PRE-GAME [Round 19, 2022] Broncos vs Eels

[McHunt]

Te Maire in reserves. That means he'll be back next week. Maybe Tesi will move to centre.

 

[Super Freak]

Te Maire in reserves. That means he'll be back next week. Maybe Tesi will move to centre.

I actually wouldn't mind seeing Tesi get a crack there.

He's been average defensively, but attack wise he's been good the past couple of weeks and has been a real handful for the opposition. He's willing to take the game on and look to create opportunities.

I don't think we'll be worse off defensively having Niu there over Lee, and we'll have more speed and spark on that left side.

 

[K-Style]

I never go into an Eels game with confidence they just get up for us but we are better placed than we have been for a long time.

It is a vital game for our top 4 aspirations, if we lose it will be two wins out and we could be leap frogged by teams like Parra

It wasn’t long ago I wasnt confident going into Bulldogs games. And now they’re on the up that probably won’t change.

 

[Super Freak]

Anyone here going to the game and sitting the front row?

If you are, take a whistle and blow it whenever we scoot out of dummy half on their line.

 

[Huge]

A return to the Broncos of recent years will definitely NOT happen.

Of that I am confident. We certainly can win against these pumpkins but this one will definitely come down to how cohesive our forward pack is on the night. Parra have some heavy artillery up the middle. If we can match them we are a real solid chance.

 

[Broncapz]

I predict the ref is going to destroy us.

 

[Wolfie]

We are going to announce ourselves as genuine contenders. We will smash the *****.

 

[McHunt]

I predict the ref is going to destroy us.

Interesting you should say that: only three teams have been penalized less than us, and the one who's been penalized least is the Eels.

Teams

Teams

www.nrl.com

The last time we had Gerard Sutton was in Round 12 where we beat the Titans 35: 24. In that game we won the penalty count 4:8. And the Titans are one of the other teams less penalized than us.

 

[Super Freak]

Get ready for a statement to be made.

 

[BroncosFever]

Idiotic statement.

What are you going to talk about next season when Kennedy is off in England?

Which useless 2nd rate player are you going to get behind? I'd like to know in advance.

 

[BroncosFever]

I highly doubt Kev is going to stick the boot into Tesi.

He isn't reading BHQ, good thing too.

 

[theshed]

I actually wouldn't mind seeing Tesi get a crack there.

He's been average defensively, but attack wise he's been good the past couple of weeks and has been a real handful for the opposition. He's willing to take the game on and look to create opportunities.

I don't think we'll be worse off defensively having Niu there over Lee, and we'll have more speed and spark on that left side.

He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.

 

[BroncosFever]

He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.

I can't imagine defending the centres would be any easier than defending at fullback.

You have the make split second defensive decisions with full commitment and the way the centre reacts makes it so the man on his outside has to follow suit, get it wrong and they probably score untouched.

 

[BroncsFan]

I can only guess that Gamble has been dropped because our bench would be too small with Paix, Kobe and Gamble all there... also noting that Kobe comes on for Pat at lock, so where would Gamble come on, unless we want to run with Kobe and Gamble in the middle for a period of the game, which isn't ideal.

I think for Gamble to get onto the bench we would need to move Pat to prop and Kobe to lock, with Gamble and Kobe to share the lock duties... then we have Flegs and Jensen on the bench for the prop rotation.

I do like that as a rotation; however Patty has just come off winning the Wally Lewis medal and has been very good for us in that 13 jersey, including his ball playing, which I think has improved a lot this year. Although it's likely he is also playing a bit of prop throughout the game when Kobe is on at the same time.

It could be something we look to transition to over the next preseason, but not necessarily something you look to jump to in the middle of the season... maybe we revisit it near the backend of the year pending how Kobe, Gamble and Palasia are looking.

 

[McHunt]

I can only guess that Gamble has been dropped because our bench would be too small with Paix, Kobe and Gamble all there... also noting that Kobe comes on for Pat at lock, so where would Gamble come on, unless we want to run with Kobe and Gamble in the middle for a period of the game, which isn't ideal.

I think for Gamble to get onto the bench we would need to move Pat to prop and Kobe to lock, with Gamble and Kobe to share the lock duties... then we have Flegs and Jensen on the bench for the prop rotation.

I do like that as a rotation; however Patty has just come off winning the Wally Lewis medal and has been very good for us in that 13 jersey, including his ball playing, which I think has improved a lot this year. Although it's likely he is also playing a bit of prop throughout the game when Kobe is on at the same time.

It could be something we look to transition to over the next preseason, but not necessarily something you look to jump to in the middle of the season... maybe we revisit it near the backend of the year pending how Kobe, Gamble and Palasia are looking.

Or Gamble just twiddles his thumbs waiting for one of the halves to get injured. Which always happens.

 

[Sproj]

I guess Gamble is injured, he looked a bit ginger when he came off last week. It would be odd for him to not even be on the reserves list if he was fit.

Our bench should be the trump card, with injuries and games out, it is arguably as good as or perhaps even better than a number of our starters and that is exactly what you want, a cracking engine room.

 

[Super Freak]

He’s had a crack there. Got dropped because he was nonexistent in defence.

That was when the team were getting flogged on a weekly basis and down on confidence. Even our gun players looked bad.

I’m willing to forget about the performances from that period and give him a crack in a side that’s going well and full of confidence.

 

[Accept]

I'm hoping my first visit to Commbank coincides with the Bronco's maiden victory at the ground. It's a hell of an ask though. The weather conditions are going to be downright nasty and the venue is pretty imposing to visiting teams. But the Top 4 is almost guaranteed if they can scrape out a W.