Broncos 2013 Predictions

[Big Pete]

Posted a general 2013 predictions thread in the League Board, so why not devote one to the greatest club in the game? (if not ever...)

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder?
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going?
BHQ Player of the Year?
Top Try Scorer?
Name one player to make their rep. debut?
Best Back?
Best Forward?
Most Improved?
Rookie?
Disappointing?

If you can think of anymore categories please feel free to contribute. :biggrin:

 

[Big Pete]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 6th
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Reckon we can make it to week 2 before bowing out comfortably in the second week. Finishing top 4 is just really important.
BHQ Player of the Year? Big Show to capture the hearts and souls of the amazing BHQ community.
Top Try Scorer? Dale Copley will build on his impressive year and step it up.
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Josh McGuire. He'll be a popular choice.
Best Back? Hodgo!
Best Forward? McGuire!
Most Improved? I'm going to send all my good vibes to David Hala. Injuries have really affected him but he has the potential to be a real weapon off the bench and give us the intimidation we miss with our runs at times.
Rookie? Mitchell Frei will have a big off-season and become a very handy versatile bench option. Might even become a fan favourite.
Disappointing? I just don't see Corey Norman working out. His track record is poor and he just doesn't strike me as what a Bronco SHOULD BE. I think 2013 is the year it becomes abundantly clear and we secure some promising up and comer that divides opinion on here.

 

[Kimlo]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 5
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Grand finalists
BHQ Player of the Year? Shaun Johnson... Ok Justin Hodges
Top Try Scorer? Jharal Yow Yeh
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Josh McGuire
Best Back? Justin Hodges
Best Forward? Josh McGuire
Most Improved? Josh Hoffman
Rookie? No idea
Disappointing? No one

 

[Alec]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 10th
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Depends where we finish and how our creativity improves.
BHQ Player of the Year? Justin Hodges
Top Try Scorer? Dale Copley
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Josh McGuire
Best Back? Justin Hodges
Best Forward? Ben Hannant
Most Improved? Fingers crossed for Norman or Hoffman.
Rookie? Whitchurch?
Disappointing? Yow Yeh, I don't think he'll be able to adjust in his first year back.

 

[Son Edo]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 8-9
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Knocked out in week one or two
BHQ Player of the Year? Alex Glenn
Top Try Scorer? Copley
Name one player to make their rep. debut? McGuire
Best Back? Hodges
Best Forward? McGuire
Most Improved? Thaiday
Disappointing? Jack Reed

 

[GCBRONCO]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? Somewhere between 5th and 10th, Its hard to say at this stage
How do you see them going? Well that depends, if we fall over relying on early wins in the season we will be gone first round, if however we can build momentum anything is possible with the right team structure.
BHQ Player of the Year? Alex Glenn
Top Try Scorer? Alex Glenn
Name one player to make their rep. debut? McGuire
Best Back? Hodges or Copley
Best Forward? Glenn
Most Improved? Hala
Rookie? Kahu
Disappointing? Hoffman or Norman. I don't think you can say Yow Yeh will be disappointing, its hard to expect anything of him given the difficulty of level of injury he would be making a return from.

 

[vertigo]

I don't differ too much to your thoughts Pete, however I am very concerned about our attack (as if it hasn't been mentioned enough)

Copley and Hala (if he can come back from injury ok) are in for a big year.

Who knows what could happen to fullback next year if Hoffman stinks it up, Hodges could handle it (giving Copley a shot at centre), hell even Bond might get a crack.

 

[noisetheory]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 4-6. honestly think we'll be better next year.
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? all the way? nah maybe semis'..
BHQ Player of the Year? Alex Glenn. think he'll have a huge 2013 tbh.
Top Try Scorer? lets have a punt on maranta!!!
Name one player to make their rep. debut? would have to McGuire
Best Back? Copley for consistency.
Best Forward? I would really like this to be Sammy.
Most Improved? Corey Norman!!
Disappointing? hmm. probably reed.

 

[Charmamba]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 3rd
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? After a first round loss they will fire up and go all the way.
BHQ Player of the Year? Joe Bond, he will fire in the trials and force his way into the team pushing Hoffman into the second row.
Top Try Scorer? Maranta after the backline find form, Yow Yeh/Copely right behind him.
Name one player to make their rep. debut? McGuire
Best Back? Joe Bond
Best Forward? I would really like this to be Sammy.
Most Improved? Josh Hoffman after bulking up and finding his place in the forwards (from the bench)
Disappointing? Sam Thaiday, The pressure will get it him and midway into the season he will step down as captain to focus on his game.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 10th
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going?
BHQ Player of the Year? Josh McGuire
Top Try Scorer? Jack Reed
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Josh McGuire
Best Back? Jack Reed
Best Forward? Alex Glenn
Most Improved? Corey Norman
Rookie? Jarrad Wallace
Disappointing? Ben Hunt

 

[Dexter]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 7th -10th
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Out in 1
BHQ Player of the Year? Sam
Top Try Scorer? Glenn
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Josh McGuire
Best Back? Hodges
Best Forward? Alex Glenn
Most Improved? Copley
Rookie? Brendan Gibb
Disappointing? Anthony Griffin, he will stubbornly stick to his no frills game plan and that will be his undoing. Not even the Brisbane fans will keep turning up to watch it especially if we struggle early. New coach in 2014.

 

[Broncoman]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 6th to 8th. Still have 11 current rep players and a few bolters.
If the Broncos make the finals how do you see them going? Win in the 1st week out in the 2nd
BHQ player of the year Hodgo
Top try scorer No idea
Name on rep player to make their rep debut? Josh McGuire
Best back Justin Hodges
Best forward Ben Hannet
Most improved Dale Copley
Rookie Don't know
Dissapointing Sam Thiaday, ordinary leadership well let him down.

 

[The Brizz]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? On the back of the Prince move, we are a genuine top 4 prospect so I will say 4th.
If the Broncos make the finals how do you see them going? 3rd week I think.
BHQ player of the year? McGuire
Top try scorer? Bond
Name on rep player to make their rep debut? McGuire
Best back? Prince
Best forward? McGuire
Most improved? Wallace (if based solely on improving from last year)
Rookie? Bond
Dissapointing? Thaiday

 

[subsbligh]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 4-8. Not top 4 material still, and the mid-year Origin pressure will sap us again.
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Anything can happen but the final series are weighted towards the Top 4. Maybe GF qualifier at a pinch.
BHQ Player of the Year? Scott Prince
Top Try Scorer? Copley.
Name one player to make their rep. debut? I think Big Show is almost a certainty. I wouldn't be surprised if Gillett is dropped.
Best Back? Scott Prince
Best Forward? Alex Glenn
Most Improved? Copley
Rookie? TBA
Disappointing? Thaiday. He has been really average for the past 12 months. I hope it is just a crap injury plagued season but I fear it is not. Maybe the pressure of representative footy and captain of the team is too much?

 

[broncos4life]

Where will the Broncos finish on the ladder? 4 - I think it will be a similar scenario to this year. Go well for half a season, then getting screwed over by origin, but I think with some experience in the form of stagg will help the younger forwards, and the creativity from Prince will mean we seize the scoring opportunities we get from good field position so we will pick up a few more wins post origin than this year
If the Broncos make the finals, how do you see them going? Grand final
BHQ Player of the Year? Prince
Top Try Scorer? Copley - With Prince actually knowing how to pass the ball and put a player through a hole I think we will see alot more tries form our wingers. Although this 'new' style of play may take a while for the team to get used to, and will certainly be a big change from our standard game plan of 'give to Glenn and pray like Tebow'
Name one player to make their rep. debut? Has to be Moose
Best Back? Prince
Best Forward? Glenn
Most Improved? Norman or hoffman, whoever gets the FB gig
Rookie? who knows
Disappointing? Reed maybe, i dont know

 

[Broncoman]

I'm confident we will be competitive next year with Prince and Stagg arriving. At the highest I think we will only just sneek into the top 4.

 

[Big Pete]

Rookie? Mitchell Frei will have a big off-season and become a very handy versatile bench option. Might even become a fan favourite.

I'm off to a cracking start. :laugh:

New nominee: Corey Oates. Might be a year too soon but I reckon he's the best reserve fringe player at the club. He's got a bit of competition but he has more upside than Gibb who I believe is the next horse off the rank. He scored something like 14 tries from 15 NYC games at just 18 and his name was constantly in the try scorers list ever since he came on the radar. Is pretty much the perfect replacement for Te'o.

 

[GCBRONCO]

I'm off to a cracking start. :laugh:

New nominee: Corey Oates. Might be a year too soon but I reckon he's the best reserve fringe player at the club. He's got a bit of competition but he has more upside than Gibb who I believe is the next horse off the rank. He scored something like 14 tries from 15 NYC games at just 18 and his name was constantly in the try scorers list ever since he came on the radar. Is pretty much the perfect replacement for Te'o.

Not one of your better calls Big Pete I must say but then there have been changes to the makeup of the squad that when we posted these we didn't exactly expect did we lol