Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2021

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upthebroncs said:
Not sure why but I've always had in my head one day the Broncos will release Lodge and sign Napa to replace him..

It's like the nice QLD version of Lodge.. Except I doubt Napa would have it in him to break into someones apartment and threaten to murder their family.

It's a nice swap. I'm keen for this new culture/vibe the Broncos will have next year.
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I've heard stories that aren't too far off
 
The raging bull Gorden Tallis wasn't all that sensible on the field during his career... But was a great leader..
 
nopatience101 said:
Napa would be far from my first pick to lead & be the example to a group of impressionable young forwards. I would much prefer Ryan James.
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I don't understand why people want Napa. Even on minimum wage I don't want him. He hasn't been good for years and the new rule changes don't suit him. We need level headed experience props.
 
Bongo said:
I don't understand why people want Napa. Even on minimum wage I don't want him. He hasn't been good for years and the new rule changes don't suit him. We need level headed experience props.
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AGAIN... the reason we are getting him cheap is because he hasn't been good for years..

If Bellamy signed Napa to Storm, we'd all be saying what a great pick up it is.
 
HarryAllan7 said:
I totally appreciate where you're coming from, but sadly the role of an 'enforcer' is dead now in rugby league. Any player who sets out to play in a fiery, aggressive way is going to continue to be penalised, binned and suspended out of the game and be nothing more than a liability to his team. The NRL actively penalises and is on a crusade to stamp out aggression, roughness and physicality. It's more akin to something like basketball nowadays - where everything comes down to skill, fitness and execution and they've drained all of the 'war' and 'battle' and 'spirit' out of the game. It's an empty, soulless, sterile spectacle.

What used to be such integral traits of a rugby league player - fire, toughness, anger, aggressive - are now liabilities. You can fight? Great... but if you throw a punch then we play the game with 12 men. You can lay a huge legal hit? Fantastic... but its still likely to get binned 50% of the time simply for being 'too rough' or because the opposition player fell into your shoulder in an unavoidable manner and then you'll sit out for 3-4 weeks. That sort of passion and fire can lead to the occasional error, in the old days that was a fair trade-off... in the 6-again era, a single error can kickstart an avalanche which sees a 20 or 30 point rally which instantly puts the game out of reach.

We all have fond memories of games where a leader stepped up, took the bull by the horns and belted the opposition into submission... Thiaday vs JWH in 2015, Tallis vs Anyone, Tunza... but it's just not the same game anymore. It's not a game for the tough-as-nails, ultra-dedicated, hard-working, passionate player who loves his club and gives 110% on the field and flogs himself and plays on adrenaline and pure emotion and physically asserts himself - It's a game for 20 year old freak athletes who can run hard, find their front quickly, play the ball in record time and then back up for a support / decoy run then repeat over and over again like a well-drilled machine.
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All valid points for sure but I guess I live in a dream world where at some point the idiot in charge either leaves voluntarily or is thrown in prison and we can finally get league back to being league. I am aware this is a pipe dream and unlikely to happen.
 
upthebroncs said:
AGAIN... the reason we are getting him cheap is because he hasn't been good for years..

If Bellamy signed Napa to Storm, we'd all be saying what a great pick up it is.
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Melbourne can afford the risk. If it doesn't work out he simply sits on the sideline and their established forward pack marches on. We can't. We need a contributor. Horses for Courses.

We need a Christian Welch style player not a Napa. An actual leader not a potential liability for sin bins penalties and off field antics. We need to buy in the spine more than the middle. I think our middle depth is generally fine at the moment and cheap experienceds middle that has solid defence gives us much more than Napa.
 
Sproj said:
All valid points for sure but I guess I live in a dream world where at some point the idiot in charge either leaves voluntarily or is thrown in prison and we can finally get league back to being league. I am aware this is a pipe dream and unlikely to happen.
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Couldn't agree more... We can dream, mate!
 
upthebroncs said:
Maybe we just purposely recruit a psycho assistant coach then. Any ideas? Could just hire Madge if he gets the sack at Tigers..

Then Kev and him can play good cop, bad cop.
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Yep , just what this club needs. A coach that hasn't been able to make the 8 for half a decade.
 
Broncapz said:
Yep , just what this club needs. A coach that hasn't been able to make the 8 for half a decade.
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To be fair, Kev has really accomplished nothing yet as a coach.. Madge has accomplished quite a lot in his career.
 
Cult said:
He’s a liability and we’ve just made a massive effort to get rid of most of our liabilities. It’s not the same rugby league it was 20 years ago
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He'd have to impress in the interview no doubt. We'd have to be confident he's got his mind in order.
 
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