Very un-Melbourne-Storm-like.

It's a horrendous and difficult-to-punctuate phrase beloved by NRL commentators, which here means pretty much whatever you want, but it's generally understood to be a bad thing.

After two decades of success, Melbourne has become synonymous with winning and doing it professionally.

Low error counts, strict defence, unstoppable set plays. Everyone does their job, next man up. Pick a cliche about winning sport teams and that was Melbourne.

And if a cliche is easy to go to, it can be a tough habit to break. Even if it's no longer true, as we have seen in season 2025 and was put under a harsh spotlight in Melbourne's 26-22 NRL grand final loss to Brisbane .

The blood and gold of Brisbane's premiership win Photo shows Two men celebrate after scoring a try

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