2019 R1 Thu - Storm 22-12 Broncos @ AAMI

[Nerd]

Storm just too good again. Lodge may be missing a week or two for taking out Munsters legs. Wouldn't have made any difference to the outcome but would have been nice to see Cameron Smith get penalised a few times for slowing down the ruck. Saying that he tore us apart with his pass selection from dummy half. On the bright side the kicking game from our halves was just terrible and surely has to improve as the season goes on. Looks like sending Milford and Nikorima down to an AFL team for a few days to improve their kicking really worked a treat....

 

[DeeJ]

No reason to panic yet, Donkey fans

Seiblob lost his first two last year. In fact we got blown off the park by Warriors

I'm not panicking. We looked exactly the same as we did the last few seasons. Nothing will change when you pick the same players.

 

[Silent Knight]

No reason to panic yet, Donkey fans

Seiblob lost his first two last year. In fact we got blown off the park by Warriors

Yeah but that’s expected after the emotion Souths players go through after winning their annual grand final. The ticker tape parade and commemorative poster photo shoot, all that stuff.

 

[azza29]

On the bright side, at least we got the garbage we have to put up with from Melbourne in Melbourne out of the way early. We went almost 70 minutes without a penalty, all the while the scum raping us in the ruck. Disgraceful what they're allowed to get away with.

The best part of any Storm win is the always reliable post-game butthurt. Glad to see 2019 will be no exception.

 

[hineyrulz]

Brad Arthur vs Anthony Seiplod

The ultimate derp fest

It’s Wazn vs Rawnaq all over again.

Track should be at Oonadatta.

 

[grouch]

Cameron Smith is a giant douche... but god damn he is the best passer who ever lived

 

[moffla]

That was a cracking game. Well reffed and clinical from my boys. Wouldn’t stress Broncos fans, we were just better prepared - you’ll be right this season IMO

 

[Lambretta]

f**k you load are a pack of whingers

I absolutely loved the game tonight
It was fast paced, the referees stayed out of things, the Broncos did well steadying things after they fell to pieces early.

Both teams kits looked great. But better than all that, the Footy is back

 

[Maroon4life]

2 tries in 3 minutes aside, broncos were never in that game.

Storm look like they haven't missed a beat in the off season, that win % VS us just grows.

 

[gordsy]

Who the f**k are these hair metal wannabes on Fox ?

Can't be worse than the shit show that channel 9 rolled out pre game tonight and that show after the game was a whole new low. What a dog shit show that was. English super league have In depth analysis of where the game was won and lost ,how weaknesses were exploited and the coaches insights as to what the team did well and where they fell down. . We have freddy talking to some moron who is semi literate at best and then he follows that up with a chat with some other genius about how mad he is... To top it off we have a 5 minute talk with Cam Munster about not giving the man of the match money away and left / right hand carries. It was cringeworthy..

 

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Melbourne dominated the ruck, they won nearly every tackle, Brisbane were repeatedly twisted onto their backs all night while Melbourne were either tackled onto their stomach or standing. On more than a few occasions Brisbane had three in a tackle on Hughs and couldn’t even get him to ground. It was really evident the difference between the two, Brisbane won’t get their halves into the game if that continues & it’s only made worse by a hooker who is so slow and unengaging. Broncos defence was pretty solid.

The new “discretional” refereeing might cause drama, it assumes that the refs have a feeling for the game to know when the ruck is getting too slow etc. Something I think a few of them may have lost over years of KPIs and spotters telling them what to do. We all know that if you give coaches an inch they will take a mile, they will catch on very quickly and the wrestle will be allowed to completely dominate the game again. But we won’t have “not picking” penalties... there has to be a balance, because I don’t have faith that the refs actually know how to referee a game on its merits anymore.

 

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Can't be worse than the shit show that channel 9 rolled out tonight pre game tonight and that show after that game was a whole new low. What a dog shit show that was. English super league have In depth analysis of where the game was won and lost and how weaknesses were exploited. We have freddy talking to some moron who is semi literate at best and some other genius about how mad he is...

With idiots like vautin they just phone it in, it’s complete amateur hour.

 

[some11]

Broncos attacking structures are still woeful, once again relying on some opportunistic individual brilliance.

Seibold cannot use the same tactics with McCullough at 9 and Nikorima at 7, if anything Nikorima should be playing the same role Smith Jr does for the Storm and promoting an actual halfback from their ranks.

Defence woeful, can't even wrap up the ball with 3-4 players tackling someone. Boyd being sold a dummy by a prop is also a moment that would tell the coach he should retire and let Isaako take the reigns.

Storm still the team to beat and haven't lost an opener since '01, perfectly prepared side.

 

[some11]

The ruck was fine.

Your blokes got blown off the park for most of the first half. Your halves are f**king terrible and the coach kept your two strike forwards on the bench for too long. Your fullback offers f**k all most of the game and there is absolutely no spark out of dummy half by Mcullough.

Username is apt.

 

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Broncos attacking structures are still woeful, once again relying on some opportunistic individual brilliance.

Seibold cannot use the same tactics with McCullough at 9 and Nikorima at 7, if anything Nikorima should be playing the same role Smith Jr does for the Storm and promoting an actual halfback from their ranks.

Defence woeful, can't even wrap up the ball with 3-4 players tackling someone. Boyd being sold a dummy by a prop is also a moment that would tell the coach he should retire and let Isaako take the reigns.

Storm still the team to beat and havem't lost an opener since '01, perfectly prepared side.

The halves had zero space to do anything because every play the ball was won by Melbourne. The scary part is Seibold made the play the ball a key focus during the preseason!

 

[some11]

The halves had zero space to do anything because every play the ball was won by Melbourne. The scary part is Seibold made the play the ball a key focus during the preseason!

Can't pass the buck on the wrestle, either train for it or lick your wounds. Every run from the Storm has a purpose, so many wasted hit-ups from the Broncos and f**k all post contact meters. They've always looked slow to me though and part of that is a spine issue not connecting with the powerful forwards and outside backs.

Everything has just gotten progressively worse since 2015, it's frustrating to watch. Maybe they need to shake off whatever Bennett drilled into them (or the lack of) because they had zero set plays last year and looked like they had never trained with each other.

 

[blaza88z]

Melbourne were simply better at everything, 10 points flattered us because we scored 1 try off the back of a penalty the other was an intercept, Melbourne dominated us in the ruck and were clearly better prepared

I admire the way we dug in and fought hard to stay in the game with our defense but ultimately we were never really going to win the game, I seen enough to suggest we will have a good season (Bird and Gillett on the park playing relatively well was great to see), it'll take a few weeks to adjust to Seibold's coaching ways but like I said, I seen enough tonight to feel good about the season ahead

 

[Nerd]

The new “discretional” refereeing might cause drama, it assumes that the refs have a feeling for the game to know when the ruck is getting too slow etc. Something I think a few of them may have lost over years of KPIs and spotters telling them what to do. We all know that if you give coaches an inch they will take a mile, they will catch on very quickly and the wrestle will be allowed to completely dominate the game again. But we won’t have “not picking” penalties... there has to be a balance, because I don’t have faith that the refs actually know how to referee a game on its merits anymore.

I agree. Instead of entrusting the refs to minimise the wrestle I believe a move to 6 interchanges would let fatigue creep into the game in the last 10-15 minutes of each half negating teams ability to wrestle their way to slow down the ruck.

 

[hineyrulz]

The Broncs showed enough tonight to say they could squeak into the All Plod Mile.

Dawius did an excellent impersonation of Urban Ruler.

 

[lockyno1]

It’s Wazn vs Rawnaq all over again.

Track should be at Oonadatta.

Just call it a nil all draw and we can all blow some money on a Sandown maiden!