VOTE Should Milford be dropped immediately?

[I bleed Maroon]

It's absolutely clear to anyone that is looking that Milford has mentally checked out of the Broncos. He just cannot take the heat that his price tag carries in a one team city. He'd rather strut around South Brisbane like he's hot shit when he hasn't won anything to deserve it. We talk about Hunt being broken goods, well it appears Milf isn't much different. He needs clean air to somehow revive his career and frankly so do we.

At this point I'd not be unhappy to see the club pay 20-30% of his deal to see him gone now.

 

[rnabokov]

FFS, Lockyer would handle the ball three times in one play when the game was on the line!

For the most part, we’re lucky if Milford touches the ball three times in three sets

Um, in this team, Locky wouldn't get the ball. He would be standing 3 wide according to Seibold's game plan while the nearest forward gets it first and lumbers up into the defence.

 

[WASSHHH]

Yes. It's on Seibold to stop putting him out there, and having an attacking game plan that is by and large, passing it to whoever is available within passing range,

That works with players like Staggs, Fifita and now Farnworth and possibly Coates but not with that slug Boyd or Isaako at the back doing nothing but catching the ball and running into the defence.

We can try and spread the blame however we want, but the reality is Milford doesn’t get involved anywhere near enough, nor does he have the arsenal and / or smarts to play structured footy.

His one and only real weapon, playing heads up footy, seems to be gone now too.

 

[rnabokov]

Look, I admit to being one of Milf's few if any, remaining supporters in these threads. My starting point is that the whole team is deflated by the lack of inspiration, shapes and structures Seibold throws up (Hmmm good metaphor that).

Milford showed a few times tonight that with a bit of room he does very good things. Putting that lumbernuts Oates in for that alleged try was clever play. But how many opportunities did he get like that? He got the ball surrounded by defenders and flat footed supports, if any. Yes, he could try harder, like everyone else in this side save for Farnworth, Carrigan, Coates and tonight, Glenn and TPJ who tried too hard.

Look at Haas. The shit negativity of our attack is wearing him out. He is losing his energy and drive. For mine he was sod ordinary tonight. His defence was so soft. This is not the Payne we know and love. Now that is a worry

 

[Jason Simmons]

Um, in this team, Locky wouldn't get the ball. He would be standing 3 wide according to Seibold's game plan while the nearest forward gets it first and lumbers up into the defence.

Locky would push those c*nts out of the way and demand the fucking ball. Seibold‘s (and I am being generous here) “gameplan” be damned.

Milford just stands passive and if the pill looks like getting anywhere near him looks to the nearest player to offload or just kick.

His running game is gone. Maybe he has the shits his free Maccas card is also gone or something, I have no idea.

 

[rnabokov]

Locky would push those c*nts out of the way and demand the fucking ball. Seibold‘s (and I am being generous here) “gameplan” be damned.

Milford just stands passive and if the pill looks like getting anywhere near him looks to the nearest player to offload or just kick.

His running game is gone. Maybe he has the shits his free Maccas card is also gone or something, I have no idea.

Well, Locky would have to push an awful lot of awful players out of his way to even get close to the ball.

 

[Kimlo]

When Staggs is back, I'd put him straight into 5/8. Milford shouldn't play anything more than a bench utility role and only if he can outshine Niu in reserves.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

I hate to labor the point, but that has to be the most one sided poll I've ever seen on here.

 

[johnyE]

Lumbering one up plays , is not a game plan. That's the default play of 'we've got nothing else on to offer . Its predictable , it's u9's football. . It asks no questions of the defence , other than here I am and come and get me . That's the way they played again tonight , and it beggars the question , just how are they being trained ? Their is no football strategy behind this teams coaching ,and until that very first fact is owned up to, it will remain so. This is and among other factors of course , the way to the wooden spoon . Despite all the underperformers , and there are plenty , I feel this is and could be a really exciting roster of talent . Having the ability for coaching it from them is what good coaching does .

 

[theshed]

Milf should get the utility spot and
take over Nui’s role. Dearden and Croft in the halves.

 

[Mustafur]

TPJ would be a better 6 then Milford, when he did the sideways run like what milford he was actively looking for a player to run on the burst and got glenn but the pass messed up.

Milford needsto be dropped at the very minimum to get him to wake up, and dearden needs football.

but honestly we should part ways with seibold cut our losses and go with someone else, this isn't working the players look more lost then last year, which means his plays are either too technical for them to understand or they lack any confidence to implement any of it.

 

[Kovik]

Sorry, I couldn't resist trolling! I voted "no" but I think "yes".

 

[hench2020]

Oates did, a few seconds after full time...

He and Boyd had a big laugh with Guerra.

 

[Old Mate]

Here’s a crazy idea then; should he maybe get closer to the ball, say first receiver, rather than simply standing out three in from the left and waiting for it to come to him?

I’m kind of on this wagon, we got Croft to take the pressure of Milford but Milford was at his best when touching the ball the most. It’s like he needs someone to help but not help too much.

I just don’t know what you’re meant to do with him. Best long and short kicker in our side but kicks **** all, gets his hands on the ball **** all. Just don’t know.

 

[jarro65]

I've been pretty bearish on Milford over the last couple of years but **** me, he has no shapes to work with. There was a moment in the second half where he got the ball with some space and was running with the ball in two hands but no one ran a line or hit a hole or came underneath him. They all just watched him and offered nothing.

Surely this is a coaching issue which stems back to Wayne's days as well where we also looked pretty clueless much of the time. I think if we got some attacking shapes for our halves to work with, we'd see a bit more from Milford.

One thing that shits me though is how he just sits back and doesn't inject himself into the game when we need him. I know we need him to step up but surely Seibold can see that we have absolutely no shape in attack at all.

Exactly.

If Milford has to go, so does the coach.

 

[abashii]

I hate to labor the point, but that has to be the most one sided poll I've ever seen on here.

We'd likely have seen a similar result in 2018 for "Should we sack Wayne and hire Siebold?" An opinion being popular doesn't always mean it's correct. I'd rather let Milf play out this season and into the next under an actual coach who has multiple players running lines in attack and see if he can still light it up.

 

[Culhwch]

Well, Locky would have to push an awful lot of awful players out of his way to even get close to the ball.

Can't agree. Locky had leadership qualities and football intelligence. He'd have got the line set how he wanted and players moving the way he wanted. He'd have inspired them to give more effort by shaming them with his own.

You can't coach heart. Seibold apparently cant coach anything, mind you.

 

[Nashy]

I've slept on it now. He still needs to be dropped, but for longer than I thought last night.