Round 15 Vs Broncos

[Walpole]

I can’t believe all these comments “happy to win” “ a wins a win” etc.
The broncos are second last, have been flogged by all and sundry for fun and you lot are happy just to beat them.
That defensive effort is unacceptable and after leading 12-0 after 10 minutes a good side pumps Broncos by 40 plus.
You can all settle for mediocrity but I’m not rolling with that rubbish dished up tonight.

Oh f**k off.

 

[jeffdragon]

We got rid of Mary.
What do some of you on the forum want.
No matter who's the coach they are on a hiding to nothing from some of the forum.
Bris were always gonna get close sooner or later
Rome wasn't built in a day boys.
One step at a time.

 

[St Tangles]

ticket? Beating the worst team by 4 points that gets pumped every week by 30 Shows ticker?

Yes Ticker mate
We generally lose those games and fold after bad calls

 

[dragon_around]

f**k the bunker was against us all night. Swear they were making up rules to penalise us.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

That game was extremely unfairly refereed and Brisbane actually played well. It was by no means a good win but wasn’t as bad as the close score indicates.

 

[hazzbeen]

I can’t believe all these comments “happy to win” “ a wins a win” etc.
The broncos are second last, have been flogged by all and sundry for fun and you lot are happy just to beat them.
That defensive effort is unacceptable and after leading 12-0 after 10 minutes a good side pumps Broncos by 40 plus.
You can all settle for mediocrity but I’m not rolling with that rubbish dished up tonight.

Agree , we won't beat many with that performance ....

 

[Saints Forever]

Use of bench was disappointing tonight.

The boys tried hard.

We played conservatively which kept them in the game.

special mention for Brisbane’s best player, Henry Perenara.

Norman scored and I felt Host’s try should have been allowed. Clune didn’t let go of the ball.

Happy to win ugly.

Much work and improvement required before we are competitive.

 

[SBD82]

Oh f**k off.

Much more eloquently put than my response.

 

[Saint Angelo]

HELLO DEAN YOU HAVE 17 men to use not 15 ??????

This exactly !!!
Our forwards are stuffed in the 2nd half and this lets the opposition back into the game.

Flanno is probably keeping quiet because he wants Deano to fail but FMD “USE THE FRIGGIN BENCH”

 

[TruSaint]

A win that keeps the hope of Brisbane winning the spoon.
Now thats win-win.

 

[jeffdragon]

Use of bench was disappointing tonight.

The boys tried hard.

We played conservatively which kept them in the game.

special mention for Brisbane’s best player, Henry Perenara.

Norman scored and I felt Host’s try should have been allowed. Clune didn’t let go of the ball.

Happy to win ugly.

Much work and improvement required before we are competitive.

I said something about Henry on the 1st page of this topic posted by getsmarty.

 

[boardlumps62]

Done but no Merrin why not Blacker then.

 

[LINESPEED]

The Mary era is going to take a while to get away from, you can see little bits of it creeping at moments, but we are handling pressure much much better than in the past.

It was a very relaxed looking coaching box for a change
...& that rubs off on the players
Again they maintained intensity to the end - & kicked well.
Good discipline, which is what Deano asked for
Good to get the win!

...and have a coach who can put a sentence together in a presser - without scowling

 

[Brutalitops]

I can’t believe all these comments “happy to win” “ a wins a win” etc.
The broncos are second last, have been flogged by all and sundry for fun and you lot are happy just to beat them.
That defensive effort is unacceptable and after leading 12-0 after 10 minutes a good side pumps Broncos by 40 plus.
You can all settle for mediocrity but I’m not rolling with that rubbish dished up tonight.

You can always spot the fans who think sports are as simple as a ladder position.

You have to view each match in a bubble. This was NOT an acceptable performance long term of course. But matches are not simply a ladder position vs another ladder position, not only that, a result is not judged simply on a winning margin.

In context, the win was much more impressive than "just beating 15th". That was pretty easily the best Broncos performance of the new competition, and they are not playing like 15th place.

Allow the team to restructure following a coaching departure, allow them to slowly develop a new style of play, and commend them to not folding away. There were countless moments tonight we could have gone into our shell and we didn't.

And even more, we had TWO tries disallowed where we could feel hard done by. Could have very easily been a 16 point victory if not for those bunker blunders.

Just relax. We have had problems winning close matches for a long time. Tonight we didn't.

Improvement there for all to see

 

[Gareth67]

The broncs played far better than in previous games , our boys attack was better and we made the most of our opportunities.

Bunker can go to hell , if it wasn’t for them the score line would had been far more in our favor . Still it was a win and we kept going for the full 80 - now that is 2 weeks running , so the Dragons are improving in small increments.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Dont normally try to criticise players in particular after a win but seriously Hunt needs to improve his passing from dummy half.....he threw some absolute rubbish tonite...what happened to hitting the chest of players at pace....with the speed of the game today the poor receiver gets smashed everytime because they have to reach or pull the ball down......and dont think for one minute Young will improve this area of his game...imo he was the worst and laziest distributor of the pill from that position that Ive ever seen......on another note the officials really need to get onto Boyd....hes always a mile offside in all the games Ive watched this year

 

[thebigredv]

Norman scored and I felt Host’s try should have been allowed. Clune didn’t let go of the ball.

Agree. That gives the 40-24 win that we'd be more satisfied with. We aren't playing finals so it's all for pride right now, so although less than convincing at times, I am not embarrassed by the effort upon reflection.

 

[blacksafake]

It’s a win we’ll take against an opponent we were expecting to beat.
A definite improvement in the game plan with hopefully the one out power play being a thing of the past.
Hunt at 9 really helps our game.
Liked the way Host was used, Kerr is improving but his lack of stamina is a concern.
Lomax & Rav combination will get better.
JP was good.
Merrins best game for a while

 

[jeffdragon]

The broncs played far better than in previous games , our boys attack was better and we made the most of our opportunities.

Bunker can go to hell , if it wasn’t for them the shoreline would had been far more in our favor . Still it was a win and we kept going for the full 80 - now that is 2 weeks running , so the Dragons are improving in small increments.

Yes fatty vautin said they change the rules every week.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

A win that keeps the hope of Brisbane winning the spoon.
Now thats win-win.

Love it bud