No Problem

Compare the two team lineups from the respective Grand Finals & see who's missing from where.Then factor in injuries & players out of position.Think you might find Leeds had the edge even before we get to Home field - distance travelled - weather - games played.
But it's irrelevant isn't it really.
Storm Won - Leeds Lost again.
At least last year you had the soothing excuse that Manly played Leeds in good weather & came with an almost full strength team

Good luck against Quins

your absolutely right, storm did lie on, but as the referee was using the surrender call which allows the extra lying on to take place, who is more stupid, Leeds for not taking advantage themselves or the fans moaning about it.

With referrence to them getting over the line, the score has to be made, regardless of attention of defenders or adverse weather. Yes Leeds had Donald out but to sit here talking about ifs buts and maybes is irrelevant. Nobody knows if donald would have made the scores.

For me the weather levelled the playing field and made the game respectable in its score. The bottom line is Leeds lost to a rusty Melbourne missing key players and also having player out of position. Leeds can cling to the theory that donald would have made the scores and they would have won the game, but the bottom line is both sides had personnel missing and players out of position. Melbourne for me were the better team and no amount of whinos whining will change that.

good post and IMO spot on

who won MOM?

It wasn't cam smith was it?

Clearly playing at 7 was very detrimental to this performance.

If we'd played it down under we'd have been thrashed.

If you win the grand final I hope they play it down under.

for the aussie mediablic to take it seriously it needs to be rotated here and over there

world class player. Even out of position best player on the pitch. Imagine what hed have done to you playing at 9 the entire game.

What a pointless post....he was out of position and murdered you, what would the 1st choice scrum half who is far better than Smith there have done to you. Add in their first choice prop who was out and then out the best hooker in the world at 9 and you guys had....a centre on the wing. Give over.

How can you say the Melbourne team where the strongest team to come over. When we played the Broncos and saints played the Broncos and Roosters they all brought 1st choice teams over and left no-one out.

Cameron Smith is not normally a 7 you know

Everyone just needs to calm down. The hype is getting waaay out of control.

They had people out from the start...one of the best props in the game and one of the best scrum halves in the game. They then had to accomodate this by moving the best hooker to scrum half.

You lost your loose forward DURING the game and had a player with super league experience to wing from centre.

The two are incomparable

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