Can Melbourne Seriously Be Stopped in 2012?

[Perth Red]

Wests or sth's v cowboys would be an exciting gf but likely to be dogs v Broncos imo

 

[cleary89]

Even if they lost the rest of the games (and had 28 points), their for and against would probably be good enough to scrape in. Unfortunately.

i dont think 28 will be enough

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Consider them stopped dead.

 

[Jason Maher]

They lost to us with their Big 3 on deck. I think that says it all. Still time for the ship to be righted though (unfortunately).

 

[Spanner in the works]

It's not even August. Write off a team with the greatest hooker of all time and the greatest fullback off all time at your own peril.

 

[BranVan3000]

Imagine if they remained anchored on 28 points and missed the eight :crazy:

Not impossible. Though heavily reliant on Penrith pulling an Eels. I can see the Storm getting more frustrated and less patient as th losses mount too. Besides Penrith they have no easy games left. Seeing them stop at 30 points would not shock me at this point

 

[Haffa]

It's not even August. Write off a team with the greatest hooker of all time and the greatest fullback off all time at your own peril.

:lol: at greatest fullback of all time. Hooker is also debatable given the changes in the modern game.

 

[redvscotty]

Last time Melbourne sucked this badly they got busted for signing 1000 contracts each and had to give back all their new boats.

Oh wait, the players had no idea.

 

[_Johnsy]

GF

Doggies/Bunnies/Manly

 

[Dogs Of War]

Can't believe you guys are writing off Melbourne, give it a couple more games and when Widdop is back, Slater has had a few more runs to get his timing right, they do have a team that knows how to win. Even playing as poorly as they did last night, the Dragons needed those 2 bad passes to get the amount of points that it took to seperate the teams. I still expect the Storm to have turned the corner before the semi's have started, just hope they haven't dropped to 4th by then.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Lets revisit this thread in about 6 weeks.
Geez some people get excited easily.
By the first weekend of the finals things will have changed(form wise ,injury wise)quite a lot,for a lot of teams.

Talk about blowing your wad early.

 

[drago brelli]

Not one head high shot or shoulder charge last and the game was no less tough. Rugby league does not need the shoulder charge.

 

[HowHigh]

This is where Melbourne now lose 9 in a row

My prediction is starting to look good

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Not one head high shot or shoulder charge last and the game was no less tough. Rugby league does not need the shoulder charge.

Ask the players who ACTUALLY PLAY the game.
Not One has come out to agree with your dumb view.
Its a tough physical COLLISION sport.
Deal with it.

 

[drago brelli]

Ask the players who ACTUALLY PLAY the game.
Not One has come out to agree with your dumb view.
Its a tough physical COLLISION sport.
Deal with it.

What do you think other players in the NRL would think of a current player who came out and said that the should charge should go? My dumb view was agreed to by Greg Alexander and experts who attempt to repair the damage done by high shots.

 

[firechild]

Not one head high shot or shoulder charge last and the game was no less tough. Rugby league does not need the shoulder charge.

Looks like someone's pedalling an agenda.

 

[Spanner in the works]

:lol: at greatest fullback of all time. Hooker is also debatable given the changes in the modern game.

Oh yes? Which players are better?

 

[Glen]

LOL @ Slater chiming into the attack to set up Brett Morris for two tries

 

[Slammin_Saint89]

And his princess effort to tackle him for his third. Was close to best on for the dragons.

 

[bottle]

Firstly, there's already a shoulder charge thread, let's leave it in there.
Secondly, 'Of all time' is overkill, no one can say that conclusively. 'In the game at present', 'In living memory', 'In my time watching the game', these are all valid claims, subjective, but valid. 'Of all time' is just silly.
Thirdly, the thread was started by a premature ejaculator, consistently bumped by said PE, and is now being subjected to the same syndrome in forecasting Melbourne's demise. Too early yet, but not looking good for them.