POST GAME Round 1 - Storm vs Broncos

[Brocko]

Same old same old against the storm... Absolutely destroyed in the play the ball. They hold us down for years and we let them play it as quick as they want. Leaves no space for our halves, leaves us flat and means our big forwards don't get to wind up.

Boyd the turnstyle didn't help either.

It's only Rd 1 but jeez I cannot stand playing Melbourne, fucking hate how much they ruin the PTB and get away with it.

 

[ostin86]

Nikorima to dummy half. O'Sullivan or Dearden to halfback. I'm happy to persist with Boyd at fullback, I think he will be better.

McCullough to retire please.

Oh and Fafita needs to start over Sua.

 

[Kimlo]

Only caught bits and pieces of the game as I was on the road.

Am I right there was like 6 penalties all up? So the new ref style is pretend there's no rules and let everything go. Which ever team pushes the limits the most wins.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Only caught bits and pieces of the game as I was on the road.

Am I right there was like 6 penalties all up? So the new ref style is pretend there's no rules and let everything go. Which ever team pushes the limits the most wins.

And of course the usual dribblers sing their praises about how "freeflowing" the game was, despite the fact it was largely a boring grindy cumstain of a game overall.

 

[Xzei]

Has Cameron smith ever been called on a forward pass

 

[Sproj]

And of course the usual dribblers sing their praises about how "freeflowing" the game was, despite the fact it was largely a boring grindy cumstain of a game overall.

They even mentioned two instances that should have been penalties but gleefully mentioned they weren’t.

 

[Xzei]

Might need another testimonial just because

 

[Foordy]

Has Cameron smith ever been called on a forward pass

nah ... he told the refs those passes were fine, so they put the whistle away

 

[Broncapz]

Melbourne played probably the best they'll play all year.

 

[Dexter]

Not sure why we need time to gel when Melb can play like that from the get.

Obviously we have to be a bit patient but I didn't see any of the crap that caused our problems last year corrected tonight.
That is the most disappointing thing for me. I looked forward all off season to see a different style of attack and improvement in the areas which let us down and we dished up the exact same thing.

If we did try different things in attack I would be happy to watch that develop but we got the same shit different coach.

 

[Unbreakable]

Not sure why we need time to gel when Melb can play like that from the get

Because the Storm playstyle and coaching is ingrained in their entire system, they could bring in 5 guys who haven't played a game but did the full off-season with the Storm and wouldn't miss a beat, that's why they're so dominant, losing players really doesn't affect their game at all.

 

[Huge]

Must say I'm disappointed but not really surprised. I thought there'd be better cohesion and at times it did seem okay. All this talk about talk, direction, control and management didn't really materialise on the field. I didn't understand kicking on the third tackle when we finally reached their 20 metre line, what was the thought ? In WBs time it was about getting a repeat set, pressure. Not saying that isn't something Seibold didn't want either and possibly it is a one off so I'll reserve my judgement on that occasion.

 

[Fernando]

Same old, same old against Melbourne. Brisbane can get a good kick in, have Melbourne working it off their own line, and it still seems as though Brisbane are the ones on the back foot (and lucky to hold them in their own half).

Happy with how the outside backs + Lodge & Gillett played.

 

[Alec]

Same old, same old against Melbourne. Brisbane can get a good kick in, have Melbourne working it off their own line, and it still seems as though Brisbane are the ones on the back foot (and lucky to hold them in their own half).

That's part of being a well organised side, knowing how to best get your forwards running when they are being hit hard and your yardage game moving even when you are being pinned back. With Smith there, it's always going to be the case for them.

We don't really have the luxury, it's about the big individual efforts and getting the ball back in a good position.

 

[Huge]

Massive improvement over their last game (against St George, in case you've forgotten that result), but still pretty shithouse. At least the Courier Mail's Seibold hype bubble has finally burst, and we shouldn't have to read any more of that hagiographic cocksucking.

Oates fantastic, as usual. Lodge, as well. Can one of them be captain, already?

Moving on, if Seibold really does have anything other than hot air in his scrotum, he needs to punt Macca immediately, and plug the hole at fullback. I'd like to see Turpin at hooker. He coils turd from great heights on Macca in attack. And, maybe if we had the ball more and did something productive with it, we wouldn't have to do so much defence.

We all know Milford's a fantastic player but he doesn't seem to be a fantastic five eighth, and he's never clicked with Niko, who looked twenty times better with O'Sullivan. Maybe it's time to pull the pin and switch Milford back to fullback, and blood one of the many fledgling halves, who all look terrific out of the gate in that position.

What do we have to lose?

As for what to do with Boyd, good question. I'd like to see him open a fish and chip shop.

Forget the football!!!

HAGIOGRAPHIC !!! Totally in love with my new word. Thanks. Never knew it existed. Quick google and I'm richer for reading that which I thought would just be a waste of time. Beaudy.

 

[Porthoz]

Forget the football!!!

HAGIOGRAPHIC !!! Totally in love with my new word. Thanks. Never knew it existed. Quick google and I'm richer for reading that which I thought would just be a waste of time. Beaudy.

Geez, can't believe you didn't know the word after reading so many of Morkel's...

 

[Porthoz]

There was some good in that for us but a lot of shit still. We will improve but I've got the feeling Seibold is going to have to make some difficult tough decisions in the next couple of months.

Fixed it for ya!

 

[Maddy1to9]

Don't know what to say......same shit this year too got flogged in the opening round of season. It may well be R1 but sure is for Storm too and they absolutely crushed us. It still surprises me as to how can they get away with their tackling technique? They are always 3 in a tackle and they made sure that at least 1 of them will be on top of our player carrying the ball. They didn't allow us to fast play the ball AT ALL. It's totally the opposite in our case.

It's the same 3 of our players tackling during our turn (70-80% of the game) but they barged their way forward. It appears to me that Gillett learned a new skill which rest of the players picked up in a very quick time during the game. Wonder why Gillo keeps falling on the feet of Storm players carrying the ball. It looks like he's pleading them to stop going forward.

Boyd - why didn't you depart with Wayne? You're a total liability to the team. Being the senior member in the squad, don't you know what tackle it is and what has to be done to get back into the game? Stop talking nonsense in the media and start performing on the field you moron.

Anthony S - when you can make Cook excel at 9 for Souths, why can't you do the same to Andrew. We all know that Andrew is not as quick as Cook but there are surely other areas where you would've molded him. Same goes for 7. Please DO NOT stick with same half's as last year. Test our half's depth. What good has it done in hiring a half's specialist in M.Johns? It's the same shit this year too but under you.

I just hate the Storm grubs to the core. They are the team I want Broncos to flog so badly every time we meet them. Wonder when I will witness that.......

All in all, it's a disappointment again and our boys have lot of work to do. Hope Anthony.S corrects that very quickly.