08 :: R24 MNF :: Panthers 6 Storm 40 @ CUA

[effnic]

I just want to say Billy Slater your a f**kwit. It might only sound small but when Jennings did that lifting tackle on him which wasnt even that bad, Jennins went up to him and apologised so what does this f**kwit do, pushes Jennings away. What a f**king cat.

 

[Dasher39]

I just want to say Billy Slater your a f**kwit. It might only sound small but when Jennings did that lifting tackle on him which wasnt even that bad, Jennins went up to him and apologised so what does this f**kwit do, pushes Jennings away. What a f**king cat.

Really scraping the bottom of the barrell for things to have a bitch about now aren't you?

If a player had done that to me, intentional or not (and Billy wouldn't have known whether it was intentional or not), the last thing I'd want is the bloke in my face trying to apologise. I'd be pretty fired up and tell him to go forth as well.

As for the ref, sure we got our fair share of 50-50 calls, but every single one of them was correct so you can't complain.

 

[mxlegend99]

They weren't all correct. They didn't change the result of the game, but they sure as hell hurt the Panthers.

Priddis being penalised for a late tackle was wrong. Even in slow motion he wasn't late. You got a penalty on our 20m line and scored a try directly off that set. That was a massive call to go against the Panthers... giving you guys 50m and 6 tackles when we should have been in possession.

Panthers being penalised for an incorrect play the ball when the Storm were playing the ball pretty much the exact same way, as is every other team in the NRL every week.

Those were the 2 worst calls of the game IMO. There was also a lot of 50/50 calls which went against us... but those ones above were deadset wrong.

 

[mxlegend99]

BTW, Rhys Wesser did more damage to the Panthers with his forward passes, early kicks and running the ball out on the first tackle then the entire Storm team did to us IMO. He was constantly handing the ball over and giving you guys excellent field position.

 

[Ice777]

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Panthers being penalised for an incorrect play the ball when the Storm were playing the ball pretty much the exact same way, as is every other team in the NRL every week.

How about you give us some proper examples and who it was that didn't play the ball properly? Just because you say "The Storm were playing the ball pretty much the exact same way" doesn't mean they actually were.

The fact is and as the ref said, Wesser was warned 3 times to play the ball properly and he finally got pinged on it when he did it again. How the hell can you call that in the top 2 worse decisions in the game when he blatantly just rolled the ball between his legs? Do you think the ref should've let him off a 4th time for not playing the ball correctly just to appease Penrith fans? :crazy:

 

[pantherz9103]

This game proved that Penrith don't have what it takes to compete with the better sides and Storm will cruise to the trophy. Hope the Melbourne public start to appreciate them more.

 

[mxlegend99]

How about you give us some proper examples and who it was that didn't play the ball properly? Just because you say "The Storm were playing the ball pretty much the exact same way" doesn't mean they actually were.

If you watched the game last night, or any other game of NRL this season you wouldn't need examples. Every team does it every week.

The fact is and as the ref said, Wesser was warned 3 times to play the ball properly and he finally got pinged on it when he did it again. How the hell can you call that in the top 2 worse decisions in the game when he blatantly just rolled the ball between his legs? Do you think the ref should've let him off a 4th time for not playing the ball correctly just to appease Penrith fans? :crazy:

Yet he let the Storm get away with doing the exact same thing... and all the other players in the Panthers team. If you think Rhys Wesser was the only player doing that last night then you're on drugs. Both teams were doing it and penalising Rhys Wesser for that was a f*cking joke.

 

[Terry-Randal]

This game proved that Penrith don't have what it takes to compete with the better sides and Storm will cruise to the trophy. Hope the Melbourne public start to appreciate them more.

mate most melbournians wouldnt know who the storm are.

 

[Ice777]

If you watched the game last night, or any other game of NRL this season you wouldn't need examples. Every team does it every week.

I watched the game. I couldn't give a toss about other games this year, you have to take every game/decision on it's merits given different refs will call different things based on their own interpretation.

If you think Rhys Wesser was the only player doing that last night then you're on drugs. Both teams were doing it and penalising Rhys Wesser for that was a f*cking joke.

All i know is that Wesser was warned for it on several occasions and if he was stupid enough to keep doing it after that then he deserved to get pinged. Maybe he might've been classed as unlucky if he hadn't have been warned a couple times but he was.

 

[Dasher39]

How about you give us some proper examples and who it was that didn't play the ball properly? Just because you say "The Storm were playing the ball pretty much the exact same way" doesn't mean they actually were.

The fact is and as the ref said, Wesser was warned 3 times to play the ball properly and he finally got pinged on it when he did it again. How the hell can you call that in the top 2 worse decisions in the game when he blatantly just rolled the ball between his legs? Do you think the ref should've let him off a 4th time for not playing the ball correctly just to appease Penrith fans? :crazy:

Well said Ice!

Unfortunately it went in favour of the Storm, so it must be out and out cheating. Sure Melbourne probably don't play the ball 100% correctly, but it wasn't the first time Wesser did it. Perhaps the Storm blokes that were doing it were correcting themselves, or at least making at attempt to play the ball. Wesser simply rolled it between his legs.

As for the late hit, it was touch and go but I remember a game against Parramatta earlier in the year where the Storm were penalised 3-4 times for the same thing. It's about time Cooper got some protection.

 

[mxlegend99]

If you guys didn't support the Storm, you wouldn't think it was the correct decision.

A referee can't single one player out and penalise them for something that happens on a weekly basis without being penalised. The Storm on more then one occassion played the ball exactly the same and got away with it.

It's inconsistant with every other game played this season, and it's a double standard to only police that rule for the Panthers when the Storm were doing the exact same thing.

I don't think the referee cost us the game, but there was no need to be so harsh on the Panthers with penalties against a team that was going to slaughter us regardless. But there's nothing new there. Even at our home ground we have the 50/50 decisions go against us.

 

[TITAN1]

So even with 40% discounted prices on tickets they could only manage 8,800 spectators?
The empty patch of seats right on halfway must annoy management.

 

[mxlegend99]

Panthers have a terrible home record, and were facing the best team in the competition. Pretty much a guaranteed flogging. I doubt the crowd would have been much bigger if the tickets were free.

 

[camsmith]

No but its fair to say that Melbourne have had the best of the refereeing decisions.

The ref was horrible today, so many borderline calls went to the storm. And one of the the storms secondhalf tries towards the end was forward, I was in the stand and in line with it exactly, it was forward. But thats the lineman, not the ref. I suppose melbourne pay the lot of them before they play these days.

Those were the 2 worst calls of the game IMO. There was also a lot of 50/50 calls which went against us... but those ones above were deadset wrong.

:roll:

How about the ref being conned by Rhys Wesser waving his arms around and getting the commentators excited about the chicken wing tackle, only to then see the replay and see that there was nothing in it.

Also watch the game again and have a look how many times Penrith players tackled us around our head. If that was us it would be front page news today.

I thought the ref did an ok job tonight, a few decisions went against both teams but all up it was OK.

 

[Ice777]

If you guys didn't support the Storm, you wouldn't think it was the correct decision.

What a load of crap. To the letter of the law he did the wrong thing and he got penalised for it. Not to mention the fact that you keep ignoring, he was warned about it for doing the same thing several times. You're going on like he was hard done by yet the ref let him off 3 times beforehand. How many warnings do you think he should have got before you can class him as not hard done by?

It's inconsistant with every other game played this season, and it's a double standard to only police that rule for the Panthers when the Storm were doing the exact same thing.

Again, can you please point out and give some examples instead of just generalising? I can can say that the Panthers were up within the 10 all night as well but that doesn't mean they were. Besides, even if the Storm and other players were doing the same thing then maybe they stopped after they were warned about it once, not 3 times like Wesser and that's why they never got done.

 

[TITAN1]

Posted like a 40-6 winner!
There was no rubbing of the back of the tackled players knee last night,did they forget to bring it?

 

[mxlegend99]

What a load of crap. To the letter of the law he did the wrong thing and he got penalised for it. Not to mention the fact that you keep ignoring, he was warned about it for doing the same thing several times. You're going on like he was hard done by yet the ref let him off 3 times beforehand. How many warnings do you think he should have got before you can class him as not hard done by?

I haven't ignored hte fact he was warned. I stated he was singled out. Every team in the NRL does it, yet the referee last night was singling Rhys Wesser out.

Again, can you please point out and give some examples instead of just generalising? I can can say that the Panthers were up within the 10 all night as well but that doesn't mean they were. Besides, even if the Storm and other players were doing the same thing then maybe they stopped after they were warned about it once, not 3 times like Wesser and that's why they never got done.

Someone else mentioned the Storm didn't play the ball properly just before the Jeff Lima try... which was just after Rhys Wesser was penalised for the exact same thing. Although until i watch the game again and write the events down on paper, i can't give you specific times that it happened.

If you watched even 5 minutes of the game, you would see both teams do it probably 10 times each though.

 

[scottyeel]

Great game by Melbourne they're just looking better every week.
Geez they are a quality team.

 

[Apey]

Great game by Melbourne they're just looking better every week.
Geez they are a quality team.

they will be shown to be pretenders next week tbh

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[kia ora storm]

mate most melbournians wouldnt know who the storm are.

Thanks for the informative comment...fool.