Morepudding
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God Milford was good at times… I do wish we had him at 6 with Reynolds.
Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2022
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Why... we have players who can do just as good of a job, but with a much better attitude
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And a kid coming through who plays like him but seems to have a much, much better attitude.
Lockysillegitimatechild
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I know his last years were bad but ffs prime boyd was probably the best ball playing fullback I've ever seen. His pass selection and accuracy of whatever choice he made was almost indefensible in the 20m zone.
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I think a few on here just assumed his last year was bad and really didn't watch his contribution closely. He had a pretty good last year in a team going terribly. It was unfortunate that he was chopped and changed. Of course I know what people will say about his last season but it won't stop them being wrong.
Lockysillegitimatechild
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I think he still had good moments, but that doesn't mean you're playing well.
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That's fair enough. After all it's just opinions. I just think a lot on here were hurt by his poor form in the previous year and the teams last place on the board. I simply looked at his efforts with a 'new year new day' outlook and discarded all prior efforts. I believe he tried his guts out and had much better form than given credit for.
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I agree with you but as you mentioned, I think some people were just understandably scarred from his previous 2 seasons of absolute trash. He had set the bar so low that anything less than a TTurbo '21 season would never have been enough to change opinion.
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Just watching that Oates video again, man so many good memories and really nice to see him with that bounce again after scoring which went missing for a couple of years. I really hope we keep him and he is a one club player, I can't imagine seeing him in another jersey.
But some of the really memorable tries:
- Cape Elgey (my all time favourite)
- The intercepts (all of them)
- Especially the Souths intercept where he carried Walker 20+ metres to the line
- The crashing over tries
- The legendary put downs where he generally slides with his head
He's a true legend. I tell you what, look at the last few minutes of that video, Niu has a LOT to like in attack. Don't give up on him yet.
But some of the really memorable tries:
- Cape Elgey (my all time favourite)
- The intercepts (all of them)
- Especially the Souths intercept where he carried Walker 20+ metres to the line
- The crashing over tries
- The legendary put downs where he generally slides with his head
He's a true legend. I tell you what, look at the last few minutes of that video, Niu has a LOT to like in attack. Don't give up on him yet.
I enjoyed the 4 he got against manly gave Brad Parker nightmares and if I remember correctly he was pretty close to getting 5.
Definitely needs to be a one club player
One thing I did notice about Tesi in the last game is his attack has straightened up alot which creates room for the outside men and makes the defenders have to commit to him.
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Renouf: It's Great That The Club Is Recognising The Old, But It's About The New
Steve Renouf talks about the current team at the launch of the heritage jersey, and reminisces about the 1992 Grand Final.
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How good is Steve! He is a Bronco through and through and clearly involved in the club and development, love it! Listen to his comments on Herbie, really good signs he stays.
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Kent:
www.foxsports.com.au
“I spoke to the Broncos today and I asked why they would even let Isaako go and they said, No.1, he wasn’t their first choice in any of the positions that he plays. Second to that, under NRL rules you have to spend 95 per cent of your salary cap. But if you only spent, for example 95 per cent, then that extra five per cent you can spend next year."
“So it means the Broncos can spend 105 per cent next year in their cap. What that then enables them to do is they have the likes of Selwyn Cobbo and Herbie Farnworth, who are all starting to come off contract again. They can upgrade those blokes and the guys that they have got to prioritise to keep at the club, they have got to have a little bit of cash up their sleeve. Given he has left after Round 1, he doesn’t have to be replaced in their top 30. They don’t have to find a 30th player again so that’s money saved.”
‘Cash up their sleeve’: Isaako switch triggers salary cap loophole to help Broncos keep rising stars
‘Cash up their sleeve’: The salary cap loophole Broncos exploited in shock move
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jd87
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if true its very shrewd and smart thinking by ikin and dd especially the part of waiting till after round 1 so they dont have to replace him with any one that would chew up cap space.Kent:
“I spoke to the Broncos today and I asked why they would even let Isaako go and they said, No.1, he wasn’t their first choice in any of the positions that he plays. Second to that, under NRL rules you have to spend 95 per cent of your salary cap. But if you only spent, for example 95 per cent, then that extra five per cent you can spend next year."“So it means the Broncos can spend 105 per cent next year in their cap. What that then enables them to do is they have the likes of Selwyn Cobbo and Herbie Farnworth, who are all starting to come off contract again. They can upgrade those blokes and the guys that they have got to prioritise to keep at the club, they have got to have a little bit of cash up their sleeve. Given he has left after Round 1, he doesn’t have to be replaced in their top 30. They don’t have to find a 30th player again so that’s money saved.”
‘Cash up their sleeve’: Isaako switch triggers salary cap loophole to help Broncos keep rising stars
‘Cash up their sleeve’: The salary cap loophole Broncos exploited in shock move
the only thing now is there going to look silly and be hammered by media if niu, cobbo (assuming hes second choice)and mead all are out for long periods of time and we have no one to put back there
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Farnworth could give it a crack too, and I reckon Alby would have a dig if worse came to worse. Once you’ve gone through 4 options most clubs would be screwed.
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I love that. Lots to love about the club lately.
Also through TMM into the mix, other options that you'd accept for a game back there like Gamble or Mam they wouldn't be great but you know that there not in the position to stay and so you could accept it for a game but that's absolute worse case scenario.
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Finally we have some brains at the head of the machine who know how to play the system instead of playing with themselves.
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