PRE-GAME Round 6 - Broncos v Panthers
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I’m intrigued as to the game plan here. I can see certain bits, like Pangai on the edge to try and get in Kikau’s face, but his defence needs to Matt Gillett-level to try and nullify that side.
Riki on the bench, I don’t see why, unless he hooks Glenn. I don’t think Riki can be the pseudo-prop Te’o was.
I would personally run either
8. lodge
9. Turps
10. Haas
11. Glenn
12. Riki
13. Pangai
14. Asiata
15. Carrigan (prop)
16. Kennedy
17. Bullemor
or the same except
11. Pangai
13. Asiata
14. Glenn
Riki on the bench, I don’t see why, unless he hooks Glenn. I don’t think Riki can be the pseudo-prop Te’o was.
I would personally run either
8. lodge
9. Turps
10. Haas
11. Glenn
12. Riki
13. Pangai
14. Asiata
15. Carrigan (prop)
16. Kennedy
17. Bullemor
or the same except
11. Pangai
13. Asiata
14. Glenn
theshed
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Love the bench. Hopefully Kev uses interchange well, and gives Asiata a good amount of time in lock.
Happy that Milf and Niu have been dropped, along with Riki demoted. Their defence hasn’t been up to standard and Milford has been Miflord. The backline looks real ordinary now though.
PNG Broncos fan88
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Unless Isaako conjures up another freaky try, this Panthers outfit are looking keen to keep us to zero.
Melbourne and Canberra could only muster 10 points respectively, while the Sea Eagles had 6 points. Cowboys and Bulldogs were kept to NIL in rounds 1 and 2.
Thursday could become the darkest day in our clubs history, but anything below 59 blot would be a win.
Melbourne and Canberra could only muster 10 points respectively, while the Sea Eagles had 6 points. Cowboys and Bulldogs were kept to NIL in rounds 1 and 2.
Thursday could become the darkest day in our clubs history, but anything below 59 blot would be a win.
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Welp, I'm down an outside back for SC this week. That sucks.
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The whole right side has been mud defensively. They all deserved demotion. Glenn stinks but he has at least been making his tackles for the most part.
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Cardigan straight back in at lock. **** me Kev has no idea. Fucking joke of a team.
You don’t get it do you, you shed the weight. Lodge, Glenn would cover those players wages.
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Lodge maybe, but Glenn is on next to nothing, especially with his one club bonus.
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I really, really hope that Milford has been the defensive weak link in the chain, a la Steve Michaels in 2009. As in, everyone's been covering for him or not trusting him and causing us to appear like we're always defending one short. Imagine if that were the case, and we go back to defending like... an NRL team!
BooKhaki
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That would make sense, but both edges defend like they have never met each other. Can't blame it all on Milf.
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Yeah and it’s not like Milf has never missed a game.
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2009 looked like that for a while until Michaels was dropped. Just that single weakness had the other defenders unsure, it just took one player to move over to cover and the rest had to move over, causing gaps or overlaps all across the line.
BooKhaki
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You are blaming an entire teams defensive structure in 2009 on a centre/winger? And you think now it's the 6? You know Milford only defends on one edge of the field, yeah? I'm pretty sure Dearden isn't thinking about what Milf is doing on the other edge when trying to defend.
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