Player Reviews (and I will unload):
1. Boyd - What the heck was that Mr. Captain??? That was Hayne-like and that is definitely recent-Hayne, not 2009-Hayne. He played like a third-grader and looked disinterested from the get-go. Absolute trash from the captain of one of the most supported and respected league clubs in the world. He lead from the front alright and look at the result of how he lead. Pathetic, he should give his match payments back. He may as well have not even turned up but he gets a one for that pass to Mead. 1
2. Oates - Yes he dropped a ball from Roberts that lead to a try but that pass from rubbish, little Oates could have done. He really showed an ability to read the game tonight with some of his last-ditch tackle attempts and runs out of in-goal, etc. He just has to stay on the win, he is just too good and important there and loved seeing him rip into Norman. 8
3. Roberts - Was he even on the field? Oh yes, he passed a shocker to Oates and took the VERY limited opportunities presented to him. Just give him the ball and let him do his thing...his thing happens to be really special. Defense was nothing to write home about. 5
4. Moga - What a star player, what a gun, what a find he is, how dominant he is...except when he is up against a decent centre. Yep, where was he tonight when needed? That's right, helping let tries and line breaks in. Makes massive metres for us but lets so much through in defense. He has had better games but unfortunately, has also had worse. 5
5. Mead - Oh my goodness, sorry
@meady but you need to never grace this great jersey again. Yes, he scored a try...and let in about a million more. Hmmm...I'm up against Radradra...I think I might just let him run all night and not tackle him, not contest bombs, not really do anything, what could go wrong? And seriously, where has his speed gone? Looks slower than Maranta. 1
6. Milford - Was behind a pack that wasn't just beaten, it was annihilated and yet, this little master in the making troubled with every touch and who was there chasing on every (and there were many) line break and try? Milf. That was JT-esque in terms of his competitiveness tonight. On a horrid night, he was one very bright positive. 8
7. KNik - Now look, I am biased, I like him and I think most of you know that I am the leader of his fan club however, I really cannot for the life of me see how he was bad. Yes, he didn't do much but he kept threatening every time (and it wasn't often) he had the ball. He is not a kicker, he is a runner and passer and he did those two aspects well in a team that was constantly on the back foot. Yes, his defense was not great but how many halves' defense is? He was ok in a side that was terrible around him. 6
8. Sims - He was better than last week though that wasn't hard, he was horrid last week and not much better though this week. He fired up...in the last five minutes when it was all over. Where was the aggression earlier? Looks like he has stuffed his shoulder so could be gone which could be a blessing in disguise. What a fire-breathing sack of potatoes he is at times. 4
9. Hunt - He really provided a spark when he came on but unfortunately, we were already a million behind by that stage. Is it time for him to start?
@Big Pete seems to think so and I can't really disagree, would be worth finding out. 7
10. Blair - Lead by example by throwing one of the worst offloads of all-time to start the game and set the tone for the rest of the game. Did he come back on after his first stint? If he didn't it is completely understandable given it was probably one of the worst first stints by a prop for us since the dark old Kennedy days, it was that bad. Absolutely horrendous. As one poster said (and I chuckled), he does the 1 percenters, just forgets the other 99. One of the worst performances by a player I have ever seen. He may was well have stayed at home, it would have helped us. 0
11. Glenn - He was horribly out-sized by the Eels pack and yet didn't take a backward step once. What a champion he is and seems to be back to his best thankfully. He was fantastic once again and his try was pure determination. In my opinion, best on ground. 9
12. Gillett - The ultra-consistent Gillett summed up the Broncos tonight really - rubbish. Given his record in recent times, we will take it as an anomaly and move on but he was very lackluster tonight. Is he caring an injury? Let's hope not but regardless, it was a very average game tonight from the best second-rower in the world. 5
13. McGuire - If we had a forward pack full of McGuires, we would be fine because he is just amazing week-in, week-out. He is one of those rare players whose difference between best and worst games is about 0.5%. Unfortunately, he had very little support in the forward pack other than Arrow and Glenn. 9
14. Thaiday - Look, he dropped the ball as many times as anyone else tonight and that was appalling but no one can question his effort, he tried hard all night. Unfortunately, he just kept coming up with rubbish when we needed gold. Hopefully, it was just a blip in the experimental hooker combination. 4
15. Su'a - There is so much to like about this kid, so very, very much. He isn't ready yet...but in six months probably will be. His 'ceiling' as the expression goes, seems huge. Will look forward to seeing much, much more of him next year but for now, he wasn't on for long and wasn't really needed given the game was over well and truly before he entered the fray. Made a nice run when he was injected but wasn't required to do too much. 5
16. Arrow - I keep saying it (and while Carrigan may prove to be a gun) but this kid is a huge loss for us and a massive pick up for the Titans. He is a defensive rock and has an offload and motor to go with it in attack. There is no coincidence (in my opinion) that the Eels were at least momentarily slowed whenever he was on the field. He hits and sticks...but he also hits hard and that is such an under-rated skill in our team of trick-shot merchants. You need a player like him in every side who can glue the middle together through the middle part of a game. He was really, really good. 8
17. Ese'ese - He seems to have caught the Broncos-2017 bug in that he blows hot and cold. When he is hot, he runs like the wind and hits like a wall. When he is cold, he drops the ball, runs sideways and looks lost out there. His first half stint was atrocious and killed our momentum at a very important time when we were mounting a comeback. His second half stint was much better but too little, too late. 5
18. Klein - Look, let's be honest, despite that howler of a try to Parramatta to kill off the contest, he did everything he could to gift us some 'game-managed' penalties to keep the 'contest' tighter than it really should have been.
