Round 26 - Broncos vs Panthers - Build Up Thread

[kluppy]

Also, this is where we so desparately need an experienced coach.

They need something inspirational/a talisman to fire them up and not some tired tautologies about pride or Petero.

thats where you need a good inspirational captain..... unfortunately we have a lazy, horribly out of form girl.

 

[noisetheory]

looking as though hoffman back to FB with copley onto the wing. norman to #6 and hunt back to bench.

imo copley's hit ups out of our own end have been missed more than we realised. since he went down we have struggled on the first/second tackle to make metres. its been one of the strengths of his game this year to pump out 10+ metres on first/second tackle from our own end.

 

[Coxy]

looking as though hoffman back to FB with copley onto the wing. norman to #6 and hunt back to bench.

imo copley's hit ups out of our own end have been missed more than we realised. since he went down we have struggled on the first/second tackle to make metres. its been one of the strengths of his game this year to pump out 10+ metres on first/second tackle from our own end.

Agree Copley's return will help us, but just not sure about Norman back to five eighth. He's just not good enough.

 

[Bucking Beads]

That will do me if this happens.

 

[Big Pete]

One cannot simply drop Wallace.

 

[noisetheory]

i dont like hunt going back to the bench at all.

 

[Coxy]

I know it's too late in the season now but for next year I want to see Macca playing 80 minutes. The only reason Hook would shift Hunt to the bench is to have a decent replacement for Macca. Capewell is hopeless. And while the smarter move would be to start Hunt at five-eighth, and have Norman come off the bench for Macca, but moving into the halves with Hunt to hooker, the concern is obviously that Hunt would be fatigued already from inevitable defence on the fringes.

So you'd just be replacing a shagged Macca with a slightly less shagged Hunt who is already a lesser defender.

This interchange hooker shit has to stop.

 

[noisetheory]

One cannot simply drop Wallace.

 

[Charmamba]

Agree Copley's return will help us, but just not sure about Norman back to five eighth. He's just not good enough.

We also haven't won since Copley was injured.

 

[IBA]

Not sure what to make about the changes.

Just seems to be swapping people around until we build some form :/

I honestly don't give a shit who plays where, as long as we look like a team out there.

 

[Browny]

Post of the year

 

[Browny]

Seriously tho is hook taking advice from daley?

Lets try petro at FB while we are at it FMD

 

[Alec]

It must be a part of Wallace's contract that he cannot be dropped.

 

[noisetheory]

official

1 hoffman
2 beale
3 reed
4 hodges
5 copley
6 norman
7 wallace
8 petero
9 macca
10 civo
11 glenn
12 thaiday
13 parker

14 hunt
15 mcguire
16 gillett
17 teo

 

[Bucking Beads]

Pretty disappointed with Norman moving into the halves. I don't get the point of it at all.

 

[Big Pete]

Yep, disappointed for Hunt but the pros outweigh the cons.

I believe this team can beat Penrith and basically most teams in the NRL.

I just hope they don't beat themselves like they've been doing for 6 weeks now.

It's like they haven't snapped out of their confusion.

 

[jarro65]

Pretty disappointed with Norman moving into the halves. I don't get the point of it at all.

Norman to 5/8 would've made a lot more sense with Hunt at halfback.

 

[noisetheory]

my only hope is the time norman spent at the back will have helped him see things a little differently in terms of his attack.