The Team to Beat in 2020

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Will be between Storm & Panthers

Raiders are a smokey.. they play very tough but lack the fluency in attack imo..

Roosters are gorrrne.. Next 3 weeks they will need to beat Raiders then Storm then Panthers .. Wont happen ..

If Munster is healthy my tip is Storm.. Personally i dont mind them as its out of sight out of mind.. i dont know or see any Storm fans.. so makes no difference to me if they win..
 
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Panthers will blow the storm off the park if they keep their composure. Inexperience could hurt them though. Not quite ready to write the roosters off yet. I don’t think any of the other remaining teams have a snowball.’a chance. It will be
panthers, storm of roosters.
 

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Panthers will blow the storm off the park if they keep their composure. Inexperience could hurt them though. Not quite ready to write the roosters off yet. I don’t think any of the other remaining teams have a snowball.’a chance. It will be
panthers, storm of roosters.
LOL is there a way to have a punt on the kennel with kennelers... not real money just kennel cash or somthing.. I take Storm u take Panthers.. Odds are even ..
 

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Panthers best D and near best attack with healthy roster

Easy money
 

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Panthers.

Storm lost Munster so it just got harder for them.
 

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Roosters v Souths GF!
This would both excite and terrify me at the same time.

Beating them in a GF I would live off for the rest of my life. Loosing to them is unimaginable.
 

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Storm, with or without munster! storm by 30 if munster is fit
 

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Storm still the team to beat for me.. $3.50 premiership odds looking good..
Storm V Souths GF with a Storm win..
 

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Nasheed here,
There are now three teams left.
Storm,
Panthers,
And Souths!
 

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Naden is the weak link for Panthers
Brenko Lee is the weak link for Storm

Both teams favoured edges will coincidentally be running at these two (if Panthers win of course). Will make for an interesting final, personally I think Naden could be exposed like Inu was by Melbourne in 2012, hope I'm wrong though
 

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Naden is the weak link for Panthers
Brenko Lee is the weak link for Storm

Both teams favoured edges will coincidentally be running at these two (if Panthers win of course). Will make for an interesting final, personally I think Naden could be exposed like Inu was by Melbourne in 2012, hope I'm wrong though
black fast players don't tackle well. But they can attack well. I think the smartest team will win
 

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Storm are the team to beat but the way Canberra played them last night was never going to work. Going up the middle one out and trying to get a quick play the ball is never going to work against the Storm. They are masters of the dominant tackle with 2 or 3 defenders involved. This gives them more time (legally) to peel off the tackled player and reset their defence. The way to beat them is offloads when multiple tacklers haven't quite finished the tackle.
 

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Good game plan, start the game like its ten left and spread it to Ado, would catch anyone out.
 

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I fear another fairytale premier that has become so prevalent in recent years. NRL seem to love these sorts of scenarios.
2014 Souths first win in 43 years.
2015 Cowboys first premiership
2016 Sharks first premiership
2017 Cooper Cronks last game for Storm in GF win
2019 Cooper Cronks last ever game in Roosters GF win.
2020 the signs are all there for Smith to go out in a blaze of glory.

I think Penrith will win tonight but the GF may be one bridge too many.
 

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I fear another fairytale premier that has become so prevalent in recent years. NRL seem to love these sorts of scenarios.
2014 Souths first win in 43 years.
2015 Cowboys first premiership
2016 Sharks first premiership
2017 Cooper Cronks last game for Storm in GF win
2019 Cooper Cronks last ever game in Roosters GF win.
2020 the signs are all there for Smith to go out in a blaze of glory.

I think Penrith will win tonight but the GF may be one bridge too many.
Agree. Has a 2012 vibe to me, Panthers didn't have a Barba type but they are still the best all year and Melbournes big game experience may get them
 

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I fear another fairytale premier that has become so prevalent in recent years. NRL seem to love these sorts of scenarios.
2014 Souths first win in 43 years.
2015 Cowboys first premiership
2016 Sharks first premiership
2017 Cooper Cronks last game for Storm in GF win
2019 Cooper Cronks last ever game in Roosters GF win.
2020 the signs are all there for Smith to go out in a blaze of glory.

I think Penrith will win tonight but the GF may be one bridge too many.
2012 - the redemption story of the storm after their cap rorting for decades
2013 - SBW return fairytale.

Like I've said vlandys is another puppet and they need to keep the storm propped up down in Victoria, a fake club in AFL heartland that will not survive tough times.
 

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2012 - the redemption story of the storm after their cap rorting for decades
2013 - SBW return fairytale.

Like I've said vlandys is another puppet and they need to keep the storm propped up down in Victoria, a fake club in AFL heartland that will not survive tough times.
Forgot about 2012 and 13.

How many of these has Sutton been involved in?
 
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