Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2025

[I bleed Maroon]

Foordy really sticking his neck out re: what he thinks Madge will do if Hunt doesn't come.

Either he picks Walters over Madden or he keeps Mozer in the 14 for another year, neither of which I think he will go with.

 

[tommy]

Foordy really sticking his neck out re: what he thinks Madge will do if Hunt doesn't come.

Either he picks Walters over Madden or he keeps Mozer in the 14 for another year, neither of which I think he will go with.

Well he is claiming this whether hunt comes or not actually.

 

[Sproj]

Does Maguire also in fact speak French at home?

 

[LittleDavey]

I speak a little 'French', it's usually under my breath at home though.

 

[broncos4life]

Does Maguire also in fact speak French at home?

Tres Bon

 

[Big Del]

Could just be craving a chicken sandwich

Ciraldo has the Bankstown cornetto .
Trumps the chicken sandwich , but doesn`t reveal genetic defects .

 

[Big Del]

Well if hunt signs it's either him or Billy.

Plot twist !
Paix and Smoothy are released ?

 

[Big Del]

Does Maguire also in fact speak French at home?

Google translate .

 

[Foordy]

Foordy really sticking his neck out re: what he thinks Madge will do if Hunt doesn't come.

Either he picks Walters over Madden or he keeps Mozer in the 14 for another year, neither of which I think he will go with.

Mozer will be locked in as the 14.

He's shown he's not ready to start yet, especially defensively. No obviously I'm not Madge, but I suspect he'll keep him on the bench for another 12 months continuing to build his game time.

Out of the remaining three hookers, Billy has the best defence and best ability to soak up the early onslaught before we unleash Mozer in tiring defensive lines. Which is why I think Madge will go with him.

 

[BroncsFan]

Mozer will be locked in as the 14.

He's shown he's not ready to start yet, especially defensively. No obviously I'm not Madge, but I suspect he'll keep him on the bench for another 12 months continuing to build his game time.

Out of the remaining three hookers, Billy has the best defence and best ability to soak up the early onslaught before we unleash Mozer in tiring defensive lines. Which is why I think Madge will go with him.

I agree with Mozer likely being on the bench and I think people need to stop seeing the 14 jersey as a downgrade.

Everyone will know that Mozer is the number 1 hooker when he starts playing the majority of the minutes. I think the plan this year will be about building his minutes up so he's taking the majority... and I dont care if that's happening with him starting from the bench.

Coaches should only want to sub their 9/14 once during a game and they should be arranging their team so the best players finish the game... unless Mozer can play 80mins out of the gate (he cant), then start him from the bench with the plan being that he finishes the game.

Harry did this with BSmith starting and then shifting to 13.
Rorters sometimes start Watson at 9 and then bring BSmith on with Watson going to 13
GC have been flipping between Randall and Verrils... with Randall shifting to 13, etc.
It happens all over the place because there are very few 80mins hookers nowadays.

It's why I dont mind Smoothy staying with the club... he could be someone that starts at 9 then moves to 13 (Patty to prop) or drops back to the bench, but comes on later as a middle.

I would also like to see how Billy could go as a pure ball playing middle ala Salmon, Hayward, etc. at the dogs... his defence is strong enough to cut blokes in half. Being a pure ball player in the middle reduces pressure and decisions that he's making at dummy half (Salmon is just a link man), but means we'd have an actual half in the middle doing what Patty is currently doing and Patty could move to prop for stints through the game... or actually get a break off the field.

 

[theshed]

Mozer will be locked in as the 14.

He's shown he's not ready to start yet, especially defensively. No obviously I'm not Madge, but I suspect he'll keep him on the bench for another 12 months continuing to build his game time.

Out of the remaining three hookers, Billy has the best defence and best ability to soak up the early onslaught before we unleash Mozer in tiring defensive lines. Which is why I think Madge will go with him.

I agree with you regarding Mozer.

Your logic with Billy is reasonable. I think all 3 of Smoothy, Walters and Paix are equal chances. It all depends on their preseason efforts.

They all bring differing sets of skills, strengths and weaknesses - with not a great deal separating them once you average those things out.

Personally I would choose Smoothy as I think he is the best natural hooker but Walters might win on utility value, and Paix might win based on his attack.

 

[mitch222]

Hopefully Madge shows Hunt a replay of the 2015 Grand Final and talks in french about what went wrong.

 

[Big Del]

I agree with Mozer likely being on the bench and I think people need to stop seeing the 14 jersey as a downgrade.

Everyone will know that Mozer is the number 1 hooker when he starts playing the majority of the minutes. I think the plan this year will be about building his minutes up so he's taking the majority... and I dont care if that's happening with him starting from the bench.

Coaches should only want to sub their 9/14 once during a game and they should be arranging their team so the best players finish the game... unless Mozer can play 80mins out of the gate (he cant), then start him from the bench with the plan being that he finishes the game.

Harry did this with BSmith starting and then shifting to 13.
Rorters sometimes start Watson at 9 and then bring BSmith on with Watson going to 13
GC have been flipping between Randall and Verrils... with Randall shifting to 13, etc.
It happens all over the place because there are very few 80mins hookers nowadays.

It's why I dont mind Smoothy staying with the club... he could be someone that starts at 9 then moves to 13 (Patty to prop) or drops back to the bench, but comes on later as a middle.

I would also like to see how Billy could go as a pure ball playing middle ala Salmon, Hayward, etc. at the dogs... his defence is strong enough to cut blokes in half. Being a pure ball player in the middle reduces pressure and decisions that he's making at dummy half (Salmon is just a link man), but means we'd have an actual half in the middle doing what Patty is currently doing and Patty could move to prop for stints through the game... or actually get a break off the field.

I don`t know if Billy is enough of a running threat to be the 13 .
Patty at 13 draws attention and gets the defence respecting his running . That`s why he creates space .
Similar with Yeo his running needs to be respected if he decides to show and go he can get behind the ruck and then a quick play the ball .
The way Billy goes headless chook when he runs from dummy half doesn`t fill me with confidence in him being a ball player around the ruck . Now Mozer on the other hand ...

 

[kman]

I seen that Madge has given Cobbo a talking to about its time for him to wake up and play to his potential. He is a broncos Gi if he just steps up, trains and really warms up to his achievable talent.

 

[kman]

I agree with you regarding Mozer.

Your logic with Billy is reasonable. I think all 3 of Smoothy, Walters and Paix are equal chances. It all depends on their preseason efforts.

They all bring differing sets of skills, strengths and weaknesses - with not a great deal separating them once you average those things out.

Personally I would choose Smoothy as I think he is the best natural hooker but Walters might win on utility value, and Paix might win based on his attack.

I like Paix running of the ball and think he's the better option at 14 to move around the tired forwards. Mozer has played enough and another full preaseason with McGuire, I'm happy to see him starting at 9.

 

[Lazza]

In regards to Mam, when he is ban from the NRL can he still play in the QLD cup?
Maybe he can join up with Cody Black at South Logan and develop their partnership in preparation for the Broncos going forward.

 

[BroncsFan]

I don`t know if Billy is enough of a running threat to be the 13 .
Patty at 13 draws attention and gets the defence respecting his running . That`s why he creates space .
Similar with Yeo his running needs to be respected if he decides to show and go he can get behind the ruck and then a quick play the ball .
The way Billy goes headless chook when he runs from dummy half doesn`t fill me with confidence in him being a ball player around the ruck . Now Mozer on the other hand ...

Yeah that decision making and potentially overplaying his hand is what would have me worried about him being a ball playing 13 in the middle... and like you say Yeo and Patty represent a running threat rather than pure link play.

I think for it to work with Billy you would need to have middles supporting as a tip on to give him an option other than pass out the back or show and go, but that is more effort required from our middles then.

I think depending on his fatigue level he could find opportunities to show and go through the middle to keep them honest, but he'd need to be fit as **** to defend and be out there long enough to spot and exploit tiring defenders.

At the moment Patty probably needs a 20min break at some point in the game, so my thinking is starting 9 for 20-30, then Mozer comes on to play out the game. At some point maybe around 50mins or so Patty comes off with Billy / Smoothy to 13 for 15-20mins and provide pure ball playing through the middle.

Not saying it will happen just wondering if there are opportunities on how to utilise that second hooker if we're planning to pump more minutes into Mozer and then which hooker is best placed to provide that.

At the moment I'd have Billy and Smoothy as offering more versatility compared to Paix who I think is a pure hooker.

 

[mitch222]

In regards to Mam, when he is ban from the NRL can he still play in the QLD cup?
Maybe he can join up with Cody Black at South Logan and develop their partnership in preparation for the Broncos going forward.

Ah no that's not how their bans work. He will be banned from all games.