2017 NRL General Discussion Thread

[HaroldBishop]

I made the same argument elsewhere, but he did still technically play the games. So I guess it is hard to say. Don't get me wrong, not defending Smith, he is scum in my opinion. He is getting all these accolades for points scored and what not, they should be looking at that too, with going with your argument. He has all these records, but they are all contentious, should all have an * against them given the cap rort.

I don't have an issue with the games played record, he still played those games.

The winning one though is just not right, they would not have won as many games without some of those players.

Agree with you on the *.

 

[Gards]

And Bellamy's superb win/loss record as a coach, the rort games were still counted against this wern't they?

I think pretty much all stats from those years remain official and inclusive for all clubs except the storm premiership wins themselves

 

[common]

And Bellamy's superb win/loss record as a coach, the rort games were still counted against this wern't they?

I think pretty much all stats from those years remain official and inclusive for all clubs except the storm premiership wins themselves

Yeah, so if the premierships were stripped, then in a sense so should all their wins over those seasons.

 

[Capital_Shark]

Yeah, so if the premierships were stripped, then in a sense so should all their wins over those seasons.

Where do the wins/losses/points etc. go then? If Storm didn't win the game, who did? If Storm didn't score those 'x' amount of points against their opponent, who did? Did Storm still concede the points put on them? Adjust every teams F/A from those years? How far down the rabbit hole do you wanna go - did 'Player X' still miss tackles that let in Storm tries?

Too much of a cluster**** its why we have no premiers for those years as opposed to just giving it to whoever lost the GF to them.

 

[sharkstragic]

Eels paying $4.75. They beat the Storm already in melbourne this year. Could be tempting

 

[snowman]

Eels paying $4.75. They beat the Storm already in melbourne this year. Could be tempting

Check the storm team out that night

 

[sharkstragic]

Check the storm team out that night

I think a retraction is on the cards. That's the weakest storm team I've seen for a very long time

 

[HaroldBishop]

Better for us if Storm win but be ****ed id I can go for them.

 

[BurgoShark]

At 10am today there is a livestream chat with Chad on the Opal Solar FB page.

That's Chad the halfback. Not Chad the poet.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

At 10am today there is a livestream chat with Chad on the Opal Solar FB page.

That's Chad the halfback. Not Chad the poet.

You had us all excited for a moment.

 

[egg]

At 10am today there is a livestream chat with Chad on the Opal Solar FB page.

That's Chad the halfback. Not Chad the poet.

T.F. for that

 

[Gards]

Check the storm team out that night

yep, we busted our backsides to get a win over them in terrible conditions in Melbourne and they got a pass against them - 2 comp points that ended up getting them into 4th over us

 

[Thresher]

I just hope that Parra are in the game long enough for there to be a good bash up.

If the Storm get off to a flyer Parra might switch off and think about next week, allowing the Storm to glide home.

 

[stormshark]

I'm expecting a close game, more hoping PArra undisciplined in second half if storm get ahead though by to much, rather than parra switching off to play lighter. Could be even better for us.

 

[Thresher]

I'm expecting a close game, more hoping PArra undisciplined in second half if storm get ahead though by to much, rather than parra switching off to play lighter. Could be even better for us.

Be nice if the Storm won right near the end of golden point

 

[slide rule]

The dream. Parra bash the **** out of Storm. Storm suffer a number of injuries, play us and get kicked out.

 

[BurgoShark]

The dream. Parra bash the **** out of Storm. Storm suffer a number of injuries, play us and get kicked out.

Yep. Knocking the Storm out week 2 would be the next best thing to a premiership.

 

[HaroldBishop]

It would be good but I think they'll beat Parra comfortably.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

The dream. Parra bash the **** out of Storm. Storm suffer a number of injuries, play us and get kicked out.

Whats funny is lewis saying he'd have rathered finish 5th than top 4. To avoid playing storm twice. But theres a chance we could play them in an elimination game now.....

 

[Thresher]

Radradra will draw a lot of defenders, they'll try to latch onto him before he gets any momentum. If he manages to pop some passes to players on the fly things could get interesting.