Melbourne Storm Round 1 Predicted Squad

[tig_prmz]

Meh, quite irrelevant but if it fires up the boys or the crowd then great.

NRL knows they screwed up. They should not have been banned in the first place. This isn't having a shot at the All Stars but it's not a representative game.

 

[stryker 69]

Lol this club of pillows hasn’t fired up for the best of 9 years … why would Saturday night be any different?

I’ll see it when I believe it

We are starting to play guys who aren’t juniors of this club.
They aren’t tarnished with the stench of Wests Tigers failure yet.
The less juniors I see in the team the more I smile.

 

[stryker 69]

Meh, quite irrelevant but if it fires up the boys or the crowd then great.

NRL knows they screwed up. They should not have been banned in the first place. This isn't having a shot at the All Stars but it's not a representative game.

Should not have been banned, why exactly?

 

[Speed2burn]

We are starting to play guys who aren’t juniors of this club.
They aren’t tarnished with the stench of Wests Tigers failure yet.
The less juniors I see in the team the more I smile.

Good point.

Albeit a trial, I did see a lot of intent and aggression in our defensive line v the roosters except a couple slip ups.

Hopefully no more soft underbelly

 

[stryker 69]

Good point.

Albeit a trial, I did see a lot of intent and aggression in our defensive line v the roosters except a couple slip ups.

Hopefully no more soft underbelly

Wouldn’t that be nice?
22 years in the making…

 

[nrlsurvivor]

I’ve heard on a podcast he did an ankle in pre season training.

I heard on a podcast that Garner has some personal issues he's dealing with (something like a death in the family)

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Wests Tigers are fuming that Storm superstar Brandon Smith has been cleared to play in Saturday night's big round one clash on Saturday night.

The fuse has been lit for a fiery clash, with the Tigers convinced that the glamour Storm club has been given preferential treatment by the NRL.

Smith and Storm teammates Cameron Munster and Chris Lewis were all banned for one match for off-field misbehaviour following the club's exit from last year's finals.

Kiwi Smith wasn't selected in the February 12 All Stars game as officials assumed he was ineligible due to the suspension.

But the Storm subsequently applied for the game to count as Smith's suspension after judiciary chairman Geoff Bellew ruled that it could be included in Souths ace Latrell Mitchell's suspension.

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo used his powers to align Smith's suspension imposed by the integrity unit with Bellew's ruling.

"They (Melbourne) have got away with one and it's bulls--t," a senior Tigers source told Wide World of Sports.

"How can a game that only some players are eligible for count towards a suspension?"

If Smith was not a Maori or an Indigenous player, he would not have got off and he would be sitting on the sidelines in round one.

"How is this fair? The NRL now says it is looking into it - that doesn't do us any good," the source added.

"Our boys are all fired up, I can tell you."

$1.01 odds it's Sticky Ricky

 

[Tigerwould]

I heard on a podcast that Garner has some personal issues he's dealing with (something like a death in the family)

I heard that podcast recently as well. In another one it mentioned his ankle.

 

[underdog]

Cooper Johns is now out, and Cheese back in.

 

[Roar_Power]

Paps out too apparently. I didn't know that. Suggesting Meaney will cover round 1 and Munster from round 2.

 

[tig_prmz]

Should not have been banned, why exactly?

All Stars to me isn't a rep game or a regular season game. Now if we are considering it a rep game then Smith has served his 1 game suspension. It's a loophole that the smarter teams like Rabbits and Storm have exploited. Not sure what happened with Rapana though.

 

[nrlsurvivor]

All Stars to me isn't a rep game or a regular season game. Now if we are considering it a rep game then Smith has served his 1 game suspension. It's a loophole that the smarter teams like Rabbits and Storm have exploited. Not sure what happened with Rapana though.

Rapana asked if he could skip the match and have it count as his suspension. Raiders checked with the NRL integrity unit and they said it was clearly stated in the rules that he couldn’t do this for an off-field discretion (Note his suspension was for DUI). Later Latrell Mitchell has his application approved because his suspension was for an on-field discretion. After seeing what happened with Latrell the Melbourne Storm apply to have all stars match count as Brandon Smith’s suspension being served (note his suspension was for snorting white powder). Andrew Abdo then gets involved and uses his discretion to allow this in spite of the rules. Apparently Abdo wasn’t aware of the Rapana situation.. So in summary it’s a big mess and Abdo’s first public stuff up… I’m fuming about this one 😡

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Rapana asked if he could skip the match and have it count as his suspension. Raiders checked with the NRL integrity unit and they said it was clearly stated in the rules that he couldn’t do this for an off-field discretion (Note his suspension was for DUI). Later Latrell Mitchell has his application approved because his suspension was for an on-field discretion. After seeing what happened with Latrell the Melbourne Storm apply to have all stars match count as Brandon Smith’s suspension being served (note his suspension was for snorting white powder). Andrew Abdo then gets involved and uses his discretion to allow this in spite of the rules. Apparently Abdo wasn’t aware of the Rapana situation.. So in summary it’s a big mess and Abdo’s first public stuff up… I’m fuming about this one 😡

a game that not every player is eligible for...
if it is a test match then you are australian or kiwi and you have an opportunity to get picked. In this case you are indigenous or maori and if you are not you dont get picked.
it is a terrible decision theball star game should not be allowed to be used to take a suspension

 

[Tim Sheens]

a game that not every player is eligible for...
if it is a test match then you are australian or kiwi and you have an opportunity to get picked. In this case you are indigenous or maori and if you are not you dont get picked.
it is a terrible decision theball star game should not be allowed to be used to take a suspension

Nor SOO or internationals for mine, as they still narrow the eligibility. NRL matches only.