Broncos won in 06, were contenders right up until Lockyer retired in 2011. As for the Raiders, 94 was the last premiership and haven't really done squat since a 4th in 2003 and 2000, so how badly has the power house that was the Raiders late 80's and early 90's fallen in your eyes, our are you about to lay out the excuses?
2011 is a huge stretch, they got handled by the first contender they saw... but ill pay it because they were producing off a time of dominance, the last hurrah of a legend of the game
He's gone now and there doesnt appear to be another coming through... well not one the Broncos developed, just guys they induce to break contracts... you cant and wont get them all that way even if you get Milford/Barba, it's just delaying the inevitable, and frankly im not convinced those two even does that, i dont think they blend well as players, too similar, will result in freakish games where they both click and your unbeatable, followed by a spate of games like the ones Tigers fans w/Marshall have gotten used too, but i digress...
No one is arguing the Raiders didnt suffer a demise, they did, the results are there to see, it coincided with the Broncos general rise because we got a lot of talent out of QLD that the Broncos then monopolised... that is no longer the case fro the Broncos
The Broncos demise has absolutely nothing to do with the Canberra Raiders, the fact you want to make this a like for like case, tells me the rot is already begging to set in with Broncos fans... Can you imagine 6 years ago Broncos fans actively trying to compare themselves with year get in, year miss out top 8 team? :lol:
Its happening Kiwi, every club has a finger in the QLD talent pie, and your just not getting the quantity of quality you use to... And the return back to the pack has already well began.
