Round 21 v Broncos: Game Day Thread

[Poupou Escobar]

3rd season out of 4 we have won at least half our games. Not bad when you consider where Ricky had us.

I think Stuart left him with a decent roster. Peats and Norman were great acquisitions.

 

[Forty20]

First time we've won five straight since 2001!! Woohoo!!

Was the 2009 Grand Final that traumatic for you mate? We definitely won more than 5 in a row that season.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Boyd goes on to say the broncos player was concussed. HTF is KE meant to know this???

There was nothing wrong with Pearson. He was just trying to milk a penalty.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Was the 2009 Grand Final that traumatic for you mate? We definitely won more than 5 in a row that season.

I know but 2001 sounds much more impressive.

 

[84 Baby]

There was nothing wrong with Pearson. He was just trying to milk a penalty.

No he was absolutely concussed and didn't go off for a HIA. Brisbane should be docked all the points they've accumulated so far this season

 

[emjaycee]

I know but 2001 sounds much more impressive.

In 2009 we won 7 in a row with a f/a of 289/60 - that's impressive!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think he loves winning more.

And he knows what players you need to win. Don't go overplaying a tiny sample like four straight wins with a backup in the team. Hes a backup for a reason.

Cam Smith isn't aggressive and his focus isn't on rushing out of the line and disrupting the attack. It's about being bloody effective when he makes contact. I'd argue that's a pretty bloody good model to replicate.

Smith plays to his strengths, but also benefits from being in an already hard working pack. So when he moves up quickly he has a few blokes either side of him. Smith also runs the ball more often than any dummy half in our team, so he needs to pace himself in defence. That's a feature of Melbourne's attack.

And for attacking contribution, both he and Kritchard leave King for dead. Smith leads in the playmaking stats (LBAs and TAs per minute) but Kritchard dominates in tackle breaks per run, LB per run and metres per run. Smith and Kritchard are the only ones making offoads as well, and obviously King is the only one of the three making fewer than 0.5 tackles per minute.

But as noted, his sample size this year is very small, as you'd expect from a backup. Just try and understand why Arthur's rates Kritchard so highly.

 

[BoneyBlake17]

Haven't left a game more proud and excited since the 2009 prelim final.

Finals are almost there and really should be aiming for top 4 if we are serious with our draw.

After a horror start the boys regrouped and really dominated brisbane for the last 70 mins. In the past we would have got 40 put on us. And it felt like they would so the turnaround was pleasing.


Btw how good is cameron king going

 

[forward pass]

Was the 2009 Grand Final that traumatic for you mate? We definitely won more than 5 in a row that season.

Look forward to seeing your Whisky of choice this week? Have to be a 40yr old malt.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Eggs and bacon with a coffee while sitting on my sunny deck, reading this wonderful thread. Happy weekend merkins.

Damnit. Since reading this post I can't stop thinking about bacon. A morning like this deserves bacon.

 

[forward pass]

Taka is a seriously underrrated player sometimes. Great take of that short kick off. If that was Slater or Inglis the commentators would have wet themselves.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Damnit. Since reading this post I can't stop thinking about bacon. A morning like this deserves bacon.

I had bacon. It was haram.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I had bacon. It was haram.

I can't even imagine how good it must taste then.

 

[Forty20]

Look forward to seeing your Whisky of choice this week? Have to be a 40yr old malt.

I opted for a premium Japanese drop. I am a sucker for the their whiskies.

 

[Chipmunk]

If we beat the Dogs next week Arthur's will have won half his career games.

So how does that work out if we win next week we will be on the same amount of wins as we had last season?

 

[Chipmunk]

Well once again Mannah played under 30 mins, but that's his best game in eels colours in a couple of years.

I'd go as far to say that was almost his best performance ever in attack.

 

[El Diablo]

First time we've won five straight since 2001!! Woohoo!!

2009

 

[amitropo]

Anyone spot this last night. Was watching replay this morning, missed at game.

 

[hindy111]

Taka is a seriously underrrated player sometimes. Great take of that short kick off. If that was Slater or Inglis the commentators would have wet themselves.

If had speed would be elite. I always rate him. He brings energy.
Havent seen jennings so happy. If played origin we win series. Funny that

 

[Delboy]

Watching the game again, cant believe no one commented on th shoulder charge on Moses when he kicked through fo the first try, so blatant and dangerous

Then the charge on Jenko when McCullough did his knee, was a shoulder charge on Jenkos knees that missed

Then that dweeb Beenett did his little snidey pressure on the officials comment re KE! Backed up by his love child Darius. The Broncos and their salary cap advantage etc etc and they are the worst look at me moaners in the comp, despicable lot.