FaceOfMutiny
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Sometimes I wish we still had Wallace... instead of Hoffman.
Round 18 - Panthers vs Broncos - Pre-Match Discussion
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More proof we're better off without him ......?
Alec
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Have you ever re-watched Rnd 3, 2007 BTW?
Splinter
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Quite possibly right on this.
We have scored the same amount of points for with one half, if we can get a partner for Hunt it should make a huge difference
Waynesaurus
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I think is more that they play solid and consistent football for 80 minutes where as we can play really nice football for half the time and then like busteds the other half.
The bench and Griffin's usage of it is killing us.
The bench and Griffin's usage of it is killing us.
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I'll put it out there...I liked Wally,I liked what he did for us,I liked his commitment and I liked his courage. I liked the fact that he never whinged or blamed anyone,he tried his guts out for us and if every single Bronco tried as hard as he did we would have fared so much better. I agree he wasn't the greatest but so few are,including me.
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No. Where would one obtain such ancient video footage
or, even easier.....what point are you trying to make?
Broncoman
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He kicked a long range field goal to beat us in Golden Point
JoeldTrafford
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Don't you remember every minute of every game the Broncos have every played? Jeeeez :p
GCBRONCO
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Knowing Griffin he'd just pair Wallace with Hoggman and keep using Hunt as a bench hooker.
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Yeah I agree! Wally was great! But you know things change and we have to move on. Should be a tight game.
Big Pete
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Wallace was a damn good clubman. Aside from one incident in the 2008/09 offseason, I can't remember him causing us any serious problems and he was a good competitive player.
I just don't think fans thought Brisbane was the right place for him anymore. We didn't really need a hands on half, we needed somebody who could create tries and Hunt's raw ability was far more promising.
To that point, I'm fine with the way our halves situation has panned out. Yes, Hoffman can be frustrating but I think it's basically forced Hunt to improve and lead this team around. If Wallace had have stayed, I reckon Hunt would have taken a back-seat and we'd be just as frustrated.
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Agreed Pete. Also, it's forced Hunt into becoming extremely fit. Every other team has 2 halves, which means one bloke can have a rest on a few plays each set. Not Hunt. He basically has to be there for every play of every set. He must cover some serious distance each game, running wise.
broncos4life
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Can you refresh my memory about what happened in the 08/09 off season?
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While I agree with you about the potential for Hunt to stay in Wallace's shadow, I also think that Benny could've become a fantastic 5/8 with Peter as halfback, as long as he did so in a "Lockyeresque" way of taking charge of the attack when he saw an opportunity or in the last 20. The question really is whether he would've had been assertive enough to do it...
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