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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3324049, member: 1899"] Bennett did a remarkable job of lifting the team but a lot of those games could have gone either way and it usually took some piece of individual brilliance or slice of luck to go the Broncos way. I don't think the Broncos were better than the Roosters and context played a big role, especially in the return match-up at Allianz. The Roosters had beaten the Rabbitohs in what many considered the Grand Final come early, they rested players and lost to a Raiders outfit who were out of contention and were clearly just prepping themselves for a finals tilt. Obviously losing to the Broncos wasn't a part of their plan but I don't think they were that upset the Broncos ambushed them with their best performance of the season either. Brisbane were a team that relied on individual brilliance from players like Pangai Jr, Oates, Roberts, Nikorima etc. and when they couldn't produce they were found wanting. That's much easier to do in the regular season it's much harder to replicate in the finals where everyone is producing their A game. I just don't think complacency necessarily fits. If anything they did remarkably well to win those games against the Rabbits and Roosters and just couldn't replicate that standard - they just didn't have that capacity. [/QUOTE]

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