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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3072251, member: 1899"] I thought Brisbane were a chance in 2016. The season slipped away from them during the Origin period, but they were beginning to play the type of footy they were renown for the year prior. It culminated in one of the best wins of the Bennett era against Melbourne in Melbourne. Unfortunately that proved to be the peak. Brisbane barely got by Sydney a week later, they beat a Gold Coast side under all sorts of controversy and then they had one of the toughest road trips in the NRL and lost it in extra time. Like 2005, that should have been the Broncos season, but they just couldn't find that extra gear they needed from 2015. In this competition, if you're not going forwards you're going backwards and Brisbane were a prime example that year. 2017 was over the moment Hunt signed with St George Illawarra. If the Broncos stood a chance that season, they needed Hunt to be the guy leading them. From the outset, there were question marks over Hunt's position in the side and despite a strong start to the season by him, when an opportunity arose to drop him, Bennett didn't hesitate and Brisbane were never going to challenge with Nikorima or Marshall. Then it just got too hard at the end of the season. Too many injuries and too many distractions off the field took it's toll and the Broncos just couldn't put any pressure on Melbourne. It ended up being 30-0, but it was 8-0 for 60 odd minutes with Brisbane bombing a number of opportunities. This was when it became apparent that Brisbane were a team that was so close yet so far and maybe radical changes had to be made. Brisbane never looked like a premiership threat in 2018, but they had a knack of lifting for the big games and coming up with some amazing individual efforts. Still the baseline stuff was horrific and if Pangai, Oates or Roberts weren't pulling anything out than the side was in trouble. It's a season that should have been so much worse than what it was, but there was this sense that they had reached their potential making the finals. If somebody could have cancelled 2019 after Round 5, I would have been extremely grateful. [/QUOTE]

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