Matty Johns lifts lid on 2008 GF & what went so wrong for the Melbourne Storm | Matty Johns Podcast 

Awesome stuff. Was at that game, and every home game that year bar one. 'Egor the Eagle' (the mascot) always seemed to be the last one off the pitch cause every kid at Brookie wanted a high-five or a photo. They adored him, and that lap for the ankle-biters always made me smile. Had a real unpolished Sesame Street footy fan vibe to him. Especially compared to The Storm's stupid Marvel-wannabe mascot:P

calm down champion is was barely 2 million

@@noblevisions643 it’s getting to ya that people keep saying millions aye 😂

He needs to be fired as a commentator. His whining during games is insufferable.

He’s like the kid off The Castle

Hes a clown.

Fuk off you dog cunts he’s the best

@Keep It Simple LMAO

@Keep It Simple Augustus Gloop…..save some for later

40-0 speaks for itself

@@ljnouata9088 how'd that streak go champ 🇺🇦

@@mitchellfitzgerald1739 how’d your team go? Still hold the 19 game winning streak. Let’s see your team do that

@@ljnouata9088 Streaks don't matter of you don't win a Championship while you're at it. Eels prevented Storm from making History mate. Better luck next time. 2008 Manly > 2021 Storm or any Storm ever.

@@rokomalani432 exactly. When’s the last time Eels won the Comp Champ 🤣🤣🤣 when’s the last time Manly won. Storm>watever team you support. Did your team even make the top 8 🤣

ease up champion they were only a million and a half over the cap not "millions"

@@noblevisions643yep. At that million was sitting on the sidelines (smith)

I agree completely.

Manly were unstoppable during that 08 finals series

Rory Hofmans obviously not illegal but Dessy’s back ended contracts actually had a similar effect to the Storm’s brown paper bag payments. Keeping a squad worth more than the cap together.

@@bksiv I can see the logic. But as you said; it’s not illegal 😂. I would also argue that none of those names come close to the collaborative works of Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, and Greg Inglis, which would lead into another of my arguments but I don’t really want to get into the Sham Storm legacy 😂

And the grapple tackles and the head highs, and the chicken wing tackles and the forward passes from dummy half by Cameron Smith all the time, and Billy Slaters boots first studs up sliding at try scorers, and the late elbows on try scorers which was a common bonus if you scored against Melbourne back then, and the intimidation of the referees and the buckets of money given to them by News Corp and the absolute utter cheating on the salary cap - the Melbourne club of that era (early 2000s) was a total grub club from top to bottom.

Would have not won 😂

@@atak1_ i think they do

jacob Murphy mate there not gonna win a team with Matty orford Brett Stewart both centres and wingers in their prime mate that manly team was too strong

@@jacobmurphy423 We already thrashed you guys that year lol

@@SpongebobsRippedPant when grandpa Brisbane would've won for me momentum Wayne Bennett would've got them up for it and I reckon would've schooled manly

Cam smith didnt play

@@terangitepou8001 still cheated the cap

How did he destroy it?

Fark yeah

Manly scored 110 points and only conceded 12 in three finals games.

It really wasn't

No way that Melbourne side had far more star power. X factor players

They didn't need an extra referee.

Weren't Melbourne way over the salary cap? Manly in 08 finals were probably the greatest finals team in history. 110-12 in the finals is crazy.

No player is worth 40 points

Gold 😂😂😂 And then he blame it on Smith not playing 😂😂😂

didnt the inbred manly club get done for salary cal cheating too 4 years ago like the inbreds that they are 😂😂

$750K over the cap exactly half of what melbourne was

No Smith, but they had a hell of a side. Big money for big name players. Only a couple of million over the cap ya know 😂

Cameron Smith didn't play, he was suspended for a dangerous tackle on a Broncos player.

The thing is they were cheating in 08 as well and lost 40-0...

No one was beating manly that year

I think you’re going mad.

manly cheated the cap too

They did create all those players. Not like the Roosters just buying them.

And Hoffman too

And way over the salary cap.

You really think smith is worth 40 points

@@Ccssww he wouldn't have scored 40 points but the team dynamic, direction and game plan would have dramatically changed. Once a team has its head down the opposition can pile the points on.

So still had Inglis Slater cronk

Bogan Bob do you have the link

@@takenwalk6713 Google. RLW players poll. Storm whinging about winning the award and PC culture forced the question to be dropped from the questionnaire.

Bogan Bob ok here’s a question are you still stucked up of over 11 years ago?

@@takenwalk6713 11 years ago??? Please.. You still stuck on the Storm being the biggest grubs in the competition? Maybe the dirty way they cheated financially? Or perhaps how they treated Alex McKinnon? The filth they put out on the field? If you knew any current NRL players, or even park rugby league players you would know they still think the same. While the question may have stopped the answer still remains the same.

Bogan Bob ok so you are but as a storm fan I’ll say they got what they deserved ok but you can’t say that the players knew they didn’t write their checks that’s the ceo that does that so you can’t go out and say that the players knew about that and they are grubs but now the roosters are doing the same thing and no one is talking about that they lost that final and got stripped of the other 2 they deserve that but that was 11 years ago mate stop talking about it and if Storm were coming last every year no one would talk about the things they did

You have a mint f6

Was that in a Grand Final? I think not

if you think storm are better then manly your just dumb we have first of all MORE premierships IMMORTALS LEGENDS storm have cheated the cap that’s the only way they won they had an over cap team and won but when it came to 2016 and 2018 what happened exaclty youse lost can’t win without an over cap team