Having Billy Slater back on board and an NRL grand final under their belts can only make Melbourne Storm a better side in 2017, says Cooper Cronk.The superstar halfback said while their two-point loss to Cronulla in the NRL title decider stung, there were some positives to be taken from the season.When youre the losing side in a grand final you try and hang your hat on something and you can look at the positives and say weve made some big steps in the direction this club wants to go to in terms of our next tier of players playing really well, Cronk said.Now if we ever go to the grand final again they will be better off for the occasion.Test fullback Slater missed the season after re-injuring his troublesome shoulder in round one, but said post-grand final that he still had the hunger to play on next season.Cronk said the return of Slater would be a bonus for the club, with his young gun fullback replacement Cameron Munster set to shift to five-eighth.Billy Slater is still the best fullback in the game and I know as a person and an athlete he will do everything possible ... and Im backing him to come back and play his best football, said Cronk at a fan presentation on the Yarra River.After claiming the minor premiership and coming so close to the title, missing an opportunity for a last-ditch try to steal the win, Cronk said they would use the pain of the loss to drive their bid for a premiership in 2017.It will probably sit with me for 12 months until we get another opportunity, Cronk said.You can use it as motivation in the pre-season to get out and have a red-hot crack and see where you end up next October.Coach Craig Bellamy said the club would have a post-season review next week but didnt expect too much to change for next season given they won the minor premiership.To be the minor premiers it means youre the best team for six months, to be the premiers you have to be the best team for the last month and we werent quite that, Bellamy said.But that gives you plenty of reasons to be proud of them. 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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A man linked to the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told police Hernandez admitted firing the fatal shots, and a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandezs name, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete. The documents say Hernandez associate Carlos Ortiz told Massachusetts investigators that another man, Ernest Wallace, said Hernandez admitted shooting semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd in an industrial park near Hernandezs home in North Attleborough. The documents were filed in court by the Miramar, Fla., police department to justify a search of Wallaces home in that city. The documents also say that while investigating Lloyds killing, police did searches in Hernandezs hometown, Bristol, Conn., that turned up a vehicle wanted in connection with a July 2012 double homicide in Boston. Police say the vehicle had been rented in Hernandezs name. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in Lloyds killing. His legal team did not return email messages Tuesday. Prosecutors say Hernandez, Wallace and another man drove with Lloyd to an industrial park where Lloyd was fatally shot. Ortiz told police that, after picking up Lloyd, the four men headed back to North Attleborough. Along the way, Hernandez told Lloyd that Lloyd had been "chilling" with people Hernandez had problems with, the documents said. But Ortiz told police that the two men shook hands and the problem seemed smoothed over. But soon the car stopped, and eveeryone but Ortiz got out to urinate, according to Ortizs account.dddddddddddd The witness also told police he then heard gunshots before Hernandez and Wallace got back into the car without Lloyd and the vehicle sped away. Wallace faces an accessory to murder charge in the case and has pleaded not guilty. Meanwhile, eight search warrants were unsealed in Massachusetts after news organizations sought access to the records. The warrants reveal the breadth of the investigation, with authorities scouring through everything from Hernandezs house to his phone to the contents of his team locker, which the Patriots emptied into a container after they released him. Police seized a rifle and ammunition found in Hernandezs home. According to the documents, Hernandez became "argumentative" during his first encounter with police at his home following Lloyds death. He asked, "Whats with all the questions?" and locked the door behind him. He then returned with his attorneys business card but didnt respond when police told him they were investigating a death. "Mr. Hernandez slammed the door and relocked it behind him," the records read. "Mr. Hernandez did not ask officers whose death was being investigated. Mr. Hernandezs demeanour did not indicate any concern for the death of any person." Hernandez came out later and agreed to be questioned at a police station, according to the documents. The documents also say Hernandez called his girlfriends cellphone and stopped her from speaking with police after they pulled her over and told her Lloyd was dead. ' ' '