If whinging after the result was a virtue yes I would be jealous.
The people were robbed.
If you cared about the people you'd be whinging too.
Archer was standing by the call.
Archer's standing by his own call?
Fancy that. :roll:
As a true neutral (hate the Storm and Parramatta equally) I have to say the Moi moi decision was blatantly wrong.
True.
For me it ruined what probably would have been a spectacular finish.
Ruined for everyone mate. Well, almost everyone.
However, I still think the better team won.
True.
But if the best team is the only one that's supposed to win, then why even have a grand final? Why not just have a first-past-the-post league system and give it to the minor premiers?
As a Parra fan I've enjoyed this season more than any year we won the minor premiership. Scraping into the 8 after a late season surge and then making the grand final has revitalised the entire NRL. The game's been dying a slow death and Parra may just have saved it. For the time being anyway.
Parramatta were not great from what I saw of the first half.
Parra were winning the yardage battle but their fringe defence and last tackle options were woeful.
That said, Melbourne were clinical as usual. They didn't give Parra much to play with.
Don't forget too, Melbourne rarely concede in the first half while Parra have been strongest in the second half. I was certain Melbourne would lead at halftime and that Parra would win the second half. Unfortunately it wasn't enough.
Parra's halves lost it for Parra in the first half, both in attack and defence. At the same time, Cronk and Finch did exactly what they had to. Too much class, too much experience.
Lack of quality playmakers has been killing Parra since 1986.