For many fans and pundits, the 2024 NRL Grand Final between the Storm and the Panthers is too close to call.
The sides were clearly better than the rest in the regular season, and despite the Storm winning both matchup during the season, they were both incredibly tight.
Due to this and the fact they finished minor premiers, Melbourne could be considered slight favourites.
And a Penrith legend feels the Panthers should be worried about certain aspects of the matchup.
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Greg 'Brandy' Alexander previews Grand Final
Speaking on SEN's Breakfast with Vossy and Brandy, Greg Alexander says Penrith should be concerned at the form of Melbourne's star players.
That is a concern for me, the form that Jahrome Hughes has been in all year is a worry," he said.
"Harry Grant is playing his best footy, and I think his best footy has come post Origin.
"I think Melbourne have been the side who have improved after the last seven or eight weeks, and I think it has been the return of Cam Munster, even though [in] his own individual form, he took a little while to find his feet.
"He’s playing at not 100%, but he’s got to the stage now where he’s looked as dangerous as he ever has been. He’s always been that great attacking player and he’s looking like that, he looked like that against the Roosters."
Alexander also looked at the matchup between Storm wingers Xavier Coates and Will Warbrick, and Penrith's Brian To'o and Sunia Turuva.
"You’ve got to look at the two wingers, [they] have been great for Melbourne. And even though you’ve got Brian To’o who's done it for years - he’s handled big wingers who are taller than Brian, and he handles most situations - the height advantage that Melbourne has on the edges [and] on the flanks, that worries me.
"They [Penrith] have given up a lot of height to most wingers, they certainly did in week one of the finals against Daniel Tuopu and Dominic Young, and they’ve been able to handle it. And what I like about Turuva and To’o - even though they’re short - they compete and they know what to do to put a player off and make the ball very hard to get.
Alexander also expressed concern at Nathan Cleary's shoulder injury: "Nathan’s shoulder worries me, it would only take one whack to hit him right [where] he’s really struggling."
Brandy wasn't fully negative on his former side, saying their forward pack could be the difference between a four peat and another Grand Final loss to the Storm.
"The thing that gives me confidence is the front rowers - Isaah Yeo, Moses Leota, James Fisher-Harris - they have won Grand Finals for [the Panthers] in the form they have displayed," he said.
"Big men win big games, middles win big games, and Moses Leota is probably the most underrated front rower in the game. Moses is a beast."
