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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3143052, member: 9052"] I think the team's biggest issue initially was fitness... we looked well underdone against parra and roosters when the comp restarted. But I think now our issue is confidence... we got absolutely spanked in the first two rounds coupled with a mammoth injury toll, which would've destroyed the team's confidence... then we got to a lead against manly, but the football being played was very softly softly. We went through the motions against manly hoping to hang on when really manly just didn't turn up in the first half and then overran us in the second. Knights was confidence again... Oates was entirely in the in goal and didn't look like getting the ball down. They got to an early lead and took the foot off the pedal but we never fired a shot. The attack looks very clunky and unsure... Milford running sideways or down nothing blindsides, no lead runners or decoy runners from the forwards, soft one out hitups with no intensity, no line speed in defence because they fear getting pinged with a penalty. Losses against titans and warriors were because they out enthused us... warriors were shot to bits in the first 30mins, but we couldn't capitalise with the stuttering attack and lack of intensity. The try they scored before halftime gave them that little bit of belief and they turned up in the second half, whilst we were just hoping it would suddenly click. Titans always turn up when they play the broncos... if we don't turn up we get overrun and that game was basically done when our first 3 hitups of the game got us to the 15m line... their defense was aggressive and in our face... they came for a derby whereas we came hoping for a win. If the mentality is right this week I think we can get the win. This week if the players have been controlling their own destiny their confidence may be a bit higher.... I think a lot of it has been mental for them. Had they managed to have one game where someone dragged them to a win and things clicked over the last 3-4 weeks I think we'd be looking a bit better on the field. I think if there's a dry track at suncorp we might just come out and run over them with Haas, Carrigan and TPJ starting in the middle. I think Carrigan has been a bit of a lone wolf in the middle in terms of bringing the intensity. .. Haas gets his massive numbers, but he's rightly focussing on the simple things like making tackles and no errors, which he should being so young. But his intensity and aggressiveness can be a little low to start off with. Second half against knights his intensity lifted and he was acticely pushing through the line and throwing defenders off, looking for offloads, he was angry about where the team was and put them on his back, but the game was already lost at that point... last week he was angry with Glenn. I think this week with TPJ and Carrigan both being aggressive in attack and defence, that Haas might start off aggressive straight away... it would be a great game to have Turps back as well with his aggressive defence. If it's wet and rainy I'm not so sure... this team isn't confident enough in their own game to grind out a dour affair and their handling has been one of their biggest Achilles, yet the dogs are the total opposite and would absolutely revel in a wet slog fest. [/QUOTE]

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