Match Discussion: Round 18 vs Melbourne @ AAMI Park

[Haffa]

Ok, I didn’t get to see the game. Before I go back to read this thread, WTF happened?

I envy you.

 

[perverse]

Bellamy is good...but how good? Success at Newcastle good? I would love to find out. He sucked at Origin level but at Melbourne it has gone far beyond the idea that his players made him look good.

Heaven and Earth need to be moved to get him here. Would be the ultimate challenge for him.

It wouldn't happen overnight, but he's built that club up into a sustained success machine.

 

[Seage]

Ok, I didn’t get to see the game. Before I go back to read this thread, WTF happened?

If you knew enough to have social plans in advance of the game being on, then you know enough to not watch it.

 

[Seage]

It wouldn't happen overnight, but he's built that club up into a sustained success machine.

Forget Bellamy, we should have thrown the kitchen sink to get Phil Gould here. Just framed it as him owing us for saving the ARL 25+ years ago and now we're calling in a favour.

 

[perverse]

Forget Bellamy, we should have thrown the kitchen sink to get Phil Gould here. Just framed it as him owing us for saving the ARL 25+ years ago and now we're calling in a favour.

Yeah, I wouldn't say no to having ol' bee sting face at the club either.

 

[Jono078]

100%. I better not hear any excuses about the preparation of the week in the post-game conference. Everyone's in the same boat.

Wow. It was the first thing he said in the conference.

Blaming the week and how they prepared for the week and he takes blame for that.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

AOB: "it's a reflection of the week". Lol
Rest of the teams seemed to manage.

 

[Loose Cannon]

I feel like AOB will just say in his presser 'We were missing Pearce, Safiti, and lost Ponga and Klemmer. We tried hard and when we get players back we'll be better.'

How did you know?

 

[Jono078]

Predictable conference by AOB.

We predicted it here - Blamed the week and mentioned missing players.

Subdued tone and all. This guy seems lost and doesn't know what to do.

 

[perverse]

He could start by developing a SQUAD that knows what the hell it's doing, rather than relying on Pearce and Ponga to run the show.

 

[Alex28]

It’s unbelievable what the Storm gets away with that no other team can.

Ruck infringements, professional fouls, illegal tackles, forward passes. They get away with the lot.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

It’s unbelievable what the Storm gets away with that no other team can.

Ruck infringements, professional fouls, illegal tackles, forward passes. They get away with the lot.

They always do but that doesn't excuse our basic errors, poor organisation and looking like we didn't want to be out there.
Lose against their grubby stuff but put in a committed performance and I'm OK with us.

 

[aqua_duck]

Bellamy is just a coaching god, look we got smashed but storm have been doing that all season long and the scary thing is I don't think they've ever had their full strength team so far this season.
If 3 years ago I told you these players would be part of a team breaking points records you'd tell me I was crazy:
Nicho Hines
George Jennings
Remeis Smith
Justin Olam
Jahrome Hughes
Tui Kamakamika
Aaron Booth
Aaron Pene
Chris Lewis
Tom Eisenhuth

 

[Knight Tales]

We forgetting this same side towelled the Roosters 46-6?

 

[aqua_duck]

We forgetting this same side towelled the Roosters 46-6?

They've toweled everyone for the past 3 months

 

[Mr_Knightside]

I find it staggering that two organisations with similar resources and playing in the same professional sporting competition can be so far apart in terms of what they can produce on the field.

 

[GidleyTwinz]

Bellamy is just a coaching god, look we got smashed but storm have been doing that all season long and the scary thing is I don't think they've ever had their full strength team so far this season.
If 3 years ago I told you these players would be part of a team breaking points records you'd tell me I was crazy:
Nicho Hines
George Jennings
Remeis Smith
Justin Olam
Jahrome Hughes
Tui Kamakamika
Aaron Booth
Aaron Pene
Chris Lewis
Tom Eisenhuth

Or that there had been a fundamental change in the game from 3 years ago to today...

But I'm sure it's just that Bellamy has become a much better coach since 2018. Amazing improvement given how good he already was!

 

[Apey]

I barely watched this game despite it, in theory, involving my two favourite teams to watch. The result was predictable but still depressing. Not the first nor last team to get spit roasted by Storm this year.

 

[Yosh]

Bellamy is good...but how good? Success at Newcastle good? I would love to find out. He sucked at Origin level but at Melbourne it has gone far beyond the idea that his players make him look good.

Heaven and Earth need to be moved to get him here. Would be the ultimate challenge for him.

He came out in an interview recently I believe and said he made a mistake at Origin level and thought of it too much like club. He would do things totally differently if he had the chance again.

 

[perverse]

Or that there had been a fundamental change in the game from 3 years ago to today...

But I'm sure it's just that Bellamy has become a much better coach since 2018. Amazing improvement given how good he already was!

I mean, he's clearly adapted to the new rules pretty quickly. I'd call that good coaching. Definitely better than our bang-it-up-the-middle approach that we had for the first 14 or 15 rounds of the comp.