Storm v Knights @ Newcastle

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STORM: Billy Slater, Luke MacDougall, Dane Nielsen, Greg Inglis, Anthony Quinn, Brett Finch, Cameron Smith (capt), Aiden Tolman, Ryan Hinchcliffe, Jeff Lima, Adam Blair, Kevin Proctor, Todd Lowrie. Interchange: Rory Kostjasyn, Ryan Tandy, Hep Cahill, Jesse Bromwich

KNIGHTS: Shannon McDonnell, Akuila Uate, Wes Naiqama, Adam MacDougall, Cooper Vuna, Jarrod Mullen, Scott Dureau, Ben Cross, Matt Hilder, Evarn Tuimavave, Steve Simpson (capt), Cory Paterson, Mark Taufua. Interchange: Isaac De Gois, Daniel Tolar, Richard Fa'aoso, Zeb Taia, Cameron Ciraldo (one to be omitted)


i dont like cam being at halfback especially at the start of the game. i think the forwards need to out muscle the knights pack and get the ball out wide and fast.
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Watching the Sharks game a couple of hours ago and noticed that on GI' try that Hep Cahill got the ball and passed straight away to Greg giving him more space between him and the D-line, unlike Hoffy who usually likes to engage the defence and pass at, or through  the line. That try probably wouldnt have been scored if Hoff was in.

Much prefer how the way Hep done it and hope it continues in the game.
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Gunning for our third longest winning streak of 7. (not inc WCC :( )


win 1 - 2009 rnd 25: Melbourne Storm 38 d. Sydney Roosters 4
win 2 - 2009 rnd 26: New Zealand Warriors 0 l. Melbourne Storm 30
win 3 - Final 1: Melbourne Storm 40 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12
win 4 - Semi Final : Melbourne Storm 40 d. Brisbane Broncos 10
win 5 - Grand Final : Melbourne Storm 23 d. Parramatta Eels 16
win 6 - 2010 rnd 1 : Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 l. Melbourne Storm 14
win 7 - Lets beat the knights :evil:
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Gut feeling tells me we'll lose the next 2 games
"Better to have Won then Lost, than to have never won at all" Arrogant, but true hahahaha
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My gut feeling is we will loose only two games until the buy and we will win ugly for some time maybe round 6 or so. I don't know about your gut but my is really big.
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Hate to say it, but I think we'll lose this one by a fair margin 14+
Their first home game and a bogey team for us, especially at Newcastle.
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Lose? Get real, we've got this one sewn up!
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I have no doubt we can win, but it sure as hell isn't a game in my multi... it worries me.  Of course, if we turn up, we win IMO
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Then again, the tries they scored last week were nothing to write home about.
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And maybe the dogs aren't that great.

I think the Storm will win tough again.
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Brett Finch you superstar.
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Absolutely outstanding. Fantastic performance. Brett Finch was fantastic and just kept rallying his troops, barking orders.
Luke MacDougall was great too; he weathered the aerial storm from Scott Dureau and Jarrod Mullen wonderfully.
Great game.
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CaptainKlutz wrote: Gunning for our third longest winning streak of 7. (not inc WCC :( )


win 1 - 2009 rnd 25: Melbourne Storm 38 d. Sydney Roosters 4
win 2 - 2009 rnd 26: New Zealand Warriors 0 l. Melbourne Storm 30
win 3 - Final 1: Melbourne Storm 40 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12
win 4 - Semi Final : Melbourne Storm 40 d. Brisbane Broncos 10
win 5 - Grand Final : Melbourne Storm 23 d. Parramatta Eels 16
win 6 - 2010 rnd 1 : Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 l. Melbourne Storm 14
win 7 - Lets beat the knights :evil:
And the run continues :D
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Once again the outstanding defence won us the game. Encouraging signs in regard to our attack though definately a lot better tonight. Great break from Finchy and superbly finished from Nielsen, didn't realize he was that quick. Great win next week will also be tough though.
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To be honest, I don't think tonight's win was very promising at all.

We made silly handling errors, and gave away penalties far too often.

Having said that, our response to being 14 down was fantastic - we really kept it together, and fought back nicely.

We seemed to be our own worst enemies tonight, but if we can play like that and still win by a fair margin, we're doing well for now.

Kudos to Finch and Macdougall, they both had fantastic games tonight.

Can't wait to have Cooper back!
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