Gameday Storm vs Warriors - [Round 6, 2025]

[Zaggo]

Sold out ground, but as we all know a huge percentage of that will be Warriors fans - hoping they make some noise and help rev the boys up.

 

[Boats n Hoes]

I’ll never forget this. Here we are, a battered beaten club. Now I know Smith Bellamy and Hoffman were coming from a space of good intentions - but this is the moment during the covid years that our soul was stripped from us. 2 years later we go to AAMI park for Anzac Day with our team in bits after being away from home for 2 years and we get battered 70-10. Then… Coates last year. Another moment that has left permanent mental scars.

The Melbourne Storm are a good team and a proud club led by good people. But they are also ruthless grubs who love to shovel salt into gaping wounds. The wound they opened up in 2020 has never closed for me - and won’t until we do to them what they have done to us.

Sometimes you go on a long losing streak and each game, improvements are made which means you get closer and closer to a win. Robbie Deans taught me this. It’s about continuing to work towards improving which eventually will get you that win.

I think today might be the day we exorcise at least one of those demons. It is time the streak is put to bed. It’s about time we as Warriors take back our mana. Our pride. Our soul.

We take back what’s rightfully ours. What Cameron smith, Craig Bellamy and co stole from us during Covid.

This is our moment of redemption.
I hope our team runs out today with belief, dignity and courage and plays as a unified team to batter, rattle and unhinge this Storm team. We defend our line like we are defending our honour.

It’s time to finish this once and for all.
The grave has been dug. Time to bury the storm and their curse over us.

Fark i forgot about that.... thanks for reminding me

Yeah the intentions were good, but still.......pricks!

I wouldnt bet the house on us in this one but we definitely shouldnt feel intimidated or overawed by this mob. Without getting the cookies we were actually the better team in a couple of our last meetings.......barring getting decimated to a 1 man bench and a world high jump record getting set. Plus we have a forward pack that wont roll over and will stay in the grind for the 80.

C'mon boys 16 games FFS......time to end this

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Predicting an exposure today.

Excellent gameplan against the lesser teams. No good against the better ones.
(Mainly, the ones with big packs)

Warriors paying $5.60 at the TAB though…..

 

[Coops]

In the famous words of Shakespear...

The Warriors smote with rage and might,
Melbourne’s hopes, get faded tonight!
Thy Storm, once proud, now in tatters and shame,
Get fucked carnts, for today, the Warriors claim!

 

[run_it_str8_again]

We have every opportunity to win this game but like every other game it must be earned in the middle by dominating ruck speed and like @John Nick said with line speed. Stay organised and limit the offloads and punish them on defence and attack.

We are more than good enough to beat this Melbourne team and that is with still acknowledging that they are a consistently great achieving team.

Beat them. Beat everybody

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Bit of a scorcher today (for us anyway), could be a battle of attrition.

that's what we want.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

There's already been half a dozen sin bins in games this week that ended up critically changing the momentum. We can't allow Melbourne to seize the momentum for any extended period during this game. Monty and DWZ losing their collective minds in our last game with them at Mt Smart is essentially what lost us our last game with them. I'm looking at you Niukore- controlled aggression today pls.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

This is where mobility of the pack is in many respects more important than size. Manly and Sharks have huge middles who constantly get left on the ground by the smaller, but faster mobile packs like us and the dogs. Size is an impediment sometimes to having fitter forwards that can maintain crazy line speed for 80 minutes.

Ciraldo talking about their ability to move the ruck sideways through the the tackler was interesting. I wonder if we are doing something similar as we are dominating the middle.

 

[Matiunz]

I’m always hopeful of a win and we are well overdue for one over the Storm, however despite the upsets in the comp the storm look a level above the rest.
Like to be proven wrong but think we’ve been riding our luck a bit last 3 wins

 

[Lance155]

I'm a bit worried about the heat. Melbourne will move us around much more than we will do it them

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

I'm a bit worried about the heat. Melbourne will move us around much more than we will do it them

Yep. Was hoping for a wet day. A hot dry track plays into their hands more than ours.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I’ll never forget this. Here we are, a battered beaten club. Now I know Smith Bellamy and Hoffman were coming from a space of good intentions - but this is the moment during the covid years that our soul was stripped from us. 2 years later we go to AAMI park for Anzac Day with our team in bits after being away from home for 2 years and we get battered 70-10. Then… Coates last year. Another moment that has left permanent mental scars.

The Melbourne Storm are a good team and a proud club led by good people. But they are also ruthless grubs who love to shovel salt into gaping wounds. The wound they opened up in 2020 has never closed for me - and won’t until we do to them what they have done to us.

Sometimes you go on a long losing streak and each game, improvements are made which means you get closer and closer to a win. Robbie Deans taught me this. It’s about continuing to work towards improving which eventually will get you that win.

I think today might be the day we exorcise at least one of those demons. It is time the streak is put to bed. It’s about time we as Warriors take back our mana. Our pride. Our soul.

We take back what’s rightfully ours. What Cameron smith, Craig Bellamy and co stole from us during Covid.

This is our moment of redemption.
I hope our team runs out today with belief, dignity and courage and plays as a unified team to batter, rattle and unhinge this Storm team. We defend our line like we are defending our honour.

It’s time to finish this once and for all.
The grave has been dug. Time to bury the storm and their curse over us.

Who the fuck does that cunt think he is!

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Ciraldo talking about their ability to move the ruck sideways through the the tackler was interesting. I wonder if we are doing something similar as we are dominating the middle.

let's be honest: nothing Ciraldo says is anything new: he is basically re-making the Penrith model to the Dogs image on the backs of many of their ex players. Nothing wrong with that: the system clearly works with the right players (ie Penrith players). But I get a bit sick of the media pumping him up as if he is some new coaching guru. Their entire rebuild is based on stealing as many penrith players as possible. Same as Wests this year.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

let's be honest: nothing Ciraldo says is anything new: he is basically re-making the Penrith model to the Dogs image on the backs of many of their ex players. Nothing wrong with that: the system clearly works with the right players (ie Penrith players). But I get a bit sick of the media pumping him up as if he is some new coaching guru. Their entire rebuild is based on stealing as many penrith players as possible. Same as Wests this year.

Winning is everything. For now, he deserves the accolades

 

[Po11um]

Predicting an exposure today.

Excellent gameplan against the lesser teams. No good against the better ones.
(Mainly, the ones with big packs)

Warriors paying $5.60 at the TAB though…..

Warriors should be paying around $3.00 imo

 

[sydneywarrior92]

No doubt we are all hoping for the upset (and I think it can happen). We should also keep things in perspective: we are more likely than not to lose this. Even if that happens, the results that happened this week means that at worst we drop down to 6th (Newcastle can jump us if they pump Tigers). In all likelihood we stay in 5th this week. That's not bad: we can recover our position by beating Brisbane next week at Mt Smart and taking their spot in the top 4.

Based on how Brisbane played this week, and the subsequent injuries/suspensions they've been dealt, I suggest that is a much more winnable game for us. So I basically think of this game as a free play. Try our best lads. At worst, we stay in 5th place at the end of the round. If we pull off the unthinkable, we are a clear 2nd!

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Warriors should be paying around $3.00 imo

I got a 3 leg multi in at $18.25 and odds dropped twice trying to place 21-19-16.. Power play back to 18.25.

Looks like some late money coming in

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I got a 3 leg multi in at $18.25 and odds dropped twice trying to place 21-19-16.. Power play back to 18.25.

Looks like some late money coming in

Lol, then NZ blows out to $6..

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

Would love to beat these Storm Pricks but with that spine and them playing a home game......Just hoping we make it a game.

 

[Spence]

Off to the supermarket to stock up a cornucopia of berries as a tribute to the GOAT. So excited to see Rocco back!

Can’t wait to finally beat these drongos again, been far too long between drinks.