2009 Grand Final - Melbourne 23 def Eels 16 @ ANZ, Sun 4 Oct* NO PREMIERS

[nomis88]

Congratulations Storm easily the best team of the decade. Was good seeing the Eels fighting back

Makes me laugh, the so called best team of the decade just happens to hold the record for the biggest defeat ever in a grand final!!!:lol:

 

[Pete Cash]

Yeah I guess if you judge an entire decade on one game you probably think lots of things are funny.

Melbourne and Brisbane have dominated the competition since the inception of the NRL. That is fact. Melbourne slightly more so.

 

[Noa]

f**ked over by Tony Archer. Now this match will be forever undecided. Who knows what could have been. Another year f**ked by the refs.

:lol:, FMD.

 

[0neye]

PARRAMATTA PLACE WHERE EELS LIE DOWN :lol:

 

[pantherz9103]

Makes me laugh, the so called best team of the decade just happens to hold the record for the biggest defeat ever in a grand final!!!:lol:

2 premierships- 1 of which was a minor prem
2 Runners Up- both minor prem
4 other seasons where they finished top 6

1 heavy gf loss doesn't blemish that.

Brisbane- 2 premierships but only 1 minor prem, only 2 gf appearances. Made finals every other season but a couple of those seasons barely made it and only due to mediocrity of the comp.

Storm are definately the team of the decade

 

[Timmah]

Makes me laugh, the so called best team of the decade just happens to hold the record for the biggest defeat ever in a grand final!!!:lol:

34-8 is hardly a shining achievement for Manly...

 

[cupid]

34-8 is hardly a shining achievement for Manly...

And what does that have to do with the point?

 

[little_aza]

lol hahaha just before the game, the poll on this thread was 70-72...congrats to the last two for successfully picking the winner!!! :crazy:

 

[kia ora storm]

lol hahaha just before the game, the poll on this thread was 70-72...congrats to the last two for successfully picking the winner!!! :crazy:

Yep...they jumped off the train after it reached it's destination !!.

 

[Timmah]

And what does that have to do with the point?

Just don't understand the Manly v Storm pissing contest. Both teams won GF's emphatically against each other - both teams were brilliant in successive years.

 

[cupid]

Just don't understand the Manly v Storm pissing contest. Both teams won GF's emphatically against each other - both teams were brilliant in successive years.

But the point he was saying, they are being hailed the team of the decade, even though the have the largest margin scored against them in a GF.

 

[pantherz9103]

But the point he was saying, they are being hailed the team of the decade, even though the have the largest margin scored against them in a GF.

Nobody cares :crazy:You won last year but the margin isn't really that interesting to most fans except for Manly-Melbourne.

 

[skeepe]

But the point he was saying, they are being hailed the team of the decade, even though the have the largest margin scored against them in a GF.

If they're not the team of the decade, who is?

Going by your logic, can't be Brisbane, they conceded their worst ever loss in this decade.

Can't be Manly, they lost by 50 against a team that was down to 12 players for virtually the whole match.

Who else could it be?

 

[Garts]

From what I can gather he is not saying Melbourne arnt the team of the decade. Just saying it is amusing that they also happened to be defeated in a GF by a record margin.

 

[pantherz9103]

Can't be Manly, they lost by 50 against a team that was down to 12 players for virtually the whole match.

Couldn't be Manly anyway. They didn't even play in the first 3 seasons of the decade ;-)

 

[Dutchy]

There were 3 years to start this decade?

Blanked out of my memory they must be..

 

[MsStorm]

Congrats to the Storm for winning the title this year and to the Eeels for making this finals series exciting.

BTW for some of those whinging Manly fans, we would have beaten you 40 - 0 or more if Bellyache had not decided to rest a few of our players in the last 15 or so minutes in the first final, so get over it:lol:

 

[cupid]

Congrats to the Storm for winning the title this year and to the Eeels for making this finals series exciting.

BTW for some of those whinging Manly fans, we would have beaten you 40 - 0 or more if Bellyache had not decided to rest a few of our players in the last 15 or so minutes in the first final, so get over it:lol:[/QUOTE]
What?:lol: