Titans were missing their two best in Bird/Myles & were also without one of their best strike weapons in Mead. Storm rarely surrender huge defeats and I'd go out on a limb and say that was one of their more experienced 'Origin-raped' sides.
It wasn't a great performance from GC by any means but how many fans had them down for the finals this year? I reckon it maybe something of a mirage, I'm still not sold on Kelly long term but he's in some form at this point and the defence is having a hard time trying to contain his speed. That's why I'm a bigger fan of Sezer. He doesn't have that athletic skill but he has the skill-set and takes some mature options. He's still a little raw, so I'm not going to go too far out on a limb but he'd be my #6 for City, that's for sure.
Storm should be able to shrug the loss of Widdop. Guy has or perhaps had his strong points but all he really had was a running game. His kicking game was terrible and it wasn't like he was this brilliant ballplayer either. Finch comes in and they have their band aid solution for 2013. He's a different player in the secondary role, in the Cronk role, he's worse than Wallace on his worst evening.