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What did you guys make of season 2010?
Personally, I thought it was always going to be a difficult season and the best we could of hoped for was a number of impressive performances and maybe uncovering one or two players.
We did much better than that.
We came within a whisker of making it - or at least a tackle. Without Lockyer there we just lost our way and were absolutely rolled by teams that were much more desperate than us in making the play offs.
Aside from those last few losses, season 2010 was a very encouraging season for our boys.
We found ourselves a fullback in Josh Hoffman who absolutely starred for us this season. If he continues to grow, he could play a vital part of the Broncos success in years to come.
Folau made his decision and will be trying his hand at AFL. Certainly a sad loss not only for the Broncos but the game of League itself. Thankfully he definitely saved his best for last and he produced by far his best ever season.
Lockyer decided to extend his representative career. In reaching that decision he also rediscovered some of his best ever form to push the Broncos into a very promising position.
The club unearthed Matt Gillett who should win the Dally M Rookie of the Year award on Tuesday. Gillett was a brilliant discovery by Henjak and if he can continue to develop he will become a representative star. Ben Hunt, Corey Norman, Gerard Beale and Mitchell Dodds also showed some promising signs for the future.
And finally the club signed two huge acquisitions in Ben Hannant and Greg Inglis. Both will be a big boost to the club and hopefully propel us to premiership contenders.
The season itself truly was a mixed bag.
It started slowly with injuries keeping us from reaching any real heights until we turned it around against the Storm in Melbourne. To me, this is perhaps one of the best victories in the club's history and if there is one game to take out of 2010 it's this one.
We then went onto win 4 more games until we ran out of gas against Penrith. We then had something of a patten then on, exchanging losses for wins before we broke that against the Cowboys...who effectively ruined our season.
Performance wise, I thought our backrow performed sensationally. In fact, it was so good, at one point Henjak tried to fit as many backrowers he could to the point where we had Glenn playing in the centres and Setu playing prop. But really, it's perhaps one of the best backrows I've seen the Broncos field, period.
Aside from that, I thought the side did well building off the back of Hoffman, Folau and Lockyer.
Obviously there were some disappointments too. I thought Wallace and McCullough under performed this season and our front row simply wasn't good enough. Tronc's signing proved to be a nice reprieve but for the most part, we had very little to work with up-front.
I was also very disappointed in the performance of the 20's. Going on paper, this was by far our best ever squad but at times they just lacked the discipline required to win games and would easily surrender leads for whatever reason. Injuries didn't help matters but really...
Apart from that it's been a very promising season and I feel we're only going to be better for it next year. It's been great having a number of you guys on board - your contributions are all welcome and I love the fact we can all have civilised conversations about the club that we love the Broncos.
I'll be announcing the player of the year sometime later this week so keep your eyes peeled.
I'll also organise a banner to the Daily Telegraph Fantasy Winner. Congrats to whoever took it out!
I hope all of you guys stick around for the off-season as we look forward to what should be a very interesting 2011 season.
What did you guys make of season 2010?
Personally, I thought it was always going to be a difficult season and the best we could of hoped for was a number of impressive performances and maybe uncovering one or two players.
We did much better than that.
We came within a whisker of making it - or at least a tackle. Without Lockyer there we just lost our way and were absolutely rolled by teams that were much more desperate than us in making the play offs.
Aside from those last few losses, season 2010 was a very encouraging season for our boys.
We found ourselves a fullback in Josh Hoffman who absolutely starred for us this season. If he continues to grow, he could play a vital part of the Broncos success in years to come.
Folau made his decision and will be trying his hand at AFL. Certainly a sad loss not only for the Broncos but the game of League itself. Thankfully he definitely saved his best for last and he produced by far his best ever season.
Lockyer decided to extend his representative career. In reaching that decision he also rediscovered some of his best ever form to push the Broncos into a very promising position.
The club unearthed Matt Gillett who should win the Dally M Rookie of the Year award on Tuesday. Gillett was a brilliant discovery by Henjak and if he can continue to develop he will become a representative star. Ben Hunt, Corey Norman, Gerard Beale and Mitchell Dodds also showed some promising signs for the future.
And finally the club signed two huge acquisitions in Ben Hannant and Greg Inglis. Both will be a big boost to the club and hopefully propel us to premiership contenders.
The season itself truly was a mixed bag.
It started slowly with injuries keeping us from reaching any real heights until we turned it around against the Storm in Melbourne. To me, this is perhaps one of the best victories in the club's history and if there is one game to take out of 2010 it's this one.
We then went onto win 4 more games until we ran out of gas against Penrith. We then had something of a patten then on, exchanging losses for wins before we broke that against the Cowboys...who effectively ruined our season.
Performance wise, I thought our backrow performed sensationally. In fact, it was so good, at one point Henjak tried to fit as many backrowers he could to the point where we had Glenn playing in the centres and Setu playing prop. But really, it's perhaps one of the best backrows I've seen the Broncos field, period.
Aside from that, I thought the side did well building off the back of Hoffman, Folau and Lockyer.
Obviously there were some disappointments too. I thought Wallace and McCullough under performed this season and our front row simply wasn't good enough. Tronc's signing proved to be a nice reprieve but for the most part, we had very little to work with up-front.
I was also very disappointed in the performance of the 20's. Going on paper, this was by far our best ever squad but at times they just lacked the discipline required to win games and would easily surrender leads for whatever reason. Injuries didn't help matters but really...
Apart from that it's been a very promising season and I feel we're only going to be better for it next year. It's been great having a number of you guys on board - your contributions are all welcome and I love the fact we can all have civilised conversations about the club that we love the Broncos.
I'll be announcing the player of the year sometime later this week so keep your eyes peeled.
I'll also organise a banner to the Daily Telegraph Fantasy Winner. Congrats to whoever took it out!
I hope all of you guys stick around for the off-season as we look forward to what should be a very interesting 2011 season.
. Although one of our best games was against the Rabbits without the origin stars.
