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Round 1 - Storm vs Broncos
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[QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3005498, member: 1899"] I'd argue it was the decision to drop Brodie Croft. The Storm opened last season with a 2-3 record, with the three losses coming against Wests (x2) and Cronulla. In the Wests game, Melbourne won the penalty count handily on both occassions. In Round 2 and Round 5 respectively the penalties went 18-8 and 7-2 in Melbourne's favour. Bellamy lost faith in Croft, dropped him and proceeded to go 14-2, before an injury to Hughes opened the door for Croft. Brodie took it with both hands and Bellamy went with him for the rest of the season. The reason why I think this narrative exists is because of Round 4 vs. Cronulla and Round 9 vs. St. George Illawarra. Melbourne lost both games and were on the wrong end of the penalty count, 19-14 against Cronulla and 11-6 against St George. In the Sharks game, Cronulla got the better of Melbourne because they frustrated them into submission. They were happy to lose the penalty count in the first half because they were able to frustrate the Storm into error. By full-time, Melbourne had lost the plot and gave away something like 13 penalties in the second half, with the final twenty minutes in particular being filled with penalties. In the Dragons game, Melbourne were off their game and copped some dodgy calls on the back of that. However, the Dragons game was an exception and Melbourne were well on their way after big wins against Newcastle, Brisbane and the Warriors put them in good stead. They went on an eight game winning streak not long after and it put them in good stead for the rest of the season. Buzz was extremely vocal after the Round 4 Cronulla/Melbourne game. The game was a dumpster fire, but Buzz conveniently forgot that most Cronulla/Melbourne games are spiteful low scoring affairs filled with ill-discipline. The referees were only reffing what was infront of them and the only criticism that should have been made of their performance is that more players should have been binned. [/QUOTE]
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