PRE-GAME [Round 8, 2022] Broncos vs Sharks

[BroncsFan]

So what happens if he sucks tonight? We should not be re-signing anyone on big/inflated on worth money after one game. A one year deal allows us to keep him but also provides him incentive to back up. We can always re-address if he keeps his form up and then replace a one year deal with an upgraded two year one. My point is, if he ends up being on minimum wage and playing like a 3-400k or more player, that's good business.

I think you have to give it a bit more time to see how he goes over the course of a year.

He's one game in after 3 years off.

You have to check how he goes mentally as well.

Does he start to get back into the groove and feeling comfortable with his game and taking contact.

I feel it ends up being a similar approach we had with Albert last year.

We gave him a T&T he got some games and was looking like a potential starting option for us... gave him a 1yr about 3/4 through the season and if he was looking good again this year then you start having the conversation about longer deals.

The club and coaches also need to be confident that he has fully recovered from his layoff and how he holds up over a full NRL season.

 

[McHunt]

Smartest man in rugby league previews tonight's match:

Broncos v Sharks: Round 8

Anthony Seibold and Zac Bailey preview the Round 8 match between the Brisbane Broncos and the Cronulla Sharks

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[McHunt]

I think you have to give it a bit more time to see how he goes over the course of a year.

He's one game in after 3 years off.

You have to check how he goes mentally as well.

Does he start to get back into the groove and feeling comfortable with his game and taking contact.

I feel it ends up being a similar approach we had with Albert last year.

We gave him a T&T he got some games and was looking like a potential starting option for us... gave him a 1yr about 3/4 through the season and if he was looking good again this year then you start having the conversation about longer deals.

The club and coaches also need to be confident that he has fully recovered from his layoff and how he holds up over a full NRL season.

I'm ready to extend him for a year on Billy Walters money.

 

[easybreezy]

The issue with Staggs when he's in that kind of mood is that he starts to overplay his hand looking for the glory play.

One of Staggs' go to plays is getting on the outside of his man... if Talakai is able to shepherd him to the sideline he could find himself running out of room constantly and putting the team under pressure.

Cobbo doesnt always go back on Staggs inside either.

I feel sharks defence will look to slide on Staggs and push him to the outside... if that's the case then Staggs needs to recognise that and go for the step and target the inside shoulder of Talakai, or look to play Cobbo back inside on unders line.

It might be a good insight into Staggs game awareness and what his opposite is trying to do against him.

Staggs go to for defence at the moment is showing them the sideline and then backing his speed to catch up and tackle them. That might be an ok approach for Talakai as Staggs has the speed advantage.

If he's looking to dominate him he might come up and in to try and take him out as he's getting the ball... I think that play is less effective against him. He's quite nimble for a big centre and he showed some quick passing skills last week to get it to the winger.

should be a cracker of a matchup.
similar players, but I agree with you...slight speed advantage to staggs, slight power advantage to talakai.
No doubt they will look to get up on staggs/cobbo early.
It would be a great night with so much focus on staggs, for us to take advantage of cobbo's speed and kick pick-up with a few short kicks, chips from ARey, similar to last week.
No way is Talakai going to be able and turn and cover. guy is built like a wombat!

 

[BroncosFever]

All this talk about the number 9 jumper and people wanting Turpin back, yet we won last week (and won by quite a bit). However shitty we looked in periods of the game, we still won. Would we have won by 20 points if Turpin played?

I for one hope Billy and Paix smash it this week and we don't see Turpin again until he runs out in a Dolphins jersey next year to derp it up against us.

Billy will probably score a try tonight and have a hand in another and fans here will be asking that he's locked down for the next 3 years, then shit it up the following week and will have a spot in the QLD Cup.

It's the BroncosHQ way.

 

[Galah]

Smartest man in rugby league previews tonight's match:

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Me watching that fraud give in depth analysis.

 

[Johnny92]

The issue with Staggs when he's in that kind of mood is that he starts to overplay his hand looking for the glory play.

One of Staggs' go to plays is getting on the outside of his man... if Talakai is able to shepherd him to the sideline he could find himself running out of room constantly and putting the team under pressure.

Cobbo doesnt always go back on Staggs inside either.

I feel sharks defence will look to slide on Staggs and push him to the outside... if that's the case then Staggs needs to recognise that and go for the step and target the inside shoulder of Talakai, or look to play Cobbo back inside on unders line.

It might be a good insight into Staggs game awareness and what his opposite is trying to do against him.

Staggs go to for defence at the moment is showing them the sideline and then backing his speed to catch up and tackle them. That might be an ok approach for Talakai as Staggs has the speed advantage.

If he's looking to dominate him he might come up and in to try and take him out as he's getting the ball... I think that play is less effective against him. He's quite nimble for a big centre and he showed some quick passing skills last week to get it to the winger.

What I've noticed with Talakai specially against manly is the defence was sitting back, sliding and retreating against him.
I haven't watched much of the sharks games to know how they react to a defence that pushes up.
Reynolds likes to push up and limit the time of the playmaker if Staggs and Cobbo follow him might have some success in shutting the edge down.

Be a interesting battle our edge defence is where it will come down too because I think we've got them through the middle.

 

[theshed]

Billy will probably score a try tonight and have a hand in another and fans here will be asking that he's locked down for the next 3 years, then shit it up the following week and will have a spot in the QLD Cup.

It's the BroncosHQ way.

It’s the circle of life. It’s beautiful

 

[Sproj]

the defence was sitting back, sliding and retreating against him.

This is Broncos' defense summed up in a nutshell.

 

[porouian]

our home support is soooo passive

I'm genuinely curious, why is this? I've never been to a home game there, seems every time I travel over for a holiday it's during the offseason so I've only visited the stadium while empty. What is it about our fans that hold us back from having a real cauldron there? I feel like if the noise I make and energy I generate in my lounge over here in Auckland could be multiplied by 30,000+ then we'd be pumping every game lol.

 

[Jedhead]

I'm genuinely curious, why is this? I've never been to a home game there, seems every time I travel over for a holiday it's during the offseason so I've only visited the stadium while empty. What is it about our fans that hold us back from having a real cauldron there? I feel like if the noise I make and energy I generate in my lounge over here in Auckland could be multiplied by 30,000+ then we'd be pumping every game lol.

I'm not sure what the reason behind their inability to at least protest loudly as one when opposing teams are offside. They seem to just sit there and accept it and when the ref finally blows for one they will clap as if to say "yeh good decision ref".

I have seen us get fired up at times but this is on the rare occasion where it is a Friday night and the juice has had time to override the mogadon effect.

 

[Mustafur]

I don't care if it attracts other teams, I wouldn't sign a player off 1 games performance ever.

 

[Cult]

I'm not sure what the reason behind their inability to at least protest loudly as one when opposing teams are offside. They seem to just sit there and accept it and when the ref finally blows for one they will clap as if to say "yeh good decision ref".

I have seen us get fired up at times but this is on the rare occasion where it is a Friday night and the juice has had time to override the mogadon effect.

Ever yelled at a home game? The weird stares from the old people and families are enough to make most people stop (drunk bogans notwithstanding).

 

[Jedhead]

Ever yelled at a home game? The weird stares from the old people and families are enough to make most people stop (drunk bogans notwithstanding).

Yip. it took me and my mates half the season to get the oldies to engage. Mind you we were sitting in the members stand in the players family area.

 

[McHunt]

I don't care if it attracts other teams, I wouldn't sign a player off 1 games performance ever.

The point I was making is they've been watching him train against the firsts team for the last few months and apparently he's been standing out. If they can tie him down for another year at the price you have in your head for a bloke who's only played one game, they might get themselves a bargain.

You forget that they see him all day every day at training. Not just for 80 minutes in a game.

It sounds a bit like they're doing their books right now hoping to sort out next season.

 

[Mustafur]

The point I was making is they've been watching him train against the firsts team for the last few months and apparently he's been standing out. If they can tie him down for another year at the price you have in your head for a bloke who's only played one game, they might get themselves a bargain.

You forget that they see him all day every day at training. Not just for 80 minutes in a game.

I'm not interested in good trainers though, I'm interested in good players and that requires playing, they are not the same thing, otherwise terms such as match fitness wouldn't exist.

It's a mental game and that side basically determines everything about their performance at the end of the day, the game pressure can't replicated in training.

 

[Jedhead]

For what it's worth I think TMM's first grade experience married with his great sense of humour will be invaluable as a voice coming from behind our line.

I'm not sure how much of a talker he is, but he certainly has that time that all good players seem to have and looks decidedly cool under pressure.

As a club we're a bit desperate to fill that spot so it's a balancing act to make him play like he wants the spot while signing him for tree fiddy.

 

[BroncosFever]

I do feel like our homeground is nowhere near as intimidating as a place like Brookvale, for example

Nobody wants to play at Brookvale in front of about 10k people on a cold and wet night, I reckon most players would be keen to play at Suncorp