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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2535239, member: 1899"] It's good to see other members making a thread for a change. Can't start every thread on the forum, especially when there is so much to talk about in comparison to the Origin. My ratings...(based on number of appearances) Josh Hoffman - 7/10 - Was one of the few success stories at Red Hill. Reminded everybody what he offers and was one of our best weapons on that left edge, scoring 15 tries and had a high involvement rate in each game. Andrew McCullough - 5/10 - Had the typical McCullough season comprised of a promising start, quiet middle and strong finish. Clearly needs to work on his consistensy but the talent is clearly there and when he's on, he's one of the best in the business. Peter Wallace - 3/10 - 2013 clearly wasn't his year. As always, tried hard but nothing really went his way and he just couldn't for the life of himself create opportunities. Eventually got demoted to bench utility and was told to look elsewhere next season. Ben Hunt - 4/10 - Finally got his chance at halfback but was very turbulent in the position. At his best, easily the best halfback we had in the position and his ability to ball-play and run it to the line yielded points but at his worst, he'd turn over possession at pivotal moments. His career hangs in the balance. Matt Gillett - 6/10 - A weapon out on the fringes but was way too up and down to be considered a good season. Like a lot of his team mates, think he struggled playing the full 80 and made too many basic errors as a result. Can't help but feel apart of his problem was the gameplan. Gillett is the type of player who works well off the back of others and it seemed like we kept using him to do grunt work. Corey Parker - 7/10 - Cemented himself as one of the game's best backrows and is finally receiving the recognition he deserves down south. With that said, didn't think this was his best season and felt like too much of the Broncos play revolved around him, which hurt as much as it helped. Scott Prince - 4/10 - For a long time he was neck and neck with Wallace in terms of being the worst half but he played well in the closing stages of his career. Jack Reed - 5/10 - Solid season from Reed all things considered. If nothing else, I really appreciated his commitment to the team. Seemed like whenever he was scheduled to miss portions of the season, he'd return early from said injury and help us out when we really needed him. Is currently one of the best defensive centres in the game, if he can work on his passing game he could be a very handy centre moving forward. Sam Thaiday - 4/10 - Failed to live up to expectations which often leads to harsher judgement. As an individual, honestly, he was more or less solid but as captain his duties extend beyond just playing for himself and as a result you can't say he deserves a pass. It appears the experiment has failed. Alex Glenn - 5/10 - Disappointing follow up from an impressive 2012 but was still very strong down that left fringe, bending the line on numerous occasions and opening up chances on the inside. Interesting to see where he goes from here, is obviously in a stand off with Gillett for that left-hand fringe and hopefully that brings the best out of him. Josh McGuire - 5/10 - Slow start which was compounded by a calf injury which most derailed the first half or so of the season. Started performing at the level you'd expect him to late in the season but in the scheme of things not a stand out year. Thought some of his ball-playing was terrible too. For all the complaints about Hook not employing enough ball play through the forwards, clearly not enough was being made of this facet. Lachlan Maranta - 2/10 - Would just about have to be one of the worst wingers in club history? In fairness, was made to play more games than he should have out of position but gee it was a sorry sight watching him play when we've had the likes of Hancock, Carne, Sailor, Tuqiri and Folau...Kept it to a 2 because at least he was good at defusing bombs. Corey Norman - 3/10 - The most telling fact of Norman's 2013 was that he was dropped and never made his way back into the first grade team. He was one of the club's most potent attacking weapons in the early going but had deficiencies at fullback and was guilty of making too many coach killing mistakes. Ben Hannant - 4/10 - Disappointing season from Polar. Like McGuire, suffered a calf injury which really derailed his season and just rarely reached his heights. Best performance was against the Cowboys where he out-played both Australian props - unfortunately Brisbane just didn't see enough of those performances and it hurt them big time. Justin Hodges - 7/10 - Could be accused of being a little generous here but Hodges at his best was a match-winner and still one of the best centres in the game. Clearly head and shoulders above most all year and really it was only injury that really prevented him from achieving his best season since 2007. A pleasure to watch at full flight. David Stagg - 4/10 - Performed a job for the Broncos off the bench. Had a pretty unremarkable job all told but still capable of the odd defensive play all the same. David Hala - 3/10 - Had a couple of promising touches but lacked the work-rate to really make a fist of things and had the habit of emulating Dave Taylor at times. Dunamis Lui - 3/10 - Improved but at best just became a decent 'cameo' player with the odd good run. Was still a little clumsy and soft. Mitchell Dodds - 4/10 - It's a shame he got injured when he did. He was really coming into his own around the Origin period amd was turning into a legitimately solid first grader. Scott Anderson - 3/10 - Typical Sanderson year really. Had the odd decent game followed up by a lot of forgettable performances. Jordan Kahu - 4/10 - Had a couple of decent touches and showed some good ability near the line but clearly a little rusty. Corey Oates - 6/10 - Played 9 games and scored the second most amount of tries for the club, deserves recognition. Was asked to play out of position and handled the assignment extremely well for a rookie coming up with a number of big plays which gives fans plenty of hope moving into the future. Easily rookie of the year. [/QUOTE]

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