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Melbourne Storm - shock!

Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
I feel shit tonight :(

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/myste ... 5856820616

This has got to be one of the worst sports news I've heard.
The only other time I was this shocked and pissed off/saddened was when club legend Wayne Carey left the North Melbourne Football Club in 2002 due to an affair with a teammates wife.

2007 & 2009 Premiers no more :shock: :(
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    haha sucked in melbourne storm. :lol::lol:

    i feel for the fans though.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    edited April 2010
    Anti Melbourne Sydney people being rats!
    So angry!

    I am going to burn an effigy of David Gallop in the quiet streets of non NRL Melbourne :lol:

    Boycotting my visit to Merrylands! :lol:
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Anti Melbourne Sydney people being rats!
    So angry!
    you dont cheat you dont get penalised. simple.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    You were quick, I edited the post lol.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    ...
    I am going to burn an effigy of David Gallop in the quiet streets of non NRL Melbourne :lol:

    Boycotting my visit to Merrylands! :lol:


    ive been boycotting merrylands since the 80s.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    ...
    I am going to burn an effigy of David Gallop in the quiet streets of non NRL Melbourne :lol:

    Boycotting my visit to Merrylands! :lol:


    ive been boycotting merrylands since the 80s.

    What's wrong with Merrylands?
    Where you from?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    ...
    I am going to burn an effigy of David Gallop in the quiet streets of non NRL Melbourne :lol:

    Boycotting my visit to Merrylands! :lol:


    ive been boycotting merrylands since the 80s.

    What's wrong with Merrylands?
    Where you from?

    im from somewhere else. thats all you need to know. 8-)
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Like I'm going to hunt you down lol
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Like I'm going to hunt you down lol

    thats not my concern.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Like I'm going to hunt you down lol

    thats not my concern.

    Ashamed of your suburb ay.
    I reckon you are from Lakemba or Cabramatta.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Like I'm going to hunt you down lol

    thats not my concern.

    Ashamed of your suburb ay.
    I reckon you are from Lakemba or Cabramatta.

    no. though i have been to both. many times.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    You keeping it secret, must be bad lol
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    You keeping it secret, must be bad lol

    not really. it just wouldnt mean anything to you. but it is in the greater south west.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Liverpool!
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Liverpool!

    8-)
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Woo hoo! ;)
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Well, this is one of the biggest days in sporting History, and possibly world sport.

    Where else in the world has a team in an elite competition been stripped of two premierships, three minor premierships, ordered to hand back prize money, fined half a million dollars and stripped of all competition points, and any win this year counts for nothing.

    This is huge, simply huge, and I haven't heard of anything like this, never thought a punishment this severe ever existed ever...

    I'm sorry, but I am in shock.

    And for a team owned by news limited (murdoch) well how embarrasing for the company.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    This is huge huge, all over the news here, top story for 10 mins or so.
    I just hope an army of angry Maori Storm fans go on an angry rampage at NRL HQ!
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Well bud, you do the crime, you gotta do the time. They cheated for 5 years. My mum always told me, every action has a consequence.

    Those big Maori storm supporters should be bashing down storm hq
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    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • heidihiheidihi Posts: 114
    I really do not understand what there is for Storm fans to be angry about! The people who should be angry are the supporters of teams who missed out on premierships because this club has cheated. The salary cap is a shit situation but that is the rules many other teams would be doing a lot better i they were able to build super teams by ignoring the salary cap. They should not have rorted the system..... GO QLD TEAMS..... Brisbane, Cowboys & Titans!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • low lighterlow lighter Land down under Posts: 59
    makes me wonder if any other teams might be a little scared at the moment.... I'd be devestated if I found out my team had done this....but i feel the punishment fits the crime....id be interested to know more if any of the higher paid players knew.. surely they would be suss.. they know what the salary cap is
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    heidihi wrote:
    I really do not understand what there is for Storm fans to be angry about! The people who should be angry are the supporters of teams who missed out on premierships because this club has cheated. The salary cap is a shit situation but that is the rules many other teams would be doing a lot better i they were able to build super teams by ignoring the salary cap. They should not have rorted the system..... GO QLD TEAMS..... Brisbane, Cowboys & Titans!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    why shouldnt they be angry? id be fucking ropeable if this happened with my team.


    i heard phil gould the other day basically say cause were trying to promote the game in melbourne, the storm should be allowed to do whatever it takes. to which i said............ :silent:
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  • heidihiheidihi Posts: 114
    If my team were cheating to this extent I would not be impressed and I am pretty sure that I would not expect them to get off scot free.

    maybe they did cheat to promote the game in Melbourne but if Melbourne will only support a winning team then perhaps, :shock: they do not deserve one.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    heidihi wrote:
    If my team were cheating to this extent I would not be impressed and I am pretty sure that I would not expect them to get off scot free.

    maybe they did cheat to promote the game in Melbourne but if Melbourne will only support a winning team then perhaps, :shock: they do not deserve one.

    youre kidding right??? how can the rorting thats gone on within the storm organisation be a reflection on the fans??? and how does that reflect upon the fans as being deserving??


    seems to me the fans werent given a choice from the get go. it was decided by someone that the storm would succeed no matter what. turns out that no matter what meant saying fuck you to the salary cap and thus to every other team in the competition, not to mention every single fan(no matter what club they supported).
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  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    catefrances wrote:
    heidihi wrote:
    I really do not understand what there is for Storm fans to be angry about! The people who should be angry are the supporters of teams who missed out on premierships because this club has cheated. The salary cap is a shit situation but that is the rules many other teams would be doing a lot better i they were able to build super teams by ignoring the salary cap. They should not have rorted the system..... GO QLD TEAMS..... Brisbane, Cowboys & Titans!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    why shouldnt they be angry? id be fucking ropeable if this happened with my team.


    i heard phil gould the other day basically say cause were trying to promote the game in melbourne, the storm should be allowed to do whatever it takes. to which i said............ :silent:


    Phil Gould is what makes me put the tv on mute when I watch games at home. :evil:
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Phil Gould's problem is with the administration. He is a very smart commentator. But when he has an opportunity to sink the boot in he does. His attack on Gallop on Sudnay was a disgrace really. There could never be a winner out of this situation, Gould was trying to sink Gallop more.

    Yet, after bagging him, he did bring up some good point's. I like Gould's opinion 86.5694847% of the time
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    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    What gets me is that Cameron Smith said the other night that they are going to explore the possiblilities in order to challenge the decision, so that they can play for points on the ladder this season!!!

    Errmm let's see Cam??? The team you are part of has played for the last 5 seasons with a team that is "illegal" under the salary cap conditions and therefore has disadvantaged every team they have come up against in that 5 year period. As it stands the Mebourne Storm still are fielding an illegal team in it's current line up.

    Personally I think the team as whole has gotten off with a reasonable punishment so far. Look at other sports, if a sportsperson/team partakes in what is deemed "illegal" by the conditions set by the governing body...they can face expulsion from the sport for life!
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    The penalty this season is basically the same the dogs got in 2002. Essentially, dogs were coaught out towards the end of the year, and were penalised enough points to ensure they came last.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    pjfan31 wrote:
    The penalty this season is basically the same the dogs got in 2002. Essentially, dogs were coaught out towards the end of the year, and were penalised enough points to ensure they came last.

    and all this talk about maybe an amnesty for other teams cheating just makes me shudder. how is that fair to melbourne or the game?? its just bullshit.
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  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    catefrances wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    The penalty this season is basically the same the dogs got in 2002. Essentially, dogs were coaught out towards the end of the year, and were penalised enough points to ensure they came last.

    and all this talk about maybe an amnesty for other teams cheating just makes me shudder. how is that fair to melbourne or the game?? its just bullshit.


    It certainly is a big heads up to them to come forward with any dodgy dealings they have going on, rather than to have it exposed by an investigation. I'm sure that once the NRL/Deloitte is done dealing with the Storm, they are going to go through each and every team.
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