I'm absolutely burning but there's no need to talk about how **** we were or complain about the ref, etc. etc.
From my POV, it was almost an identical game to a Friday night match against Brisbane back in 2005. It was our first Friday night match for almost 10 years, at Suncorp Stadium, playing for outright first.
I commentated back then how we looked like deer caught in headlights. We really just couldn't cope with the expectation, the pressure and the sheer magnitude of the event. (Mind you, back then it was about as big an event as we'd had since the '97 GF.)
Almost the same group of players had an identical reaction last night. Needless to say, we've won big matches since that match in 2005, including Friday nights, ones that take us to outright first and finals matches.
I didn't watch the presentations and I didn't stick around until the full-time siren. I hope the players are feeling the pain and react the way the Storm did in 2007, in 2008.
From my POV, it was almost an identical game to a Friday night match against Brisbane back in 2005. It was our first Friday night match for almost 10 years, at Suncorp Stadium, playing for outright first.
I commentated back then how we looked like deer caught in headlights. We really just couldn't cope with the expectation, the pressure and the sheer magnitude of the event. (Mind you, back then it was about as big an event as we'd had since the '97 GF.)
Almost the same group of players had an identical reaction last night. Needless to say, we've won big matches since that match in 2005, including Friday nights, ones that take us to outright first and finals matches.
I didn't watch the presentations and I didn't stick around until the full-time siren. I hope the players are feeling the pain and react the way the Storm did in 2007, in 2008.