I've been a Storm fan ever since they won their first title in 99 and if you've followed them for that long, you can see they are getting so much unnecessary flack. Where was the attention pre-2006 when they were only a middle tier team?? Now suddenly they are wiping the floor with the competition and everyone turns their attention to the Storm and for what? Cause they are a non-NSW team?? Cam Smith deserved to be penalised, I wont deny that, but then you look back 2 weeks ago when Manly played St George and the tackle that Heath L'estrange had put on him - where's the bloody consistency?! The player involved didn't even get put on report or reviewed by the match committee! I'm so glad Ricky's boys got their asses handed to them on Friday night after the comments he made to sway the judiciary. As long as Melbourne keeps winning the way they are, they will always be under the microscope, and I find it sad that Tall Poppy Syndrome is creeping into sports as well. I'd love for the Eagles to win the title this season, only to see a true gentlemen of the sport, Steve Menzies go out on top but with all the shit the Storm have copped, I'm gonna back the Storm just so I can say to all the haters, "up yours, you rubbed out Smith but we still beat your sorry asses, stick that up your ass Tony Greig!!" (copyright The 12th Man).