Round 13 - Raiders vs Broncos - Pre-Match discussion

[Huge]

Along with not retaining Bennett was the decision to offer crap money to a very deserving Civoniceva. Two very ordinary, in fact terrible decisions. I don't reckon I can find anyone anymore who can argue we are now better placed than we were before those awful mistakes. I'm one of those people who thought Kennedy coming home might benefit both the player and club but my optimism was misplaced, he has not been a success. He may well be the best paid player in the Intrust Cup, something to be happy about, at least for himself !

We've been hot and cold these past three seasons and beating Canberra will be a hard task if we are anything less than full on. I thought we would turn up to beat Manly but I am much more concerned about this upcoming game.

 

[Morkel]

We can't just "forget Kennedy". He's burning a $400k hole in our cap. The only option is, as [MENTION=8603]jd87[/MENTION] above said, is to hope someone offers enough to blunt the impact. Eg, someone offers him $250k so we only have $150k being used. Not ideal, but better than $400k for someone we don't plan on using. What a shame, he could have been a great buy for us. And I can't really find any way to blame Griffin or the Broncos.

Unfortunately it seems like he was made to look good by the Rooster's pack, and may only ever be "that prop that bounced through some shoddy defence to score" at a time when NSW desperately wanted a player like him. Paul Vaughan, be wary of any hype that comes your way...

 

[Unbreakable]

There was that whole thing at the start of the year with ASADA, I guess there's a small possibility his form is related to whatever that issue was, but I doubt it.

 

[Alec]

We can't just "forget Kennedy". He's burning a $400k hole in our cap. The only option is, as @jd87 above said, is to hope someone offers enough to blunt the impact. Eg, someone offers him $250k so we only have $150k being used. Not ideal, but better than $400k for someone we don't plan on using. What a shame, he could have been a great buy for us. And I can't really find any way to blame Griffin or the Broncos.

Unfortunately it seems like he was made to look good by the Rooster's pack, and may only ever be "that prop that bounced through some shoddy defence to score" at a time when NSW desperately wanted a player like him. Paul Vaughan, be wary of any hype that comes your way...

I thought it was pretty clear he wasn't anything more than solid last year too. He's kinda like Michaels, started out very positive, got a serious injury, and was never the same again.

Vaughan will be awesome if he avoids the same fate.

 

[Broncoman]

We can't just "forget Kennedy". He's burning a $400k hole in our cap. The only option is, as @jd87 above said, is to hope someone offers enough to blunt the impact. Eg, someone offers him $250k so we only have $150k being used. Not ideal, but better than $400k for someone we don't plan on using. What a shame, he could have been a great buy for us. And I can't really find any way to blame Griffin or the Broncos.

Unfortunately it seems like he was made to look good by the Rooster's pack, and may only ever be "that prop that bounced through some shoddy defence to score" at a time when NSW desperately wanted a player like him. Paul Vaughan, be wary of any hype that comes your way...

He has never been all that much of a player and signing him for that much was just baffling. At the Roosters last year he was just a passenger while JWH and Sam Moa were the main grunt in the front row that took Easts to the premiership.

Still don't understand why everyone was so thrilled about signing him, some were going on as if we had signed Shane Webcke the second.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Prediction: Mcrone starts you guys win, Cornish start Raiders win, looked so much sharper when he's been on the field.

He's a good prospect and I can't believe Ricky took this long to get him into the side personally.

Ricky's an idiot....you know that Harry.

Cornish is certainly a step forward, when compared to Josh McCrap.

 

[Donald]

Greenhouse mob saying our bench is shit. Haha people in glass houses....!!

I think Oates is a gun. Going to be a future star. I was annoyed at the signing of Lowrie but he has been outstanding especially in defence. Has been throwing himself at the ball runners and has caused a few mistakes. He for mine is almost equal to vidot on the buy of the season. Wallace is a good young player too and Hannant is Hannant. Don't know what bench their looking at but from where I'm sitting ours is miles ahead of theirs.

 

[Charmamba]

Fair play.

Copley scored two solid tries on the weekend. However he also made 4 handling errors which everyone has seemed to have overlooked.

In a game where we win by 26 and the player in question scored 2 good tries, it's ok to over look a handful of mistakes. He made up for them the best way possible with some sweet footwork to finish tries.

 

[rnabokov]

If these 3 players in particular have the same spark that lights the fire as they did last Sunday, Canberra will burn.

Hunt, Thaiday and Hannant

 

[subsbligh]

This will be an ambush. The Raiders can be a quality side when they want to.

Monday night, Origin period, in Canberra, Milford with a point to prove and the Raiders coming off shalacking by the Roosters.

Unless we get away to an early start, the boys will be pushing up hill.

A dangerous trend for us seems to be that the games we score early, we play well. Otherwises it's usually a tough night out.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Croker defending Hodges should see Copley or Hodges score a few tries IMO.

 

[Super Freak]

Broncos have a 45% win record against Ricky Stuart coached sides in Sydney. Their previous win being in 2010, their win before that was way back in 2006 when Broncos beat the Roosters.

I will also point out that Broncos have only managed to win 2 of their past 8 games against Raiders at Canberra.

I think it's going to be a tough one.

 

[broncsgoat]

In a game where we win by 26 and the player in question scored 2 good tries, it's ok to over look a handful of mistakes. He made up for them the best way possible with some sweet footwork to finish tries.

Disagree again.

 

[broncos4life]

Disagree again.

What do you disagree with exactly?

 

[Brett]

What do you disagree with exactly?

Yeah, please... Make an argument against what you disagree with. Otherwise, what's the point of a forum?

 

[Charmamba]

What do you disagree with exactly?

Everything I say it appears, would be nice to have something else behind his post to fuel a discussion.

 

[broncsgoat]

Apologies.

I disagree that it's ok to overlook 4 errors just because he finished two trys he should have scored as a NRL level centre.

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of Copley, I just don't think that he should start in place of Hodges which was the initial point made and I'm absolutely certain I'm not alone.

 

[Donald]

Apologies.

I disagree that it's ok to overlook 4 errors just because he finished two trys he should have scored as a NRL level centre.

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of Copley, I just don't think that he should start in place of Hodges which was the initial point made and I'm absolutely certain I'm not alone.

And where is Hodges going to play...?