That’s the attitude or it has been the attitude in previous years, I see the likes of Turpin, Staggs, Carrigan and Flegler taking this personally and it gives me hope but we do have a way to go still.
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That’s the attitude or it has been the attitude in previous years, I see the likes of Turpin, Staggs, Carrigan and Flegler taking this personally and it gives me hope but we do have a way to go still.
Galah
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Ahh yes agreed, especially carrigan and flegs.
GCBRONCO
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I dunno mate, Milford's 29 metres for 80 minutes and Turpin's 25 metres for 80 minutes make it look absolutely terrible.
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Don't forget big Joseph "Queensland Origin star" Ofahengaue, 8 runs for 57 metres.
Truly barnstorming 7 metre runs every hit-up.
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Haha yeah mate.
On a stats page probably not, but in the context of the game it wasn’t that bad, averaging 12.5 meters per carry is pretty good. Also, I distinctly remember one of his runs really getting us on the front foot out of our own end.
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How many seasons are they ‘young’ for? Only a couple of current regulars are under 30 games in the NRL and that is because we are down on troops. Before this season is out, most of our regulars will have more than 50 games under their belt...
By the end of this season, 5 regulars will have more than 100 games, 12 regulars will have much more than 50...
Many are still ‘young‘ but they are closing in on the point where they are experienced NRL players and their hot and cold form is starting to become such a worry that ‘age’ is starting to fail as a reasonable excuse, IMHO...
Lodge - 60.
TPJ - 74.
Offa - 90.
Glenn - 262
Fifita - 37
Flegler - 26.
Turpin - 20.
Bullemor - 3.
Hopoate - 3.
Croft - 42
Milford - 172
Boyd - 320
Staggs - 30
Bird - 84
Oates - 146
Arthurs - 15
Isaako - 49.
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It is their attitude. It has been for a long time. Personally I think it comes from Boyd and he infects the rest of the squad with it.
Honest question, are him and Oates good mates?
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That wasn't really the point brother, I was simply saying that our 5 most experienced players were 5 of our least impactful players tonight, so using the "young team" excuse isn't overly valid.
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I agree with Ofahengaue, but I thought that left hand side held up really well in the first half and were desperately unlucky not to have scored more points. Even with the Boyd try, the bounce was far from generous as it actually bounces away from him and Ferguson did well to smother it.
They should be better, but the Broncos lost it through the middle and down their right side.
Still, they're not immune of criticism and most of those players listed are on borrowed time.
Oh definitely and I do agree with you on that point I just feel it’s tough on Glenn to lump them in with the others you mentioned after tonight
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Boyd defended well for the most part, I'll give him that. He still offers genuinely nothing on the attacking side of things. He's like Jack Reed without the talent in his new role.
The Arthars, Staggs, Croft & Hopoate defensive combination was putrid tonight, and most of the blame goes to Hopoate & Staggs for mine.
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To be fair, it’s hard to be impactful on a game, when you’re in an ambulance being carted off to the RBH, code 2...
Glenn has surgery first thing tomorrow morning...
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We're simply talking about his first half Jason. Funnily enough I don't actually expect him to perform well whilst he's not on the field.
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No idea, doubt it! To be honest I think they are all far to comfortable to begin with, just the boyz playing some footy. It was pointed out just a minute ago that they are no longer inexperienced players and their shit personal drive is now in question and rightly so.
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Agree with the defence down that side being shocking and deserves the criticism. Boyd and Milford generally handled their side better defensively, Oates is still a concern though.
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Where’s Corey Parker?
