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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2669930, member: 1899"] I thought Brisbane were looking disjointed at that time. The passage all began when Reed was able to milk a penalty out of Cordner. That put Brisbane inside the attacking zone but before they could really apply the pressure, Milford was very slow to push up on the right hand side and to really add insult to injury, lost the ball. Of course Sydney turned it straight back but the aftermath of that concerned me. The game was really beginning to boil over and the last thing we needed was for our young players to get caught up in their game. Brisbane then had another set where they tried to target Maloney back down the right but it just wasn't clicking. Mind you the thought process was probably to draw the defenders down there to protect James just to work a play down the left but the penalty basically killed whatever momentum the Broncos had built, there was a bit of niggle both sides and I think it's important a young side like Brisbane divorce themselves from that sort of contest. I can see the other side of the argument as well, I think any Broncos fan natural reaction is to tap and go but I just think this is what the team was thinking in that situation and was a tactic they'd thought of prior to the game. Meanwhile with the first, Brisbane had just scored a very soft opening try and it was really just their second shot against them. Sure, they worked a really dumb play down their left which got Parker bundled into touch (seriously, why did we have so many bodies down such a confined bit of space, against those numbers?) but the Broncos had barely thrown anything at the Chooks in that set so I think they could have really extended their lead, even if the two is generally a more common play in that situation. Basically it just comes down to risk assessment for me. I think they ended up getting it right altogether but I hope it's a horses for courses approach, not just a general policy. [/QUOTE]

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