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

[Culhwch]

Almost back to full strength at the right time of the year, good to see.

 

[mitch222]

If Arthars is a cat 1 and Oates is still not ready to play, plus Herbie might be out with the corked Calf, we will likely be using players we haven't used this year.

Surely Pereira will be Wing and probably Hoeter to cover Herbie if he is out.

I wouldn't be against trying Sailor at Centre either.

Mariner?

 

[1910]

If Arthars is a cat 1 and Oates is still not ready to play, plus Herbie might be out with the corked Calf, we will likely be using players we haven't used this year.

Surely Pereira will be Wing and probably Hoeter to cover Herbie if he is out.

I wouldn't be against trying Sailor at Centre either.

Hoeter limped off on Sunday after about 60 minutes and didn't come back. He's no chance anyway.

 

[Super Freak]

I like the idea of Piakura playing from the bench.

His late footwork at the line against tiring forwards could be very very handy.

 

[McHunt]

Kobe is training.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Any updates on Reyno?

 

[Super Freak]

 

[Manofoneway]

Poor Corey Jensen. I don't disagree with the team in any sense, we just have too many good players.. particularly in the forwards!

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Poor Corey Jensen. I don't disagree with the team in any sense, we just have too many good players.. particularly in the forwards!

He would know the position has his name on it once Flegler ***** off to the Phins. He wouldn't be too worried about it.

 

[Mustafur]

Jensen has been dropped when he shouldn't but Palasia was massive for us last week, it's a tough call.

 

[Jedhead]

The one good side to Jensen being rested is it allows him to reset and manage any niggles he has so that when he does come back in he's as good as new. We'll definitely need him come the finals.

I'm pleased that Palasia is there strictly on merit as he has been playing the house down in recent weeks. The drip feeding of games for Willison and mariner is also a stellar path to first class development.

The only change I wanted to see was Mozer as 18th man as I think the Raiders and the storm games are not the ideal march ups to being him in for his debut. It's looking like he'll need to wait until next year though.

 

[winslow_wong]

He would know the position has his name on it once Flegler ***** off to the Phins. He wouldn't be too worried about it.

Also when haas leaves, Jensen will first picked every week

 

[BroncsFan]

Jensen has been dropped when he shouldn't but Palasia was massive for us last week, it's a tough call.

I've been critical of Palasia in the past, but his ball playing has improved so he provides another avenue at lock compared to Jensen

It seems like he does more ball playing than Kobe as well... Kobe seems to be used more as a 'prop' than a ball playing lock... utilising his footwork to keep the roll on rather than being a link man.

Outside of that it could be Kevvie rewarding Palasia for good form in recent weeks, as I think he has been playing well.

 

[Culhwch]

Feel for Jensen but can't argue the Palasia inclusion. Great headache for Kevvie to have.

I'd be a little concerned carrying a lighter bench going up against a team with a strong pack. Haven't seen much of the Eels this year, so not too sure how we stack up there but I'm confident we'd overcome that this week regardless, but it could be a concern in the finals. That said you can't leave Hetherington and Piakura out, and Capes has proven that he can cover the middle really well when Piakura was coming off the bench earlier in the year.

 

[Johnny92]

I personally think Flegler has been the weakest of our forwards the last few weeks. He hasn't been bad, just all the other guys have seemed to go up a notch.
Unlucky for Jensen and even Willison but Flegler wasn't going to be the guy left out. Tough calls to make when nobody deserves to be dropped

 

[Morkel]

How good is it to have such decent depth in the forwards, where we can rotate and rest them as needed but whichever one gets picked, you'll know they'll do the job.

 

[McHunt]

How good is it to have such decent depth in the forwards, where we can rotate and rest them as needed but whichever one gets picked, you'll know they'll do the job.

Even more bizarrely, we didn't even fill our roster.

 

[Santa]

I wonder if Taupau will even make it back into the team once his suspension is done...