POST GAME Round 25 - Broncos vs Eels

[Super Freak]

Are yous seriously picking on Nikorima, majority of yous were saying no to ash in favour Nikorima a week ago.

Like who?

 

[vertigo]

He could've shown courage and leadership during the press conference by putting his hand up for his disgraceful performance, but instead he goes on about how he didn't see much wrong with our effort and performance, especially in our first 20 minutes... seriously?

Is this legit?

A captain in denial is the last thing we need, next time we face a bit of adversity hes going to drop his bundle again thinking like that.

 

[Super Freak]

It pissed down for plenty of the day, they had to change boots at half time, and their jerseys were see through from the water.

Eels threw 53 more passes than us, as well 5 offloads. They had a completion rate of 88%.

How can we say conditions was a factor?

 

[broncos4life]

52 points conceded bro.

Blaming the halfback for 52 points leaked in defence is crazy bro.

 

[Porthoz]

Is this legit?

A captain in denial is the last thing we need, next time we face a bit of adversity hes going to drop his bundle again thinking like that.

http://www.nrl.com/rd-25-press-conference-broncos/tabid/10959/contentid/934358/default.aspx

 

[Nashy]

Is this legit?

A captain in denial is the last thing we need, next time we face a bit of adversity hes going to drop his bundle again thinking like that.

With any luck Daddy Wayne told him to say it, right after he smacked his ass red raw with a wooden spoon.

 

[Nashy]

Eels threw 53 more passes than us, as well 5 offloads. They had a completion rate of 88%.

How can we say conditions was a factor?

Stop worrying about what the Eels did. Our team never plays well in rain.

 

[winslow_wong]

Blaming the halfback for 52 points leaked in defence is crazy bro.

Wasn't laying blame solely on knik. Some people have said the loss wasn't so bad considering we scored 34 points. I'm just saying 52 points is bad no matter how you look at it.

 

[BRC088]

I guess, it really should have only been 34-46. Considering how bad we played, that's only 12-nil.

 

[mrslong]

Blaming the halfback for 52 points leaked in defence is crazy bro.

I'm blaming a winger for 24 of them though.....

 

[Nashy]

The Cowboys will win.

I don't know if we can turn a big loss like that around in a week.

It was an 18 point loss

 

[Porthoz]

In fairness, as I said in the U20's thread, their game was a knock-on-a-thon with probably less than 50% completion rate, so I wouldn't be surprised if the conditions were pretty greasy.
On the other hand, the Eels completed at about 90% in FG, so why didn't we?

We can play the 18 pts difference card and/or the 34 points we scored, but our last 3 tries were gimmies we would have never scored against a serious team like Storm, Chooks, Sharks or even the depleted Cowboys, and was nowhere near the reflection of what actually happened on the field.

What happened last night was symptomatic, and my only hope is that it will actually deeply hurt and shame all the players so much they will do anything to make up for it.

 

[CaptainHook]

The result last night takes me back to 2004 when the Broncos hosted Canterbury at Suncorp. it was a huge game with a big crowd and the Broncos were just completely humbled 46-18. It had a similar sort of feel as well. It wasn't a complete disgrace...just a timely reality check of how far the team was from being a premiership force.

Brisbane suffered a similar loss against Canberra in 2001 (Dell's final home game). Right now, I get the feeling the Broncos will follow a similar path.

Bennett talked about that game in his book. He said that was when he knew we couldn't win the comp.

I think it works the opposite way too. We thumped the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs in late in '06 and '15 and you got the feeling something was building.

 

[Porthoz]

I'm blaming a winger for 24 of them though.....

Well, Niko certainly had an hand in a few of them as well, but he was just one of the many who didn't show up last night.

 

[CaptainHook]

It was an 18 point loss

The game was over long before we pegged it back to 18. We could still be out there now and not catch them.

Outplayed in every facet of the game.

 

[Nashy]

The game was over long before we pegged it back to 18. We could still be out there now and not catch them.

Outplayed in every facet of the game.

No one is denying that. Pointless argument really, can't change it. What we can change is the fact that people keep calling it a massive loss. It was an 18 point loss, in wet weather, where a few bad calls gave the other team a real helping hand, and a few errors killed any chance of coming back from it, which in turn, demoralised the squad.

 

[WASSHHH]

18 points.

Respectfully, obviously you've been in this forum a long, long time, so you're a league and Broncos fan - which I certainly appreciate.
But if you honestly think the game was close or that we could have almost won / deserved to, as you've intimated, I'm sorry but you're being naive.
Aside from a handful of players, the way the rest played with no intent, no passion and dropped their bundle as soon as things got hairy - Parramatta should have annihilated us like the Storm would have. 24-0 after 20 minutes and 52-34 at full time says just as much about Parramatta as it does about us - which is why Brad Arthur was seething in the post-match conference.
52-34 is a hiding when you're second on the ladder and fifth does that to you.
18-0, 24-6, 30-12 are good solid wins and a lot different to 52-34, which is a scrappy and uninspiring game, one we lost to boot.
That said, I will support them again next week and every week like I have my entire life and will be more than happy to eat humble-pie if this is nothing more than a hiccup.

 

[Nashy]

Respectfully, obviously you've been in this forum a long, long time, so you're a league and Broncos fan - which I certainly appreciate.
But if you honestly think the game was close or that we could have almost won / deserved to, as you've intimated, I'm sorry but you're being naive.
Aside from a handful of players, the way the rest played with no intent, no passion and dropped their bundle as soon as things got hairy - Parramatta should have annihilated us like the Storm would have. 24-0 after 20 minutes and 52-34 at full time says just as much about Parramatta as it does about us - which is why Brad Arthur was seething in the post-match conference.
52-34 is a hiding when you're second on the ladder and fifth does that to you.
18-0, 24-6, 30-12 are good solid wins and a lot different to 52-34, which is a scrappy and uninspiring game, one we lost to boot.
That said, I will support them again next week and every week like I have my entire life and will be more than happy to eat humble-pie if this is nothing more than a hiccup.

We all saw the same game. Don't worry, I'm not saying we played well at all. We played like a bunch of under 12's. But it's not the end of the world.