[Round 2, 2022]Bulldogs vs Broncos

[BHQ Bot]

Top of the table here we come!

 

[Wolfie]

Herbie has to move to the wing. He offers nothing in attack at centre, but all his assets make sense out wider.

I think his problem at center is he is probably way more suited to playing right side. We are struggling for options there really as Lee and Hoeter are also right sided centers.

 

[Skathen]

Dogs attack is why, we are panicking and there are holes everywhere.

You might get to say that if we didn't do really well in defense against the rabbits too. Our scramble had been really impressive. These boys are trying their guts out

 

[Nerd]

The dogs were the better team in that half and really should be 10 or so points ahead of us. If we stop making the silly unforced errors we could run over them at the end of the second half as for once we look fitter than the opposition. Even with all that ball a few of the Dogs forwards were already walking back onside after kicks.

The Dogs look good when they get near our line but without penalties or our errors they are struggling to get out of their half at times.

 

[bert_lifts]

Lucky to be 4-4. Good defence or dogs attack sucks. Probably a bit of both. Cut the errors out and we win easy.

 

[Morepudding]

The Dogs dominating everything except the scoreline. The Broncos need to cut down the error rate or they will get cleaned up in the second half. Reynolds having opening day jitters which is fair enough. I cringe every time Burton puts boot to ball.

Apart from that, a great atmosphere here at the game with a fair few Bronco fans kicking about.

We never put the kicker under pressure. That’s the difference. He has nothing to worry about.

 

[nopatience101]

You might get to say that if we didn't do really well in defense against the rabbits too. Our scramble had been really impressive. These boys are trying this guys out

We were making tackles against Souths, tonight we are falling off half of them.

 

[BroncosFever]

Reynolds tackled illegally, went on report, no penalty
Knock on in the very first set, apparently not keen on watching what takes place when it disadvantages the Bulldogs
Cobbo tackled in the air, Bulldogs ball
Addo-Carr with his biggest contribution taking a dive to win a penalty, ref took the bait beautifully

All of that and it's only 4-4

Going to need to spend a bit more I reckon, the Buydogs of War baby

 

[mitch222]

Burton is getting an eternity to kick, where is the pressure?

He is getting a lot of time to kick but all their chasers are offside so they can let it bounce

 

[thenry]

Let's see what we've got this half. Last few seasons we would concede early then switch off because it was too hard.

 

[Scorchie]

4-4 after all that? Game on boys, 18-4 win coming up

 

[Midean]

Reynolds tackled illegally, went on report, no penalty
Knock on in the very first set, apparently not keen on watching what takes place when it disadvantages the Bulldogs
Cobbo tackled in the air, Bulldogs ball
Addo-Carr with his biggest contribution taking a dive to win a penalty, ref took the bait beautifully

All of that and it's only 4-4

Going to need to spend a bit more I reckon, the Buydogs of War baby

This ^.

I am pretty happy with that half to be honest, remember this time last year, we would have given up 3 tries leading up to half time.

The dogs have had 90% rub of the green from the ref this half, expect some even ups for us in the second.

 

[McHunt]

I think his problem at center is he is probably way more suited to playing right side. We are struggling for options there really as Lee and Hoeter are also right sided centers.

Dunno. We're not short of centres who can pass AND tackle. He's a terrific winger, but a truly shithouse centre. Time to act on it.

 

[theshed]

Massive defensive effort. L

 

[Skathen]

They need to use the worm burner on Burton. No way to catch those without a knock on.

 

[mitch222]

This ^.

I am pretty happy with that half to be honest, remember this time last year, we would have given up 3 tries leading up to half time.

The dogs have had 90% rub of the green from the ref this half, expect some even ups for us in the second.

Uh expect more of the same
We are in Sydney don’t forget

 

[Wolfie]

Dunno. We're not short of centres who can pass AND tackle. He's a terrific winger, but a truly shithouse centre. Time to act on it.

I dont think we have a single genuine left sided center on our books at the moment. Playing on your more natural side i think the passing comes easier.

 

[Midean]

Uh expect more of the same
We are in Sydney don’t forget

Just taking the other games this season into account, the penalty counts and even ups have been fairly close. Thus we are not seeing huge blowouts like last year.

 

[nopatience101]

This is where we want to see Reynolds leadership, back to basics, just get through some sets.