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Anyone else getting sick of Melbourne Storm??!!

RufusRex

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the slide wills start roughly around the same time that an independant body is established to run Rugby League in the country.
 

Shire Panther

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Good on them, Well done Melbourne you deserve all the success you are having. Best team in the history of the NRL no doubt about it.
 

taxidriver

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Ummmmmmmm, I don't mean to sound like a prick, but exactly what lesson should we take from them?
They fail financially and get a free pass, have no junior league and, lets be honest here, have been given a leg up some of the other expansion teams of the past would be quietly pissed off about.
Smith, Slater and Inglis would be absolute shadows of the players they are now had they been part of the Victoria's junior rugby league ranks.

why has noone challenged this post?

because, he is right.
 

simostorm

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Ummmmmmmm, I don't mean to sound like a prick, but exactly what lesson should we take from them?
They fail financially and get a free pass, have no junior league and, lets be honest here, have been given a leg up some of the other expansion teams of the past would be quietly pissed off about.
Smith, Slater and Inglis would be absolute shadows of the players they are now had they been part of the Victoria's junior rugby league ranks.

Dont ever move to the US.. you wouldnt be able to support any of the US teams from any sport over there.. youd be all conflicted about how they get there money..

Sport is a business.. and some clubs have big finicial backers..

Deal with it.
 

big country

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kick em out!! if they can't stand on their own without getting a $6mil 'gift' each year then kick em out!!!
 

petetheileet

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Dont ever move to the US.. you wouldnt be able to support any of the US teams from any sport over there.. youd be all conflicted about how they get there money..

Sport is a business.. and some clubs have big finicial backers..

Deal with it.

I dont have enough time in the day to write how sick of them i am


so ill just refer to RufusRex's Post


and this dope as well


The US really doesn't concern me

League in Australia Does

My Club does

My club takes care of itself, we breed our own success and the club and the fans earn every bit of that success.

I dont agree with the fact that the Storm are kept alive by the financial owners of the game.

And the fact that they are based In a part of Australia where it is vital for News LTD that the game is successful and grows.

How do they get away with this???


How people can just take this on the chin and accept it is beyond me.....

My hatred of the Storm stems from the above!
 

meltiger

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the slide wills start roughly around the same time that an independant body is established to run Rugby League in the country.


Anyone who has a desire for the IC to remove funding from the Storm is destined for some major dissapointment ;-)

They killed that game this morning with their constant holding down.

Disagree, they played as allowed by the ref. The official was at fault for calling "move" far to slow. Can hardly blame the Storm for taking advantage of poor reffing.
 
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RufusRex

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Disagree, they played as allowed by the ref. The official was at fault for calling "move" far to slow. Can hardly blame the Storm for taking advantage of poor reffing.

Do you mean the refs who are controlled by the same organisation who is pumping money into the Storm each year and wanting them to be successful?
 

petetheileet

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Do you mean the refs who are controlled by the same organisation who is pumping money into the Storm each year and wanting them to be successful?


This statement should be scrolling along the bottom of the screen on every Storm game, so at least the opposition fans know what they are in for


the question is does the average punter actually know about this or are they oblivious?????

it seems impossible that they wouldn't know

however just as impossible that we all just accept it
 

Gregbyday

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I love watching the Storm. Got my tickets for the Sharks match yesterday only because they are playing. Taking a couple of friends from Adelaide to the game to convert them to league.
I can't wait to see the Premiers in full flight, just hope that the sharks can make a game of it.

They are good for the game going forward, so I will support them as I do every team

Off topic: quite a few tickets sold already when I went to Sharks at about 1pm yesterday. Hoping for a good atmosphere for my friends at a local NRL ground. Which they don't get at home in Adelaide following the AFL .
 

Gregbyday

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This statement should be scrolling along the bottom of the screen on every Storm game, so at least the opposition fans know what they are in for


the question is does the average punter actually know about this or are they oblivious?????

it seems impossible that they wouldn't know

however just as impossible that we all just accept it

What about Cam Smith getting suspended in the finals??
 

meltiger

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Do you mean the refs who are controlled by the same organisation who is pumping money into the Storm each year and wanting them to be successful?

The same ref allowed Leeds the same amount of time to hold on.


No one can blame News Ltd for Melbourne winning last years premiership.

St George uber choked, and Canterbury allowed themselves to be mugged by their main rivals in a prelim.
 

sting

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Ummmmmmmm, I don't mean to sound like a prick, but exactly what lesson should we take from them?
They fail financially and get a free pass, have no junior league and, lets be honest here, have been given a leg up some of the other expansion teams of the past would be quietly pissed off about.
Smith, Slater and Inglis would be absolute shadows of the players they are now had they been part of the Victoria's junior rugby league ranks.

bingo.

they are a fake team, get some victorians playing for them and they become a little more tolerable.

i'm sick of them, i find them boring in general but i must admit i love it when they play my saints. always great games. and after kogarah last year, i think easter friday is going to be huge
 

Shire Panther

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kick em out!! if they can't stand on their own without getting a $6mil 'gift' each year then kick em out!!!
What teams stand on their on 2 feet without getting money from somewhere??
If it wasnt for Rusty souths would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Delmege and Penn Manly would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Watson the Warriors would be stuffed If it wasnt for the various leagues clubs most Sydey teams would be stuffed, Every team get money from somewhere.

If Rusty wants to give souths $1 or $40 million per year good on em and if news wanna give $1 or $40 million to Melbourne good on em i couldnt care less, they can give them as much money as they please after all it is they're money they can do what they like with it.......
 

petetheileet

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What teams stand on their on 2 feet without getting money from somewhere??
If it wasnt for Rusty souths would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Delmege and Penn Manly would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Watson the Warriors would be stuffed If it wasnt for the various leagues clubs most Sydey teams would be stuffed, Every team get money from somewhere.

If Rusty wants to give souths $1 or $40 million per year good on em and if news wanna give $1 or $40 million to Melbourne good on em i couldnt care less, they can give them as much money as they please after all it is they're money they can do what they like with it.......


LOL its amazing how many nuffies can just totally miss the point
 

big country

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What teams stand on their on 2 feet without getting money from somewhere??
If it wasnt for Rusty souths would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Delmege and Penn Manly would be stuffed, if it wasnt for Watson the Warriors would be stuffed If it wasnt for the various leagues clubs most Sydey teams would be stuffed, Every team get money from somewhere.

If Rusty wants to give souths $1 or $40 million per year good on em and if news wanna give $1 or $40 million to Melbourne good on em i couldnt care less, they can give them as much money as they please after all it is they're money they can do what they like with it.......

hahaa - you must be taking the pi$$, surely :lol:
 
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