Big Pete
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Almost time to kick the season off and as you may of noticed, yes we will be voting for player of the year again.
So, who do you think will be selected for the first game of the season? Who do you think stood up in the trials and impressed our new coach Anthony 'Hook' Griffin? And on the other hand, who ruled themselves out?
We won't know the results yet about Hodges until later today maybe even tomorrow but if he's out I expect the side to look like...
1. Josh Hoffman
2. Jharal Yow Yeh
3. Gerard Beale
4. Jack Reed
5. Dane Gagai
6. Darren Lockyer
7. Peter Wallace
8. Ben Hannant
9. Andrew McCullough
10. Shane Tronc
11. Ben Te'o
12. Sam Thaiday
13. Corey Parker
14. Alex Glenn
15. Matt Gillett
16. Josh McGuire
17. Ben Hunt
I must remind you, this is the side I expect will be picked, the side I'd go with would be marginally different - I'd of selected another prop in the place of Hunt who I believe should be playing 80 min. games at halfback but I get the feeling Griff will want to include him in these initial rounds and see how far he's progressed this offseason.
On the side, I like our spine and forward pack but geez our backline is something of an unknown quantity. Word is Reed and Beale have been reliable in the trials but it remains to be seen whether they'll be able to take that to the dance, or so to speak. Then we have the debut of Toyota Cup star Gagai as well as the ever complacent Yow Yeh who can be amazing one minute and disappointing the next, hopefully he's grown over the offseason.
Past our side and looking at the match itself, I predict this match will be relatively close, as they generally have been over the past few seasons and I expect the Broncos to run away with a satisfactory 10 point victory. I say this because of our home ground advantage and I don't think the Cows will play their best footy until half-way through the season given their inexperienced side and relatively ordinary offseason.
What do you guys think?
So, who do you think will be selected for the first game of the season? Who do you think stood up in the trials and impressed our new coach Anthony 'Hook' Griffin? And on the other hand, who ruled themselves out?
We won't know the results yet about Hodges until later today maybe even tomorrow but if he's out I expect the side to look like...
1. Josh Hoffman
2. Jharal Yow Yeh
3. Gerard Beale
4. Jack Reed
5. Dane Gagai
6. Darren Lockyer
7. Peter Wallace
8. Ben Hannant
9. Andrew McCullough
10. Shane Tronc
11. Ben Te'o
12. Sam Thaiday
13. Corey Parker
14. Alex Glenn
15. Matt Gillett
16. Josh McGuire
17. Ben Hunt
I must remind you, this is the side I expect will be picked, the side I'd go with would be marginally different - I'd of selected another prop in the place of Hunt who I believe should be playing 80 min. games at halfback but I get the feeling Griff will want to include him in these initial rounds and see how far he's progressed this offseason.
On the side, I like our spine and forward pack but geez our backline is something of an unknown quantity. Word is Reed and Beale have been reliable in the trials but it remains to be seen whether they'll be able to take that to the dance, or so to speak. Then we have the debut of Toyota Cup star Gagai as well as the ever complacent Yow Yeh who can be amazing one minute and disappointing the next, hopefully he's grown over the offseason.
Past our side and looking at the match itself, I predict this match will be relatively close, as they generally have been over the past few seasons and I expect the Broncos to run away with a satisfactory 10 point victory. I say this because of our home ground advantage and I don't think the Cows will play their best footy until half-way through the season given their inexperienced side and relatively ordinary offseason.
What do you guys think?
