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Got to keep the game growing in Vic. Watched the first 20, got a better offer and off the football went. Not shattered that the Roosters lost as thats a point, just sad that MELBOURNE WON.

The NRL is absolutely banking on a Storm Panthers GF. What we need to look out for now are the patsies, teams that will get a seemingly golden run to the finals, cruise through to week 3, only to be blown away by Melbourne & Penrith one game short of the GF. Teams like the Eels & Rabbitohs, who can blow teams off the park, then lose by 40. And we'll say "that's just how the NRL is this year, even good teams can get thrashed if they have an off day".

Put your money on a Penrith premiership, like I've been saying, with such a shallow talent pool, the NRL needs to pretend there is an upside to developing talent.

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Get on Melbourne to beat Roosters this week.

An alarming stat shows in the past 9 months, the Roosters are 0 from 7 against top 5 teams and have conceded over double the amount of points they have scored.

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Everyone thinks the 6 again rule is great until they come up against this ****.

No one thinks it’s great, only the un educated when it comes to footy do.

worst rule ever created, no thought went into it. Created by a ****ing sly slime ball dodgy ****ing human in v’landys.

My god the second efforts the storm do on the 1st and 4th tackles…(shock horror) just nothing from the ref, professional cheats new rules to break woohooooo let’s do it guyssss this will be fun!

I hate both teams passionately so this is middle ground viewing.

It’s just crap viewing, all the little things they get away with that us nrl diehards can see, yet nothing is done about it

Storm are just so ****ing good.

I thought they would struggle without Smith and maybe they still will. But ****ing hell, life without him has been good so far.

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Looks like the Roosters are still in the premiership race ... they only conceded 46 point 😛

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Don't worry broncos supporters capewell will be there next year to g the boys up with blowies

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No, no many praised it when it arrived. I was strongly against it and was downvoted to hell on reddit for pointing out its now obvious flaws. Many on the r/NRL are still for it, but the brains trust there was (is) mushy.





Melbourne needed to be good for AFL-land incursion. Plain and simply given leg ups from day 1.



Which ultimately lead to Melbourne gaining supreme confidence and trust in their team and their system. You see the opposite in the Broncos since Bennett left. No trust in the system leads to no trust in the player next to them, leads to **** footy.

Penrith are currently benefiting from a very helpful 2020 season. Go back and look at the games they won by providence and were on the back of some "interesting" decisions, THEN compare that to the Broncos 2020 season.

Sports psychology is a real thing and so is having a ref bias.


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I live in Victoria these days, still have my other house in brisbane so don’t hate me!! But no one and I really do mean no one in my area give a flying **** about the storm, it’s laughable. I’ve been in and out of this state for many years and no one knows anything about that team apart from (oh yeah, we won the comp again) it’s achieving nothing. If belly stayed at the broncos he’d literally be a god! Yet for all his success and (cheating) he’s still only an after thought in Victoria land.

sad AF and a massive waste, as it’s achieved nothing, no home grown talent a pathetic “one” city team fan base. As soon as they start losing (which will happen eventually) you watch what happens.

it’s still going to fail.

#ive had a couple did I rant in the wrong spot? 😂

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I live in Victoria these days, still have my other house in brisbane so don’t hate me!! But no one and I really do mean no one in my area give a flying **** about the storm, it’s laughable. I’ve been in and out of this state for many years and no one knows anything about that team apart from (oh yeah, we won the comp again) it’s achieving nothing. If belly stayed at the broncos he’d literally be a god! Yet for all his success and (cheating) he’s still only an after thought in Victoria land.

sad AF and a massive waste, as it’s achieved nothing, no home grown talent a pathetic “one” city team fan base. As soon as they start losing (which will happen eventually) you watch what happens.

it’s still going to fail.

#ive had a couple did I rant in the wrong spot? 😂

That is to my greater point exactly. It is why they continue to benefit as much as they do. The one factor you're missing is that while they may not gain true fandom, they are in the sporting capital of Australia and my Melbourne mates will go to the game, as will many tourists/visitors to the state because it's a guaranteed spectacle.

I think they will continue to succeed until the NRL fails, which is starting to look more likely.

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That is to my greater point exactly. It is why they continue to benefit as much as they do. The one factor you're missing is that while they may not gain true fandom, they are in the sporting capital of Australia and my Melbourne mates will go to the game, as will many tourists/visitors to the state because it's a guaranteed spectacle.

I think they will continue to succeed until the NRL fails, which is starting to look more likely.

Also, I only hate you because you have 2 houses and I have none lol 😉

It’s a sad state of affairs because you speak of what we all fear.

I intend to travel 3hrs for my first game next year at that storm ****hole. Just to experience the fresh air of a flogging in another state, I’m over it at Suncorp (floggings) even if it’s one of the best purpose build stadiums in the world…. Underrated

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It’s a sad state of affairs because you speak of what we all fear.

I intend to travel 3hrs for my first game next year at that storm ****hole. Just to experience the fresh air of a flogging in another state, I’m over it at Suncorp (floggings) even if it’s one of the best purpose build stadiums in the world…. Underrated

AAMI Park is actually a really good stadium to watch a game

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I live in Victoria these days, still have my other house in brisbane so don’t hate me!! But no one and I really do mean no one in my area give a flying **** about the storm, it’s laughable. I’ve been in and out of this state for many years and no one knows anything about that team apart from (oh yeah, we won the comp again) it’s achieving nothing. If belly stayed at the broncos he’d literally be a god! Yet for all his success and (cheating) he’s still only an after thought in Victoria land.

sad AF and a massive waste, as it’s achieved nothing, no home grown talent a pathetic “one” city team fan base. As soon as they start losing (which will happen eventually) you watch what happens.

it’s still going to fail.

#ive had a couple did I rant in the wrong spot? 😂

That is why they will never be allowed to fail. The "supporter" base really is just Queenslanders who are bandwagoners and claim to support the Storm "because they are like another Queensland team", when in reality, casual fans just want to be backing a winner. I know dozens of people who support the Storm because they lived in Melbourne for a couple of months 20 years ago, or their family grew up there before moving to Qld 3 generations ago. Absolutely none of these people would give a flying **** about the Storm, even if they were consistent top 8 or even 4, they only go for them because they can win it every year. So that's what the NRL gives them.

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Who still thinks the Roosters are The Rorters and the Storm are still an excellent culture that is definitely under the salary cap?

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How the friggin heck did Daniel Suluka-Fifita just get 10 minutes sin bin and not sent off for his high and late shoulder charge on Cameron Munster?

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Who still thinks the Roosters are The Rorters and the Storm are still an excellent culture that is definitely under the salary cap?

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Me.

They develop their own, not buy / steal them like the Rorters.

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Me.

They develop their own, not buy / steal them like the Rorters.

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After getting done for rorting the cap, they kept the big 3 for nearly another decade. Then when the big 3 all retire, they suddenly have had so much cash to give to their replacements.

I guess the Harvey Norman vouchers and boats helps people stay at the $torm for less....

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That is why they will never be allowed to fail. The "supporter" base really is just Queenslanders who are bandwagoners and claim to support the Storm "because they are like another Queensland team", when in reality, casual fans just want to be backing a winner. I know dozens of people who support the Storm because they lived in Melbourne for a couple of months 20 years ago, or their family grew up there before moving to Qld 3 generations ago. Absolutely none of these people would give a flying **** about the Storm, even if they were consistent top 8 or even 4, they only go for them because they can win it every year. So that's what the NRL gives them.

The worst of society tbh

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That is why they will never be allowed to fail. The "supporter" base really is just Queenslanders who are bandwagoners and claim to support the Storm "because they are like another Queensland team", when in reality, casual fans just want to be backing a winner. I know dozens of people who support the Storm because they lived in Melbourne for a couple of months 20 years ago, or their family grew up there before moving to Qld 3 generations ago. Absolutely none of these people would give a flying f*** about the Storm, even if they were consistent top 8 or even 4, they only go for them because they can win it every year. So that's what the NRL gives them.

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The NRL turns a blind eye to the $torm rorting the cap, and their gamesmanship on the field, because they feel like the $torm has to be in the top 2 every year in order for Victorians to watch league.

The biggest losers of the Storm are the Broncos. Bellamy done Wayne Bennett better than Wayne Bennett. All their advantages and success got shipped from one News Limited backed team to the other.

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After getting done for rorting the cap, they kept the big 3 for nearly another decade. Then when the big 3 all retire, they suddenly have had so much cash to give to their replacements.

I guess the Harvey Norman vouchers and boats helps people stay at the $torm for less....

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I guess my point is the big 3 and everyone else at the Storm we’re made better, thereby increasing their value, unlike the Rorters who paid overs to steal players from other clubs. Tedesco & Cronk being classic examples….

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I guess my point is the big 3 and everyone else at the Storm we’re made better, thereby increasing their value, unlike the Rorters who paid overs to steal players from other clubs. Tedesco & Cronk being classic examples….

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It makes no difference as far as I am concerned. Whether you develop your own, or go to the market, you are still cheats if you regularly pay well past the salary cap. You are still cheats if you regularly win premierships (and make top 4), but mysteriously keep the same core of players together.

Before Melbourne got done for rorting the cap, there were articles about Smith and Cronk taking less to remain loyal to the club. Hindsight showed they were both full of sh*t. It's just like now... there's no way their best players take unders to be loyal to the club and system.

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How the friggin heck did Daniel Suluka-Fifita just get 10 minutes sin bin and not sent off for his high and late shoulder charge on Cameron Munster?

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I live in Victoria these days, still have my other house in brisbane so don’t hate me!! But no one and I really do mean no one in my area give a flying **** about the storm, it’s laughable. I’ve been in and out of this state for many years and no one knows anything about that team apart from (oh yeah, we won the comp again) it’s achieving nothing. If belly stayed at the broncos he’d literally be a god! Yet for all his success and (cheating) he’s still only an after thought in Victoria land.

sad AF and a massive waste, as it’s achieved nothing, no home grown talent a pathetic “one” city team fan base. As soon as they start losing (which will happen eventually) you watch what happens.

it’s still going to fail.

#ive had a couple did I rant in the wrong spot? 😂

Also living in Victoria. My favourite is when you tell a storm fan that state of origin is on this week. Their response: who’s playing?

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