22/23 Off season - what must be done?

[Foordy]

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**** ... we couldn't even win these

 

[K-Style]

Every other player on the kick returns list is a fullback. It was interesting that teams kept kicking to Oates. The Dragons kept doing it and Oates kept catching them and charging through them.

 

[Super Freak]

Weren't the assistant coaches part of a review earlier in the season before our run? I recall their position at the club was under scrutiny.

I hope to hear the news within the next couple of weeks that they have been sacked and the club are making it a priority to bring in competent people that understand the modern game and what's required to be successful in it.

We need to do this before the pre-season starts.

 

[Sproj]

They need to go through due process. Outcomes likely won't be known until next month at the earliest.

 

[Johnny92]

We need to run the same spine all preseason.
If Herbie doesn't get a shot a fullback and wants the right side he gets it over Staggs. He needs to be a priority must keep and Kotoni hasn't earned that spot. The best centre has priority what side they want.
Sort Payne Haas contract saga out straight after the season review.. let him walk before November 1 so we have the cash to offer what becomes available, Ben Hunt is the obvious player to chase.
Get some guys on train and trials who would give everything for full-time contracts.
Bring in some assistants preferably some who's played in the past 10-15 years that's acheieved something with a good footy brain, that the players can respect.
Army camps, gap runs get the guys fit and mentally tough.
Fines and punishments for blokes who rock up late etc. If your late your out digging holes on a construction site for a week.

 

[bert_lifts]

If Herbie doesn't get a shot a fullback and wants the right side he gets it over Staggs. He needs to be a priority

Agree 100%. herbie needs to be retained at all costs. At least he has a crack in a shit team unlike most of these other plodders we have. His injury was a huge loss for us.

 

[Viti]

I’ve been thinking about it for a while and I’m not sure what his contract situation is like but would anyone entertain a Haas - Tapine swap?

 

[Jason Simmons]

I think the Broncos fundamentally need to identify what sort of football team we are and have a determined focus on working towards that...

Are we a wrestling team like Melbourne?

No.

Do we play with carefree attacking flair?

No.

Do we enjoy getting in the grind week in week out and eking out wins?

Hell, no.

Are we a second-half team that comes home strong over teams, playing high percentage football that continues through-out the game until the intensity wears the other teams down and they collapse?

At times we were and this style led to considerable success for us this year, including over teams such as Canberra, Cronulla, Souths and the Eels. It seems this style held significant promise for us, but for some reason we completely abandoned this style after the Round 19, Eels game, or were not fit enough / able enough to continue with it...

To me, that holds the most promise instead of vague hand-waving "we need to improve" guff. Yes we do, but we need a bloody plan that we actually stick to, to achieve it...

 

[McHunt]

I think the Broncos fundamentally need to identify what sort of football team we are and have a determined focus on working towards that...

Are we a wrestling team like Melbourne?

No.

Do we play with carefree attacking flair?

No.

Do we enjoy getting in the grind week in week out and eking out wins?

Hell, no.

Are we a second-half team that comes home strong over teams, playing high percentage football that continues through-out the game until the intensity wears the other teams down and they collapse?

At times we were and this style led to considerable success for us this year, including over teams such as Canberra, Cronulla, Souths and the Eels. It seems this style held significant promise for us, but for some reason we completely abandoned this style after the Round 19, Eels game, or were not fit enough / able enough to continue with it...

To me, that holds the most promise instead of vague hand-waving "we need to improve" guff. Yes we do, but we need a bloody plan that we actually stick to, to achieve it...

We like to party.

 

[Midean]

I’ve been thinking about it for a while and I’m not sure what his contract situation is like but would anyone entertain a Haas - Tapine swap?

As long as he leaves his insane misses in Canberra.

 

[Santa]

Big problems reported in Manly. We should raid them for some players/coaches...

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/tom-trbojevic-responds-to-manly-bombshell-that-would-destroy-the-club/news-story/6d2c11919804fec3bab0a29a53746c32

 

[McHunt]

Big problems reported in Manly. We should raid them for some players/coaches...

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/tom-trbojevic-responds-to-manly-bombshell-that-would-destroy-the-club/news-story/6d2c11919804fec3bab0a29a53746c32

Every club from 10th down has even worse problems than us. We should raid from the top 4.

 

[Sproj]

We should raid from the top 4.

Yet another brilliant idea from you. It sort of makes you wonder why every team in the comp doesn't do this.

 

[Bull Shark]

Not that it makes a hill of beans difference to what will transpire but for those who want to hear a little more about Shane Flanagan's coaching, the latest episode of James Graham's podcast had some interesting tid bits. Michael Ennis was the guest (what I wouldn't give to have the 25 year old version of him at the Broncos now).

 

[McHunt]

Yet another brilliant idea from you. It sort of makes you wonder why every team in the comp doesn't do this.

Thanks for your kind words. Beats me, too. I keep hearing how top 4 teams like the Roosters and Storm keeping poaching from us. Dumb *****.

 

[BooKhaki]

I’ve been thinking about it for a while and I’m not sure what his contract situation is like but would anyone entertain a Haas - Tapine swap?

Raiders wouldn't entertain it.

 

[Alex Wingnut]

Staggs is a real worry. 0 tries, 0 line breaks, less than a 100 mtrs running avg in the past 8 games. Those are awful stats for a big money strike centre. His dragging then dropping from NSW really did his head in. It's a maturity thing and he'll learn to deal with it. He'll be better for it next year.

Yeah that's spot on, he was in great form until then, a lot of people on here haven't taken notice that I think Olam is the only person to beat him 1 on 1 resulting in a try this season. Has been safe as houses come up most of the time, has made 7-8 genuine try savers and has been dangerous when we actually get him the ball in good positions.

We are kind of turning him into Fifita just chuck him the ball and hope he pulls off a miracle. In his first 2 years most of his tries were off overlaps and having to beat maybe 1 or 2 people.

This early ball shit just isolates him against 3-4 people every time, all of his tries and linebreaks this year were just freakish individual brilliance. If we can implement him into our attacking shapes more and set up feasible try scoring situations for him then I'm sure we'll see those stats go back to where they were.

 

[calsy]

How could this same team flog the Dragons mid season @ Suncorp during an origin week and then lose in the final round when the Broncos had everything to play for and the Dragons nothing?

I don't like to throw out the "Origin" excuse but when we had a consistent playing group in the first half of the year... I mean hell people were joking about putting up a Reynold's statue at Suncorp we looked that good at times.

Then you have Origin, you have Reynold's in and out of the team, you have guys suspended and injured and by the end of the season you have a team playing musical chairs with a revolving door of characters. Add a relatively new head coach who's answer is throwing around platitudes about heart, passion, softness... all whimsical nonsense.

Do we lack the depth for a full season of ups and downs? Is it something the coach staff can possibly fix? How do other teams manage it?