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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3443118, member: 1899"] I thought the try to Penisini really set the tone in the second half. He missed his assignment in the first half, but the Eels persevered and they got K. Bromwich to bite and it really opened up the space for Will to score. The Eels really held their nerve in the second half and gave Melbourne little. The play that comes to mind is Gutherson watching the ball go dead. In another game, he wouldn't have taken that chance but here he was happy to give it that extra two bounces and it just prevented Melbourne from getting any momentum. You could see Melbourne lose grip with the contest and that was when Gutherson stepped up. He goes the long pass to Sivo, the Storm don't recognise the urgency of the situation until it's too late and he goes 40m to score and wrap the game up. Credit to the Storm for hitting back late in the contest but with only 14 minutes left in the contest it was too little too late. A month or so ago I was lamenting the tragedy of the Eels failing to make the Top 4 and effectively missing out on their premiership window. They've responded at just the right time and now we get an absolute blockbuster when they take on Penrith. Eels have won their past meetings and while Penrith will still go in as deserved favourites the Eels are the only team that creates that level of doubt. Meanwhile the Storm will likely find themselves playing against the Raiders, a team that has caused them trouble in the past before they take on the loser of the Penrith/Parramatta game. 2022 has easily been their toughest season to date and a season that would have sunk a lot of clubs has only seen them miss out on the Top 4. It's a credit to them and while I struggle to see them making the Grand Final from here, it should take a strong effort to knock them out. [/QUOTE]

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