PRE-GAME [Round 7, 2022] Broncos vs Bulldogs

[Johnny92]

**** that shit. If this bunch of bumbling drongos is a danger game, what's the rest of the season?

We know we can beat a full strength Bulldogs but if we come into this game thinking we have already won it because we're playing a second string team were in trouble.
Some guys that could be coming in this is their chance at NRL so they'll give it 100% but guys like Naden know their in the team so they might give 60%.
We should easily put 40 on them but if we don't have the right attitude we could get in some trouble.
I'm sure the Eels thought they'd put 50 on the tigers and win comfortably

 

[winslow_wong]

No game is easy for this Broncos team. Still very much a danger game.

we’re hoping the best players from the bottom team have covid so we have a better chance of winning.

 

[Dazza 92]

It’s our defence, it’s been our defence for years now, I thought for sure that shit would have been fixed this year, At least improved. But it still only lasts 55 mins

Well...we need to make a decision there then. Is it the level of coaching? If so then hire the defensive help the roster needs ASAP.

Is it the players NOT listening or unable to follow instructions during defensive drills? If so then draw a line through them and move them on ASAP.

Hard to believe but quite a few of this team have been here now for over 50 NRL games.

Reckon once you hit that milestone its time to put up or shut up...

 

[Galah]

**** that shit. If this bunch of bumbling drongos is a danger game, what's the rest of the season?

Fucked

 

[Super Freak]

Jake Averillo, Brent Naden, Ava Seumanufagai and Reece Hoffman ruled out. Potential replacements Creedence Toia, Josh Stuckey and Ryan Gray also positive.

Gould seeking Warriors, Titans loan players as COVID contingency

Phil Gould has asked the NRL for permission to approach the Warriors and Titans for a standby player should COVID-19 further ravage his Bulldogs squad.

www.smh.com.au

Those are actually good outs for the Bulldogs. Those players haven't been performing all that well, apart from maybe Naden, and Bulldogs fans are getting sick of them.

 

[Skyblues87]

Yeah, let's all collectively agree to switch to Dolphins if the Broncos manage to lose this one.

No no no no no

 

[BroncsFan]

Jake Averillo, Brent Naden, Ava Seumanufagai and Reece Hoffman ruled out. Potential replacements Creedence Toia, Josh Stuckey and Ryan Gray also positive.

Gould seeking Warriors, Titans loan players as COVID contingency

Phil Gould has asked the NRL for permission to approach the Warriors and Titans for a standby player should COVID-19 further ravage his Bulldogs squad.

www.smh.com.au

It's a who's who of.... who the **** are these players??

 

[Locky888]

No, it’s really not. He may have played there, but that doesn’t make him a hooker. Did you see him play 9 at all? He was about as effective as Oates playing back row.

What are you talking about, when they placed Kobe at hooker in that one and only game due to injuries the whole dynamic of the attack just clicked. Some people have short-term memory.

 

[nopatience101]

What are you talking about, when they placed Kobe at hooker in that one and only game due to injuries the whole dynamic of the attack just clicked. Some people have short-term memory.

I disagree, I remember him looking awkward, much like when Josh McGuire plays hooker. I don’t know why he keeps getting brought up as even an option there, outside of that single game I don’t think he’s played 9 since colts, unless he filled in there at stages in qcup? To me he’s found his home at lock & as a team we look the best when he plays there.

 

[Big Del]

If that's the case then his whole team is basically offside and we can almost let it bounce if needed.

Just need to make sure someone gets to Burton to take him to ground (softly ) so he cant run them back onside

I think you are onto something !

 

[Super Freak]

The last supper perhaps.

This is actually the dinner that caused their COVID issues. Players tested positive after attending this dinner.

For some reason I find that really funny.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

This is actually the dinner that caused their COVID issues. Players tested positive after attending this dinner.

For some reason I find that really funny.

Talk shit, get hit.

 

[Wolfie]

As if its even remotely possible we can lose this game. They wont score a point and we will score 38.

 

[theshed]

As if its even remotely possible we can lose this game. They wont score a point and we will score 38.

I’m cruelly curious why our highest winning margin of the last 3 years is

 

[Mightybroncs2k17]

Apart from the uncertainty at fullback i think this is my favourite team named so far. I really like the forward pack and think its a good blueprint for how your salary cap should be spread between forwards.

You've got Hetherington, Palasia and Jensen all no fuss forwards who do a great job on a pretty low wage. That's the key for me is having those low-middle range forwards who do nearly as much work as the top ones but cost half as much.

It's a shame Piakura is injured because i think he would compliment Palasia and Flegs on the bench. A guy who could come in for the last 20 mins and do some damage.

I can see what they've tried to do previously with the halves in getting someone to partner reynolds who appears to compliment him with more of a running game. But to me it just hasn't worked so happy to see gamble get a go. You know he'll hold his own in defence and while he might not break the line he does have a decent passing game.

I'll be interested to see how he uses Paix and Walters. I almost feel like you just give them a half of footy each to get full inpact out of them both. Would be good to have billy come on after 50 mins to target tired defence but i don't know if Paix has a quality 50 mins in him.

Finally, i hope flegs puts his shit behind him and produces a game we know he's capable of. He's big, strong and has late footwork so hoping all these suspensions haven't affected him mentally. He looked pretty broken two weeks ago.

 

[Jedhead]

My biggest concern is TMM's body is not quite ready for the physical rigors of NRL let alone the fitness levels of the FB position.

Having said that I do wish him well and hope he has a blinder on Friday night. At least he knows to expect some towering bombs.

If Patty was in that line up I'd say we had perhaps the best line up to date. The sooner he's back the better.

And spare a thought for Riki who is soldiering on with his slowly healing ribs. What some of these guys sacrifice to the cause of the Broncos is quite remarkable. I wish we would sometimes cut our own guys some slack.

 

[les.behan]

Yeah. If I'm remembering right, Seibold put wanted McGuire on the bench when he first came in, and tried to replicate the 3 big prop style forwards thing he did at Souths with the Burgess brothers. At the time it possibly was the right move. But it was before Vlandys came along and sped the game up, which is seeing mobile props or traditional ball playing locks starting to make a comeback at the top clubs now.

McCullough though, I think needed the move at the time. He wasnt regressing, but he wasn't really progressing either.

To be fair, Cameron Smith and I think Robbie Farrah played halfback at junior level as well. So it wasn't like the idea was without merit at the time. They just committed to it longer term than some other teams did.

When Macca debuted, Lockyer and Peter Wallace were still our first choice halves pairing. And I think it was just after Ennis had left. It did make sense to put him there.

Before Smith and Bellamy revolutionized it, most hookers were just small defenders who mostly shovelled the ball to the halfback. But second rowers and even some props played a little bit more of dummy half back then. It wasn't as set a playmaking position as it is now. Anybody could go there.

Paix vs Marshall-King will be an interesting battle in this one though. They both have a point to prove for different reasons. Paix to knock off Turpin as the first choice, Marshall King to retain his starting position.

You’re remembering wrong. Mcguire signed with the cowboys before Bennett announced he was leaving us. I do think Bennett told Mcguire he was leaving. Bennett had told Mcguire he sees him as a future captain so if Bennett stayed, Mcguire would’ve stayed

 

[porouian]

I’m cruelly curious why our highest winning margin of the last 3 years is

Our biggest wins of the last 2 seasons have been vs the Dogs, 24 points last year (24-0) and 18 points in 2020 (26-8), and they were our 2nd biggest margin in 2019 as well at 22 points (28-6) so we've definitely got the wood on them but jeez, would it hurt us to score 30+ in a big win sometime lol.