Round 3 - Broncos vs. Roosters - Build Up Thread

[Big Pete]

Discuss

 

[GCBRONCO]

Biggest question we have to answer here are who replaces Hodges and McGuire.

 

[Big Dave]

Kahu and Gibb hopefully

 

[Big Pete]

Couple of injuries to come out of tonight - McGuire is definitely out for around a month, Hodges could be out, Hannant seems alright.

What changes should be made?

With Hodges out I'd adjust the backline to look like...

2. Denan Kemp/Delroy Berryman/Jordan Kahu
3. Jack Reed
4. Josh Hoffman
5. Lachlan Maranta

With McGuire out I suppose you can either bring Hunt off the bench or draft in either Hala or J. Wallace.

 

[Coxy]

That's how drunk I am. I thought we played Storm next week.

Against Roosters we have a chance. Against Storm? LOLZ

 

[Coxy]

As scary as having Prince, Kahu, Maranta together, I'd go with:

1. Norman (ZOMG, he scored AND supported tonight...)
2. Hoffman
3. Reed
4. Kahu
5. Maranta
6. Prince
7. Wallace
8. Hannant
9. McCullough
10. Thaiday
11. Glenn
12. Gillett
13. Parker

14. Hunt
15. Dodds
16. Anderson
17. Stagg

but I think Hook will just move Gillett to centres, where he doesn't want to play, start with Dodds at front row, Thaiday back to the back row and bring in Lui and Hunt to the bench.

 

[noisetheory]

agree with coxy. also i thought we played storm next week as well.

anyway, yeah bring in a real outside back. unfortunately the roosters have a couple of big wingers plus plenty of speed in jennings and skd.

however hte roosters could be anything, hard to say what we'll get from them just yet.

its an opportunity to get two on the trot and further build our confidence. plenty to work on before the game but its positive stuff at the moment.

 

[Son Edo]

Broncos are the Roosters bogey team, so that's something to be confident about.

Regardless, I just wanna enjoy our victory over the Dragons for the time being.

 

[Splinter]

Let Hunt play some full games in Q Cup for a few weeks. We may need him n the halves at some stage
I would like to see Kahu get some game time in place of Hodges, Stagg replace Mac at hooker but for maybe only 10 minutes and then revert to back row, then Wallace or Hala to replace McGuire

 

[rnabokov]

If McGuires is out, more than ever I'd like to see Parker in the prop rotation with Stagg starting at lock.

Hoffman in the centres for mine with Kemp on the wing. Can't see Maranta being moved.

 

[Big Dave]

Lets see how they all play in the QLD cup this weekend

 

[Big Dave]

I'll be down at Kougari Oval if anyone wanna come up and say hi

 

[coreyh88]

Is the dce try the only one leaked on reed's side? I want him gone but fear he's a necessity in defence. Maybe if he is made to do constant repeat sprints of 200 metres for every pass he should have made these last two games he will learn to pass to one of our currently best attacking players. I don't know what to do with defence on the right without Hodges. He only applied a Bandaid tonight. Maybe reed to that side and someone else on reed's side? There are a few options for forwards but centre has to be decided first as it determines our second row. Parker or hala are the main contenders although both could be used with thaiday switching to the edge and one of the others centre or thaiday benched with stagg in lock. I love our spine for the first time in a while. Wingers and centres are the only concerns as of tonight. Although moose's injury needs sorting out.ó

 

[rnabokov]

I am honestly stunned at what seems to be a Broncos side that looks to be genuinely lacking fitness, unless this is some sort of strategy which I can't really understand.

I like Reed at centre but he does IMO need a lot of sprint training and as I keep saying, Gillett looks fat despite his welcome return to form. The determination and aggression he is showing in attack when he runs the ball looks very promising. Given plenty of ball, Gillett can be a killer back rower and I hope he is not going to be wasted at centre. With Glenn on the other side, the attack on the edges looks very very strong - again, as long as the ball gets out wide.

I just hope Gillett applies the same energy in defence and stops those lapses into grabbing rather than hitting hard.

But most of all I am looking forward to the combinations developing as Prince grows into the side, Wallace keeps up the energy and determination with his running and passing, and Norman continues to keep moving up into the line.

 

[Bucking Beads]

The big question is who plays right centre. Hope it isn't Gillett. The forward pack will be fine. We will miss McGuire but Anderson and Dodds should fill the void. Hunt to come back on the bench IMO with Maranta into the centres and Kemp or Berryman onto the wing.

 

[Kimlo]

Get Kahu in the team!

 

[Ari Gold]

We will have to learn to stop offloads or SBW will destroy us.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I think the centre spot could be determined by who plays the best game on Sunday in the Redcliffe V Dolphins game.