MELBOURNE STORM v PARRAMATTA EELS - ROUND 23 @ OP

[storm_rhinos]

i think the strengths we have is that inglis and boofa can cover any back row position, and hoffy has played center before, so i think going with a forward bench is a better bet, in the UK wigan were the first team to do this and they won for years, so its proved its worth many times if you have a versatile team

[lotti]

not our only ones though.  God it feels a little weird that I'm facing the prospect of going to my 11th game of the season(not counting the trial) normally it's just 1 game a season I go to.

[MENACING*STORM]

i think the strengths we have is that inglis and boofa can cover any back row position, and hoffy has played center before, so i think going with a forward bench is a better bet, in the UK wigan were the first team to do this and they won for years, so its proved its worth many times if you have a versatile team

Also, I think Jer Smith have played Centre for us a few years back (that was before he bulked up and turned into a monster).

[mrpc]

king is leaving , that dusnt mean we can kick him out of the team.
we shouldnt base our line up about who is leaving the club at the end of the season

King is a starting player, Aubusson is a second stringer. 

Aubusson had a great future at the Storm coming up, though not at number nine for as long as Cameron Smith still has two functioning arms and two functioning legs.  He chose to throw it away well before he reached his potential, to sign with an "also ran" team like the Roosters.  That's a very puzzling decision.

King on the other hand earned his place on the starting line up and has done the years he was contracted to do, exercising the option to leave for the UK at the time the contract said he could.  He's reached the limit of what he can do (and earn) in the NRL.  That's a very logical point at which he's welcome to leave with no regrets IMHO.

[lotti]

any word on the ref?

[Dani_]

Archer.

[lotti]

oh no not Archer, at least he's better than Hampstead, Clarke and Simpkins.  What about the video ref?  Please don't say Ward or Harrigan.

[Surandy]

Aubusson had a great future at the Storm coming up, though not at number nine for as long as Cameron Smith still has two functioning arms and two functioning legs.  He chose to throw it away well before he reached his potential, to sign with an "also ran" team like the Roosters.  That's a very puzzling decision.

Not that puzzling. With the departure of Wing from the Roosters Roy sees a chance for a regular starting spot, something he is well down on the pecking order for at the Storm. He also has the chance to link back up with his younger brother Mitch.

[lotti]

which will lead to the Roosters possibly benefitting from the backyard footy they used to play.

[Brisbane_Storm]

Anyone have denis fitzgerald's comments on the storm so I can go through them?

[nacho]

argh.... a bad time for me to come down with the flu

i hope im healthy by tomorow at least!

[mrpc]

argh.... a bad time for me to come down with the flu

The flu hit me yesterday as well.  Yeech.

[nacho]

argh.... a bad time for me to come down with the flu

The flu hit me yesterday as well.  Yeech.

i got it monday morning, slowly getting better.

[jellyhead]

A cold is not the bloody flu. Why is it when men catch a cold they are automatically dying of the flu?  If you had the flu, you would know about it.............

Bloody sooks.

[MENACING*STORM]

A cold is not the bloody flu. Why is it when men catch a cold they are automatically dying of the flu?  If you had the flu, you would know about it.............

Bloody sooks.

But isn't the cold just one rung below the Ebola Virus, in the Sickie ladder??    Us Men know these things