R20 - Brisbane vs Melbourne

[cayal]

Still worried about Fonua. Offensively he is fine, but he has too many brain farts.

[Mattpoet]

really hasn't done anything i would class as a brain fart in the past 2 or 3 weeks though, if he keeps going like this he could be anything

[yourhero]

by their usual standards they really weren't, can't say the same for the refs, especially concerning blocking off the ball.

Really? Hadley and Sterlo wanted Mahe sent to the bin! The same happens to Slater four or five times a game and we are lucky to get a single penalty.

When it happens to Billy, you hear stuff like, "good off ball block on Slater to give the fullback a clean catch at the ball".

[Mattpoet]

i don't think they were at all unbiased, i'm just saying that i think they are normally worse than what they were last night, probably because we weren't playing a sydney club. if we had, then the would've wanted slater sent to the bin too in all likelyhood.

[blazza18]

Didn't think they were biased either. Taking away Hadley being a rubbish commentator the other 3 were fine. Sterlo is by far the best expert commentator in the game, Wally is a huge Storm fan so I doubt he'd be bias against us, and Locky didn't come off as pro Brisbane to me either.

Mahe should've been binned for his professional foul too. I was stunned when he wasn't. He clear as day took out Maranta.

[Ice]

Good to see the Knights/Sharks did us a favor in beating the Roosters/Panthers. Our for and against is easily the worse of the top 8 which essentially puts us a game behind so to speak so hopefully a couple of other results go our way. Still a decent chance of getting a top 4 spot if we can maintain/build on the last couple of weeks.

[yourhero]

i don't think they were at all unbiased, i'm just saying that i think they are normally worse than what they were last night, probably because we weren't playing a sydney club.

Didn't think they were biased either.

Fair enough. I will openly admit my anti-Hadley bias likely affects my interpretation of what he says. Given the bile he has spewed against our club, I can't see my impression changing.

[yourhero]

Good to see the Knights/Sharks did us a favor in beating the Roosters/Panthers.

Yep, good stuff. Now we need the Dragons, Manly (shudders) and Canberra to get up.

[Bullucked]

i don't think they were at all unbiased, i'm just saying that i think they are normally worse than what they were last night, probably because we weren't playing a sydney club.

Didn't think they were biased either.

Fair enough. I will openly admit my anti-Hadley bias likely affects my interpretation of what he says. Given the bile he has spewed against our club, I can't see my impression changing.

If you want unbiased, and if you're able, go to the interweb, hook onto abc grandstand and listen to their coverage whilst watching on the box. Origin and ALL Storm matches are much more enjoyable. Please keep the informed comments coming as I personally can't view games at the moment.

[cayal]

When Hadley said Smith had become the highest scoring forward in the game, he announced it like he was telling his kid the dog was run over.

[Mattpoet]

imagine his reaction if slater goes a few more years and breaks the try scoring record then lol

[yourhero]

When Hadley said Smith had become the highest scoring forward in the game, he announced it like he was telling his kid the dog was run over.

That's exactly what it sounded like. A pretty huge record and he couldn't have sounded more monotone and soft spoken.

[glennb]

I thought that the whole game. Every time Brisbane did something Hadley's voice rose and changed pitch, he also out in words like great and wonderful. Every time Storm did something it was in the one tone and nothing was given extra praise. The only time he seemed excited was when Cronk scored.

[brisbanestorm]

Think it's fair to conclude that Hadlee, whether he is being biased or not, is a wanker.

[yourhero]

I loved that earlier this year Hadley's ex started a relationship with NSW assistant coach Matt Parish, Hadley was furious and tried to use his influence over NSW RL to have Parish fired. Tosser.