Round 1 Eels V Broncos

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might be out that long if we play him and the hammy goes.

 

[phantom eel]

This is probably the best side we can name, given Watmough is injured, Wicks is injured, and... now Morgs is leaving ;-).

Very glad Gower is named and recognised as a vital part of our benchforward rotation - not too many in here were picking him as top 17, but he's been a key contributor week in week out and brings more to a game than Terepo and Alvaro imo.

Also happy that Pritchard is named in 18 (and playing for Wenty), as I think we need to go into this one with four forwards on the bench instead of two dummy halves (unless we're covering for potential playmaker injury).

 

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Thing with gower is he knows when to offload,there are alot of dumb offloads in games but he tends to find the player backing up or hitting the whole.

I really rate him.

 

[Jake the snake]

This is probably the best side we can name, given Watmough is injured, Wicks is injured, and... now Morgs is leaving ;-).

Very glad Gower is named and recognised as a vital part of our benchforward rotation - not too many in here were picking him as top 17, but he's been a key contributor week in week out and brings more to a game than Terepo and Alvaro imo.

Also happy that Pritchard is named in 18 (and playing for Wenty), as I think we need to go into this one with four forwards on the bench instead of two dummy halves (unless we're covering for potential playmaker injury).

Pritchard running at tired forward would be awesome to see, so imo he has to be in the team just for his awesome running game. Don't forget that If Peats comes off for Pritchard, when Peats does come back on again he can play middle forward comfortably.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Even if Kelly / Cornish aren't in our top 25, surely we won't go the year with having to use at least one of them, so sooner or later we will have to use our second tier on them. Might as well start this process tomorrow.

 

[hineyrulz]

I thought Gowers form dropped off in the latter parts of 2015.

In 2014 he was one of our best week in week out.

With the reduced interchange I'd like to see someone like Kaysa on the bench running at tired defences. The little man might finally start getting a chance to get back into the game.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

Even if Kelly / Cornish aren't in our top 25, surely we won't go the year with having to use at least one of them, so sooner or later we will have to use our second tier on them. Might as well start this process tomorrow.

Sure but do you want to have to make that decision in Round 1 without having seen either of them run around for Wenty for a few weeks?

 

[Forty20]

I thought Gowers form dropped off in the latter parts of 2015.

In 2014 he was one of our best week in week out.

I agree mate. Gower has been a sensational value pick up on the whole of it but I do feel his form dipped quite a bit at the end of 2015.

Hopefully he can find that extra gear in his game once more with the competition that we have for spots on the bench.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

I thought Gowers form dropped off in the latter parts of 2015.

In 2014 he was one of our best week in week out.

With the reduced interchange I'd like to see someone like Kaysa on the bench running at tired defences. The little man might finally start getting a chance to get back into the game.

Yeah I like to have Pritchard on the bench. Also him and peats can both play lock (and are very good defensively) so it gives us some options.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Foran out. Kelly in.

 

[Stagger eel]

Foran out. Kelly in.

cant get a better source ;-)

this game will be a major major test..we're not up against a pop gun attack like Wallace and Soward...

Hunt and Milford will be asking plenty of questions and Roberts is up against Taka ...any way, still confident of good showing.

 

[natheel]

Foran out. Kelly in.

Is this confirmed?

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Is this confirmed?

Yep.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

cant get a better source ;-)

this game will be a major major test..we're not up against a pop gun attack like Wallace and Soward...

Hunt and Milford will be asking plenty of questions and Roberts is up against Taka ...any way, still confident of good showing.

Sure will be.

 

[Gronk]

The Broncs are premiership favs and runners up 2015.

It will be a good test, but only to see if we can keep up with them.

Foran out is a blow, but does not change the result.

 

[Bigfella]

cant get a better source ;-)

this game will be a major major test..we're not up against a pop gun attack like Wallace and Soward...

Hunt and Milford will be asking plenty of questions and Roberts is up against Taka ...any way, still confident of good showing.

I thought Soward and Wallace were very easy to tackle. Soward has lost a yard and makes a massive difference

Wallace never really had one to lose

 

[Joshuatheeel]

While Broncos are a very good side and my pick to win the Comp, they don't exactly blow teams away. They do the basics pretty good and just grind away.

Let's not forget we challenged the Broncos at Brisbane last year with a lessor side.

While we may lose I don't think it will be by much.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

and Roberts is up against Taka ...any way, still confident of good showing.

And Scott who has kept Inglis quiet in a few origin games.

Can Roberts tackle ? With Edwards running at him ....,

 

[Poupou Escobar]

cant get a better source ;-)

this game will be a major major test..we're not up against a pop gun attack like Wallace and Soward...

Hunt and Milford will be asking plenty of questions and Roberts is up against Taka ...any way, still confident of good showing.

Roberts and Takairangi will both play on the right. So Jennings will mark Roberts.

 

[strider]

yeah roberts has always been a righty as far as i remember .... and he's replacing hodges who was a righty ... so he's against our lefties .... mau, jenkovic, semi