POST GAME [Round 2, 2024] Broncos vs Rabbitohs

[Wolfie]

Billy tonight was pretty poor. Back to the poor version of Billy, nowhere near the player at the back end of last year.

 

[Wolfie]

Maybe. I just get the feeling that he's not 100. Just seems flatter to me. I will watch it again and maybe eat my words.

Tbf, he might not be 100%. He did come into the game on the back of having a groin strain.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

"Minor medial injury". Not even close to an ACL.

 

[Mustafur]

Billy tonight was pretty poor. Back to the poor version of Billy, nowhere near the player at the back end of last year.

yeah, there was some confusion going on with who wanted the ball at times that didn't help, but that play where he completely missed the Reyno pass was poor.

 

[broncos4life]

Danika ‘grave concerns’ Mason doing her part to fuel the media bullshit machine.

 

[vertigo]

Also did anyone see ezra mam tonight in attack? I can't even remember seeing him with the ball

Hasn't found a way to get into the game, frustrating.

 

[Swordfish]

Our lads are emotionally & physically drained by the dreaded trip to Vegas. Nothing good has happened for us. It did more harm than good for mine. Don’t reckon most of them are fully fit to play the long season ahead.

It may still be R2 & long way to go but R1 and the shit nonsense around is no good to us.

 

[Culhwch]

Tbf, he might not be 100%. He did come into the game on the back of having a groin strain.

Gotta ease up on him during the week, Wolfman. God knows it will be hard, but for the sake of our season...

 

[Bronx48]

Our lads are emotionally & physically drained by the dreaded trip to Vegas. Nothing good has happened for us. It did more harm than good for mine. Don’t reckon most of them are fully fit to play the long season ahead.

It may still be R2 & long way to go but R1 and the shit nonsense around is no good to us.

They honestly look exhausted….. it’s going to be a long season if they don’t fix this shit up

 

[007]

The Good:

• Cobbo, has learnt from last match and had a great game. Kudos to him. I had doubts he would learn quickly.
• Baker, solid role - did what was needed. Good value.
• Carrigan, machine like normal.
• Arthars, clinical and simple.
• Mariner, bright future for this man.

The bad:

• Marty needs to calm down with the offloads. Its almost like he has forgotten he is a big strong unit, focus on meters forward rather than second phase will bring huge benefits. If his eye isn't on the receiver - hold it!
• Hetherington had a shocker.
• Smoothy was clunky and his passes were either forward or wide. This killed early set momentum early in second half.
• Reynolds, knee doesn't look good. Put him on ice.

To Change:

• Arthars to FB. Mariner possibly later in season depending on Reynolds recovery. Oates to Wing.
• Walsh to 7. Its earlier than expected, but his play in the line tonight showed he can do the job. It doesn't matter on the number, but he has strike. All that's needed for him to be in the halves is a calming of excitement in pressure moments. Its almost a Lockyer late career situation. He can do the job - but only with mam taking more role of game management to let him play free.
• We still need another impact backrower.....Thin on the edges with rotation. Gives me Melbourne 2023 vibes.
• ***Assuming Reynolds is injured***

 

[Mustafur]

sit back and enjoy our best parts of the game and not the bad parts

 

[Nerd]

If we can just get Reece to put the frantic stuff away for the first 20 minutes our game will improve immensely. After the first 20 is when players start to tire and the gaps will just start to open up for him.

 

[Brocko]

+2, and I never want to speak about it, or see anything from that game ever again.

Kev however, better be drilling the boys for how shit we were. I really hope its just a case of disjointed pre season and first few weeks of season.

 

[broncsgoat]

flying to Vegas isn’t some round the world journey… it’s like 12 hours on a flight to la and an hour up the road (4hourd by car)… don’t really buy it as a reason we look off the boil

 

[007]

Billy tonight was pretty poor. Back to the poor version of Billy, nowhere near the player at the back end of last year.

He was trying to compensate and trying too hard. Mam is off the boil at the moment. Even in Vegas Mam had a shocker, its evident in the attack he is missing.

 

[Culhwch]

Kev overcompensating with a shirt with the biggest collar he could find, trying to offset that tree trunk of a neck he is rocking.

 

[Sproj]

Big Ears:

- "Can't fault the effort"
- Had great defense
- Without saying his name, singled out Ilias MULTIPLE times
- Reporter trying to get Haas suspended for getting a hurt knee or something - this was weird
- "Gotta get our stuff right as we're a very good side as we showed tonight in patches"
- Murray: "We defended our errors really well"

 

[Culhwch]

Big Ears:

- "Can't fault the effort"
- Had great defense
- Without saying his name, singled out Ilias MULTIPLE times
- Reporter trying to get Haas suspended for getting a hurt knee or something - this was weird
- "Gotta get our stuff right as we're a very good side as we showed tonight in patches"
- Murray: "We defended our errors really well"

I'm still on Demeets for first coach sacked.