2014 Broncos Season

[broncsgoat]

Anyone else worried about how small that forward pack is?

 

[Alec]

Not really, I think size is largely overrated in the modern game unless they are both large AND skillful or quick.

 

[broncsgoat]

Fair enough...

I just thought last year we got destroyed by teams with genuine size, which was a driving factor behind recruiting Kennedy.

 

[Brent81]

Fair enough...

I just thought last year we got destroyed by teams with genuine size, which was a driving factor behind recruiting Kennedy.

You're right.

You need a big pack to win the comp. Small forwards just don't get the job done anymore.

 

[Brent81]

Small blokes just get stood over.

Our best pack

8 Hannant
9 McCullough
10 Kennedy
11 Thaiday
12 Glenn
13 Parker

bench
14 Maguire
15 Gillett

 

[Unbreakable]

Small blokes just get stood over.

Our best pack

8 Hannant
9 McCullough
10 Kennedy
11 Thaiday
12 Glenn
13 Parker

bench
14 Maguire
15 Gillett

I understand the concept, but McGuire is the best prop we've got at the moment, he might be a couple of inches shorter than Hannant, but he probably runs twice as hard.

 

[Alec]

It wasn't the size of the pack, it was the fact they didn't move up at all in defence.

 

[Brent81]

I understand the concept, but McGuire is the best prop we've got at the moment, he might be a couple of inches shorter than Hannant, but he probably runs twice as hard.

Happy to start with Moose over Hannant.

Think Kennedy has to be a starter.

I still think we're a power runner short. Ideally, your two props and at least one second rower make the hard yards up the middle. Think we're missing that yardage eating second rower.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Happy to start with Moose over Hannant.

Think Kennedy has to be a starter.

I still think we're a power runner short. Ideally, your two props and at least one second rower make the hard yards up the middle. Think we're missing that yardage eating second rower.

I agree that we're still missing some starch in attack from the forwards we've got .

This talk of Fifita moving from the sharks. It'd be great to have someone like him in the pack.

Now Sam Burgess is leaving the Bunnies, I wonder if we could lure one of the twins up here?

 

[Foordy]

Fifitas asking price is ridiculous though ... he has been offered 750k+ by several of the Sydney teams. and if Souths meet that price, they may have to offload one of the Burgess clan. and they will come a hell of a lot cheaper than that

 

[Super Freak]

If they were to sign one of the Burgess boys, I would prefer it to be George. Or Luke. Luke seems to be the most calm headed out of the lot. However, George is a very strong boy and a very strong runner. He is very hard to stop as we all saw last season.

 

[noisetheory]

luke is the worst of the lot.

they already offloaded sam burgess at the end of the season hence going after fifita.

croker and asotasi leaving probably free'd up a bit more cash too.

 

[Splinter]

Tom would be the cheapest and was supposedly better than George in Pommie land

 

[Bucking Beads]

Don't need more forwards imo. Need backs and halves

 

[Splinter]

Don't need more forwards imo. Need backs and halves

DCE is the only half we want and if we can't get him bring our own through

 

[Mr Fourex]

Don't need more forwards imo. Need backs and halves

Not forwards

a forward.

Big and hard running .....a continual line bender.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Yeah we don't need a forward. We need to.use the forwards we have better.

 

[Alec]

There are (pretty much) exactly only 2 weeks left until we play. :whoo: