PRE-GAME Round 3 - Broncos vs Bulldogs

[mrslong]

Dearden is replacing Asiata. FFS.

 

[Galah]

Wtf

 

[Morkel]

In other news Chris Garry saying Dearden off the bench has been confirmed.

Very curious how he is used but if it is as a traditional utility or for limited minutes I will be that off Kev.

The only way that I can see this being a good move is if they want to replicate what we did with Ben Hunt, in terms of having to defend in the middle and get used to tackling 120kg monsters regularly and in quick succession. Dearden seems to me to be a lot more grounded and composed than Hunt, so I don't think he'll have the same downside as being as erratic as Hunt, so a few spells in another position won't necessarily come at a cost to his development as a half (assuming his bench status is not a long term thing).

But I still don't like it.

 

[McHunt]

Tom Dearden has been brought into the Broncos team to take on the Bulldogs tomorrow afternoon at Suncorp Stadium.

Coach Kevin Walters said Dearden would play off the interchange bench in the place of John Asiata, who will be rested after battling neck soreness over the past fortnight:

“Tom will come into the 17 – we just felt that John Asiata needs a bit of a rest and Tom is the ideal player to come in as he covers a few positions. It depends on the game and the situation, we’ll get him on the field and let him play his game his game. He likes running the ball, kicking the ball and he supports well and he’s strong in defence, so it’s a good opportunity for him. He could spend time in the halves or he could spend some time at hooker as well and give Jake Turpin a rest because he’s got through a lot of work in the past few weeks – he just brings some good options to our team coming off the interchange.”


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
15 Rhys Kennedy
16 Ethan Bullemor
17 Ben Te’o
18 Tom Dearden

Reserves
19 Richard Kennar
20 Cory Paix
21 Corey Oates

Team List: Dearden Into Team To Play Dogs

Tom Dearden has been brought into the Broncos team to take on the Bulldogs tomorrow afternoon at Suncorp Stadium.

www.broncos.com.au

 

[Gaz]

Yep

 

[PNG Broncos fan88]

Bigger body on the bench would have been ideal. Oates should have got the gig incase of HIA in the backs.
Too many small bodies out there and we giving the doggies a sniff of victory.

 

[bronx89]

Bigger body on the bench would have been ideal. Oates should have got the gig incase of HIA in the backs.
Too many small bodies out there and we giving the doggies a sniff of victory.

Not saying that size is everything but I completely agree with you. We have Niu, Milford, Isaako, Croft, Turpin, Mead and now Dearden.

 

[HarryAllan7]

If Dearden plays a short spell tonight does that rule him out playing a QCup game this week?

What's the point in letting Dearden start the season to QCup to work on his game just to put him on the bench for short stints instead? Learning to dominate the lower grades will do much more for his development than a few minutes at a position he's never going to play.

 

[Sproj]

So...we bought another broken player?

 

[broncsgoat]

If Dearden plays a short spell tonight does that rule him out playing a QCup game this week?

What's the point in letting Dearden start the season to QCup to work on his game just to put him on the bench for short stints instead? Learning to dominate the lower grades will do much more for his development than a few minutes at a position he's never going to play.

We play tomorrow

 

[HarryAllan7]

We play tomorrow

Yeah that's my question, when is his QCup game and can he still play if he plays off the bench for a short stint?

 

[theshed]

The only positive way to look at this is that Tom played well and through Asiata’s injury a spot became available, and this is essentially a reward for his efforts.

I still think it’s stupid.

 

[HarryAllan7]

The only positive way to look at this is that Tom played well and through Asiata’s injury a spot became available, and this is essentially a reward for his efforts.

I still think it’s stupid.

Without sounding like a 5G-hating conspiracy theorist nut...

Seems to me that Kev wanted to bring Dearden into the team and Asiata's neck was a convenient excuse, I think Asiata is probably fine to play.. He hasn't missed any training this week? Seems like giving him a week's rest was the easiest, least suspicious way to get Dearden into the team.

... oh and Asiata's neck hurts because that's where Bill Gates injected him with a tracking microchip infected with covid.

 

[broncsgoat]

Without sounding like a 5G-hating conspiracy theorist nut...

Seems to me that Kev wanted to bring Dearden into the team and Asiata's neck was a convenient excuse, I think Asiata is probably fine to play.. He hasn't missed any training this week? Seems like giving him a week's rest was the easiest, least suspicious way to get Dearden into the team.

... oh and Asiata's neck hurts because that's where Bill Gates injected him with a tracking microchip infected with covid.

The microchips don’t have COVID, COVID is just a smokescreen to implant the microchips. Duh

 

[Mustafur]

So is he going to be playing Ball Playing Lock(3rd Playmaker)? or Kevvie ready to hook one of the halves, Turpin has really stepped up this year and become an 80 min hooker so that is covered.

 

[HarryAllan7]

The microchips don’t have COVID, COVID is just a smokescreen to implant the microchips. Duh

 

[pagey]

The only positive way to look at this is that Tom played well and through Asiata’s injury a spot became available, and this is essentially a reward for his efforts.

I still think it’s stupid.

Makes sense to me , both our halves played crap last week. This is the best way to try and get the best out of them, to me it says that you have to perform or your gone . And if we have to ride the game out like last week we're going to lose, at least this gives another option on the run and someone to give Turpin a break if anything else.

 

[pagey]

So is he going to be playing Ball Playing Lock(3rd Playmaker)? or Kevvie ready to hook one of the halves, Turpin has really stepped up this year and become an 80 min hooker so that is covered.

He was fairly busted by the end last week, still could do with a 15 - 20 minute break