Finals Week 1 - Cowboys vs Broncos - Build Up Thread

[Son Edo]

I agree, you dont wanna go down by a scoreline like 40-10.

 

[pennywisealfie]

Week 1 of the finals last year:



How fkn good were we? I can't see why we can't pull shit like this out again on Saturday! Cmon Broncos!

 

[vertigo]

Breaking tackles with ease and offloading to support runners *sigh*

Gillett is a shadow of what he used to be.

 

[noisetheory]

Breaking tackles with ease and offloading to support runners *sigh*

thats really all it was in those highlights. theres nothing else overly flash from us.

 

[vertigo]

Pretty much, we were just really good at it.

I'll pray to any god you want that we can bring in someone to coach set plays and develop ball-playing abilities in our spine.

 

[Big Pete]

Reed, Gillett & Thaiday all require serious surgery during the off-season.

Might explain something.

That game against the Warriors was easily our best all season. I remember most of us were blown away with how well we performed given we were missing Hoffman & Thaiday.

 

[Bucking Beads]

That head clash between the 2 warriors players in the Glenn try was brilliant.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Reed, Gillett & Thaiday all require series surgery during the off-season.

Might explain something.

I'd be surprised if Hoffman and Parker aren't requiring surgery as well.

 

[Culhwch]

Was that the last time McCullough's dummy and scoot actually worked?

 

[Alec]

I'm still hopeful and semi-optimistic, but deep down I know that I'm more than likely just going to end up being frustrated at the inept attack.

 

[rnabokov]

Week 1 of the finals last year:



How fkn good were we? I can't see why we can't pull shit like this out again on Saturday! Cmon Broncos!

I can - no Lockyer. You just have to watch how much he gets involved. You can see him thinking, always looking, sizing up the options, looking to support the ball carrier. As well, the whole team lifted, looked so alive and aware when he was out there. Even Wallace looked sharp.

How long do we wait before that sort of magic gets back in this side?

 

[Son Edo]

How did Lockyer not win a dally m?

 

[Alec]

How did Lockyer not win a dally m?

Dally M is a pretty stupid award.

 

[Mr Fourex]

How long do we wait before that sort of magic gets back in this side?

We've seen glimpses of it against the Bulldogs, Storm and the Raiders in recent weeks.

Not enough of it and certainly not for long enough.....but it's still there.

 

[noisetheory]

lets face it we should of won that storm game and if we had any confidence at the time we would of beaten the dogs.

hopefully just getting the win does wonders and we go to townsville with a spring in our step that hasnt been there for over two months.

 

[Anonymous person]

How did Lockyer not win a dally m?

because he played in a team full of excellent players for a lot of the best years of his career, which makes it harder to win a Dally M as its basically an award for one man teams that can consistently win. the broncos were a one man team for a fair few years, but we had big losing streaks in nearly every one of those years meaning lockyer couldnt really get any points.

its like, when the tigers win either Farah or Marshall get 3 points basically guaranteed. same with Thurston/Bowen, Barba, etc. with lockyer, most of his career had players like Tallis, Webcke, Thorn, Carroll, Hunt, etc etc all there to take points when we would win. he was just unlucky to play most of his career with either too many great players, or not enough.

it actually makes winners like Slater and Smith more noteworthy IMO, since they have a team with 3 of the genuine superstars of the game, and only 1 of them can possibly get 3 each match.

overall though, its really a nothing award.

 

[Son Edo]

Alright, cheers mate!

 

[Mr Fourex]

Dally M is a pretty stupid award.

I had to turn it off after 10 mins......even watched a Sopranos re-run before that.

Such a sickening media wank fest.......