PRE-GAME Round 9 - Broncos vs Bulldogs

[Dazza 92]

In some ways we really need to win that spoon. Just to put more heat on for changes at the club.

doesn't make it any easier to watch the rest fo the season but....arguably you are spot on...

 

[Big Pete]

NRL.com has Matt Lodge, Cory Paix, Kotoni Staggs, Jake Turpin, Jesse Arthars & David Fifita potentially all fit to come into the squad. Just about all of them would be welcome additions at this point.

 

[mitch222]

NRL.com has Matt Lodge, Cory Paix, Kotoni Staggs, Jake Turpin, Jesse Arthars & David Fifita potentially all fit to come into the squad. Just about all of them would be welcome additions at this point.

NRL.com also has no fucking idea
If any of them were back he would have bought it up in the presser

 

[Big Pete]

NRL.com also has no fucking idea
If any of them were back he would have bought it up in the presser

Was he asked? All I heard were questions about how he and the players were feeling.

 

[Jedhead]

NRL.com has Matt Lodge, Cory Paix, Kotoni Staggs, Jake Turpin, Jesse Arthars & David Fifita potentially all fit to come into the squad. Just about all of them would be welcome additions at this point.

Mate we'd take Colin Scott if he was able to lace on a boot at the moment.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

Mate we'd take Colin Scott if he was able to lace on a boot at the moment.

And Wally Fullerton - Smith too

 

[Mister Wright]

I’m going to this game. I will be seeing history either way. A 7th straight loss for the Broncos or their first post-COVID win.

 

[Twbapony]

Was he asked? All I heard were questions about how he and the players were feeling.

The bird asking all the questions seemed to have a pretty strong agenda to be pushed.

 

[Big Pete]

The bird asking all the questions seemed to have a pretty strong agenda to be pushed.

It was Hannah Hollis pushing the FoxSports agenda.

It's what we've come to expect from them, but to be fair, these post-match pressers are largely a waste of time.

 

[Mitchell_Broncos]

Its my Birthday Thursday, having a bit of a party saturday night so wont be watching this game. If we win i will watch the replay. First game ill try not watch so I dont ruin my night.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Sportsbet have us at $1.37 and the Dogs $3....

 

[Sproj]

If the coach is still there, nothing will change.

 

[Broncos Maestro]

Sportsbet have us at $1.37 and the Dogs $3....

Easy money!!

 

[rnabokov]

Until Fifita returns, which I hope is not earlier than it should be, I'd still like to see Haas playing on the edge and terrorise the opposition's outside backs and halves. Great incentive to play both edges instead of focusing on TPJ and having Haas out wide would at least guarantee a whole more ball getting away from the middle.

At the moment, Haas is wasted in the middle. There is little capitalisation on his metres.

Carrigan to prop and Glenn to lock. Glenn's attacking effectiveness is not what it used to be and we need his energy and captaincy in the middle, keeping idiots like Flegler in line. Carrigan's hard running would be ideal. He almost always makes good post contact metres and defends well overall.

 

[Spike]

This is the best I can come up with. I can't leave Milford out, but he cannot be in the halves. Tesi will be the long-term fullback and needs to be somewhere in the team, so until he has a full off season training in with the side as the number 1, he can play out the rest of the year in the centres.

1. Anthony Milford
2. Jamayne Isaako
3. Katoni Staggs
4. Tesi Niu
5. Xavier Coates
6. Tom Dearden
7. Brodie Croft
8. Matthew Lodge
9. Jake Turpin
10. Payne Haas
11. Alex Glenn
12. David Fafita
13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Issac Luke
15. Thomas Flegler
16. Corey Oates
17. Tevita Pangai Junior

 

[I bleed Maroon]

This is the best I can come up with. I can't leave Milford out, but he cannot be in the halves. Tesi will be the long-term fullback and needs to be somewhere in the team, so until he has a full off season training in with the side as the number 1, he can play out the rest of the year in the centres.

1. Anthony Milford
2. Jamayne Isaako
3. Katoni Staggs
4. Tesi Niu
5. Xavier Coates
6. Tom Dearden
7. Brodie Croft
8. Matthew Lodge
9. Jake Turpin
10. Payne Haas
11. Alex Glenn
12. David Fafita
13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Issac Luke
15. Thomas Flegler
16. Corey Oates
17. Tevita Pangai Junior

We are not going down this road again. Either Milford finds form in the 6 or he can pack his shit.

 

[Sproj]

Let's say Staggs is back, Fifita isn't.

1. Niu
2. Coates
3. Staggs
4. Farnworth
5. Isaako
6. Dearden
7. Croft
8. Haas
9. Luke
10. Flegler
11. Glenn (c)
12. Teo
13. Carrigan

14. Paix
15. Kennedy
16. TPJ
17. Oates

The balance of the side tonight was totally wrong, as it always is these days. No TPJ doesn't deserve to be benched but this is all about balance. There is nothing at all in the way of impact from the bench, at least he provides that. Plus, he can play prop and having only one prop on the bench is ridiculous and it wasn't surprising the team got smashed as soon as the starters went off.

 

[Morepudding]

They need to get tpj in at lock. He likes to be physical in games and needs to be forced into action. When he's on an edge he drifts in and out.