Melbourne are good

[blaza88z]

It's not like a Bradbury where every other team fell over, Melbourne themselves have gone through the season for good periods without key players

They've just got the best depth out of any team in the comp

 

[GongPanther]

It's not like a Bradbury where every other team fell over, Melbourne themselves have gone through the season for good periods without key players

They've just got the best depth out of any team in the comp

Like every man, every team has their own story.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Just give them the trophy now and stop wasting our f**king time and money. If the NRL wants to waste its energy propping them up in AFL town, that's their problem.

 

[footy75]

But lets face it they are playing in probably the weakest NRL comp in many a year. I cant remember a comp with so many teams depleted and lack of decent competition

Full strength Roosters challenges this Storm team easily

Manly, Bunnies, Penrith and Roosters are all good too.

 

[Apey]

Kanye vibes.

 

[Perth Red]

Melbourne storm are an abomination and stain on rugby league, from there conflict of interest board members ( matt trip ) to having teams and junior nurserys in three states( no other club has the talent to choose from that melbourne have wich is provided by every other club)
Add Craig bellemys tactics (also a stain on the game) and you get the melbourne storm. A heartless soulless team not many people give two shits about, funded,owned and run by the nrl, Chanel 9 and sportsbet who all have the same hidden agenda. did I mention the years of blatantly cheating that if not for David gallop prob would of just got sweeped under the carpet, not long after gallop removed two premierships from the storm did gallop loose his job.. baaahhhhh. A downright Disgusting club that has robbed many fans for many years..

 

[WepnutV]

More like a conflict of interest. That SMH article is over a year old, and I'm not privy to any private shareholder in the NRL, nor is there any evidence to the contrary that I could find.

Tbh i haven't read the smh article. It was a quick Google copy paste job. And iv prob
Got something wrong or two in my rant but I don't care because what I'm saying is true. Melbourne gets a leg up on everybody else and have done since 1999. all the talent they take away from nsw and qld clubs, and the fact the chairman and co owner of the storm matt trip (sportsbet owner) sponsors the nrl. Like thats a little more than a conflict of interest that a betting agency that sponsors a sport that pretty much has its own team in that sport should be enough said

 

[WepnutV]

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A representation of your intelligence i take it?

 

[footy75]

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Beat me to it.

Still fkn crying.

 

[GreenMachine121]

They are better than everyone else …. Which is sad but true
Also instigators of many of the questionable manipulations in tackle techniques
Also get a very nice ride from the refs generally haha

 

[Pretty Penny]

How many Melbourne Storm threads do we need?

Storm are good

Strom are finished

Its 24/7 Strom on Front Row Forum.

 

[The Man Shake]

I think we should talk about how truly great the Roosters are. That if it wasn't for dubious refereeing decisions and injuries (i.e. things that happen in rugby league that shouldn't happen to the Roosters) they would be on track to emulate what St George did in winning 11 premierships in a row. And I think it's only fair that the Roosters win every year, because their long suffering fans haven't really experienced much success and they live in one of the worst parts of Sydney, Bondi Beach.

Seriously how good are the Roosters?

 

[Timmah]

Melbourne storm are an abomination and stain on rugby league, from there conflict of interest board members ( matt trip ) to having teams and junior nurserys in three states( no other club has the talent to choose from that melbourne have wich is provided by every other club)

Can you explain which three states the Storm have junior nurseries in?

They have the Tigers and Falcons in Queensland, and the Thunderbolts in Melbourne. That's it.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Can you explain which three states the Storm have junior nurseries in?

They have the Tigers and Falcons in Queensland, and the Thunderbolts in Melbourne. That's it.

They’ve also got the Wests Tigers, in Sydney.

 

[merahputih]

At least you can't accuse the Dragons of having a nursery in Queensland, but they do seem to have a retirement home.

 

[Steel Saints]

At least you can't accuse the Dragons of having a nursery in Queensland, but they do seem to have a retirement home.

Steelers won the SG Ball GF in 2019, and appeared in another GF this year. Instead of giving an opportunity to those young kids, they recruit old Qld players.

 

[Generalzod]

Melbourne storm are an abomination and stain on rugby league, from there conflict of interest board members ( matt trip ) to having teams and junior nurserys in three states( no other club has the talent to choose from that melbourne have wich is provided by every other club)
Add Craig bellemys tactics (also a stain on the game) and you get the melbourne storm. A heartless soulless team not many people give two shits about, funded,owned and run by the nrl, Chanel 9 and sportsbet who all have the same hidden agenda. did I mention the years of blatantly cheating that if not for David gallop prob would of just got sweeped under the carpet, not long after gallop removed two premierships from the storm did gallop loose his job.. baaahhhhh. A downright Disgusting club that has robbed many fans for many years..

Tell us how you really feel, This is true dont forget that when New Limited sold this mob as a sweetner they still had to fund them for a few years..
This is an old article kind of explains things:
News takes $8 million from the NRL each year that is used to cover the Storm's losses. It is that arrangement that effectively enabled the Storm to rort the salary cap undetected for so long as club management knew there was a pot of money they could tap into if they could provide receipts to account for expenses.

As long as the bills didn't total more than $8m no one looked too closely, enabling the Storm to become one of the best-resourced clubs in the NRL.

Storm funding throws a spanner in independent commission works

THREATS of a Super League-style breakaway in Queensland and News Ltd's claim for increased funding of the Melbourne Storm following the club's salary cap crisis are thwarting the establishment of an independent commission to take control of the game at the end of the season.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Generalzod]

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Yeah the suffering of it all I would also cry if I was told there wont be any Perth Team in the near future/

 

[soc123_au]

@Alderley Rooster would find something to cry about after copping a blowjob from Jesus.

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah the suffering of it all I would also cry if I was told there wont be any Perth Team in the near future/

After 20 years it has no emotional impact anymore.