NRL GRAND FINAL

[spirit of norm smith 12,899]

Go the mighty Storm

Bellamy is a legend. Loved his anger when his players got lazy and went soft and dropped intensity.  He asks for 100% all the time and deserves it. 
 

Did it for Victoria.  Love the connection to the fans. 
 

Culture is amazing. You don’t get the guernsey unless you put in. 
 

Lessons for our Dees 

[Ethan Tremblay 28,362]

Culture. 

[Cards13 9,117]

They’re fun to watch, NRL with the 6 again rule is becoming more esxcitinf than AFL.

Bellamy is the antithesis of Goody in how he reacts game day. Booting a chair across the box into a wall with 5 mins to go, screaming and swearing, so invested. 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Bellamy could sense the Storm were fading a bit, he rightly wasn’t taking anything for granted.

What a cool and composed leader Cam Smith is, composure under pressure is something we have lacked at the Demons for a very long time.

[layzie 28,718]

That was excellent viewing for the casual. Thought the Storm made some excellent match winning plays, especially that leap by the full back to save that penalty kick from going out. Don't think I've ever seen that. Penrith seemed like a team that can score quickly when given a sniff and they charged home hard.

Get Craig Bellamy as MFC coach. Get their kicking coach while at it. 

[Beetle 4,281]

What a club, what an inspirational organisation.

Gus Gould. An absolute ornament to unbiased commentary.

EAD [censored] wit. ??

 

Edited October 25, 2020 by Beetle

[rjay 23,895]

16 minutes ago, layzie said:

That was excellent viewing for the casual. Thought the Storm made some excellent match winning plays, especially that leap by the full back to save that penalty kick from going out. Don't think I've ever seen that. Penrith seemed like a team that can score quickly when given a sniff and they charged home hard.

Get Craig Bellamy as MFC coach. Get their kicking coach while at it. 

Pap's done that before...

Storm, brilliant...they've been away the whole season, their competition got to stay home and sleep in their own beds.

It was a monumental Premiership win.

Cam Smith the best on ground leader (Captain) I've seen in Australian sport.

[Whispering_Jack 27,964]

Storm, Vixens, Melbourne Cricket Club (District Cricket) won this year. Melbourne Renegades (BBL) and Melbourne United (NBL) last year. Melbourne Victory (A League) not so long ago. Any others? 

We must be due soon?

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,089]

57 minutes ago, Beetle said:

What a club, what an inspirational organisation.

Gus Gould. An absolute ornament to unbiased commentary.

EAD [censored] wit. ??

 

It's a beautiful thing. They absolutely despise the Storm and Gus is not alone. One of the greatest teams in the history of their sport and they hate it. 

What they have achieved this year being away from home for 5 months when most other teams slept in their own beds is truly amazing. 

Won't get acknowledged in Sydney though,  they'll be talking only about Origin by tomorrow night. 

[spirit of norm smith 12,899]

6 premierships in 22 years. 4 runners up. And the Sydney media and channel 9 commentators hate them. 
 

As EJ would say, “We stuck it up em”. !!

[WERRIDEE 5,211]

GO THE MIGHTY STORM PREMIERS AGAIN!

Papenhauzen is a gun should be number 1 for NSW he won't be because of Tedesco but he should be.

Cam.Smith the most inspirational skipper of all time.

It will be harder to win next year due to Ado-Carr, Tino and Vunivalu leaving but we get Grant an Origin rep back hopefully we go back to back.

[Cards13 9,117]

Funny, I really enjoy listening to the toad Gould and Johns. They don’t go over the top, they’re incredibly honest (the bunker has no idea about the rules of the game) and they are very tactically aware. 
They chit all over Taylor, Bruce and co. 

[layzie 28,718]

17 hours ago, rjay said:

Pap's done that before...

Storm, brilliant...they've been away the whole season, their competition got to stay home and sleep in their own beds.

It was a monumental Premiership win.

Cam Smith the best on ground leader (Captain) I've seen in Australian sport.

Really?? That's incredible! My Rugby background is much more to the Union side but I'm sure its the same that you expect those kicks from penalties to just sail into touch while they organise their defence. Amazing stuff.

Sensational from Smith absolute legend. If he bows out now that's a glittering career.

The bile from those commentators was as big as Sydney harbour. Gus Gould sounded like he was commentating live from a funeral. 

[loges 6,023]

Without a doubt, best club out of A league AFL and NRL. Suck it up NSW

[Demonland 64,798]

My knowledge of Rugby League is extremely limited but even I could tell that the commentator who said that the Panthers should be leading when they were 26-0 down was dreaming.

[rjay 23,895]

52 minutes ago, Demonland said:

My knowledge of Rugby League is extremely limited but even I could tell that the commentator who said that the Panthers should be leading when they were 26-0 down was dreaming.

Sure made me laugh...that was Gus.

He is a Penrith premiership coach, so no bias there.

The decision that went against Storm to kick start the Panthers back into the game must have been an absolute howler from the video ref as even with the bias none of the commentators thought it was a try. In fact they couldn't believe it.

I reckon the Vic hater that runs the comp must have called it to get the game back up and running, the product was looking pretty ordinary up until then.

[Constant Mongrel 571]

as a nswelshman, everyone respects the storm organisation. so this whole 'everyone is against us, no one thought we could do it' rubbish is, well, rubbish. very essendon/pies. 

the reason everyone has hated the storm was all the maroons in their team. now its full of kiwis and other pacific islanders..and blues, the hatred is less. 

cameron smith is a dirty, time-wasting, no-good hack. he has skills, but is very over-rated. see how he dealt with the incident where alex mckinnon lost the use of his legs during a game. not an apology. 

I realise that as most of the dees on here will support the storm (if they care at all about 'the rugby') i will get feedback on this, but it is true. 

[spirit of norm smith 12,899]

Go Storm - 6 premierships 

Go Smith - proven now as the greatest ever 

Go Victoria 

[Sir Why You Little 34,436]

4 minutes ago, Rocky said:

as a nswelshman, everyone respects the storm organisation. so this whole 'everyone is against us, no one thought we could do it' rubbish is, well, rubbish. very essendon/pies. 

the reason everyone has hated the storm was all the maroons in their team. now its full of kiwis and other pacific islanders..and blues, the hatred is less. 

cameron smith is a dirty, time-wasting, no-good hack. he has skills, but is very over-rated. see how he dealt with the incident where alex mckinnon lost the use of his legs during a game. not an apology. 

I realise that as most of the dees on here will support the storm (if they care at all about 'the rugby') i will get feedback on this, but it is true. 

Yes i always wondered why Smith never said anything about that incident. 
I don’t know enough about the game to know whether they had history or not

[4_Kent_Watts 846]

12 hours ago, Cards13 said:

Funny, I really enjoy listening to the toad Gould and Johns. They don’t go over the top, they’re incredibly honest (the bunker has no idea about the rules of the game) and they are very tactically aware. 
They chit all over Taylor, Bruce and co. 

Sorry but Gould is the biggest POS commentator on Australian television. 

[Constant Mongrel 571]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Yes i always wondered why Smith never said anything about that incident. 
I don’t know enough about the game to know whether they had history or not

i am pretty sure they didn't.. of course it wasn't his fault (the incident) but he should have come out and apologised/addressed it. maybe it was because he was a lot younger and bit more stubborn, but he's certainly not perfect and certainly not 'the greatest ever'. but aside from that, he did speak really well after the game last night. not perfect, but who is?

[Sir Why You Little 34,436]

8 minutes ago, Rocky said:

i am pretty sure they didn't.. of course it wasn't his fault (the incident) but he should have come out and apologised/addressed it. maybe it was because he was a lot younger and bit more stubborn, but he's certainly not perfect and certainly not 'the greatest ever'. but aside from that, he did speak really well after the game last night. not perfect, but who is?

I thought he addressed it weeks later, but i don’t know for sure. I remember Listening to Kevin Bartlett interviewing Cam Smith on SEN about it ( I think there was a Match played for Alex to raise money for him) i don’t recall Cameron Smith being arrogant. But it may well have been different in the Sydney Media
 

(I have a disability so i pricked up my ears when it was being discussed)

Edited October 26, 2020 by Sir Why You Little

[Clintosaurus 6,427]

4 premierships. Other 2 never happened. Still ****ty Parra got cheated out of winning in 2009.

[Constant Mongrel 571]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I thought he addressed it weeks later, but i don’t know for sure. I remember Listening to Kevin Bartlett interviewing Cam Smith on SEN about it ( I think there was a Match played for Alex to raise money for him) i don’t recall Cameron Smith being arrogant. But it may well have been different in the Sydney Media
 

(I have a disability so i pricked up my ears when it was being discussed)

ahh, i never saw anything come out from him.. i live in melbourne btw, but have a solid grounding in league. the culture is very different to afl. 

and i work in disability support, so it really bothered me, apart from just being a really ****ty thing for him to have done at the time. but look, like i said, we all make mistakes and this was just really public. i just don't like the way he niggles and wastes time and 'manages the game' with the ref, etc.. but he is smart. definitely has a football brain. i wouldn't argue against that. 

geez, the panthers nearly had them at the end.. i have never in my life seen a side turn down a goal attempt either.. such a strange game?!

[Sir Why You Little 34,436]

10 minutes ago, Rocky said:

ahh, i never saw anything come out from him.. i live in melbourne btw, but have a solid grounding in league. the culture is very different to afl. 

and i work in disability support, so it really bothered me, apart from just being a really ****ty thing for him to have done at the time. but look, like i said, we all make mistakes and this was just really public. i just don't like the way he niggles and wastes time and 'manages the game' with the ref, etc.. but he is smart. definitely has a football brain. i wouldn't argue against that. 

geez, the panthers nearly had them at the end.. i have never in my life seen a side turn down a goal attempt either.. such a strange game?!

Storm were 2 men down near the end 

They had used a lotta petrol. 
Timed to perfection 

On Smith, i just think he plays the Captain’s Roll very strongly. He is always watching out for his Teammates 

I wish MFC Captains were more like that. 
Carl Ditterich comes to mind