Round 4 vs. Dragons Discussion + Voting

[_Johnsy]

My intial gut feeling says a broncs victory, margin of 2 - 8 points.

Will be interesting to see what players are named, may sway my tip at the end of the week. Should be a cracker of a game. I am spewing, I can't get up to Brissy for this game, should be a great night.

 

[beads6]

If the Broncos are to win it will be by 10+ there attack is starting to click and even though the Dragons have good defence I doubt they will hold out the Broncos. I think for the first time in a couple of years the Broncos fans should be confident of a victory.

 

[Ghoulies]

Ordinarily I'd come into a game against the Dragons with not much confidence of victory, but I have a feeling that was mostly due to Brown employing the perfect game plan against us.

Maybe Benny can do the same, but my money will be on us this time.

 

[Geohood]

After comparing both teams' round 3 performances I'd tip Broncos 13+

 

[Mr Saab]

Short turnaround might hurt the dragons. Only 5 days to the next game.
Broncos 1-12 and put a mini gap between them and the rest of the comp

 

[Big Pete]

It's hard to say at this stage which team is currently better. I prefer St. George's forward pack but their impotent backline leaves a lot to be desired. Brisbane on the other hand have been fortunate over the past couple of weeks and while I was impressed with their effort against the Warriors the real test begins this week when we take on St. George.

Ideal line up:

1. Karmichael Hunt
2. Antonio Winterstein
3. Steve Michaels
4. Justin Hodges
5. Israel Folau
6. Darren Lockyer
7. Peter Wallace
8. Nick Kenny
9. Aaron Gorrell
10. Joel Clinton
11. Sam Thaiday
12. Ben Te'o
13. Corey Parker

14. Andrew McCullough
15. Ashton Sims
16. Dave Taylor
17. Alex Glenn

Reasoning:

Yow Yeh strained his back against the Warriors allowing Hodges to swap straight back in.

Kenny straight back in. His defence is superb and he's not afraid to run it up the middle.

Gorrell can start. I believe he's a better defender than McCullough and it'll give our bench more persazz.

Backrow can remain...for now...

Bench:

Sims and Glenn were too impressive to drop after last week. Setu will have to prove himself in the Q Cup.

 

[Glory be Lockyer]

i cant really see anything but a Broncos 13+ win if both put on displays as they did in rnd 3, but u never know.

 

[Glory be Lockyer]

i know McCullogh is young but i'd like to see him turn into an 80 minute player. drop Gorrel for Setu to give the bench sum thrust. Glenn can play hooker if required. bench of setu, sims, taylor and glenn just sounds so appealing.

 

[Syko]

Short turnaround might hurt the dragons. Only 5 days to the next game.
Broncos 1-12 and put a mini gap between them and the rest of the comp

it will hurt us.

gonna be a tough game because uncle wayne needs to get our attack sorted by friday night

thwe broncos gameplan of bombing it for folau might come unstuck though.. we will see

 

[Mr Saab]

thwe broncos gameplan of bombing it for folau might come unstuck though.. we will see

How many times was that done vs the Warriors? If bombing to Falou works 1/4 times then i will take it

 

[_Johnsy]

We are really going to miss Cooper, Poore and Nightingale.

 

[Steel Dragon]

Surely Bennett knows all the Broncos weaknesses and the best way to exploit them.
But without our full strength line up, I'm not so confident.

Heres hoping the Dragons by 8!

 

[leaguelover4]

Gooners making excuses already
Broncs by 20

 

[Glory be Lockyer]

we've only really tried a genuine bomb to folau once, and we know what was the outcome there!!!!

 

[This Year?]

I think this game will be alot closer than people are predicting. The Broncos are a very well balanced team and this will be a huge test for the Dragons. While I'm not confident of a Dragons win, I know it will go down to the wire.

 

[KHunt]

Whens the last time we beat the Dragons?
Cooper injured is massive bonus for us, but in Shorty's words "Dragons by plenty.."

 

[renouf]

Surely Bennett knows all the Broncos weaknesses and the best way to exploit them.

Oh yeah, except something like 8 players from 2008 are no longer in the squad..

 

[Big Pete]

Broncos Side:
1. Karmichael Hunt
2. Antonio Winterstein
3. Steve Michaels
4. Justin Hodges
5. Israel Folau
6. Darren Lockyer (c)
7. Peter Wallace
8. Nick Kenny
9. Aaron Gorrell
10. Joel Clinton
11. Sam Thaiday
12. Ben Te'o
13. Corey Parker

14. Andrew McCullough
15. Dave Taylor
16. Lagi Setu
17. Alex Glenn
18. Ashton Sims
19. Josh McGuire
(Two Players To Be Omitted).

 

[Big Pete]

Saints
1. Ben Hornby
2. Brett Morris
3. Beau Scott
4. Darius Boyd
5. Wendell Sailor
6. Jamie Soward
7. Mathew Head
8. Jarrod Saffy
9. Dean Young
10. Michael Weyman
11. Matt Prior
12. Ben Creagh
13. Jeremy Smith

Interchange:
14. Dan Hunt
15. Neville Costigan
16. Luke Priddis
17. Trent Merrin
18. Nick Emmett
Coach: Wayne Bennett

Interesting line up!

 

[Glory be Lockyer]

hehe, darius in the centres