The run home.

[Joshuatheeel]

Anyone remember the finals in week 1 in 2000 and 2009? No one gave us a f**ken hope in hell!!

We were massive underdogs, as much as we will be this week!!

We are a chance to get the upset!!

 

[Bazal]

We won't beat Melbourne.

But if we give them a good run we might get to play them again.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

We won't beat Melbourne.

But if we give them a good run we might get to play them again.

I reckon the senior players and BA should hang out with Bernie and dream up some left field plays to beat the Storm. And if they review them when straight and they still seem feasible then go for it.

 

[Bazal]

I reckon the senior players and BA should hang out with Bernie and dream up some left field plays to beat the Storm. And if they review them when straight and they still seem feasible then go for it.

I'm not sure that would work. They'd all get side tracked the second anyone mentioned a play involving the hooker.

 

[strider]

I reckon if we're ahead at halftime we'll be a chance.

If we're ahead at fulltime i reckon we are a massive chance

 

[Bazal]

If we're ahead at fulltime i reckon we are a massive chance

I won't be confident until we're ahead 24 hours after the game

 

[Eelpout]

If we're ahead at fulltime i reckon we are a massive chance

So did Broncos supporters in the '15 GF.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I'm not sure that would work. They'd all get side tracked the second anyone mentioned a play involving the hooker.

True. And we should probably tell Corey there's a dude in a carpark with a brown paper bag.

But seriously, Corey may not be the leader we need, considering his position and pay. He's too much of a space cadet. And the players know it.

 

[Chipmunk]

Game set match!! Finals here we come!!

Storm next !!

We are now massive underdogs for next week!!

Can we do it?

I reckon this game will be closer then some expect!!

Even if the Storm hit triple figures against us next week, I still think we're just as much chance of winning the comp now as what we would be then... The best thing is that whatever the result next week we will not play the Storm in a sudden death match before the GF.

Let the Storm massacre us I say and concentrate on beating the Sharks in Week 2. The Melbourne Storm will make the GF. We will only beat them once in the next four weeks... Now is about strategy, as it was in 2009 between Round 26 and Week 1 of the Finals.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Even if the Storm hit triple figures against us next week, I still think we're just as much chance of winning the comp now as what we would be then... The best thing is that whatever the result next week we will not play the Storm in a sudden death match before the GF.

Let the Storm massacre us I say and concentrate on beating the Sharks in Week 2. The Melbourne Storm will make the GF. We will only beat them once in the next four weeks... Now is about strategy, as it was in 2009 between Round 26 and Week 1 of the Finals.

How about we lose by a point thanks to a massive penalty count and several referee blunders which gets Perenara sacked?

 

[Bazal]

Even if the Storm hit triple figures against us next week, I still think we're just as much chance of winning the comp now as what we would be then... The best thing is that whatever the result next week we will not play the Storm in a sudden death match before the GF.

Let the Storm massacre us I say and concentrate on beating the Sharks in Week 2. The Melbourne Storm will make the GF. We will only beat them once in the next four weeks... Now is about strategy, as it was in 2009 between Round 26 and Week 1 of the Finals.

Or beat them and send them into a sudden death game against the team that beat them in the GF last year.....

I mean, realistically, I don't see us beating them at all over the next four weeks. But if we manage it this weekend, there's a very real chance they don't even make the grand final. Once again, finals are a different game. No point going into the game with an attitude of looking towards week two.

 

[Forty20]

In the end we only need 3 wins from here on in. Any given Sunday baby. Or Friday. Or Saturday too.

 

[Chipmunk]

Or beat them and send them into a sudden death game against the team that beat them in the GF last year.....

I mean, realistically, I don't see us beating them at all over the next four weeks. But if we manage it this weekend, there's a very real chance they don't even make the grand final. Once again, finals are a different game. No point going into the game with an attitude of looking towards week two.

Do the Storm need a 'wake up' call loss to motivate them even more...I think if the Storm are going to be beaten it is going to be GF Day, but I actually don't think they will be beaten no matter who they play.... they're just that little bit in front of everyone else this year.

 

[Chipmunk]

In the end we only need 3 wins from here on in. Any given Sunday baby. Or Friday. Or Saturday too.

If we make the GF and this particular Storm team beats us on the day I still say it will be a monumental achievement to get that far. Anything from here is a bonus, but I'd be almost satisfied with second to that mob in 2017. I can't see anyone touching them, they're that much in front of the field it's not funny.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Melbourne lost a home final to the Warriors a few years ago, so they can underestimate a side.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Do the Storm need a 'wake up' call loss to motivate them even more...I think if the Storm are going to be beaten it is going to be GF Day, but I actually don't think they will be beaten no matter who they play.... they're just that little bit in front of everyone else this year.

If they don't win the comp it will certainly involve some bad luck, but the merkins are due for some.

 

[Bazal]

Do the Storm need a 'wake up' call loss to motivate them even more...I think if the Storm are going to be beaten it is going to be GF Day, but I actually don't think they will be beaten no matter who they play.... they're just that little bit in front of everyone else this year.

I think they will win too. But they won't win if they lose two games, might as well try and be one that beats them and hope someone else can lift enough to finish the job. Anything can happen in sudden death, and if they're going to be ambushed it'll be in a game they don't have to win...ie first round.

All I'm saying is there's no point thinking about second round yet. Go down to Melbourne and work your guts out. You might win.

 

[Chipmunk]

Melbourne lost a home final to the Warriors a few years ago, so they can underestimate a side.

Some years ago is some time ago... I think people live in some sort of hope that the Storm are just suddenly going to turn to shit.

 

[Chipmunk]

I think they will win too. But they won't win if they lose two games, might as well try and be one that beats them and hope someone else can lift enough to finish the job. Anything can happen in sudden death, and if they're going to be ambushed it'll be in a game they don't have to win...ie first round.

All I'm saying is there's no point thinking about second round yet. Go down to Melbourne and work your guts out. You might win.

Well that will be the plan, but at the end of the day whatever the result against the Storm we will always be one loss away from the end of our season, so the game in affect means little.

 

[Chipmunk]

If they don't win the comp it will certainly involve some bad luck, but the merkins are due for some.

I think the only think that can beat the Storm is injuries to they're key players. A HIA ruling Cameron Smith out of the game during the GF would be catastrophic