2020 GF | PREMIERS - Storm 26-20 Panthers @ ANZ

[Perth Red]

Legend has it Cam is still in front of the microphone giving his speech

a very respectful speech. He’d make a good nrl ceo/chairman combined role!

 

[mozza91]

Legend has it Cam is still in front of the microphone giving his speech

I’m going to retire before Cam finishes his speech.

 

[mave]

It’s kinda like that in Victoria when Storm play in a big game. Naturally you get some interested armchair supporters tuning in, they get absolutely perplexed by him

Reminds me a lot of Bruce McAveney death-riding Collingwood at every turn, or Brian Taylor doing Brian Taylor things.

 

[Munky]

Freddy says he made his final decision on origin places based upon tonight...Luai was trash and he has been all finals series. Well done to him.

Harsh, he carved up Souths in the first half last week. Dick fingers outside him kept blowing certain tries.

I'm still aghast the short kicking game was put away last week and this week.

Dominate all year by choking sides with possession and then stop in the two biggest games of the year.

I'd love to know if it was Ivan or Nathan/Luai who was responsible for this.

 

[Perth Red]

I disagree.

This Storm GF team had a lethal spine, 3 quality outside backs, a brutal forward pack, plus two absolute weapons and a NSW forward on the bench.

That's a very worthy Premiership team. I know Penrith won 17 in a row but what game's did the Storm lose after the early losses to the Raiders & Penrith?

Away defeats to the Eels and Dragons with about 13 players missing in each game from memory. That's it.

What a team, coach and organisation. Respect.

All developed in house. It’s quite staggering how Bellamy can take an avg plodder and turn them into a premiership winner. unprecedented really in a coaching history

 

[stryker]

The season ends not with a roar but a cough. How apt

Lol yeah bit of a fizzier but the better side this finals series won so that’s satisfying.

 

[stryker]

All developed in house. It’s quite staggering how Bellamy can take an avg plodder and turn them into a premiership winner. unprecedented really in a coaching history

He even stated they are not the most skilful of sides but they listen and never give up.
This is a win for the coaching staff.

 

[moffla]

Reminds me a lot of Bruce McAveney death-riding Collingwood at every turn, or Brian Taylor doing Brian Taylor things.

Yep. Infuriating to the max

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Gee. I thought the Smugs just had to show up & the grand final was theirs.
They looked terribly disappointed after the game.

 

[moffla]

He even stated they are not the most skilful of sides but they listen and never give up.
This is a win for the coaching staff.

He’s turned Brenko Lee into an origin player. That says a lot

 

[azza29]

f**k covid.
f**k these bloody unending lockdowns.
Go the mighty Melbourne Storm!

 

[reanimate]

All developed in house. It’s quite staggering how Bellamy can take an avg plodder and turn them into a premiership winner. unprecedented really in a coaching history

People at the Titans or Cowboys would have laughed at you if you suggested Jahrome Hughes had it in him to be a premiership winning halfback.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Fantastic result, incredibly disappointing effort from Penrith, though not entirely unexpected.

Nathan cleary is simply not a big game halfback. I urge NSW to pick him for as long as they please.

Penrith have been wildly overrated all year and in both the Prelim and GF they were found wanting.

Most pleasingly was getting to enjoy the dejected coverage of Channel NSW and their collection of drug addicts, drunks and gamblers. For someone who is not normally subjected to the incoherent ramblings of the biased NSWankers on that network, it was great to see their side utterly destroyed in the Grand Final.

 

[soc123_au]

Penrith had nothing to do with it, it was all Sutton and Chiddy.

f**k up Skeepe. No need to rub salt in the wounds.

 

[greenBV4]

People at the Titans or Cowboys would have laughed at you if you suggested Jahrome Hughes had it in him to be a premiership winning halfback.

same could be said about Papi being a CC medalist to his various other clubs
Addo-carr when he left sydney
Brandon, the list goes on

people like gus death rode this team for not having another gear, not being premiership material
well guess what

2020 premiers baby!

 

[greenBV4]

Storm have to get on a plane now
I would love to see that plane

hopefully some sort of gathering will be allowed when they return to vic

please supreme leader dan give us some freedom soon

 

[Knight76]

Well shit. Now all I have left to cling to is the hope of a yet undiscovered salary cap breach and a premiership stripped to set things right again.

 

[Danny-Boy]

I should also add

Since the NRL commenced in 1998, Melbourne or the Sydney Roosters have featured in the Preliminary Finals in 21 of the 23 NRL Seasons (2001/2005 were the only two seasons where they didn't).

even more amazing is with all that success they’ve only got 8 premierships between them.

 

[Apey]

Oh and eat shit Gus. He's been worse than anyone on LU and I normally don't really mind him. Insufferable smug from him all finals.

 

[King hit]

Well done storm. 5 months away from home, plenty of injuries during the year, refs taking us down to eleven men. Awsome effort lads, very proud of the club. Up the Storm.

Really wished Smith had said “this is for your Victoria, f**k you Vlandys! “

V’landys restarts the game on his own. Beattie can’t even name a team. Think about that for a minute