Big 3 my ass

[Mr Angry]

In the end a couple of big plays from Inglis and Burgess got the bunnies home.

Cam was good, as was Slater, Cooper his solid self.

Melbourne have always been beatable, but they are more consistent than most and can produce in big games.

Souths forwards won the battle, Inglis saved tries, Luke was good also. All teams are beatable.

 

[natas55]

It's amazing how many people try to knock Slater and blow wind up Greg Inglis's bum, yet everytime the rabbits play the Storm, Inglis gets dominated and has virtually no impact on the game.

saved 3 set up one absolutely no impact

 

[Cerne Abbas Giant]

I can't believe the hubris amongst Souths supporters after the win. It will be their downfall.

 

[bottle]

I can't believe the hubris amongst Souths supporters after the win. It will be their downfall.

No it won't.
How the supporters view it is irrelevant.
It comes down to how the playing group see it. That's on Maguire.

 

[Johns Magic]

Daniel Abraham

Never played for the Storm?

 

[Patorick]

Daniel Abraham

Didn't play for Melbourne.

I believe you're thinking of Adam Woolnough.

 

[Patorick]

I will not stand for this Cooper Cronk badmouthing.

He gave a great concession speech after the 2008 Grand Final. And it's hard for Queenslanders to give great concession speeches.

Great player too, he'll make some of you look like Rothfields next week.

 

[Cerne Abbas Giant]

No it won't.
How the supporters view it is irrelevant.
It comes down to how the playing group see it. That's on Maguire.

The game could have easily gone the other way.
The fans will affect the players. The constant fawning over the Burgii, and the storyteller of the book of feuds will send them into the land of fairy tales before another team will send them back crashing down to earth .

 

[LESStar58]

Is that why the dragqueens went hard after Cooper Cronk and Craig Bellamy?

This.

I remember all the Dragqueens fans on Facebook claiming they would stop supporting St.George-Illawarra if Bellamy became the coach. They should be so lucky!

 

[Rudderriffic]

Didn't play for Melbourne.

I believe you're thinking of Adam Woolnough.

Or possibly Clint Newton.

All three were pretty average journeyman forwards from the Knights, Newton/Abraham being backrowers and Woolnough a prop.

 

[BunniesMan]

lol @ everyone bagging GI. So obvious that you have no idea about rugby league. You do know the period of the game where you don't have the ball matters? Multiple tries saved because of GI. One of our most important players last night.

Peope forget just how good Mini was before injuries cruelled his career for a few years. He certainly would have retained the Green and Gold fullback spot for a good few years had he been fit, despite Slaters brilliance.

I didn't mean to insult Mini at his peak. I meant 2013 Mini. He has declined and is a fair way off his absolute best and so is Slater. But it seems like noone in the media has even picked up on it.

 

[Tipster]

If Slater was given that try and he rightly should have the Storm may well have gone on and win the game.

 

[Tommax25]

Smith is still great. Cronk is the best halfback but still over rated (compared to past best halfbacks in the comp). Slater is not as good anymore, gets dominated everytime with the ball, unless he is chasing a grubber or something

Best halfback Pearce, but what you say has merit.

 

[DeeJ]

Slater should do a Lockyer and switch to #6

Are you high? Did you not see how poor his passes were last night?

 

[Sphagnum]

Cooper was amazing tonight. Incredible player.

 

[BunniesMan]

Sarcasm? His kicking was atrocious. Slater was poor aswell.

Slater has now been somewhere between poor and mediocre for the majority of the last two seasons.

 

[Sphagnum]

Better than Reynolds and Inglis. Not as good as Phil Hughes.

 

[NrlCoach]

cronk is anther version of mullens. difference between the the two of them is cronk got 2 player that make him look good every week

 

[ceagle]

Cronk relies too much on structure, his ad lib football is poor.

 

[POPEYE]

Maybe it's time Melbourne should stop carrying Qld and let the big 3 concentrate their twilight years just keeping up with Manly