand up.

Agree, we played our best game last week!

[Raider of d Lost Ark]

We need Whitehead as captain, Scott in for Croker and a focus on recruitment for big fast beasts on flank. Croker on the coaching team.

Croker in for semi is a better option. At least Croker can kick goals

[Mercury]

Go Rabbitohs.

Wipe the floor with that smug SOB Cleary

[Mercury]

Go Rabbitohs.

Wipe the floor with that smug SOB Cleary

[afgtnk]

We need Whitehead as captain, Scott in for Croker and a focus on recruitment for big fast beasts on flank. Croker on the coaching team.

Curtis Scott in for no one please. Croker and our backline is a weakness - let's not make it weaker.

Agreed. Scott is ordinary at best. You have to say, which Raiders backs would get into Melbourne's team, or Penrith?

Cotric would get into both teams. CNK would probably get into the Panthers side at fullback.

That's about it, unfortunately.

[Raider of d Lost Ark]

So I can click on the adds but can't post anything.**** this site. Eadc.

Hahahaha

[Begbie]

Beaten by a better team tonight.
To get to this point has been good.

Looking at premiership winners over the past 15 years they have been won by teams that regularly play prelims.

We're getting to be one of those teams now.

No need to get too down or to start bagging any of our players.

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Yep, Only positives to be taken from this season. A bit of fine tuning and hard decisions need to be made, but all-in-all I'm sure you will all agree that after Hodgson went down what we achieved has been excellent. We need fine tuning and will be a real chance if Stuart makes a few hard decisions next year and 2022.

Obviously we were blown away after the first 20 and all credit to Bellamy and his storm, they bamboozled us. We had the talent but wasn't our night.

I'm not sure how i feel right now - apart from being shattered in the aftermath. I'm sure when I take stock I will feel better.