Post Match Rd 7: Storm Beat Warriors In Thriller

[Makasene]

New day, same old shit.

Clutching defeat from the jaws of victory for the third straight game.

 

[Xt1ncT]

To be fair I was expecting a worse beating. Anyhow. Elliot out .. and Ropati too and Hurrel to retrain and someone awesome to come in. Tears

Not sure how its ME's fault.

He inherited a shower of shit. We've had more than our share of injuries and of course we are chock full of dumb players.

 

[Fazz]

Hurrell makes too many mistakes. Vatuvei was better at that age.

He does. The commentators even mentioned that the rest of the team were angry at him for that error at the start of the game. If Elliot wants to piss both Ropo and Hurrell off for Nielson (when fit) and Benry (who at least can hold the ball/defend half competently) and not fussed. Hurrell needs to go to the NSW Cup. One decent fend per half does not make up for the many horrible reads and errors he's guilty of. He seems like a lovely guy, but fuck, my patience has worn out. He was somehow worse than Ropo.

 

[ramraider78]

The majority of the boys played there guts out tonight, basic errors - some players need Vulcans time to find some form;

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

I am a bit pissed - but who dropped the most ball ?

It looked like Hurrell to me.

 

[Fazz]

Not sure how its ME's fault.

He inherited a shower of shit. We've had more than our share of injuries and of course we are chock full of dumb players.

He's also gotten a huge amount of improvement out of the team. Do you think Shitlennan would have gotten anything close to our last three losing performances from the team? Fuck no. We're losing, but there are some definite positives. Just need some calls to go our way, and some centre that know what the fuck they're doing. I mean christ, even Billy Tupou played better!

 

[Xt1ncT]

The majority of the boys played there guts out tonight, basic errors - some players need Vulcans time to find some form;

Can't though - far too many out injured. And noone good enough to step in.

 

[Fazz]

I am a bit pissed - but who dropped the most ball ?

It looked like Hurrell to me.

If it wasn't him, he definitely dropped the most important balls. The muppet drops it right by our try line constantly.

 

[Sup42]

I could only follow the game from the posts but let me say I am sick to death of reading the same names killing off this team.

We Need to Find replacements for

Hurrell

Feleti

Ropati ( Sick to death of Jerome being the symbol of favoritism )

As For Ropati's Bum buddy Vatuvei send that cu** to Japan and lets get some reliable Noobs to at least give us a crack in these games

I know I'm full of beer and asking for it but hey fk u fanbois lol

 

[Defence]

Three calls had a major effect on that game. Shaun Johnson kicks a 40/20 touchie calls it- slater says he's wrong and ref goes with slater- storm score off next set. Slater milks a penalty kicking out after godinet had already released him- refs sucked in again. Then they score off a blatant forward pass. Feel sorry for the boys tbh

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Was going to say its just another sign of our inexperience to stay in or close off a game (and for the most part still think so), but shit when you've got a ten year veteran you can probably put 2 of their tries directly down to then fmd!

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Let's not lose sight of the fact that this is Melbourne who have won something like 14 games in a row in Melbourne. Not liking the doom and gloom here, we have played the top sides in the competition and we are now looking competitive. This team is on the up.

 

[Samwitwiki]

yea hurrell 5 errors

 

[Xt1ncT]

According to the league live app none of our props ran for over 100m.

That doesn't help things not having the go forward needed to win an NRL game.

 

[WellingtonOrca]

He does. The commentators even mentioned that the rest of the team were angry at him for that error at the start of the game. If Elliot wants to piss both Ropo and Hurrell off for Nielson (when fit) and Benry (who at least can hold the ball/defend half competently) and not fussed.

Ugh, not Benry please, he's bulked up a lot and I like the look of him at 2nd row. Promote a U20s speedster, there's no substitute for pace.

 

[Fazz]

Three calls had a major effect on that game. Shaun Johnson kicks a 40/20 touchie calls it- slater says he's wrong and ref goes with slater- storm score off next set. Slater milks a penalty kicking out after godinet had already released him- refs sucked in again. Then they score off a blatant forward pass. Feel sorry for the boys tbh

Bang on. Hurrell's hands and J Ro's D killed us, but those calls left us mortally wounded. Chechin is a fucking muppet. He also ignored the pocket ref trying to tell him the Storm had dropped it.

 

[InsideBall]

• Mateo provides us absolutely nothing anymore.
• Though I can understand the critics of Hurrell, he also did a huge amount of good in this game... give him time.
• We should sign Chambers, give him whatever he wants.
• Apart from the big miss on Chambers, Ropo had a decent game.
• Our edges are looking great coming out of our half... Tupou is looking more and more confident and getting better with every game
• Matulino was a beast in the middle, always bends the line significantly
• Shaun is looking better in defence with every game
• We were controlling the ruck speed much better this game, really slowed Melbourne down
• We aren't far away from a win and I think we could be a top 6 side

 

[tangalife]

it wasnt so much Hurrell's hands, he was given 3 shit passes for 3 drop balls. the play the ball was shit though.

 

[Xt1ncT]

Three calls had a major effect on that game. Shaun Johnson kicks a 40/20 touchie calls it- slater says he's wrong and ref goes with slater- storm score off next set. Slater milks a penalty kicking out after godinet had already released him- refs sucked in again. Then they score off a blatant forward pass. Feel sorry for the boys tbh

The call was from the TMO they looked at it and to be honest it was touch and go.

The Slater one was a penalty every day of the week - again if it had been us not penalised we'd be spewing.

Need to see the pass again to give an informed opinion.

Those things didn't lose us the game. - out edge defence on our left let in Chambers twice and the amount of dropped ball killed the momentum.

 

[Fazz]

Ugh, not Benry please, he's bulked up a lot and I like the look of him at 2nd row. Promote a U20s speedster, there's no substitute for pace.

I'm not keen either, but I'm even less interested in seeing J Ro and Hurrell there haha. Imo our strongest backline at the moment is:

1. Locke
2. Fisiiahi
3. Laumape
4. Nielson
5. Tupou

The players probably have Elliot convinced it's the following defensive nightmare, though =/

1. Locke
2. Tupou
3. Ropati
4. Hurrell
5. Vatuvei