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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2819936, member: 1899"] I've got to say, I've been pretty impressed with what I've seen from Ese'ese so far. While he has to work on his defence and has to cut out that odd bone-head error, his carries are really doing a number on the opposition and I haven't seen a Broncos forward bend the line like that since Dave Taylor at his absolute best 8 years ago. Time flies doesn't it? Actually most of the middle forwards have been impressive so far. My only concern with the Broncos and their use of their middle forwards is the way they conduct their exit sets. With the exception of Oates and maybe Moga, the Broncos are awful at getting out of their own end and whenever the opposition goes to Kahu you can almost guarantee the Broncos aren't going to achieve anything that set of six because between him, Roberts and Boyd they're not going anywhere and by the time the ball finds it's way to a forward, the sets over. The word needs to go out to the forwards that somebody has to get back there to make the hard yards through the middle because the backs simply aren't good enough at it themselves. They're not like the Storm who had Munster, Vunivalu, Koroibete, Blair etc. turning defence into attack and they shouldn't try to be. So that's the one area where I'd like to see the middle forwards improve. Otherwise, I think there's been a noticeable improvement and with the likes of George Fai, Joe Ofahengaue and potentially Matt Lodge coming through the Broncos appear to be in really good hands. Outside of the Broncos inability to conduct effective exit sets, the only concern is the current balance. Right now, Bennett is picking the best 17 as he should, but the side has 3 arguably 4 lock forwards if you include Blair who plays like a lock forward. I just wonder what the side would look like if you brought in another natural prop forward like a George Fai or Joe Ofahengaue for a game? And you know the other concern is the edge forwards. While I think his defence for the most part has been world class, Matt Gillett really isn't offering a lot with ball in hand and outside of the odd run or two neither is Sam. It's a real shame with Sam as well since we've all seen what can happen when he puts his hand up. It's just difficult watching our two edge players then watching a team like the Cowboys, Sharks and Sydney dominate through theirs. If there is one flaw in Hunt's game, it's his combination with Gillett and how ineffective it's been. I mean, he's had the best backrow in the world, a guy who can dominate the best teams in the competition and yet there are times you'd barely notice him on the field. The fact he's also paired with one of the most lethal centres just compounds the situation. [/QUOTE]

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