Your Bronco Awards

[BooKhaki]

Best forward: Haas
Best back: Herbie/Oates
Most consistent player: Haas
Most Improved player: Niu - And he barely improved, if at all.
Rookie of the year: Hetherington
Play of the year: Pass...
Player to watch in 2022: Reynolds - How he performs and how his body holds up is make or break for Kevvie and the team who recruited him. And Cobbo - His development will be interesting.

 

[McHunt]

With the season coming to an end who have you got for your player awards this year?

Best forward: Haas
Best back: Gamble, but on limited games, Staggs
Most consistent player: Haas
Most Improved player: Gamble
Rookie of the year: Hetherington
Player to watch in 2022: Willison
Play of the year: Probably one of Brisbane's second best back, Jamayne Isaako's six tries.

Isaako breaking ankles at the back

Jamayne Isaako breaks through the line and leaves his opposite number clutching at thing air

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Isaako tries to spark the Broncos with stunning solo effort

Jamayne Isaako beats several Manly defenders on the way to scoring the first try of the game foir Brisbane

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The game that keeps on giving hands Isaako a double

Jamayne Isaako has a double as the points continue to flow in Brisbane

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Isaako breaks through for the Broncos

Jamayne Isaako forces his way through the South Sydney defensive line for a four-pointer

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Or this one by Isaako, Gamble and Coates

Magic feet of Isaako spark long-range Broncos try

Jamayne Isaako steps through the line to create a long-rage strike to the Broncos through Xavier Coates

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[WASSHHH]

Thanks for your kind words. They helped me squeeze out a shit.

I’m assuming the post I’m quoting is said shit?

 

[WASSHHH]

Taste it and see. You know the flavour.

The stench visibly wafting off the words is enough.

 

[Broncapz]

Best forward: Haas.
Best back: Gamble.
Most consistent player: Haas
Most Improved player: Gamble
Rookie of the year: Hetherington
Player to watch in 2022: Cobbo
Play of the year: Dave Donaghy starting.

 

[theshed]

Quick, someone get @McHunt in here to remind everyone Herbie doesn’t / won’t pass, so there’s no way he should be selected as best back by literally everyone (who wasn’t lol’ing) that has responded thus far.

In all fairness I voted Herbie by default. If Oates, Staggs, or Cobbo played consistently through out the year I think I probably would’ve given any of them the nod.

The options were:
Isaako: dropped
Oates: not selected until mid season due to poor form previously
Niu: dropped from centre, hit and miss at fullback, didn’t play large parts of the season
Cobbo: only played half a dozen games in two positions
Staggs: injured
Coates: dropped for most the season
Mead: dropped

Halves: clusterfuck

 

[Accept]

Best Forward-Haas
Best Back- Coates
Most consistent- Turpin
Most Improved- Niu
Best Rookie- Hetherington
Play of the year- Not really a play but the Issako magic show in the final 20 mins vs Dogs in rd. 3
Player to watch in 2022- B. Walters.

 

[WASSHHH]

In all fairness I voted Herbie by default. If Oates, Staggs, or Cobbo played consistently through out the year I think I probably would’ve given any of them the nod.

The options were:
Isaako: dropped
Oates: not selected until mid season due to poor form previously
Niu: dropped from centre, hit and miss at fullback, didn’t play large parts of the season
Cobbo: only played half a dozen games in two positions
Staggs: injured
Coates: dropped for most the season
Mead: dropped

Halves: clusterfuck

Sure, I guess it’s a bit like POTY2018.

However, my comment is more that apparently, according to someone, Herbie is a big enough problem that they feel compelled to whinge about it across multiple threads.

However, when the question is asked of this fan forum, without any framing or intention, it seems most think he’s the best back we’ve had all year. You could say it’s sort of like he’s the furthest thing from being one of our major problems.

 

[Rough and Ready]

Best forward: Haas.
Best back: Herbie
Most consistent player: Hass.
Most Improved player: Gamble
Rookie of the year: Hetherington.

 

[Allo]

Well timed question as it’s awards night tonight

Gamble’s done alright for himself in the +1 department

 

[McHunt]

In all fairness I voted Herbie by default. If Oates, Staggs, or Cobbo played consistently through out the year I think I probably would’ve given any of them the nod.

The options were:
Isaako: dropped
Oates: not selected until mid season due to poor form previously
Niu: dropped from centre, hit and miss at fullback, didn’t play large parts of the season
Cobbo: only played half a dozen games in two positions
Staggs: injured
Coates: dropped for most the season
Mead: dropped

Halves: clusterfuck

Herbie was given 20 games to show what he could do in the centres. He made a lot of commotion, but it amounted to very little on the scoreboard.

He looked okay, particularly in defence and hitting it up like a forward, but once Staggs returned it became glaringly obvious he's not a ball playing centre or a try scoring machine, and if he wants to be one he needs to dramatically broaden his skillset with the ball.

If you want proof that Herbie isn't a centre, watch Staggs. Shit happens every time he touches the ball. And players around him should expect he'll set them up.

A good first grade centre should have excellent ball skills. He should be able to pass right and left running at full pace. His everyday passes will hit the chest hard and straight. He's a specialist at drawing two men and creating an overlap. He will instinctively understand his wingers, verging on telepathically. He will be solid under the high ball, and be able to catch bad passes from his halves on the trot.

A great centre will have freakish ball skills, with a wide repertoire of improbable trick shots up his sleeve. He runs diagonally. Overlaps are his bread and butter. This defines his position. All great centres are ball playing freaks who specialize in making wingers look stupid.

Herbie is not at the level I would call a "good" centre, let alone a "great' one. He's an enthusiastic footballer, has fairly safe hands, better than average footwork, excellent goalkicking, a decent kicking game, but his passing skills are so limited he is an impediment in the backline. Unfortunately, the same applies to fullback.

Jesse Arthars is adequate, maybe verging on a good centre. He's a better centre than Herbie. But Herbie is better footballer looking for somewhere he fits.

I'll be surprised if Herbie is moved from the centres in the first few rounds next year, but I'll be even more surprised if he's still there at the end of the season. Unless he stacks his toolbox in the meantime.

 

[Johnny92]

Well timed question as it’s awards night tonight

Gamble’s done alright for himself in the +1 department

Thought I'd get BHQs predictions before they were awarded.

Must date like he plays all heart.
Cobbo looks like he's going to his high school graduation

 

[theshed]

Herbie was given 20 games to show what he could do in the centres. He made a lot of commotion, but it amounted to very little on the scoreboard.

He looked okay, particularly in defence and hitting it up like a forward, but once Staggs returned it became glaringly obvious he's not a ball playing centre or a try scoring machine, and if he wants to be one he needs to dramatically broaden his skillset with the ball.

If you want proof that Herbie isn't a centre, watch Staggs. Shit happens every time he touches the ball. And players around him should expect he'll set them up.

A good first grade centre should have excellent ball skills. He should be able to pass right and left running at full pace. His everyday passes will hit the chest hard and straight. He's a specialist at drawing two men and creating an overlap. He will instinctively understand his wingers, verging on telepathically. He will be solid under the high ball, and be able to catch bad passes from his halves on the trot.

A great centre will have freakish ball skills, with a wide repertoire of improbable trick shots up his sleeve. He runs diagonally. Overlaps are his bread and butter. This defines his position. All great centres are ball playing freaks who specialize in making wingers look stupid.

Herbie is not at the level I would call a "good" centre, let alone a "great' one. He's an enthusiastic footballer, has fairly safe hands, better than average footwork, excellent goalkicking, a decent kicking game, but his passing skills are so limited he is an impediment in the backline. Unfortunately, the same applies to fullback.

Jesse Arthars is verging on a good centre. He's a better centre than Herbie. But Herbie is better footballer.

I'll be surprised if Herbie is moved from the centres in the first few rounds next year, but I'll be even more surprised if he's still there at the end of the season. Unless he stacks his toolbox in the meantime.

You’ve gone too far off the edge now lol. Walking into rambling territory. This read like a bad Huge argument.

 

[McHunt]

You’ve gone too far off the edge now lol. Walking into rambling territory. This read like a bad Huge argument.

We had the second worst attack in the competition. Herbie managed 3 tries from 20 games and you guys are calling him the "best back" and "most consistent."

If anything, Herbie is "biggest disappointment," though Tom Dearden had that one in the bag.

 

[theshed]

We had the second worst attack in the competition. Herbie managed 3 tries from 20 games and you guys are calling him the "best back" and "most consistent."

If anything, Herbie is "biggest disappointment," though Tom Dearden had that one in the bag.

The second worst attack and you’ve decided to solely focus on the 21 year old centre.

I definitely don’t think he was consistent but you’ve become comical in your criticism of him.

 

[BooKhaki]

Well timed question as it’s awards night tonight

Gamble’s done alright for himself in the +1 department

If someone had to describe the ultimate 'footy player chaser' his +1 would be a pretty accurate description.

 

[McHunt]

The second worst attack and you’ve decided to solely focus on the 21 year old centre.

I definitely don’t think he was consistent but you’ve become comical in your criticism of him.

I'm only critical of him because he's been one of the few mainstays of the team all season, and he's gushed over despite being sorely lacking in the skills needed in his position. Isaako, Turpin, Flegler, Kennedy, Kelly, Arthars, Coates, Mead, Oates, Croft, Milford, Niu, Dearden you name it, all copped a lot of shit. Herbie, protected species. Yet not much to show for it. Weird.

 

[theshed]

I'm only critical of him because he's been one of the few mainstays of the team all season, and he's gushed over despite being sorely lacking in the skills needed in his position. Isaako, Turpin, Flegler, Kennedy, Kelly, Arthars, Coates, Mead, Oates, Croft, Milford, Niu, Dearden you name it, all copped a lot of shit. Herbie, protected species. Yet not much to show for it. Weird.

Because he rarely did anything wrong apart from early defensive lapses? He needs to improve his passing but he plays to his strengths. You’re really overstating his negatives. It’s like continually carrying on about Hynes not being fast enough for fullback - yeah it’s a deficit but it’s also ignoring all the things he does well. Similar to obsessing with Reynolds lack of try assists.