PRE-GAME [Round 11, 2025] Broncos vs Dragons

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Notbiased said:
Assuming there’s no injuries, what sort of minutes do we think people should be playing?
Hass, carrigan and piakura 65 each
Billy 50
Riki 80
Everyone else 20-30min
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Yea I feel if you're consistently playing less than 20min, why are you even in the team.

In addition, I personally think everyone is in the wrong position. Going from the players slected this week (assuming there’s a reason we're not picking others), I would go:

8. Jensen (40-50min - swapping with Willison)
9. Walters (50min - swapping with Paix)
10. Hass (60min - swapping with Baker)
11. Piakura (80min)
12. Riki (80min)
13. Carrigan (60min - swapping with Hetherington)

14. Paix (30min)
15. Hetherington (20min)
16. Willison (30min)
17. Baker (20min)

For Hetherington to be of any value, it would be cool if he could be injury cover for the 2nd row too. Also, hopefully Baker can actually do more than 20min if needed for cover.
 
Santa said:
Yea I feel if you're consistently playing less than 20min, why are you even in the team.

In addition, I personally think everyone is in the wrong position. Going from the players slected this week (assuming there’s a reason we're not picking others), I would go:

8. Jensen (40-50min - swapping with Willison)
9. Walters (50min - swapping with Paix)
10. Hass (60min - swapping with Baker)
11. Piakura (80min)
12. Riki (80min)
13. Carrigan (60min - swapping with Hetherington)

14. Paix (30min)
15. Hetherington (20min)
16. Willison (30min)
17. Baker (20min)

For Hetherington to be of any value, it would be cool if he could be injury cover for the 2nd row too. Also, hopefully Baker can actually do more than 20min if needed for cover.
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Going against the grain of most people on here I don’t mind Hetherington starting at 13, I think his defence has a bit of starch in it which the team lacks. In saying that, he should also be used to give Carrigan a quick spell around that 50-60minute mark
 
Harry said:
Daring move to have your entire backline and halves only play 20-30 mins of the game... but couldn't get a worse outcome than last week
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I'm not the biggest fan of having rigid time frames for replacements.
If you bring someone on for Pat or Hass or whoever and they are going well why not leave them there, show a bit of confidence in them.
Caveats around scorelines etc.

Thought Felcher Baker went pretty well last week then got dragged.
 
Dexter said:
I'm not the biggest fan of having rigid time frames for replacements.
If you bring someone on for Pat or Hass or whoever and they are going well why not leave them there, show a bit of confidence in them.
Caveats around scorelines etc.

Thought Felcher Baker went pretty well last week then got dragged.
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I thought the same with Kobe too. Maguire’s bench use has been appalling.
 
Dexter said:
I'm not the biggest fan of having rigid time frames for replacements.
If you bring someone on for Pat or Hass or whoever and they are going well why not leave them there, show a bit of confidence in them.
Caveats around scorelines etc.

Thought Felcher Baker went pretty well last week then got dragged.
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Yeah he looked pretty good last week... his kick off returns were great.

He did look pretty gassed by the end though... I think he was told to go out and go hard for 20mins.. which is probably the right role for that 17 jersey at the moment
 
McHunt said:
If this explains it, then his selections make more sense.

I'm not sure how much he could've changed this week, given how much he's a pick and stick coach so far. I'm okay with him selecting Baker again, given he might've (maybe) been the first player elevated this year (if JHunt was indeed dropped). If he deserved promotion, he deserves the chance to prove himself. He has zero support from fans, so let's see him prove us wrong.

The spine is more of a worry. This should've been the week one of the hookers were demoted, but we've been robbed of that. Selwyn is coping at fullback, but he's lost so much speed it's alarming. And clocking off before the whistle and letting Latrell score, that wasn't a great sign of his attention span. He should've flattened him.

My biggest emerging concern is Reynold's captaincy, namely his communication and shot calling. I'm not seeing the leadership I'd like from him on the field. I have a feeling this conversation might gain traction in coming weeks if we don't dramatically improve.
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I'm of the impression Baker was always firming for a bench spot during preseason before he went down with injury.
 
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“We’ve Got His Back-Everyone Has High Belief In This group”

Broncos senior leader Payne Haas talks with the media ahead of Sunday's clash against the Dragons at Suncorp Stadium.
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- Yes we can win, just need to play our footy this week sniff
- We started well last week but came out slack last week, its just all about energy and attention to detail sniff
- I'm just motivated to get a win this week before the bye, not worried about injury
- Nah haven't heard from Laurie
- Sniff, yeah 100% got faith in all the boys here to get the job done without Patty and myself
- Ah yeah Te Kura is ready to fill the void, hard to get into the team at the moment
- No its not just the Patty and Payne show, we've got other boys here, not just us sniff
- I feel like the connection of the past teams was good, that's what we are trying to produce here sniff
- Haven't really thought about origin to be honest
- Maguire puts his faith into you and expects you to do the job, that's all I can really say
- I can push out the numbers I do because of the boy around me, but need to go harder this week
- More stuff about NSW, who cares
- The boys trained well the other day, Maguire has been positive, he's got a lot of belief in the group
- Its bollocks he's lost the playing group, everyone has his back, we support him 100%
- You guys are making up stuff about training too hard, hasn't come from anyone here
- The boat trip was good, real good, yeah
- Its exciting to have Ezra back, he's 100% ready, 100%
- The line break lack of support was highlighting our lack of energy last week sniff
- Ezra has been so good to be honest, he's good, he's ticked off every box
- He's been good, he's been buzzing around here
- You can't control whether people boo, just play well and it goes away
- Buck is safe, he's with us
 
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