All i can say about this game is; job done. When rd 26 comes around we can appreciate the 2 points but...move on.
A lot of talk on the thread about Baker & Hunt. I do wonder if Hunt scored that gimme 4 pointer instead of knocking on how the chat around him may be different tonight?
I do hope...
Well, when you have $1 million of your salary cap invested in a declining Prop forward and the same for a single strike centre, you're forced to make roster decisions that...you know...are gunna come back and haunt you..
Smoothy to be fair has provided some spark from dummy-half. You could see him point exactly at the spot he wanted Willison to run to right before he passed it to him...
Made me laugh...it was SO obvious..!
This is literaly the epitome of a visiting team bringing the home team down to their level.
This is precisely what old mate Benny would have wanted.
We need to speed this game up and get back to taking shots from our own half..
I can see via Tuesdays team lists that some coaches are panicking already - I dont think we need to and i dont want us to either.
Certainly there was far more positives than negatives for the playing group after the Storm game.
It sends a very clear and public message from the coach to...
I dont think you can blame Vegas for this, werent there 3 other teams there? Are they losing 2 players every training session?
The NRL is a marathon, not a sprint - shit happens.
I was going to comment on the team list here but....you know.
Broncs will still play their expansive football...
Frankly, Madden has to start here - I mean, this situaiton, right now, is THE reason he came to us when he did.
If he doesnt start now, then really we move him on and fill his roster spot with a back-up 2nd rower.
Sailor at the 1 i'm fine with.
Oates to replace Mariner, yeh sure BUT...
...also, should mention Arthurs try from AReys kick. Melbourne jam up inside and trust that their wingers can turn and chase or get a body check on runners.
That kick right on the edge betwen the jamming centre and exposed winger - classic set play.
Thats how you beat Melbourne - shame he...
As for these short kick offs from the goal-line; lots of teams trying it this year.
As Cooper Cronk said recently;
“Like anything in our game, the best teams will practice it better than the worse teams, and the best teams will become better at getting the ball back.”
“I think it’s going to...
First off Broncos brothers & sisters; no need for panic!
We have been very competitive in each loss so far, a few years ago this team going 10 points down led to a final score of 30-40 points put on us.
Not now - we compete to the best of our abilities for 80 minutes.
But, there is a limit to...
Geez, tough luck for Willison, but yeh, the next guy up stands at 205 cm and is the tallest player in the NRL.
Not "too" bad a replacement....
Speaking of replacements, Tristan Sailor. How lucky are we to have him right now? The great Brisbane teams of the past had the Plaths, the Berrigans...
One lost battle does not mean the war is also lost. Need to be pretty much perfect on the field to match Penrith for 80 minutes, unfortunately we were stuffed after the first 10 or so...
I'd draw a line through this, and move on...NRL is like this.
Also, it's round 3...
I recall Rd 1 last...
No ARey or Haas....no probs gents...
We've got Paddy.
In one fell swoop he can assist our ball carrying yardage AND our ball playing too.
I reckon we forgo the wide spreads from our own 20 metre line and play compressed and direct. Courtesy of our good mates at RLW.
Last week Patty puts...
Reckon he might need some needles to play....he looked dead set finished last week.
Also, without really knowing where to post this...
How funny is the end of this game....no more appropriate ending to the first round of the new NRL...