Elimination Final - Cowboys vs Broncos - Pre-Match Discussion

[Socnorb]

Lol....well, you got to admit, when I changed allegiances I was certainly trading up !!

Would also have got you well used to disappointment.

 

[Morkel]

I for one was fully aware of your past allegiances. Your overreactions to any and all criticisms towards Cronulla have been noted for quite some time.

Yeah, that's the only recollection I have, which is why I asked. But I can't remember him ever disclosing that Cronulla is his second team. Perhaps I wasn't paying full attention.

 

[Kimlo]

He's definitely mentioned it before.

 

[Huge]

I try to be honest and fair minded about all things including the times when a favourite team or player is involved. One of the hardest things to do is to treat matters impartially and not surprisingly that ability generally becomes stronger with age. It has ever been thus with the elders in almost every known tribe or society making the weightiest decisions. I do not believe my previous support for Cronulla has affected my judgement but admit that the possibility of being wrong about that must exist.

Anyhoo ! Back on the topic. I thought we could beat Melbourne in Melbourne and with a little better management we could have. This time around we are already winners going into this match and the pressure to win is heavily placed on the Cows. We should be able to play millionaire rugby league and if we take the right attitude in we could very easily skip away to an early lead placing enormous strain on the Cows, noted chokers in finals. Ffs, they couldn't beat an ordinary Cronulla last final notwithstanding the seven tackle shemozzle. We definitely have a great chance.

 

[noisetheory]

BRONCOS NRL TEAM
1 Justin Hodges ©
2 Daniel Vidot
3 Corey Oates
4 Dale Copley
5 Lachlan Maranta
6 Ben Barba
7 Ben Hunt
8 Josh McGuire
9 Andrew McCullough
10 Corey Parker ©
11 Alex Glenn
12 Matt Gillett
13 Sam Thaiday
Interchange:
14 Jarrod Wallace
15 Martin Kennedy
16 Ben Hannant
17 Todd Lowrie
18 David Hala
Coach: Anthony Griffin

 

[Super Freak]

Hopefully Hoffman is back this week and Oates is forced out of centre.

He has been playing in the forwards all year, I don't see how moving him to centre would benefit us.

 

[Alec]

If it stays that way, I guess Hodges will only play fullback once again, and Lowrie will be brought in for maximum impact late in the 2nd half. Brilliant.

 

[jarro65]

Big test for Oates ..... he didn't set the world on fire against the Storm.

 

[Super Freak]

COWBOYS:

1. Michael Morgan
2. Kyle Feldt
3. Tautau Moga
4. Kane Linnett
5. Antonio Winterstein
6. Robert Lui
7. Johnathan Thurston (c)
8. Matt Scott (c)
9. Rory Kostjasyn
10. Ashton Sims
11. Gavin Cooper
12. Tariq Sims
13. Jason Taumalolo

Interchange:

14. Ray Thompson
15. Scott Bolton
16. Glenn Hall
17. James Tamou

 

[subsbligh]

Kick it to Oates and Vidot - plenty of tall timber out there versus Feldt and Winterstein

 

[subsbligh]

Moga - gonna get Tau Towelled up by Copley

 

[subsbligh]

Jason Taumo-me-lolo on Saturday night.

 

[subsbligh]

The puns just write themselves.

 

[animal eater]

Wow that is the slowest bench in the history of NRL. Now that Oates starts, there is no gun/impact player. Wrong Wrong Wrong. Granville would be a much better pick for the bench as he can cover in the halves and give Andrew a spell. Sloth, pull your damn head out and think things through. Not impressed. Did I mention I don't approve of his picks?

 

[noisetheory]

chris garry said on twitter to expect a late in for the broncos, can only assume thats hoffman.

 

[Super Freak]

chris garry said on twitter to expect a late in for the broncos, can only assume thats hoffman.

I never thought I would say this in a million years, but that is great fucking news if it's true.

 

[theshed]

Could be reed?

 

[noisetheory]

reeds no chance