Broncos still not getting respect

[Coxy]

It was a grind. Henjak has been saying for weeks how the Broncos need to show they can win the grind. In all the games previous the Broncos had either scored freely and won, or struggled and got flogged. The only slight exceptions being the Cowboys game, where the Broncos got out to a big lead (Scored freely) and then watched that lead evaporate before landing a killer blow.

And the Knights game where once it got into a grind the Knights wore us down.

So in the last 3 wins the Broncos have shown they can blow a team off the park (Storm), strangle a team and then blow them away (Titans) and grind out an armwrestle (Sharks).

I think the challenge on Sunday will be whether the Broncos can fight back when they get behind. Manly are very hot starters, and the Broncos tend to be a bit slow out of the blocks...could well be 12+ down after 20 minutes in front of a hostile crowd. How they handle that will tell a lot about the character in this team.

 

[tkday]

Yep Coxy. So far I don't think anyone has capitalised on our current weaknesses. They are bound to be exploited sooner or later.

 

[Coxy]

Yep Coxy. So far I don't think anyone has capitalised on our current weaknesses. They are bound to be exploited sooner or later.

I think Roosters, Dragons and Bulldogs did a pretty good job....

 

[Black Philip]

I think the Warriors enjoyed how we were incapable of stopping offloads too.

 

[Coxy]

I think the Warriors enjoyed how we were incapable of stopping offloads too.

Ah yes...I had blocked that game from my memory [icon_frown

 

[Porthoz]

That's the thing I liked the most about the win at the Sharks, who are serial offload offenders. While we pretty much gave up against the Warriors, we hung in there and scrambled well to stop their second phase, admitedly with some help from Tim Smith, although there was a reason for his blood rushes, and that was the desperation we showed.

Let's put things into perspective. How many teams in the current comp would have come out with a win against the Sharks that night?