Fact is this - we had argubly the very best forward pack in the comp in 2023.
And now we have, whatever you call this...
A huge recruitment and retention failure.
We allowed the clubs best asset to morph into the 12th best in the comp, in less than a year. How anyone could think outcast...
This write up kinda sums up the unique pressure of the only privately owned club in the comp.
Our owners can dial up the pressure when they want to via the media - they can also close ranks and they can promote what they want too.
I always found it best to ignore a lot of the noise this club...
Imagine if we had the same attitude towards Renouf, Langer and Lockyer (just to choose 3) when they were 21 years old, that i'm sensing on here for Mam.
None of those gentleman were finished at 21 years old, neither were their games complete.
I would preach patience with Mam.
There are plenty...
To be fair, I don't believe this forum needs someone who isn't a fan to be dictating and telling us where the faults of this team are right now.
There is more than enough sober debate about the faults and opportunites of this current roster from genuine Broncos fans; no need nor want for the...
We don't deserve finals football this year, been saying as much for a few weeks now.
Before the GF last season, DD had a knock on his door. Pinned to his door was a message - it simply said this.
"Premiership window open till Arey retires".
What he did next, what the entire front office did...
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Brave game by Walsh - 50% effective Walsh is...still good.
Mozer, now he isnt a 80 minute hooker, but he is shaping up to become a NRL standard rake, and is absolutely part of our future.
Very busy in defence, you should check out how many tackles he's involved in when he is out there...
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Geez, talk about a game of two halfs....We basically did to the Cows what the Tits did to us last round.
Though, need I say how the Titans followed up that game of football?
Cows must be filthy, they had no right to lose that game given their trajectory. I hope it doesnt hurt them too...
Look, for me part of the answer lies in the gutting of our forward depth.
Why is that important? Because its affected our team defence.
Last season, you had Payne, Paddy, Flegs, and a host of bench props steamrolling us up the field. We would then launch nukes at the opposition even if we were...
Yeh, I don't want to sound like i'm placing 100% responsibilities on Kev-there are many other who share the blame here.
But...consider this for a moment.
The level of recruitment and retention when Ikin was here...
And then the same since he's left...
Seriously, is there any good to come from continuing with this?
Sure, give Mozer a run at the 9, give Billy a "rest", he looks "tired" you know...
But, what else? What are we doing? What are we playing for?
Change the coach, right now, and start laying the foundations for 2025...now.
Watching what a Ciraldo lead Bulldogs did to us last week, perhaps our next move should be to poach the next top assistant from the Storm, Penrith or the Roosters, and give them a shot at a NRL coaches seat.
There would be few if any similar jobs that can offer the resources, talent and...
Well, seems this year is another wasted one. 2023 -ah yes, we shall always have 2023, until the final 20 minutes of the season and abject capitulation.
I guess this means 2023 was the outlier, and every other year more correctly represents Walters tenor as head coach?
Sometimes, all you need is a good chart to work out what's wrong. Care of rugby league eye test.
Recall we had arguably the best defence (certainly on our own goal line) in the NRL last season.
Now - can you see us? Right slap bang in the centre. Scoring 22 points per game makes you roughly...
I have been thinking this for a while but made no mention of it, but i "think" it may be true.
Piakura isnt NRL standard yet. His injury set him back more than we thought.
He is an absolute liability in defence, on the edge, where the best teams, hell - even the Dogs last week, take full...
Really don't want to see a return of the Siebold years again...
What I want/need to see is the club has "learned" from those years instead.
Innocent - provide him with the help he needs, with the onus on him to turn it around.
Guilty of anything involving violence - cya.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for Wayne Bennett, warts and all. However, i have a message for DD.
How come all it took for the Dolphins to become the preeminent Queensland club in the NRL was...2 years?
That 2 years Sir....was on your watch.
Completely unfathomable.
You need to pull...
That is season...over.
That performance was unacceptable.
The standard of coaching is unacceptable.
Have some/all of these players no longer play for Kevvie? I mean, where the **** do we go when Arey retires?
Not making the 8, with the amount of talent in this team, the resources at hand, is...