POST GAME [Round 23, 2022] Broncos vs Storm

[Galah]

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[bronxfever]

was so excited for this game & to go out on suncorp after. well tried boys but a little dissapointed:(

 

[I bleed Maroon]

was so excited for this game & to go out on suncorp after. well tried boys but a little dissapointed:(

Nope. 60 points is not "well tried".

 

[bronxfever]

Nope. 60 points is not "well tried"

just trying to think postive after that performance, but honestly you're 100% correct

 

[Alec]

Are you really surprised? It doesn't take much for BHQ to melt down

Yeah, it was only 60 points and one of the worst defensive displays in clubs history. Dont see what the big deal is.

 

[Galah]

Yeah, it was only 60 points and one of the worst defensive displays in clubs history. Dont see what the big deal is.

Yeah no big deal, only the fact that we have been 2020 level for the last month.

no alarm bell.

 

[Scorchie]

just trying to think postive after that performance, but honestly you're 100% correct

The only positives were a 40k plus crowd for the first time in forever it feels like and a mint playing pitch.
No reason whatsoever for 60-12

 

[Johnny92]

Looks as though fans were aloud onto the field after the game and there was a fan night. Photos, autographs, jersey presentations.
What a night to have it after getting pumped. Boys could of atleast put in a respectable performance knowing this was happening afterwards.

 

[rnabokov]

What's going to be the magic 2024 thing that will make us competitive again?

We sign Harry Grant?

 

[Locky888]

Melbourne's ruck speed killed us. It's time Broncos start wrestling in tackles to slow the opposition down.

 

[MrTickyMcG]

I’ve literally never turned a game off before in my life. After Grant scored early in the second half the TV went off, I could see where it was heading and turned on the Woodstock 99 doco. A wild show and some good titties, would recommend.

 

[Dexter]

I wouldn't call it lucky, they've been better than half the competition and find themselves exactly where they deserve to be. There's a clear gap between them and the top teams and that's something that they'll have to address if they want to be premiership contenders.

It wasn't like the Broncos didn't have their own share of adversities either.

I wouldn't call it lucky, they've been better than half the competition and find themselves exactly where they deserve to be. There's a clear gap between them and the top teams and that's something that they'll have to address if they want to be premiership contenders.

It wasn't like the Broncos didn't have their own share of adversities either.

I think any teams draw has an element of luck when you only play some teams twice. Then when you get a couple of teams which are expected to be finals contenders but are truly horrible , that's a bit of luck.
I agree, you can only play it how it is and we are allowed a decent draw now and then .

 

[mrslong]

You just know haas is gonna go somewhere else and play like an awesome $1M player tho hey

 

[Sproj]

You just know haas is gonna go somewhere else and play like an awesome $1M player tho hey

If he does, he does. He’s seemingly a cancer at the club. We haven’t been the same since he did what he did. Happy to see the back of him as long as again we are t paying a cent and whoever he goes to pay us some clucks I mean bucks.

 

[Dexter]

We need to get either Annersley or one of the refs to training in the off season and show up what we are doing wrong that we regularly lose the penalty count and especially 6 agains. The Storm easily slow the tackle down more than any other club in the comp and often leave early in defence yet somehow win the 6 again count nearly every week.

I reckon Penrith are slightly better at slowing the ruck but yeah not much difference.
The NRL have let this evolve from the actual rules , get off straight away , to interpreting who has momentum, to allowing the third man in dwelling on top for a few seconds no matter who has the momentum and defensive lines leaving early.
They changed the strip rule because it wasn't a fair contest but a tackle can have a late third man who goes to sleep.
The game is just slowly killing itself.

 

[HarryAllan7]

As some have pointed out, we were infinitely more competitive and capable last time we played the Storm… in Melbourne… with a much worse squad.

Goes to show it’s not a talent issue, it’s about effort and commitment and desire - which we’ve been sorely and obviously lacking for weeks now. It’s baffling how massive and sudden the turnaround has been since the Parra game and it’s hard not to point the finger at the coach, whose job is to keep the players performing at a high level.

I agree players like James, Riki and Turpin shouldn’t be in the starting side, but if we we’re playing with the appropriate intensity and effort like we did earlier in the year then they are still serviceable options and we showed we can mix it with the best… when the entire team is playing poorly then those weak links are really exposed.

It was compounded last night by the Storm playing their own game, manipulating the ruck and controlling the tempo of their game (as they always do), but it’s not an excuse and we can’t control it … we showed we can overcome that and go toe to toe with them when we want to… but the players just don’t want it - they are done for the year, you can just see it. Maybe it’s late season fatigue and mounting niggling injuries and we just peaked too early.

Either way…Absolutely disgraceful performance. At this point I’d rather almost miss the finals than have to get flogged by the Roosters or someone else again in week 1 to finish the year.

 

[mrslong]

Melbourne played with so much more intent than we did, they deserved to control the speed of the ruck on both sides of the ball. They were coached so much better and it showed, and continue to show until we get serious about our line speed & getting on the advantage line. Both things that will be helped by hiring a class hooker from somewhere.

 

[Huge]

What really surprised me was the extremely lax attitude the ref had towards ruck interference and consistent and team wide offside from Melbourne. There were so many blatant and obvious 6 agains not given just in the first 20 or so that I feared the worst.

I thought the Melbourne game would show us where we really are but I think it wasn't the ultimate test, next week is when the real test happens.

Great lesson in humility last night.