2018 R2 Fri - Broncos 24-20 Cowboys @ Suncorp

[Life's Good]

Also shout out to Andrew McC. A pretty understated player most of the time but he just managed 54 tackles in his second game in 7 months. Freakish.

Best thing you’ve written all night. And very true. One of my favourite Broncos. Hope he has a big season after last years injury.

 

[Shorty]

Darius seems out of sorts this year. The Broncos virtually had to win in spite of him.

And what a tinny bastard Bennett is to have an outside back on the bench.

Coote and Morgan should help lift the Cowboys, but really it seemed like they turned up to confident and believed there press.

They did they were bloody arrogant and expected a cake walk.
We have all seen the Broncos under pressure, remember 2006?

In any case I think we'll learn from that and to lose by 4, we showed a lot of courage.
Credit to Brisbane best I've seen them play since 2015.

 

[Tenacious Titans]

are broncos still in crisis?

 

[some11]

are broncos still in crisis?

If Bolton receives that pass on a slightly different angle.. yes.

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

You're welcome. Haas needs a f**king shot at it first but for some reason Bennett just cannot give the likes of Thaiday or Joe O the flick.

How highly do you rate Haas? Do you think he's ready for first grade already? Think he could be as good as Taumalolo, Klemmer etc?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

How highly do you rate Haas? Do you think he's ready for first grade already? Think he could be as good as Taumalolo, Klemmer etc?

Only a brave man compares him to Lolo and Klemmer this early, but he has the size to be a force. The bloke is a giant. He was quality in our trials this year but he had a habit of dropping the ball he still needed to work out. If he can manage that, he's gonna be tough to keep off the Broncos bench.

 

[gUt]

 

[billygilmore]

Bennett looking healthy and enthusiastic

 

[billygilmore]

are broncos still in crisis?

We haven’t won the comp since 2006 so yes, club in crisis, you would have to have a pretty shitty culture to think not winning the comp since 2006 is acceptable

 

[some11]

Wayne taking a shot at the media to end the press conference.

Not the best look, let the football do the talking.

 

[butchmcdick]

We haven’t won the comp since 2006 so yes, club in crisis, you would have to have a pretty shitty culture to think not winning the comp since 2006 is acceptable

How many years is acceptable?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

How many years is acceptable?

5, maybe 6.

 

[Shorty]

Is there a Parra fan reading this?
Must be ready to down a few shots.

 

[billygilmore]

Wayne taking a shot at the media to end the press conference.

Not the best look, let the football do the talking.

They tried that in Castaway and they just ended up with mostly Tom Hanks talking to himself for most the movie

 

[billygilmore]

How many years is acceptable?

Judging by this forum if you didn’t win the comp last week your team is shit, unless your lol@$ouffs then your always shit

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

Only a brave man compares him to Lolo and Klemmer this early, but he has the size to be a force. The bloke is a giant. He was quality in our trials this year but he had a habit of dropping the ball he still needed to work out. If he can manage that, he's gonna be tough to keep off the Broncos bench.

Tbh you can never really tell with a forward unless they've first established themselves in first grade and have proven themselves with a few seasons under their belt. When I look back to when Lolo and Klemmer started their careers in first grade, they were very flat and didn't look anything special - this was mostly due to their age but when they finally matured and got more experience they started walking into rep sides no questions asked. These two were exceptional and not many have done what they've done. I remember a few years ago watching a kid called Taniela Paseka in the NYC and thought he would become the next David Klemmer, a few years later and he isn't even a regular 1st grader. There was the Shaun Lane at the Dogs who burst onto the scene and looked for all money to be a future rep player, now he's barely cracking 1st grade. Remember Bryce Cartwright and how he was being built up as the next Sonny Bill? Ended up being released by his club. Theres been so many different instances, guy like Tepai Moeroa was a junior star and became a solid first grader but nothing more beyond that, Chris Grevsmuhl looked special for half a season then just disappeared, the Burgess boys turned to trash after 1 good season along with Guerra, Shannon Boyd and Josh Papalii. Very rarely you'd have that one guy who would play shit all season for his club but puts on an Origin jersey and does a complete transformation - Greg Bird. The point is you never really know until they've proven it. TPJ looks really impressive but weather he can keep that up consistently over the years is the question I'm wondering, if he does I'm sure he'll be walking in the footsteps of Lolo and Klemmer. As with Payne Haas I think the best option is to not assume anything.

 

[Tenacious Titans]

Tbh you can never really tell with a forward unless they've first established themselves in first grade and have proven themselves with a few seasons under their belt. When I look back to when Lolo and Klemmer started their careers in first grade, they were very flat and didn't look anything special - this was mostly due to their age but when they finally matured and got more experience they started walking into rep sides no questions asked. These two were exceptional and not many have done what they've done. I remember a few years ago watching a kid called Taniela Paseka in the NYC and thought he would become the next David Klemmer, a few years later and he isn't even a regular 1st grader. There was the Shaun Lane at the Dogs who burst onto the scene and looked for all money to be a future rep player, now he's barely cracking 1st grade. Remember Bryce Cartwright and how he was being built up as the next Sonny Bill? Ended up being released by his club. Theres been so many different instances, guy like Tepai Moeroa was a junior star and became a solid first grader but nothing more beyond that, Chris Grevsmuhl looked special for half a season then just disappeared, the Burgess boys turned to trash after 1 good season along with Guerra, Shannon Boyd and Josh Papalii. Very rarely you'd have that one guy who would play shit all season for his club but puts on an Origin jersey and does a complete transformation - Greg Bird. The point is you never really know until they've proven it. TPJ looks really impressive but weather he can keep that up consistently over the years is the question I'm wondering, if he does I'm sure he'll be walking in the footsteps of Lolo and Klemmer. As with Payne Haas I think the best option is to not assume anything.

good post. TPJ looks great atm, I see massive potential in him, but it's still far too early to tell if he can keep this going long term and becomes a star or just turns into another one/two season wonder.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Broncos offside every set.

Hahaha

 

[Captain Apollo]

Andrew McCullough starting at hooker certainly helped the Broncos tonight. No surprise their attack looked more slick compared to last week.

 

[blaza88z]

McCullough was unbelievable, 2nd game back in 7 months after an ACL, made 50+ tackles and was creative out of dummy half