“No-one is getting excited about them because when you beat the Gold Coast Titans 10-8 and you’re on top of the ladder you go: ‘wow, that’s probably not where they should be.’”

“Then they’ll turn around and play a top-four side next week and win by the same margin – they get it done.

“Billy Slater and Cameron Smith are both playing great footy and in amongst all the top-eight sides who seriously from one-week to the next, you don’t know what you’re going to get.

“The Sydney Roosters have lost the last two, the South Sydney Rabbitohs have lost their last three, it seems to me that the Storm just have this September know-how.

The @TheParraEels honour @billyslater after #NRLStormEels.

Wonderful to see the continued respect shown to our retiring players!#TelstraPremiership moment of the match.#NRL pic.twitter.com/ymcviNiekk

— NRL (@NRL) August 17, 2018

“They’re 34 points sitting on their own at the top-of-the-ladder and again well and truly in-the-mix to win another premiership.

“They’re just a staller organisation.”

Melbourne play the spluttering Panthers in the final round of the regular season at AAMI Park.

Follow our social media channels next Monday afternoon as we announce all the winners of the 2018 Arthur Beetson Medal!