2017 Prelim Final, Fri - Storm 30-0 Broncos @ AAMI

[King hit]

This week, King hit has become an enigma in my opinion.

How have I become an enigma?

 

[Pedge1971]

Gambled on flights and GF tickets 3 months ago, paid off tonight! I’ll be cheering on NQ tomorrow but Storm will crush their fairytale next week.

Not much of a gamble mate. Congrats. Best team all year and should win.

 

[pantherz9103]

There is sure to be a strong police presence after the Broncos are assaulted by the Storm. It won't be pretty, Storm by 30.

Brilliant prediction

 

[veggiepatch1959]

How have I become an enigma?

By being a Broncos supporter and a NSW SoO supporter at the same time.

I thought that would have been mutually exclusive.

 

[ed-grimley]

By being a Broncos supporter and a NSW SoO supporter at the same time.

I thought that would have been mutually exclusive.

Much better than following a NSW NRL team and the QLD SOO side.

 

[The_Shield]

Yep. Each and every time. Eventually, clubs will realise that the risk isn't worth it after seeing clubs gutted for their salary cap infringements.

If they did it with the bulldogs in 02 I really do think that would have been the warning sufficient to prevent any other club taking such a risk for at least 20 years.

Ok. Well how about the Raiders and Bulldogs? They were over the cap this year

 

[SBD82]

Ok. Well how about the Raiders and Bulldogs? They were over the cap this year

There's a big difference between being marginally over the cap and reporting to the nrl versus deliberately paying players under the table.

 

[The_Shield]

There's a big difference between being marginally over the cap and reporting to the nrl versus deliberately paying players under the table.

Over the cap is over the cap

 

[moffla]

I find it f**king hilarious when I come into threads after storm win and find people moaning about the cheating of last decade.

Makes the win sweeter

 

[SBD82]

Over the cap is over the cap

I honestly don't care much, and I think that melbournes cap cheating was long enough ago that it's not relevant.

But I think that it's a stretch to compare deliberately signing two contracts versus badly managed caps.

 

[The_Shield]

I honestly don't care much, and I think that melbournes cap cheating was long enough ago that it's not relevant.

But I think that it's a stretch to compare deliberately signing two contracts versus badly managed caps.

The end result is the same regardless of how they got there. Is it really badly managed or is that just what they want us to believe? if I remember correctly, the raiders have been over 5 of the last six years or something like that. Is that bad management or is it deliberate?Melbourne were only marginally over the cap in 06 and 07 but still had the 07 premiership stripped

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

I find it f**king hilarious when I come into threads after storm win and find people moaning about the cheating of last decade.

Makes the win sweeter

Revisionist history?

As long as players remain that were retained via payments that were part of a system that rorted the cap, a stink remains on the storm.

Many viewpoint of completely stripping a club of all achievements and players solves this.

If the storm had managed to rebuild from the full and proper punishment clubs deserve for cheating the cap, I'd give them their due.

Until then...

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Over the cap is over the cap

Filing cabinet is filing cabinet?

 

[SBD82]

The end result is the same regardless of how they got there. Is it really badly managed or is that just what they want us to believe? if I remember correctly, the raiders have been over 5 of the last six years or something like that. Is that bad management or is it deliberate?Melbourne were only marginally over the cap in 06 and 07 but still had the 07 premiership stripped

I don't know the specifics of each case, so in hindsight I probably shouldn't have commented.

All I'm saying is that it's appropriate to make a distinction between deliberately paying players outside of registered contracts, and mismanaging a cap. If the raiders are proven to have deliberately cheated the cap, happy for them to be punished too.

Good luck stripping their premierships though...

 

[THE CHAMP]

Much like Bronco fans

And fans of he-man

 

[typicalfan]

Revisionist history?

As long as players remain that were retained via payments that were part of a system that rorted the cap, a stink remains on the storm.

Many viewpoint of completely stripping a club of all achievements and players solves this.

If the storm had managed to rebuild from the full and proper punishment clubs deserve for cheating the cap, I'd give them their due.

Until then...

I don't see people saying the same about the Bulldogs in 2004 after being over in 2002. The Bulldogs and Eels don't appear to have been treated in the same vein. Do the Eels have to scrap it all and start again? Or because they won nothing it doesn't count. What if they win next year with players that were apart of the 2016 Eels side.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

I don't see people saying the same about the Bulldogs in 2004 after being over in 2002. The Bulldogs and Eels don't appear to have been treated in the same vein. Do the Eels have to scrap it all and start again? Or because they won nothing it doesn't count. What if they win next year with players that were apart of the 2016 Eels side.

As I said, all players who were at the dogs in 2004 are long gone.

 

[GongPanther]

They are all special even the ones we lose. I was a follower of a bottom team in afl and when they merged I converted to Storm.Then my afl side won 3 premierships in a row.

My AFL team Hawthorne?

 

[Diesel]

And fans of he-man

Pretty lame, Milhouse

 

[GongPanther]

Storm home average this year: 15,647, Penrith: 14,087 so roughly 1,600 below each home game for your mob in what is meant to be a rugby league heartland and one of, if not the the biggest RL nurseries for juniors in the game. Enjoy your off season dickhead lol

Average of 15,647 for the whole of Melbourne? Suck another uncircumsized one f@ggotbrain.