Mr Invisible
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The Storm have been in the NRL since 1998.
First Premiership was 1999 - (No players from this side still playing).
1999-2005 - a drought.
Grand Final - 2006 (Loss) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played.
Grand Final - 2007 (Win) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played. STRIPPED DUE TO S/C BREACH.
Grand Final - 2008 (Loss) - Slater, Inglis, and Cronk played. SMITH SUSPENDED.
Grand Final - 2009 (Win) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played. STRIPPED DUE TO S/C BREACH.
2010-2011 - a small drought.
Grand Final - 2012 (Win) - Slater, Cronk and Smith played.
2013-2015 - a drought.
Grand Final - 2016 (Loss) - Cronk and Smith played. SLATER INJURED
Grand Final - 2017 (Win) - Slater, Cronk and Smith played.
Cameron Smith - debuted for Storm in 2002, with first full season being 2003.
Billy Slater - debuted for Storm in 2003 with first full season.
Cooper Cronk - debuted in 2004 (half season), full season 2005. Left Storm end of 2017.
Greg Inglis - debuted in 2005 (half season), full season 2006. Left Storm end of 2010.
Storms salary cap breach was from 2005 - 2010 (during which they were in 4 Grand Finals, and maintained 4 superstar core players). When caught out they discarded the one they needed least (Inglis), yet still kept their spine. A spine that would see success both in 2012 and 2017 Grand Final Series. A spine that was retained after systematic cap cheating.
Melbourne have NOT won a Grand Final without the big 3.
2018 - Currently 10th after 5 rounds, nobody expected these results. The missing link - Cooper Cronk.
Which is the point of this thread. Storms success has been due to (largely) Cronk, and the spine constructed whilst breaching the cap.
Looking at the Bulldogs cap situtation, one has to wonder if this is why Hasler constructed the cap like he has (bankended deals), in order to either try and get the most of his players, or in an attempt to have a minor cap breach, retain the spine/players, and benefit from it.
Whilst the glue at the Storm is slowly coming unstuck (and when Slater/Smith retire or if they get injured will expose them more), no other team has benefitted in success the way the Storm have from cheating in the past.... even Parra tried and failed.
First Premiership was 1999 - (No players from this side still playing).
1999-2005 - a drought.
Grand Final - 2006 (Loss) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played.
Grand Final - 2007 (Win) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played. STRIPPED DUE TO S/C BREACH.
Grand Final - 2008 (Loss) - Slater, Inglis, and Cronk played. SMITH SUSPENDED.
Grand Final - 2009 (Win) - Slater, Inglis, Cronk and Smith played. STRIPPED DUE TO S/C BREACH.
2010-2011 - a small drought.
Grand Final - 2012 (Win) - Slater, Cronk and Smith played.
2013-2015 - a drought.
Grand Final - 2016 (Loss) - Cronk and Smith played. SLATER INJURED
Grand Final - 2017 (Win) - Slater, Cronk and Smith played.
Cameron Smith - debuted for Storm in 2002, with first full season being 2003.
Billy Slater - debuted for Storm in 2003 with first full season.
Cooper Cronk - debuted in 2004 (half season), full season 2005. Left Storm end of 2017.
Greg Inglis - debuted in 2005 (half season), full season 2006. Left Storm end of 2010.
Storms salary cap breach was from 2005 - 2010 (during which they were in 4 Grand Finals, and maintained 4 superstar core players). When caught out they discarded the one they needed least (Inglis), yet still kept their spine. A spine that would see success both in 2012 and 2017 Grand Final Series. A spine that was retained after systematic cap cheating.
Melbourne have NOT won a Grand Final without the big 3.
2018 - Currently 10th after 5 rounds, nobody expected these results. The missing link - Cooper Cronk.
Which is the point of this thread. Storms success has been due to (largely) Cronk, and the spine constructed whilst breaching the cap.
Looking at the Bulldogs cap situtation, one has to wonder if this is why Hasler constructed the cap like he has (bankended deals), in order to either try and get the most of his players, or in an attempt to have a minor cap breach, retain the spine/players, and benefit from it.
Whilst the glue at the Storm is slowly coming unstuck (and when Slater/Smith retire or if they get injured will expose them more), no other team has benefitted in success the way the Storm have from cheating in the past.... even Parra tried and failed.