PRE-GAME [Round 24, 2023] Broncos vs Eels

[Mustafur]

Might be a little bit of a difference for the Broncos I think. Finishing 1st mean probably playing the Strom week 1, finishing 2nd means probably playing the Warriors. I know who I'd rather play...

My assumption is that the current top 3 is pretty much going to stay the same.

We have to beat Storm eventually, our record against them is bad but to be fair they have had a better team for the majority of it, last game I think we would have won if Reyno didn't get injured, we have the better team now, and getting a win over them would be a huge boost to our confidence.

 

[ChewThePhatt]

We have to beat Storm eventually, our record against them is bad but to be fair they have had a better team for the majority of it, last game I think we would have won if Reyno didn't get injured, we have the better team now, and getting a win over them would be a huge boost to our confidence.

Getting a win over those ***** would be a huge boost to my mental health!

 

[Culhwch]

Just as well the club didn't panic and tear up the contracts of Madden and Piakura after their first games with us. Both looked like complete liabilities.

DD must have forgot his login details to BHQ those two weeks, otherwise they'd be goooooone. No other way to explain it.

 

[Morkel]

Also, it's no surprise that the Panthers have so many attacking chances. They are permanently off-side in defence, restricting their opposition's metres, and are gifted countless unjustified leg-ups out of their own end. Without the most attacking opportunities in the competition, they'd fall straight back to the rest of the pack.

 

[Mr Fourex]

I wonder what the situation is with Reyno, if he isn't 100% I think he should be rested this week........

Ezra too......? He seemed down and out a couple times last week and cops it on that knee almost every week.

Can we afford the loss.....?

 

[Mr Fourex]

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Did you see that step on Billy...??

 

[Scorchie]

We have to beat Storm eventually, our record against them is bad but to be fair they have had a better team for the majority of it, last game I think we would have won if Reyno didn't get injured, we have the better team now, and getting a win over them would be a huge boost to our confidence.

Wallabies will beat the AllBlacks too one day…sometimes the statistic is the statistic

 

[Manofoneway]

Like someone said, our tough draw may steel us for the finals. Conversely, will the Warriors' comparatively soft draw have them complacent?

The Warriors draw is the easiest in the whole comp. We are the opposite. I think their side is good but not as good as their position on the ladder suggests. We beat them without our Origin stars in NZ after all

 

[Culhwch]

The Warriors draw is the easiest in the whole comp. We are the opposite. I think their side is good but not as good as their position on the ladder suggests. We beat them without our Origin stars in NZ after all

2023 Warriors = 2022 Sharks?

 

[Morepudding]

Completely agree... It was the Raiders playing grubby where Reynolds got hurt last year, and that derailed our whole season.

Dogs like Hudson Young build their whole game around trying to niggle, hurt and intimidate much smaller players off the ball (like JWH). I couldn't care less about the result of the Raiders game, I just hope we come out of it with no major injuries.

I hope we use all the remaining games to keep working on / developing things ahead of the finals. Things like Kev use Smoothy more lastweek to get some minutes into his legs, Smoothy running set crash ball plays with Piakura, Piakura getting more minutes in the backrow and Willison continuing to be involved in the middle are all things that will serve us very well come finals time.

Apart from errors and ill discipline, the only weakness of this team is our edge defence, where Cobbo insists on coming flying in off the wing at every opportunity to create huge overlaps... I'd love to see some improvement in this area specifically, otherwise we will get torn to shreds in the finals down that flank by a well-drilled, competent team. It's really our only weakness at the moment.

A lot of cobbos ones are because Staggs already came flying up and did nothing. Both are useless.

 

[Morepudding]

The Warriors draw is the easiest in the whole comp. We are the opposite. I think their side is good but not as good as their position on the ladder suggests. We beat them without our Origin stars in NZ after all

raiders draw was the easiest

 

[Sproj]

It must be a rare thing surely for a team to be borderline top 4 this far into a season and have a huge negative +/-

 

[Foordy]

It must be a rare thing surely for a team to be borderline top 4 this far into a season and have a huge negative +/-

I certainly can't recall ever seeing it before

 

[Super Freak]

I certainly can't recall ever seeing it before

Cowboys in '07 sitting in 3rd with a -93.

Several teams have been equal 4th or 2 points behind 4th with a negative F/A but the worst I think was Sharks in '15 with -34.

 

[Big Del]

Both are useless.

Doing all right for a pair who are useless .

 

[Brotherdu]

Whenever we are on tackle 3 or 4 and near halfway I get excited because I know we are every chance of scoring a try. Less confident inside the oppositions 10....

Looking at those gifs, its awesome of everyone moves together, with the playmakers running deep into the line.

I love this too, but what I love even more is the fact that we are pressuring the middle defence through crash plays close to the line more the last 2 weeks too. Jenson gave a beauty to Willy a few weeks back, and Patty has picked up a couple.

This can only lead to more space out wide if teams start worrying about it.

 

[BroncsFan]

I love this too, but what I love even more is the fact that we are pressuring the middle defence through crash plays close to the line more the last 2 weeks too. Jenson gave a beauty to Willy a few weeks back, and Patty has picked up a couple.

This can only lead to more space out wide if teams start worrying about it.

I wonder if the one on the weekend was a set play or was it heads up play from Patty.

He was well back in the line at the start of the ptb looking like a normal link man role, but sprinted to be up next to Billy for the crash play.

He either spotted Drinkwater in the line and made a bee line for him bringing Billy along... or it was planned all along to try and confuse the defence (have everyone thinking it was a spread, but Patty comes charging in late and Billy doing some great work to get him 1v1 with the fullback on the line).

Either way I fucking love it.... good attack inside the 10m needs the dummy half and decoy runners to represent a threat, otherwise the defence will just slide off them.

If the defence has to hold in the line for the decoy that gives the backline more time to work with.

 

[GCBRONCO]