WEBVTT - 🏉 NRL Analysis - It's Grand Final Time 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.880 Better than the Lego better than the Lego. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:12.120 Coops. Here we go. 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.520 We've made its final podcast. I think final one. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:17.239 Off the top. I want to talk about the Panthers. 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:19.920 Firstly, let's talk about last weekend before we get into. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:20.480 The Grand Final. 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:24.000 Off the top, one of the best thought out sequence 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.840 plays that I've seen leading up to Penrith's first try 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.440 starts off to Nathan Cleary London. 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:31.600 A little bit of pressure Penrith. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.800 And forty twenty third tackle and you see when he 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.680 works down, he walks down and he turns around, he 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.800 can he'll start communicating what he wants from this next set, 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:43.159 right is what we're going to do now this I 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:45.879 just love the way they play this out. So they 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.440 take it up firstly, which will be Leota to. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:51.040 Go on full control of the team right there. 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:51.640 And you're watching here. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.880 They hit the far post area, a little play for 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.160 the player to start with, typically inside ball for jer Haaris. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.560 Then they lay the far past. Now watch Nathan here. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.240 This is crucial. He gets there and straight away he 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:05.720 presents himself early, so carnally go here we go here, 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:07.959 let's get up on him, up on him. No, we're 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.680 going to take one more and it just it's wrong 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.399 foot him. They're going to get back on the line 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.479 and the next play he's caught him on their heels. 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:17.800 He did the similar thing in the Grand Final, kicked 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.280 that forty twenty that ignited the comeback. He's picking on 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.800 lazy wingers to start with, So when Nathan clearly wants 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.880 to kick of forty twenty, he's up in the front 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:30.240 line as opposed to behind Oao and then directing that set. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.679 I love the fact that Leo would carry with It's 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.480 like telling a lie with a sequence, absolutely and then 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.120 made them come up then go back. So there was 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.520 multiple times whether the edge defense of the Sharks thought 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.720 that Nathan was going to shift the time that they 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:46.840 didn't have the energy of the line speed to get up. 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:50.000 And it's picking on Nico Hines like he was under pressure. 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:54.640 Putting runners inside and outside just made him make a decision, and. 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:59.400 He exactly targeting there and actually also targeting Tellerchuies his 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.720 ability to have the gas and the tank to shut 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.960 outside in, to shut the space, and he was slow 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:04.480 to the part. 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:06.240 Play we'll come again this weekend. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.560 Absolutely, we're going to talk about that in a second, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.959 because yeah, I found it interesting after the game the 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.000 press conference with Ivan, I've got some thoughts about that. Firstly, 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.880 the other one is we talk about the inside balls 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:17.400 all the time, and a fellow said to me, why 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.400 doesn't penwith just take just take the ball up, get forward, 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.560 just w when Nathan handles the ball. When the ball 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.440 hits Nathan's hands, most times the defense sort of sit 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:28.960 on their heels and they freeze. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.600 In fact, the defense sort of flexes open. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.960 A little bit because they're so aware of his threat 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.520 not just to run, but to push the ball to 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.600 the edge. So a lot of times it's just always 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.800 an easy ten meters for the middles. It's just a 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.560 really simple basic thing. But again another thing that just 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:44.720 takes pressure off his forwards. 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:46.160 Yeah, we'll talk about it in terms of what the 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.640 storm have to do, but they have to counter that. Yeah, 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.160 they have to get the line speed and shut that down. 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.160 When you're in a rhythm like Nathan, what you need 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.400 to do is throw him completely off. He needs to 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.240 have one Some of those runners not get avare his 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.200 line play the balls, so he feels like he has 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.799 to go back to a normal one off carry. Get 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.320 Mitch Kenny more involved, but it's the power of the 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:10.480 Penith system at play. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:11.720 One more thing on Penrith. 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:14.680 We're going to talk about this later, but watching the 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:16.959 Penwouth big guys, they've been playing a really hard style 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.400 of football for about five years, a lot of big games. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.800 To me, they just starting to look a little tired, don't. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.639 But there's certain things that I'm saying that they do. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.400 But what's helping their cause is the amount of work 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.360 the outside backs to I mean, look at this is 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.920 a typical set. They kick down field, Dylan Edwards, well, 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:39.320 he does the initial run, gets forward, he plays the 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.880 football surprise surprise on play two, so he punches forward 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.280 that extra one or two movies through the leg drive 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.640 he got Taruva then coming from the other side of 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:49.680 the field to take the hit up. Now okay, first 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.720 time we've soon a forward isaaah, take the ball up 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.800 lightweight forward, then finish with Dylan Edwards again. 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.080 Then let's get it out of there. 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.640 That's just alleviating so much pressure off Fish and theoda. 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.000 It's conserving energy. 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:06.080 It's been effective, and that's the Penith system again at 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:07.440 work and the outside backs. 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:08.680 Alamodi didn't have a carry. 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.280 He got that kick chase in so when one works, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.280 the other one rests, conserves energy and they compliment each 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:15.480 other all over the field. 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.000 It's going to be a hell of a game. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:20.520 And to be able to stop Penrith from winning Melbourne Storm, 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:21.640 we have to stop some of that. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.920 On Melbourne Storm, we'll talk about Nelson and the fact 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.200 that he's likely to miss this or he's going to 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.000 fight it. As we're recording this, he hasn't gone to judiciary. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.640 But the Storm the mental toughness to be leading at 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.800 halftime twenty four to six, and then the Roosters come 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.279 out a ten minute period and go try and try 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.760 where it goes twenty four to twenty six. I Regon 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.320 twenty four to eighteen. Sorry, I reckon most sides there 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.760 would start to tighten up a little bit. They feel 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:48.320 like we're on the slide of the moment and slung 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.080 the other way. They didn't miss a beat. They met 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.560 it with physicality and aggression and just bludgeoned over the 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:55.160 top of the Rooster. 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.640 I thought that performance from Melbourne was an indication of 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.960 a team at the peak of there powers right now. 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.080 The week off after winning Week one, they were fresh. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:08.360 They just played everything faster, like they play the ball speed, 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.320 their line speed, their skill and execution. 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.440 The try that hows. 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.440 Scored when Pabinow's and quick tap like that was just 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.080 moving faster than the opposition. I like the fact that 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:24.080 Storm a consistent team like Penrith. They don't give away 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.920 cheap possession to the oppositions. But the good players are 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:31.680 playing well jeez Like it's almost the perfect ingredients of 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.640 a premiership winning team. Same as the Penrith path. You 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.640 do the basics better than anyone else. I'm talking defendwell, 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.280 completion rate, good kicking, good discipline. There are four things 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:42.800 you must do. 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:44.800 In our game. They do it better than anyone else. 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.080 But then the rise to the top. Your best players 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.160 need to be the best player and both teams are 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:50.480 doing that. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.560 Likes a fortune as far as injuries and freshness concerned, 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.919 Like we have strength and conditioners and all this, but 0:05:57.960 --> 0:05:59.640 at the end of the day, sometimes it just lacks. 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.640 Sometimes fatigue just gets indy at the back end of 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.920 the year. Where with Melbourne this time all their creatives 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.040 are fresh. So Munster's been preserved because of the fact 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.279 he's had the injuries. He through the injuries, his peaked 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.479 form Jerome's in the form of his life. Pappenhausen is 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:18.640 finally fingers crossed through this horror period and is hitting 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.679 top four and Harry Grant last year at this point 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.640 Harry was he was wobbling, He looked just about going. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:25.960 He looks tremendous. 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:26.680 I think this is. 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.159 Where this game is one and lost in terms of 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.640 the storm Spine versus the best defense we've seen in 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.520 a long time. If Penrith defensively can stop the storm 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.400 Spine from running the ball yep, I think they win. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.840 If storm Spying get up and going, I think they win. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.080 That's where it sits for me, and I'm with you. 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:48.359 I think Papenhausen, the footwork and acceleration of Munster and 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.840 Hughes on either side. If you can get Papenhausen one 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:53.600 on one speed like you did on the weekend to 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:58.440 the Rooster's edge defenders, he is team for me. Could 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.240 be the guy that just turns out one opportunity into 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:02.440 a line breaker a try. 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.359 When you watch Jerown, who will go gun barrel straight, 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:10.160 but then he'll hit pap and Hous on a sweep 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.160 and suddenly he's going like a rocket. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.480 He just pulls that defensi apart. 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.240 If we look at the first two Melbourne tries a 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:21.960 perfect example. Luke here, like he's forcing experienced guys to 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.960 break the cardinal rules of defense, don't slide till the 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:29.080 ball goes pasture. But Luke is so urgent to try 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.680 to protect the three on two on the edge that 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.520 he slides. And it's similar to the next try again Luke. 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:39.320 You watch Luke squeeze in here. But what happens is 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:41.600 all of a sudden he's got to go on Paps 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:43.520 and he can't help it. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:44.160 Overchase. 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.440 And if I'm Melbourne Storm, I'm telling Ryan Papenhausen to 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.400 stretch Nathan Cleary. When Nathan clearly has to stretch that 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.400 army in a tackle and reach for someone like Papenhausen, 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.560 that's when the shoulder might be in a really uncomfortable 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.640 position because he can deal with things closed defensively, but 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.800 when he's been stretched like that Jarring on the weekend, 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.960 he had to have both armed stretched. So the speed 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:10.160 of Papenhausen could be a huge indicator in this game. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.560 Cooper, just two things for it's over to you. 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:16.120 Interesting start of the year interviewing Nathan Cleary, and he 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.600 spoke about the twenty twenty loss to the Melbourne Storm 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.000 and how that has made this playing squad been a 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.760 big part of this dynasty from Penrith. He said, we 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.040 went into that game and we look back now and 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.720 we realize we'll playing like boys. They're playing like men, 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.320 and they bullied us and we said never again. 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.960 Well it's come full sir. Yeah, so this is they're 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:34.800 looking for payback. 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:36.760 Yeah, and it's going to be a huge game. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.160 In terms of breaking this down, I was going to 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.400 try and dive into a couple of things what the 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.040 Storm must do to win and what Penrith must do. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:46.439 This is an odd one and I'd love your opinion 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:48.840 on this. In terms of the kickoff to the contest, right, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.880 Nathan is the king of Penrith, and if you're going 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.640 to go into you need to go after the king directly. 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.120 Now, this is a weird one. 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.600 If I'm the Melbourne Store, Nathan is at the forty 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.760 meter line, just in off at the front line, I'm 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.800 actually going to kick it to Nathan and I want 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.360 him to take the first carry and I would make 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.440 a statement physically about picking up dragging him out throwing 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.959 him around, just make him he didn't land the ball 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.720 about thirty meters other thirty meters a little sandwich and 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:17.800 he has to get it. 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:20.559 And then just everyone take the handbreak off. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:21.199 It's interesting. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.640 So take that first contact out of his hand. 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.599 I'd almost give give away penalty if you if you 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.160 want to rough him up, if you want to like 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.800 stay at the top, lay down, whatever, don't give away 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:31.440 ten in the bit. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:32.840 I'm not saying going to break the. 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:37.680 Law, make a statement because he's the spirit of that 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.439 team and it's a strange one to do off the kickoff, 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.320 Like if I'm Melbourne, I'm choosing to kick off and 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:43.200 I'd be doing that. 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.120 The other one we spoke about. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.560 Is Paris turning the ball back inside right so they 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.040 get a lot of momentum from that. They feel in 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.240 the rhythm of their play. And this is them doing 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.200 it on the weekend. See, our Sharks are just a 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.400 little bit disconnected on the inside when they lay off. 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.800 Sometimes they get it good, sometimes they miss the beat. 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.720 Step up forward, this one moving forward. I like that 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.120 from the Sharks. That's what the Storm have to do. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.559 If they're passive like that one. It allows Nathan to 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.560 generate momentum and play the ball speed this one here, 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.920 move forward, take the handbrake off. So I think defensively 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.360 the middle forward line speed. Once they do those drop 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.199 off players, He's a key for the Melbourne stim Yeah. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.199 I totally agree with the coops and I think they 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.560 Whilst I wouldn't go outside in aggressively, I think you 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.319 need to squeeze in slightly because with Nathan, I'm just 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.240 trying to think. I can't remember him going across an 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:38.000 inside ball and going dummy under and throwing the long pass. 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.559 Usually it's up hits it, undeath, or he's gonna dummy. 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:42.760 He goes dummy and shoot. 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.640 And is when we talk about line speed to always 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.560 talk about the edge of fence getting up in front 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.480 of the middle, and sometimes the middle filling behind in 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.280 case of a linebreak. What I'm saying is, don't worry 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.880 about filling the behind, go forward. Particularly when Nathan runs 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.920 across field. I almost would someone take the handbrake off 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.040 and fire out a line like it's almost like outside 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.280 in pressure but from the inside defense. 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:04.120 If that makes sense. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.440 It does coop because you look and it's a lot 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.199 we're talking about before is a lot. I thought that 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:13.000 Kronulla paid too much respect for Nathan's ball playing, like 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.040 when he was doing the inside balls, let's say before 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.040 he caught and they went yep to hold hold and 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.080 it's just easy meters where you're right. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.120 You just got to get on the front foot and 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:22.720 the last one. 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:23.959 And I think it works for the Storm. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.840 Last time they played Perer, they scored two tries off kicks. 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.520 They must compete on every fifth play tackle. This is 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.040 the one kicking it straight. Here to deal with Edwards 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.400 whin warbricks, some tall timber gets through and they must 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.200 do this the Melbourne Storm if they had to win, 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.160 I think they score a couple of tries off kicks. 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:44.000 You've got to Edwards and Truber. Again, we always talk 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:47.160 about it. Not the tallest of outside backs. But here 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.679 bring to to the ballcha don't let him sit back 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.240 on that ten meter line. We always talk about kicking 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.720 the ball near the try line. Watch this foot leg speed, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:01.200 footsteps need to make Edwards and top Iron Thruver walk 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.040 at those balls because as you showed before they catch, 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.800 they run, they get their rid of they do anything. 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:08.600 We always talk about trying to kick the ball as 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.480 close to the trail. One as possible, I'm going to say, 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.160 bring that ten to fifteen meters forward and make it 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:15.079 a context. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.880 Pushing back down'tum at all. And Two what coops. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:19.560 It's funny how one thing you can do in the 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.720 game well triggers into other areas. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:23.560 So if you're doing. 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.160 That and you squash squashing their play one and you 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.640 squashing their play two, suddenly the Penrith middles got to 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.880 start working harder. Suddenly, then their middle start become more 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.719 vulnerable for when the Storm start peppering the right through 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:36.480 the middle of the field. 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.320 So three things I think Melbourne Storm sort of must 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.040 do to win Flip side. 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.760 Well, the Panthers just once that you wrote something else 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:44.800 down that you want to talk about. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:45.600 This really interests me. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:50.320 You said the Penrith interchange when there's an opportunity there 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.680 when Leoder and Fisher Harris get replaced, a window where 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.720 Melbourne need to pick up the temper yep. 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.839 So I think Melbourne can't get caught behind off the faster. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.760 I think they need to be equal with what Fisher, 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:06.400 Harris and Leota do twenty minutes either side of halftime. 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.520 When you see a chink in one of the best teams. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:14.040 I think it's their bench rotation. Melbourne Storm, Spine score points, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.800 run the ball twenty minutes either halftime. I think when 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.839 Lindsey Smith, Liam Henry, whoever else they've got out there, 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:22.880 that's the time for the Melbourne Storm to sort of 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:23.440 go up again. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.560 And it's interesting on the weekend, the moment Jared went off, 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.520 there was a big change in the contest, Like Melbourne 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.960 started winning the yardage battle and the Swine players started 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:33.880 drawing through the middle. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.320 So I think that's the period of time did they dominate. 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.360 For Panthers, I think they've got to start when their 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.680 big boppers are on. But they've got this presence with 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.080 already winning three in a row. This is the last 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.160 ride and they did it to the Rouses in Week 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.600 one of the finals. Just that pure power game. As 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.560 we film this, we don't know about Nelson. If Nelson's 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.320 not playing, this one hundred percent has to happen. Just 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.280 Leoda Fish Harris just bang down that front door and 0:13:58.320 --> 0:13:59.960 put the Melbourne Storm on the back foot. 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.480 It's finally keeps a lot with the Panthers the back 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.680 third of the season. And we've spoken about this a 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:10.840 few times is that they'd start that they were almost 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:13.720 too happy to get into the arm wrestle and they started. 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:15.880 They pride themselves on the kings of the arm wrestle 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:17.559 on the grind, but they did too much of it 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:19.560 in this game. What I liked about this game is 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.680 they started fast and they gave themselves an opportunity to 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:23.680 blow the roosters away. 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.760 Yeah, so let's say redline about eight or ten, just 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.000 trying to conserve energy for the long game. They just 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.520 dialed it up to nine and a half and blew 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.280 the Russ away. I think that's what they need to 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:34.760 do for the Melbourne Storm. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.520 So that like a couple of years ago, Melbourne beat 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:43.720 Penrith in Penrith and Penrith are on a big home run. 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.640 Melbourne the first side for a long time to move 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.480 them at home. I know for a fact going to 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.520 that game. Melbourne's thing where we want to get to 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.560 an arm wrestle with them because then we can do 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:54.560 a Penrith on Penry. 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.400 I think they're one of the few teams that can 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.680 do it. Like normally are we consider kicking into touch 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.080 and of that to stop the back three. But I 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:06.080 think Melbourne Storm can roll with Penrith in the long game. 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.520 I think they've got the same fitness levels, the same 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.320 endurance levels, the same game style that holds up for 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.800 long periods. I think it's a big thing here because 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:19.000 if they go ten, twelve to fifteen minutes of football 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:22.160 in action, the first team that cracks, that's a mini 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:23.080 win for the opposition. 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:25.720 How are they going to contain the creative team of 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.240 Melbourne as a spine. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:29.080 So as I said, I think this is where it's 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.200 won or lost in this game. 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.720 It put a hell of a lot of pressure on 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:36.880 the edgeback rolls in Garner and Martin. Martin will be 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.000 up against Munster, Garner up against Hughes. If they have 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.400 their best defensive performance in five years and shut down 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.840 the running game of the spine of a Melbourne Storm, 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.120 I think they win. Martin is an amazing back row. 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.040 I think he can cover Munster. I don't know if 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:56.520 Garner can stop Hughes, but that's where it sits for me. 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.480 Those two halves can't get up and go, and if 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.640 they've got a line break in them early in contest, 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.120 like they're running game in the finals has been a lead, 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:05.920 I think that is a good sign that Melbourne are 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.200 getting on top. If they don't, it's a good sign 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:09.080 that Peneth are getting job. 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.240 It's funny. It's not funny what I was saying. That's funny. 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:14.960 Absolutely is it funny? 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.200 Hilarious the Melbourne Storm, there's no doubt the biggest threat 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.360 for them is going through the middle. I mean they 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:22.880 can push the ball at the edge, they're very good 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:24.800 pushing the ball at the edge, but the primary threat 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.640 is through the middle. So coops, if you're Melbourne, excuse me, 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.680 if you're Penrith, do you just do you tighten a 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:32.360 little bit more? 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:33.000 Yeah? 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:34.800 Yes, And I think you've got to be able to 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.800 play different styles in this game because I feel like 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.400 it's going to be a brutal game, but there's going 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.120 to be a game of chest in the same part. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.800 And for scoring points for Penrith, I think they attack 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:50.280 Melbourne's centers. Yeah, Jamini on the right, this is exactly 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.200 the play that we spoke about early. This will be 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.800 Nick Mennie on the right side. I think that play 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.480 is coming. And on the other side you've got Jack 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.920 Howerth so assimilarate this play that was weak one of 0:16:59.960 --> 0:17:02.400 the finals. See how Jack Herth gets caught in no 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.040 man's land. I think that is absolutely a target for 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.320 clearing his crew here again me no eyes for Swaliti 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.800 out the back, good pass there, I think that's an 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.600 opportunity that Peneth will be looking at. And then this 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.639 one here, This came up last time they played from 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.360 wide field positions, a threat of Zaio running the football, 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.119 a little short pass, Howarth worried about Dylan Edwards. So 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.240 I think you'll see a lot of action in and 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.959 around the Storm centers once Penrith get down to their 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:30.359 good baller. 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:32.760 And a few weeks here we said Isaiah ah As 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.919 opposed to coming around on a traditional sweep stilled on 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:40.800 my square, which made him straight and exposed young Jack 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:41.560 even more. 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.760 Yeah, the running threat of Isaiah up against months that 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.160 then made months to become more aware and that's when 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.160