PRE-GAME Round 11 - Broncos vs Roosters

[The True King]

Wish Bennett would stop beating around the bush.

Enough of the "resting" or "injured" bullshit that he's using to mask accountability for poor performances. Call it as it is, Bird has been dropped. Just as Niko was earlier in the season.

 

[Cult]

Wish Bennett would stop beating around the bush.

Enough of the "resting" or "injured" bullshit that he's using to mask accountability for poor performances. Call it as it is, Bird has been dropped. Just as Niko was earlier in the season.

Why does he need to stop when we have so many people on here who know everything?

 

[Wolfie]

Bird is defiantly injured. He was very close to missing out last week.

 

[Alec]

Maybe moving Opacic there would have been the better option so there aren't a lot of disruptions? It's just a weekly shuffle again.

 

[mitch222]

Wish Bennett would stop beating around the bush.

Enough of the "resting" or "injured" bullshit that he's using to mask accountability for poor performances. Call it as it is, Bird has been dropped. Just as Niko was earlier in the season.

Normally when your dropped you play Q Cup but hey when your injured your dropped by the coach apparently these days. Matt Gillett must be wondering what went wrong for him to get "dropped" for 3 months

 

[mitch222]

Pearson on the Lang Park sandpit - anything could happen...

Dancing on ice - football would be the title of his performance

 

[Wolfie]

We need to change the way we are going to play or we are still going to struggle. You can be strong in defence, but you dont have to play defensively. I still think we have players in the team not playing their natural game because we are too worried about the weaknesses of others.

 

[Unbreakable]

BRONCOS NRL SQUAD

1. Darius Boyd ©
2. Corey Oates
3. James Roberts
4. Tom Opacic
5. Jamayne Isaako
6. Anthony Milford
7. Kodi Nikorima
8. Matt Lodge
9. Andrew McCullough
10. Sam Thaiday
11. Tevita Pangai
12. Jaydn Su'A
13. Joe Ofahengaue

Interchange:

14. Sam Tagataese
15. Gehamat Shibasaki
16. Korbin Sims
17. Patrick Mago

Reserve 18. Kotoni Staggs
Reserve 19. Todd Murphy
Reserve 20. George Fai
Reserve 21. David Fifita

Coach: Wayne Bennett

 

[Super Freak]

 

[mitch222]

Pangai is going to be a beast on the edge

 

[Wolfie]

Pangai is going to be a weapon in the back row. Dissapointed though Shibasaki isnt getting onto the wing and Oates isnt in the back row. I fear this could be the decision that gets Oates to leave us as i cant see a better chance to give him a shot. Not impressed with the bench if i'm being honest. Sims and Taga will need to have big games, and unless there are players under an injury cloud i never see the value of having a back in there.

Fifita is interesting as a reserve. I think his defence and effort in the last couple of games has been ordinary to say the least.

 

[Alec]

Pangai is going to be a weapon in the back row. Dissapointed though Shibasaki isnt getting onto the wing and Oates isnt in the back row. I fear this could be the decision that gets Oates to leave us as i cant see a better chance to give him a shot. Not impressed with the bench if i'm being honest. Sims and Taga will need to have big games, and unless there are players under an injury cloud i never see the value of having a back in there.

Fifita is interesting as a reserve. I think his defence and effort in the last couple of games has been ordinary to say the least.

Surely Shibasaki will either starts on the wing or push Oates to the back row later in the game.

 

[Super Freak]

Pangai is going to be a weapon in the back row. Dissapointed though Shibasaki isnt getting onto the wing and Oates isnt in the back row. I fear this could be the decision that gets Oates to leave us as i cant see a better chance to give him a shot. Not impressed with the bench if i'm being honest. Sims and Taga will need to have big games, and unless there are players under an injury cloud i never see the value of having a back in there.

Fifita is interesting as a reserve. I think his defence and effort in the last couple of games has been ordinary to say the least.

Roberts has had knee cartilage issues, Boyd has problems with his hamstrings and it seems a couple of others have niggling injury issues.

We can afford to carry a back on the bench as cover. An extra forward won't make much difference.

As for Fifita, last I saw he was 17 and not eligible to play NRL this year.

 

[Wolfie]

Roberts has had knee cartilage issues, Boyd has problems with his hamstrings and it seems a couple of others have niggling injury issues.

We can afford to carry a back on the bench as cover.

As for Fifita, last I saw he was 17 and not eligible to play NRL this year.

I didnt think he was eligible but he must be. If we lost 4 players he would be in the side

 

[Alec]

This is the 2nd game I have very little confidence in this year. I even had some confidence against the Storm.

Of course the other game I had no confidence in was the Warriors one, and that was arguably our best win of the season, so now I might have some confidence again (and I'd rather have no confidence after having the best win of the season before).

 

[Unbreakable]

Roberts has had knee cartilage issues, Boyd has problems with his hamstrings and it seems a couple of others have niggling injury issues.

We can afford to carry a back on the bench as cover. An extra forward won't make much difference.

As for Fifita, last I saw he was 17 and not eligible to play NRL this year.

Date of Birth: 25 February 2000

 

[ZTop]

Roberts has had knee cartilage issues, Boyd has problems with his hamstrings and it seems a couple of others have niggling injury issues.

We can afford to carry a back on the bench as cover. An extra forward won't make much difference.

As for Fifita, last I saw he was 17 and not eligible to play NRL this year.

I think he is 18 now

 

[Super Freak]

I didnt think he was eligible but he must be. If we lost 4 players he would be in the side

It's doubtful he will be picked, anyway.

Inconsistency is an issue with him. He has a knack for backing up good efforts with bad efforts. He still has a lot to learn.