PRE-GAME [Round 19, 2025] Broncos vs Titans

[theshed]

Personally, depending on what happens in origin exactly - I’d still play our full squad.

Patty and Payne can do highly reduced minutes. 30 minutes or less from those guys is still better than 20 minutes of Talty and Junt.

if we are doing okay, you don’t even bring them back on for a second stint.

Then we are off with the bye, and you can have those 2 barely train at all outside of some rehab the week leading into the eels.

Plenty of time to get the body recovered. Give them less minutes against the eels too if the game permits.

No need to rest them.

I’d be open to sitting them both on the bench and let Xavier, Jensen and Kobe show what they’re worth.

Imagine being the titans knowing that Payne and Patty could come on at any minute.

 

[Big Del]

Jensen

If he has more than a cork to his calf I would expect him to be out at least 2 weeks minimum .

 

[Harry]

Look at everything that was so good to see about our side against the Dogs - passion, heart, belief, dedication, stamina, perseverance, toughness and grit.

Cobbo is the antithesis of every single one of these.

He honestly doesn’t deserve to wear a Broncos jersey and I want him nowhere near this squad in any capacity, because the only thing a dead weight like him is going to do is drag others down.

 

[Zhesty]

Agree with the decision to let Cobbo go but not a fan of how people are shitting on him around here. Feels like some people only want to back a player when they are in form and playing well but happy to shit on these human beings when they are not. These same people then complain about a lack of loyalty.

 

[theshed]

Agree with the decision to let Cobbo go but not a fan of how people are shitting on him around here. Feels like some people only want to back a player when they are in form and playing well but happy to shit on these human beings when they are not. These same people then complain about a lack of loyalty.

It’s a fair point and people should go easy. Me definitely included.

I think bashing Billy Walters who gives his all, or a guy like Arthars or previously Walsh is harsher. They seem fully committed and can just have a bad run of form.

Cobbo has lacked effort though and that’s easier to judge

 

[McHunt]

Agree with the decision to let Cobbo go but not a fan of how people are shitting on him around here. Feels like some people only want to back a player when they are in form and playing well but happy to shit on these human beings when they are not. These same people then complain about a lack of loyalty.

It's not "form;" it's a pattern of laziness that's spanned his entire career, despite coddling, and only metastasized resulting in him being banished to Cup, and ultimately kicked out of the club.

I think bashing Billy Walters who gives his all, or a guy like Arthars or previously Walsh is harsher. They seem fully committed and can just have a bad run of form.

Walters, Hetherington, Fletcher, Paix etc have come under fire for being only marginally NRL standard. But having the odd good game, or standout moments. Whereas questionmarks around Jesse would be related to competition from depth, like Mariner and Karapani. Fair game.

 

[Dexter]

What a blessed run we’ve had… 5 shit teams and two byes during origin

Then another bye and eels rabbits Jesus Christ that’s soft

You must be just trolling at this stage. 2 top 4 teams taken care of in that list but you know this. You just must be shitting yourself that we go on a run. If we happen to win a premiership it will ruin your decade.
Seriously dude at this point it seems that you'd rather your team loses than you be wrong.
How ****ed is that?

 

[Dexter]

With that win and off the back of the game from Willison I could see Payne getting a rest.

Patty needs a rest too, but that could come down to how many minutes he plays in origin.

If they get a rest then it's a 2 week break until the run home to the finals.

Issues is we have no props other than Willison, so his hand might be forced.

Expecting them both to be named

Depends just how many niggles they have . 11 days from the Warriors game to Origin then 12 days from the Tits game to eels so 2 games in 23 days isn't that bad.

 

[BroncsFan]

Depends just how many niggles they have . 11 days from the Warriors game to Origin then 12 days from the Tits game to eels so 2 games in 23 days isn't that bad.

It seems like Payne has some niggles (groin and back reported so far)... and Patty has looked a bit off the pace so far this year.

Our issue is we just don't have the depth in the middles to actually rest them.

I think rest Payne, but play Patty... put Smoothy on the bench to be back up lock and hopefully Patty can get some reduced minutes.

 

[broncsgoat]

You must be just trolling at this stage. 2 top 4 teams taken care of in that list but you know this. You just must be shitting yourself that we go on a run. If we happen to win a premiership it will ruin your decade.
Seriously dude at this point it seems that you'd rather your team loses than you be wrong.
How ****ed is that?

Both of those teams are actually terrible. We aren’t playing well. Each week there’s people on this forum who stop watching or threaten too because of how badly we’re playing, then we tin ass a 10 minute run and win. I just want us to play well for 80, which we haven’t all year. We’ve also had two byes, and now the bottom three teams coming up along with another bye. We should win all of these games and that would be great, but if it’s by playing poorly, we’re just preparing ourselves to get butt ****ed by the storm In a months time.

 

[Dexter]

I see what Hypex is getting at - it's basically a play him as a roaming 5/8th-lock and play some ad-lib backyard footy for 20-odd minutes a game. Doesn't have to take 15+ hitups from fullback/wing and turn and chase kicks or catch bombs.

Problem is this player only works if you have a completely dominant, in-form 1-16, that are always in control and/or you're in front by 20+ against a team you know is broken. We aren't there yet

It's a luxury at best and a hail mary at worst, and Madge doesn't strike me as a gambler

And he's leaving, so honestly who cares about how much game time he's getting right now

Have a look at the lead up to Billys try. Smoothy pushes up in support of Kobe? I think. He helps him stay on his feet when he gets tackled then immedialtely drops back on side to provide the inside option for Reyno which Reyno took. Smoothy pokes his nose through and gets a good PTB in for billy to scoot and score.
Those second efforts and game awareness just don't happen with Cobbo.

 

[Dexter]

Both of those teams are actually terrible. We aren’t playing well. Each week there’s people on this forum who stop watching or threaten too because of how badly we’re playing, then we tin ass a 10 minute run and win. I just want us to play well for 80, which we haven’t all year. We’ve also had two byes, and now the bottom three teams coming up along with another bye. We should win all of these games and that would be great, but if it’s by playing poorly, we’re just preparing ourselves to get butt ****ed by the storm In a months time.

I have no fear of the Storm.
I think we did play well against the Dogs although we did make too many mistakes early we defended really well and the Dogs tin arsed 2 tries off kicks but that's ok right. Apart from that they never really looked like scoring again.
When we got our chances we didn't tin arse any of our points just iced the moments with precision.
This season is building since Ezra and Walsh have returned and we still have not had our best side (IMO) on the field or had our half play consistently well.
If we stay fit and sneak into the 4 anything is possible with how open the comp is.

 

[Allo]

Have a look at the lead up to Billys try. Smoothy pushes up in support of Kobe? I think. He helps him stay on his feet when he gets tackled then immedialtely drops back on side to provide the inside option for Reyno which Reyno took. Smoothy pokes his nose through and gets a good PTB in for billy to scoot and score.
Those second efforts and game awareness just don't happen with Cobbo.

I’m not saying I agree with him, just I can understand his vision of a way for Cobbo to be effective if he were to be part of the 17.

But I agree there’s too many potential drawbacks for it to be viable

 

[Dexter]

I’m not saying I agree with him, just I can understand his vision of a way for Cobbo to be effective if he were to be part of the 17.

But I agree there’s too many potential drawbacks for it to be viable

Absolutely, I thought the post had good points and Cobbo playing well is in my 17 but not as a bench forward. I just can't imagine the carnage if he got caught at marker and had to make effort on effort tackles. That's exactly what teams would do if he was in the middle.

 

[heartly87]

You must be just trolling at this stage. 2 top 4 teams taken care of in that list but you know this. You just must be shitting yourself that we go on a run. If we happen to win a premiership it will ruin your decade.
Seriously dude at this point it seems that you'd rather your team loses than you be wrong.
How ****ed is that?

Almost sounding like Gordo at this point isn't he. Sometimes people just want to be right about their opinion of a coach and can't see the fruit for the trees.

We are on the up and there is a good deal of fruit starting to show from the hard work that's been done. Still a chance it all rots and drops of but I am backing this lot. Get on board fella.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Problem with those players is if they turn up not in the mood to do stuff.

You just can't have that.....

I mean.....who out of the elite players in the past that Cobbo has been compared to ....with his potential, fits that category
RE: I don't feel like playing footy today?

I was on his side.....I'd hoped he would rise to the challenge that McGuire was setting him.
To turn tail,
on the club he supposedly always wanted to be a part of?

Move to the bow....you disgust me.

 

[Big Del]

It's not "form;" it's a pattern of laziness that's spanned his entire career, despite coddling, and only metastasized resulting in him being banished to Cup, and ultimately kicked out of the club.


Walters, Hetherington, Fletcher, Paix etc have come under fire for being only marginally NRL standard. But having the odd good game, or standout moments. Whereas questionmarks around Jesse would be related to competition from depth, like Mariner and Karapani. Fair game.

Well ,,, Madge was singing his praises in the presser ....

 

[Big Del]