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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3308248, member: 1899"] I don't think this season can be held against Smithy. The competition is in a really strange place right now with teams struggling to field a consistent 17 week to week. With COVID restrictions and the fall-out of the 2020 season teams haven't necessarily had to play well across the 80 to win matches. Take the Storm's win against the Broncos which kicked off this 17 game winning streak. Melbourne actually started poorly in that game and handed a try to Xavier Coates to give Brisbane an early buffer. It was really only around the 30th minute mark where they put Brisbane to the sword and from that point on it was game on. They've done incredibly well Melbourne but as far as I can tell, it's more about their systems and how the game has inadvertently complimented their style of play. The set restart was brought into curb the wrestle, but the Storm still know how to milk every second in the ruck because they know what the referees are looking for. On top of that, they've become the masters of shepparding play with their edges going extremely early to force the ball one way. I think Melbourne learned that last year, but weren't aware of the full extent of it. Combined with teams self-destructing either through injury or trying to build the right combinations for the modern game and it's all led to one way traffic. [/QUOTE]

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