What is happening at the Broncos?

[Super Freak]

It’s Wallace he went to panthers and isn’t even playing in the halves.

Were you around to watch him play for the Broncos?

 

[theshed]

When's his contract finish with the panthers? Would it be worth bringing him back on the cheap?

God no. He was a terrible half except for next to Lockyer, and he will be 33 this year.

 

[Cult]

On this day in 2009 Peter Wallace kicked a field goal to give us the win against guess who... The Cowboys

 

[Nashy]

Loved the days where we could beat those useless hicks.

 

[Danoz Direct]

We may just have to wait until if/when one of our halfbacks coming through are ready.

 

[Horseheadsup]

Loved the days where we could beat those useless hicks.

What a team.(sigh..)

 

[Morkel]

On this day in 2009 Peter Wallace kicked a field goal to give us the win against guess who... The Cowboys

Cops a late, flying elbow to the face for his troubles too.

But it's only Thurston who gets hit late, right?

 

[roo-ted]

On this day in 2009 Peter Wallace kicked a field goal to give us the win against guess who... The Cowboys

Footy was so much better to watch back then

 

[kat00]

Approx, what is pretty good coin ? Over 100k? Over 200 k?

140+
First pay packet was $38.00, first pay rise $1.00 per week, albeit 40 years ago.
Like footy players I only went to 3rd form hence why I dont feel sorry for them with their "Short Careers" poor bastards might have to get a real job at the end of their careers.
The dumb ones piss it up against the wall and we are still supposed to feel sorry for them. Please!

 

[Huge]

140+
First pay packet was $38.00, first pay rise $1.00 per week, albeit 40 years ago.
Like footy players I only went to 3rd form hence why I dont feel sorry for them with their "Short Careers" poor bastards might have to get a real job at the end of their careers.
The dumb ones piss it up against the wall and we are still supposed to feel sorry for them. Please!

Yes, I know what you mean. My first pay was $28 dollars, in a little but thick paper yellow envelope. I quickly took some change from the cash register, 3 x 20 cent pieces to insert into the mechanical push pull smoke machine , boy did I ever feel like a man ! 16 years old, peach fuzz face and a smoke hanging from the working mans lips ha ha. That was 1974, the year of the flood. Heavy Hardware, Reids/ Cribb and Footes Ipswich.
Far cry from the 230+ plus now ! If the average first grader works/plays for 6 years he should be close to set up for life. After all, you only need to buy a couple of big commercial sheds to virtually guarantee an income of a $1,000 a week for the rest of your life. You'd have them paid off in 4 years using your wage and the tenants rent.

 

[winslow_wong]

Buck the trend with Broncoshq financial services.

 

[mrslong]

Can I ask something off topic for a sec?

How can you have nearly six and a half thousand posts and only five hundred likes??

Same goes for a few others on here - only asking out of curiosity - how does that work?

Lol! It's cos I'm old. I don't post as much as I used to, the last 5 years I have only really been involved in the VRL side of BHQ. 5000 of my posts were before the world of Likes etc. Otherwise I'd have 5500 likes.

 

[Nashy]

Buck the trend with Broncoshq financial services.

I can't wait till we start seeing the commissions earned!

 

[Mr Fourex]

6th motherfuckers!

I notice most in the "top group" are either staff members or "contributors"

Hmmm......

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Brisbane Broncos development scouts asleep at the wheel, says Peter Badel

BRISBANE coach Wayne Bennett was once spruiking the acumen of the late Cyril Connell, the greatest talent scout in Broncos history, and what separated him from the rest of the pack.
“Some scouts ... they just can’t pick ‘em,” said Bennett in his classic, taciturn style.
Those words are as compelling as they are prophetic, because the dearth of playmakers in the Broncos system today is an indictment on their recent development methods.
Connell, who passed away in 2009, is sadly gone.
The Broncos miss him in more ways than one. Critically, aside from Connell’s human spirit, the Broncos miss his eye for talent and his knack for unearthing the rough diamonds no-one else wanted.
Players like Wendell Sailor, and Darius Boyd.
Oates wants forwards switch, but not that much
Bennett punishes players for ‘stupid football’
Great Scott holds no fear
There is a reason Brisbane are mired in the longest premiership drought in their history. Much of it can be blamed on their shambolic development and inability to shrewdly mine the vast resources of talent scattered throughout Queensland.
Despite being a $42 million empire armed with development weapons no other NRL club can match, the Broncos have failed to produce a superstar player since Darren Lockyer emerged 22 years ago.
Four of the NRL’s current superstars — Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater and Johnathan Thurston — are the heartbeat of the Queensland Origin team. They were all in Brisbane’s backyard.
They have never worn Broncos colours.
Brisbane’s No. 1 halfback Kodi Nikorima, who will oppose Thurston this Friday night, has played most of his NRL career as an interchange player. His halves partner, Anthony Milford, was poached from Canberra ... after the Raiders found him first on Queensland soil at Inala.
Brisbane’s back-up halfback this season, Troy Dargan, is a 20-year-old signed six months ago from ... Parramatta in New South Wales.

Legendary Broncos scout Cyril Connell. Picture: Jeff Camden
Why are the Broncos’ development scouts asleep at the wheel? Where’s the next Allan Langer? Or Kevin Walters? Which individuals at the club are prepared to be honest and take ownership for the incessant scouting bungles that are costing the Broncos premierships?
Brisbane football-operations chief Peter Nolan, a salary-cap whiz and one of the best list managers in the NRL, is now tasked with cleaning up the mess.
The list of head-spinning gaffes goes on.
In 2013, an 18-year-old from Rockhampton was invited to a Broncos development day. After one look at him, Broncos scouts shook their heads and walked away. A month later, the rookie signed with Melbourne.
The Storm rated the kid so highly he was wined and dined by coach Craig Bellamy and Maroons skipper Smith.
His name was Cameron Munster. Five years on, he is a Queensland Origin player and NRL premiership winner.

Cameron Munster, who hails from Rockhampton, is now a Queensland Origin star and Melbourne Storm premiership winner. Picture: Colleen Petch
In the same year, a young gun from Beenleigh was being groomed by the Broncos to be the next Lockyer. His name was Corey Norman. Within months, he quit Red Hill to join Parramatta, who outbid the Broncos for his signature.
What Bennett would give to have Munster or Norman on his books today.
Of course, scouting is an inexact science and even the best talent-identification types, like Cyril Connell, will have moments where risk outweighs reward and they are left to lament the one that got away.

Corey Norman in action for the Broncos. Picture: Darren England
Sometimes the ugly ducklings come good, just as the golden wonderboy loses shine before his time.
But too many good Queensland kids are slipping the Broncos net.
Losing an Ashley Taylor or Ben Hunt, or failing to sign a Thurston or Munster, are recruitment mistakes that can set clubs back a generation.
It’s time pampered Broncos scouts lifted their game and started picking ‘em. Queensland’s flagship club deserves another superstar.
The future of their champion coach, Wayne Bennett, may well depend on it.

 

[Unbreakable]

I don't think anyone is to blame for the Corey Norman one except Corey Norman, tbh. He played like a massive pea heart when he was with us, same attitude as Boyd at the moment, except with 25% of the skill. We were all happy to see the back of him. Turns out he was a Five-Eighth, and a pretty good one.

 

[Allo]

I don't think anyone is to blame for the Corey Norman one except Corey Norman, tbh. He played like a massive pea heart when he was with us, same attitude as Boyd at the moment, except with 25% of the skill. We were all happy to see the back of him. Turns out he was a Five-Eighth, and a pretty good one.

I didn’t want him gone. Sure he didn’t put in as often as he should’ve, and he was still a bit rough, but he got bounced around what felt like weekly, and as we’ve seen, someone like Corey doesn’t respond well to that. Now that attitude is a different discussion, but from late 2012-13, it should’ve been Norman and Hunt in the halves.

 

[Mr Fourex]

When's his contract finish with the panthers? Would it be worth bringing him back on the cheap?

That fucken tears it !!! No...no it fucken wouldn't.

Jesus...get a fucken grip!!

Peter Wallace was shit, you people are scraping the bottom of the barrell already. You're judging a players ability based on how less shitty they are than another. FMD!! How many premierships did we win with Peter fucken Wallace as halfback??

KNik has played in more grand finals than that red headed numpty......