Round 15 - Broncos vs Rabbitohs

[Financeguy]

Reece Walsh gone. Sam Walker gone. Coates gone. Fifita gone. Deardon (called the future of the club) gone.

Three playmakers of the future, who look like they could dominate for years.

And we sign an aging halfback, a second rate centre, and a second rate halfback who plays more second grade than first, and a second-rower who can't get a game under Bennett.

Throw in the obvious match fixing through refereeing decisions over the past two years, the ridiculous supensions of Staggs, Haas and TPJ (match winners), fining of players which was later retracted, over the top media bias - there is no longer any question.

Dearden never looked like he could dominate sweet FA.

Trying to suggest that signing Reynolds and letting Dearden go is a bad thing does not help your argument whatsoever...

 

[PineappleHead]

Dearden never looked like he could dominate sweet FA.

Trying to suggest that signing Reynolds and letting Dearden go is a bad thing does not help your argument whatsoever...

What short memories people have.

Deardon was very good last year when given a chance. When he first came on the scene, fans were immediately impressed.

The club said at the beginning of this year that Deardon was "the future - player around who we can build the club". Not many people disagreed.

Then because this young kid has been subjected to the psychological warfare of the media and the referees over the length of the season, he didn't play to his potential (although he showed patches). I don't blame him.

You can disagree about Deardon, but I have listed over 30 inexplicable happenings in and around the club over the past two years (under the thread "Smell what's cooking ...) that can only spell "controlled demolition".

 

[Financeguy]

What short memories people have.

Deardon was very good last year when given a chance. When he first came on the scene, fans were immediately impressed.

Sorry, no he wasn't. At best, he had periods where he didn't disgrace himself.

He was so much the future of the club that he wasn't offered a contract...

and, its DeardEn!!

 

[Unbreakable]

Not sure how valid it is, but there is some mail that we'll be seeing some shifts come game day -

Pangai Jr to lock, Robati starting on an edge, Flegler back to the bench, Palasia out, Paix in.

 

[Culhwch]

and, its DeardEn!!

Good ol' Timmy Deerdan.

Not sure how valid it is, but there is some mail that we'll be seeing some shifts come game day -

Pangai Jr to lock, Robati starting on an edge, Flegler back to the bench, Palasia out, Paix in.

Good changes. Interesting to see how TC goes starting if true.

 

[broncsgoat]

Not sure how valid it is, but there is some mail that we'll be seeing some shifts come game day -

Pangai Jr to lock, Robati starting on an edge, Flegler back to the bench, Palasia out, Paix in.

I mean, why wouldn’t he change his mind from this time yesterday

 

[PineappleHead]

Sorry, no he wasn't. At best, he had periods where he didn't disgrace himself.

He was so much the future of the club that he wasn't offered a contract...

and, its DeardEn!!

So easily manipulated.

 

[pagey]

Not sure how valid it is, but there is some mail that we'll be seeing some shifts come game day -

Pangai Jr to lock, Robati starting on an edge, Flegler back to the bench, Palasia out, Paix in.

Would be happy with that

 

[lynx000]

So easily manipulated.

Well done Highwayman

 

[Santa]

Manly flogged us.

Doesn't count as a home game.

 

[Santa]

We may have beaten the Titans at home but we didnt play well.

We played well enough to win :)

 

[Skyblues87]

Doesn't count as a home game.

Lol it was at Suncorp even though classed as away.

 

[Santa]

Lol it was at Suncorp even though classed as away.

Exactly. Doesnt count.

 

[Jason Simmons]

What short memories people have.

Deardon was very good last year when given a chance. When he first came on the scene, fans were immediately impressed.

The club said at the beginning of this year that Deardon was "the future - player around who we can build the club". Not many people disagreed.

Then because this young kid has been subjected to the psychological warfare of the media and the referees over the length of the season, he didn't play to his potential (although he showed patches). I don't blame him.

You can disagree about Deardon, but I have listed over 30 inexplicable happenings in and around the club over the past two years (under the thread "Smell what's cooking ...) that can only spell "controlled demolition".

And like a true nut job, you ignore real world facts in order to reach your “conclusion”.

 

[Kooly87]

I'm not fully across the share market and all that stuff, however whilst News is the majority shareholder they dont hold 100% of the shares.

They might be happy to sit back and watch revenues, etc. drop and not really care, but Joe Blog with 10% or the other minor shareholders wont be all that keen to sit back and watch the annual reviews come in with dropping margins, at which point they'll sell.

Selling of the stock leads to dropping of the share price and all of a sudden News have to start looking at whether they bother keeping a hold of the ownership if it starts costing them money instead of being profitable and looking after itself.

You're correct, and in almost any other publicly listed business that would be true, but the Broncos are a football club and not really like any other publicly listed business.

The club simply doesn't rate on News Limited's balance sheet one way or the other so even a slight downturn in profits isn't overly relevant to what as we're essentially Lachlan Murdoch's play thing.

He doesn't own us for the financial returns, and whilst he wouldn't want us losing too much cash, he certainly isn't likely to be overly bothered about how much money we make as long as we can sustain ourselves.

 

[BroncsFan]

You're correct, and in almost any other publicly listed business that would be true, but the Broncos are a football club and not really like any other publicly listed business.

The club simply doesn't rate on News Limited's balance sheet one way or the other so even a slight downturn in profits isn't overly relevant to what as we're essentially Lachlan Murdoch's play thing.

He doesn't own us for the financial returns, and whilst he wouldn't want us losing too much cash, he certainly isn't likely to be overly bothered about how much money we make as long as we can sustain ourselves.

That last line would be the thing that sways it though.

If Broncos drop revenue and start to operate at a loss I think he would basically look at selling up. It's one thing to have a play thing that breaks even, but when it starts to cost you money it's time to pull out... and you'd assume there would be an exodus of the minor shareholders as well.

Broncos offering 2 for 1 tickets is unheard of and suggests they're starting to get worried about the financials. I also suspect the NRL will move towards a pro rata of the grants based on club's wealth, which would likely see us hit the hardest.

Why would they move to a pro rata?? Because the biggest issue that clubs have about a 17th team is that it will cost them more money than it brings in. With a pro rata they can prop up the garbage Shitney teams to get them off their back and also prop up the Brisbane Plastics to give then a foothold.

The unfortunate thing through all of this is if the Broncos are going so bad financially that News have to pull out, then it means the club is completely fucked... because they would be doing everything they can to reduce the operating budget before they start running at a loss... so support staff, etc. would all be downsized at the expense of the football team

 

[McHunt]

If we can get keep Souths to under 30 points, we can improve our defensive average. Baby steps.

 

[GCBRONCO]

2 year old Nate Wilson MOTM as far as I'm concerned