PRE-GAME Round 3 - Broncos vs Bulldogs

[Wolfie]

I know what that means when a woman says it.

I don't!

 

[lynx000]

I have no idea what anything means when a woman says it... I just go with the latest change of mind.

And offer wine.

 

[mrslong]

I have no idea what anything means when a woman says it... I just go with the latest change of mind.

...if only Jarryd Hayne had of gone with the most recent change of mind.

 

[Foordy]

 

[Foordy]

in the comments to the above tweet Garry think Dearden will be named on the bench

 

[Kimlo]

in the comments to the above tweet Garry think Dearden will be named on the bench

I like it, whoever is playing worse out of Milford/Croft gets replaced during the game. Keep the pressure high on all 3. If they're doing okay, Turpin gets a 15 minute spell.

 

[Galah]

Is there anything against dearden playing qcup the next day if he only gets 15mins?

 

[theshed]

Terrible idea. If Kev does this I’ll start the sack him thread myself.

 

[Galah]

Hope he gets torn a new arsehole in jail.

Bikies will pick him up and he’ll be peddling coke when he gets out.

 

[broncos4life]

Terrible idea. If Kev does this I’ll start the sack him thread myself.

Why exactly?

 

[Renegade]

I don't see the benefit in Dearden off the bench. Either play him in the starting lineup or let him play another week in Q Cup.

 

[theshed]

Why exactly?

You’ve got a promising young half who is raw and needs to develop. Despite pressure to play him in first grade, you select the older guys and send him to Q cup to work on his game. You tell the media how you can unlock Milford’s abilities during the off-season and that he just needs to bla bla bla. You’re halves play 50 minutes of decent footy then fall away when it matters. You stick by them and pick them again and they absolutely fail to enact your game plan. Meanwhile, your young player in Q cup plays pretty good and shows that the Q cup thing is beneficial to his growth as a player.

Youre options as coach are as follows:

A) stick by your halves and remember that they worked for the first 50 minutes of the season - try to discover why it worked then and not in the second match. Leave your young guy in Q cup to continue to develop for a meaningful length of time, and then once he has shown improvement and is ready, bring him back into the main squad.

B) drop the underperforming half of your choice to Q cup (or the bench) to send a message and bring the kid to first grade, and hope that effort was simply the issue and not the game plan or other factors - and that whatever the kid brings to the team fixes whatever the original issue was.

I’d chose option A personally because you sent Dearden to Q cup for a reason; and. now after only 2 games (1 q cup game) to bring him back into the team shows a lack of confidence in your original idea, is reactionary instead of long term thinking, and doesn’t even serve the original purpose of letting Dearden develop - now all you’ve done is told him he isn’t good enough for first grade yet; only to bring him back 1 week later. All that says to Dearden is “I don’t have faith in you to be NRL ready yet, but the other guys are real shit and I’m out of ideas”.

Even worse than that, now you are making him learn a different position in hooker. How is that improving his game as a half? You play him off the bench in some hooker / half utility. What is the benefit to his development? It’s all the joy of being told he isn’t good enough to start in the NRL team but with the added bonus of less minutes, being expected to play an unfamiliar position, and having any opportunity to learn how to game manage better taken out of the equation.

It’s literally the worst possible option out of all conceivable Dearden options.

 

[broncoscope]

Definitely no to Deardon coming off the bech as hooker, use Paix instead.
Let him find his feet in Qcup.

 

[Kooly87]

They don't actually do nothing for 5 months. I've seen it in other sports where things just catch up with some players if they aren't managed right. I've been saying it for as long as I can remember, these young players aren't managed properly and I stand by it. He isn't the only one either. Mentally it's got to take a toll being thrust into a failing side and made captain when you aren't ready and constantly playing big minutes. I just think a little break early on could work wonders for him, and others as well.

You're likely to be absolutely right here of course but until we get some Middle's back on deck to relieve him he's essentially forced to just keep going.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

BRISBANE BRONCOS V BULLDOGS

1 Jamayne Isaako

2 Xavier Coates

3 Herbie Farnworth

4 Tesi Niu

5 David Mead

6 Anthony Milford

7 Brodie Croft

8 Tevita Pangai Junior

9 Jake Turpin

10 Thomas Flegler

11 Alex Glenn ©

12 Jordan Riki

13 Patrick Carrigan

Interchange

14 John Asiata

15 Rhys Kennedy

16 Ethan Bullemor

17 Ben Te’o



18 Tom Dearden

19 Richard Kennar

20 Cory Paix

21 Corey Oates

 

[Big Pete]

Dobbo strikes again.

 

[Sproj]

Yep, no changes at all. Good work Kevvie! Glad to see him not giving in to pressure.

 

[Kimlo]

Yep, no changes at all. Good work Kevvie! Glad to see him not giving in to pressure.

Does it really mean no changes though?

Doesn't Kev have the option to bring anyone in from 18-21 up until 24 hours before game day?