Round 1 lineup

[Ghibli]

Hi all, I'm a bit bored at work, so lets post our Round 1 Team and comeback and see who was the closest.


My team:
1. Hunt
2. Michaels
3. Folau
4. Hodges
5. Yow Yeh
6. Lockyer
7. Wallace
8. Clinton
9. Gorrell
10. Kenny
11. Parker
12. Thaiday
13. Te’o

14. Marsh
15. Setu
16. Sweeney
17. Simms

18. Taylor
19. Wapau

2 to be omitted

 

[Coxy]

Going to be interesting to see!

My team based on rumblings and rumours in the press.

1. Hunt
2. Michaels
3. Folau
4. De Vere
5. Yow Yeh
6. Lockyer (c)
7. Wallace
8. Kenny
9. Marsh
10. Clinton
11. Setu
12. Thaiday
13. Parker

14. Gorrell
15. Taylor
16. Sims
17. Te'o

 

[Foordy]

my team.. i am assuming that Hodges is out, the media are saying he won't be back till round 4 so my team for round1.

01. Hunt
02. Michaels
03. Devere
04. Folau
05. Yow Yeh
06. Lockyer
07. Wallace
08. Clinton
09. Marsh
10. Kenny
11. Thaiday
12. Parker
13. Setu

14. Taylor
15. Sims
16. Te'o
17. Gorrell/ McCullough

thats the team i think will be selected, although i would like to see Wapau came in for Te'o

 

[Bucking Beads]

Get Devere out of there ffs!!!!

 

[Bucking Beads]

1. Hunt
2. Yow Yeh
3. Michaels
4. Folau
5. Hewitt
6.Lockyer
7.Wallace
8. Kenny
9. Marsh
10. Clinton
11. Thaiday
12. Parker
13. Setu

14. Taylor
15. Te'o
16. SIms
17. McCullough

 

[Black Philip]

This is what I would like to see

1. Hunt
2. Folau
3. Michaels
4. Hodges
5. Yow Yeh
6. Lockyer
7. Wallace
8. Clinton
9. Gorrell
10. Kenny
11. Thaiday
12. Parker
13. Setu

14. Te'o
15. Taylor
16. Wapau
17. McCullough

 

[sydney_bronco09]

i think marsh is a better hooker than gorell......

 

[Bucking Beads]

Hodges is unlikely to be back until round 3 if reports are correct..

 

[Je$ter]

1. Hunt
2. Yow Yeh
3. Michaels
4. Folau
5. De Vere
6. Lockyer
7. Wallace
8. Clinton
9. Marsh
10. Kenny
11. Thaiday
12. Parker
13. Setu

14. Te'o
15. Sims
16. Taylor
17. Gorrell

Once Hodges is 100% fit De Vere can play QCup.

 

[Coxy]

Question I put to everyone is what happens when Hodges comes back? Particularly those of us playing Folau at right centre. You wouldn't ordinarily shift him across to left centre then. So do you play him right wing then?

 

[Bucking Beads]

On the wing Coxy that is where he should play IMO... He and Hodgo can even swap occasionally in set pieces.

 

[Coxy]

Yep, though I'm making my team based on what I think the Broncos will pick. And I think they'll pick Folau in the centres, on the left, with MIchaels on his outside.

I think they'll put De Vere in as a direct swap for Hodges, with Yow Yeh on the right wing (I think them not having mentioned Yow Yeh at all is a smokescreen).

 

[Bucking Beads]

NO NO NO NO De Vere

 

[Coxy]

Yep, though I'm making my team based on what I think the Broncos will pick.

I wouldn't pick De Vere either, but I am SURE this is why they've fought so hard to enable De Vere to be included in the squad with his Easts Carina salary excluded, because they want to use him as the stop gap solution for Hodges, and thus not have to shift Folau or Michaels to the right when they are going to play left the rest of the season.

 

[m1c]

Well according to this and a few quotes from Hodges, Folau is going to be playing on the right wing. Best place for him IMO, teams rely so heavily on attacking kicks to score points these days so i reckon this is where he can be of greatest benefit.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sp ... -7qqj.html

 

[Coxy]

That'd be good and bad. Great for him to be pulling down Wallace and Locky's cross kicks.
Bad that that's the only ball he'll ever see being outside ball hog Hodges.

 

[m1c]

haha that is true, though Hodges did mention about them swapping so he gets a bit more ball.

 

[Clintos]

1. Karmichael Hunt
2. Steve Michaels
3. Isreal Falou
4. Michael De Vere
5. Jharal Yow Yeh
6. Darren Lockyer
7. Peter Wallace
8. Joel Clinton
9. Aaron Gorrell
10. Nick Kenny
11. Corey Parker
12. Sam Thaiday
13. Lagi Setu

14. PJ Marsh
15. Ashton Sims
16. Ben Te'o
17. Dave Taylor