mightybears
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i think they are great just now, beat the red hill wankers and the best chance to make sure manly don't win the gf!
They are undeniably a superb team, with a roster full of exceptionally talented players.Here is a question..."what do you like about Storm ??". Try answering that in a logical manner to balance your bias.
Basic courtesy and humility can go a long way to making opposition fans warm to you, and the Storm seem to have very little of either.
This shows how pathetic and shallow you are...this is the thread to beat all threads.
Storm wins the game and you come out with this garbage.
Here is a question..."what do you like about Storm ??". Try answering that in a logical manner to balance your bias.
Yep I feel exactly the same wayIm as queensland as they come, but if Billy "Little man Syndrome" Slater isnt the biggest f**kwit in rugby league, then im not here! I never thought id hate queensland players, i never have before, but Slater and Smith can get f**ked.
f**k Melbourne
Ern they're not whinging their head's off they're saying why they hate your club.Right there Shorty, that Inglis No-try was real boring!!
What is it with some people? Two teams play a hard and intense game last night that every Rugby League fan should have enjoyed. How hypocritical is it that the same fans who accuse the Storm of being whingers are now whinging their heads off on this forum.
Get over it!
They are undeniably a superb team, with a roster full of exceptionally talented players.
With this being said, there is a widespread perception that they owe much of their dominance in the last few years to their mastery of techniques that are not actually illegal, but which the majority of league fans find reprehensible.
Just as importantly, they do not seem courteous in either victory or defeat. To the Storm fans who insist that people only dislike them because of their dominance - look at Roger Federer in tennis. Look at the Australian teams of the John Eales era in rugby. The Chicago Bulls of the 90s. None of these illicited the kind of hate and controversy that the Storm currently attract, and all three were arguably more dominant. Basic courtesy and humility can go a long way to making opposition fans warm to you, and the Storm seem to have very little of either.
I hate melbourne because they are a team full of dirty queenslanders. BOO HISSSSS QUEENSLANDERS.
in other news, I also hate the broncos, if anyone's wondering. dirty queenslanders, booo hisss.
Most teams in the league could be considered a franchise beacuse they all have players from other area's, states, countries. Its a fact of life right now in the nrl as a whole.
As for the Victorian players well there are 9 in the under 20's squad if i recall correctly and when you look at the fact that the storm has been around only 11 years that is a good effort. The junior game is growing stronger and stronger each year which is only good for the game as a whole. Give it another 5-10 years and the strom will be bringing quite a few more locals into the game.
As for players living down here well Robbie Kearns and Stephen Kearny are still down here after their playing days working with the club so i say thats a good starting point.
I hate melbourne because they are a team full of dirty queenslanders. BOO HISSSSS QUEENSLANDERS.
in other news, I also hate the broncos, if anyone's wondering. dirty queenslanders, booo hisss.
yeah I don't think the storm are bad winners but I do think they can be bad losers. there are a few quotes from cam smith in this - http://oherrol.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/the-petty-bitch-recap-storm-vs-warriors/ which kinda sum up what I mean.
JUST BE GRACIOUS BOYS. IT'S NOT THAT HARD.
Yep I feel exactly the same way
I hope he never wears an Origin jersey again.
Ern they're not whinging their head's off they're saying why they hate your club.
So...get over it:roll:
woah! an entire post where you aren't shamelessly whoring your sh*tty blog about sexy footballers. im amazed! well done.
It might be a "fact of life" that "all have players from other areas", but all these clubs don't have ALL their players from other areas. How many VRL players are in the Storm 1st Grade side every week? One? Or is it two? That many? The introduction of Melbourne in to the comp seemed like a great move, at the time (I thought so, anyway) as it brought RL to victoria, in 1st grade exposure. But the positives of Melbourne, as they appeared in the the late 90's, have been more than offset by the negatives. The Storm sucks too much money from the comp, and has consistently brought truly negative play to the game to be worth the experiment.
Don't get this wrong, Vic RL fans are fantastic, more power to them. But the Storm are just not cost effective to the game. They simply cost the NRL too damn much, and bring not nearly enough back to the game- not "The Storm", the GAME. If the fans could be as "passionate" about the junior club comp, as they appear to be about News Ltd Storm, then maybe it would be worth it.
Where is all that money from the NRL going? The supposed "great inroads into Vic" aren't that great, when one examines the balance sheet, and considers the improvements that could be made, with that money, to existing junior bases, and future potential, where talent and support would flow freely. Nine juniors are in the Storm under 20's? How many of these guys are going to actually end up in the Storm 1st grade roster? Another 1 or 2?
It's been 10 years. The Storm should be fielding a majority of locals by now (and taking the results as they come, even if it means missing the 8), not draining the pool from Qld and NSW. There are only a dozen junior RL clubs spread across the entire of Vic. The under 16's comp for VJRL 2008, consisted of only 6 teams. The acheivement of the Melbourne franchise, and Vic RL, by any normal club standard, could be considered a success. But it isn't a normal club. It is News Ltd's special baby.
I suspect that Vic has hit the ceiling in expanding league where it really counts, junior level. Vic/Storm is about where I had hoped they would be by now, after introduction in 98. The finals/GF appearences are above expectations. But that expectation was based upon Melbourne either standing alone as a franchise, OR fielding a hell of a lot more locals, than what they have.
For the disproportionate amount of money that Storm takes, from the NRL, Victoria should be producing it's OWN players. No, 10 years is not a "long time". But for the $$$, it is plenty. If the NRL has to pour so much into Vic, then put it into the junior comp, and quit propping up another Qld team based in Melbourne.