PRE-GAME Round 11 - Broncos vs Roosters

[the_next]

Ahhhhh, Bird injured hey..
This is the closest we will see to Wayne admitting he has been the worst signing in Brisbane's history.

 

[ZTop]

Date of Birth: 25 February 2000

If he was to play, would he be the first player from the 21st century to play NRL

 

[roo-ted]

What's the take on Shibasaki? Is he the dude with the killer mullet?

 

[pagey]

Dead set ! How many fucking times is he going to go with kodi at 7 . At least carry another option on the bench . Im going to be lucky to even worry about reading the live game thread.

 

[PerthBrissy987]

What does Carrigan have to do to get a run ?

 

[Unbreakable]

If he was to play, would he be the first player from the 21st century to play NRL

Probably.

Payne Haas was December 99' and I'm pretty sure he was the youngest player to debut so far this season.

 

[PerthBrissy987]

It’s good to see Wayne’s finally woken up to the fact that sims is barely a interchange player let alone able to play second row

 

[Wolfie]

What's the take on Shibasaki? Is he the dude with the killer mullet?

No, thats Funaki. Shiba is a very good young center/winger. Not so sure he could handle the load in defence yet at center, but cant really tell, he might step up easily. I think he would go great on the wing, he is a pretty strong player. I think he will make the center position his own in a couple of years if he keep progressing.

 

[winslow_wong]

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.

But can our halves utilise tpj as a backrower?

 

[Super Freak]

Pangai on the left might be good. He will be marking up on Matterson.

Hopefully Milford can work on his combination with him this week at training and have him running at Keary all night long.

 

[Alec]

Pangai on the left might be good. He will be marking up on Matterson.

Hopefully Milford can work on his combination with him this week at training and have him running at Keary all night long.

Keary is on the other side, isn't he?

 

[Super Freak]

Keary is on the other side, isn't he?

Not sure.

I remember seeing him defend on the right at one stage there but that could have just been temporary.

 

[Alec]

Not sure.

I remember seeing him defend on the right at one stage there but that could have just been temporary.

He seems to play left side in attack, so I thought they usually have the halves defend there too. Pretty sure Pearce defended on the right last year as well, and Cronk defended there for Melbourne. Just have to send Su'a at him if that's the case. Hopefully Kodi finally has a decent game in attack.

Our right side defence will have to play out of their skins, or we'll lose the game there.

 

[Foordy]

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.

what possible positive outcome would come from slamming a player in the media, just so fans can feel vindicated?

This is purely PR ... he isn't using the "injured" line to mask accountability for poor performances at all, you can be guaranteed the players are hearing what needs to be said from Bennett, it is just being done behind closed doors, where it should.

calling a player out publicly only serves to shame the player in question, potentially eroding their morale and confidence. it also could have the side affect of eroding the entire teams confidence and morale, for fear they will be the next player publicly shamed by their coach if their form drops ...

and if you think that performances will improve with the players morale and confidence low ... well i can tell you they won't, in fact they will probably get worse

 

[Porthoz]

what possible positive outcome would come from slamming a player in the media, just so fans can feel vindicated?

This is purely PR ... he isn't using the "injured" line to mask accountability for poor performances at all, you can be guaranteed the players are hearing what needs to be said from Bennett, it is just being done behind closed doors, where it should.

calling a player out publicly only serves to shame the player in question, potentially eroding their morale and confidence. it also could have the side affect of eroding the entire teams confidence and morale, for fear they will be the next player publicly shamed by their coach if their form drops ...

and if you think that performances will improve with the players morale and confidence low ... well i can tell you they won't, in fact they will probably get worse

I agree with this. This is something I will never bag Bennett on... he's very good at taking the best approach for each individual. Some require a harsh public stance, others require tact and diplomacy, and Wayne excels at this.

 

[rnabokov]

Keary is on the other side, isn't he?

Keary is most dangerous when he plays on the same side as Cronk which is often, albeit a lot of those times he waits till the ball is moving wide before he runs around to be on the same side as Cronk. Then they will just spread it wide and expose our compressed defence and score lots of easy points.

Hope I'm wrong

 

[Allo]

While no doubt he'll beast it and involve himself from anywhere, I don't think I like moving Pangai from Lock. Oates to 2RF, Shibba to debut on the wing with Joe back to the bench?

 

[Unbreakable]

If he was to play, would he be the first player from the 21st century to play NRL

Middo getting his stats from GKDonkey, the truth comes out.