Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Jedi_Tiger said:
haven't watched Madden tonight, how was his defence ? that will be jocks Achilles heal he can't tackle
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He missed a tackle in basically every Souths try, including a key one on Graham that broke the match open from a scrum. He defends alright in midfield but is horrendous at his own line.

Looked like he didn't know what he was doing all match, though he was willing; just not up to scratch and the first time Broncos have been towelled up all year.
 
jirskyr said:
Sort of agree except I thought Gamble and Hoffman were our first attempts.
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Billy McConnochie and Rockin Roddy Griffin back before them…
Probably been others over the years, however - it’s been happening more so in the last decade as the Q Cup isn’t what it used to be…
NSW reserve grade has been the dominant comp for some time
 
jirskyr said:
He missed a tackle in basically every Souths try, including a key one on Graham that broke the match open from a scrum. He defends alright in midfield but is horrendous at his own line.

Looked like he didn't know what he was doing all match, though he was willing; just not up to scratch and the first time Broncos have been towelled up all year.
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Strange watching him last night - he looked lost and just seemed to be following the ball around, getting in the way and not really getting any touches worth mentioning…
Almost like the Occassion got to him - had a lot to prove and come up with naught
 
Tucker said:
You are missing the point of the criticism.
During the offseason, even blind Freddy could see that if one of our halves went down, we had no backup.
The club went all in on current international halves recruitment and seemed so confident of nabbing one of them, they let our depth go. It is ridiculous, you have to have contingencies. Ours was a last minute purchase of Wakeham the week the trials began.
0-7 is the result.
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Didn't Jock push to leave? Wakeham and him are much of a muchness. We are in the same position we would have been had we resigned jock but he would have been on a dearer contract than wakeham.
 
batboy said:
Strange watching him last night - he looked lost and just seemed to be following the ball around, getting in the way and not really getting any touches worth mentioning…
Almost like the Occassion got to him - had a lot to prove and come up with naught
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An unhappy night -looked out of his depth. Latrell and Walker really targeted him. To be fair South's dominated them all over the park once they got the ascendancy. They are in fine form.
 
Telltails said:
An unhappy night -looked out of his depth. Latrell and Walker really targeted him. To be fair South's dominated them all over the park once they got the ascendancy. They are in fine form.
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I can’t see him getting another run with the Broncos.
Put it this way, if Luke Brooks was available for the same money Jock Madden is on, there would be 16 rival NRL clubs more than happy to take him as their back up halve.
 
Vicious said:
I can’t see him getting another run with the Broncos.
Put it this way, if Luke Brooks was available for the same money Jock Madden is on, there would be 16 rival NRL clubs more than happy to take him as their back up halve.
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Three blow out games so far where all the halves from the three teams that were dominated were ineffective - some with far more experience than him. He may not get another opportunity due to better players in front of him but it was never going to be a game he could shine in once South's took control.
 
Vicious said:
Is anyone still suggesting we should have kept Hastings or Madden ?
Both had absolute shockers tonight, neither of them are any better than what we have.
Garner was terrible early season for the Panthers and has deservedly been dropped to KOE Cup.
Tuilagi is lazy and a terrible defender, he’s very lucky to be holding his spot in their NRL side.
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Tommy Talau could be the same at Blacktown.
 
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jirskyr said:
He missed a tackle in basically every Souths try, including a key one on Graham that broke the match open from a scrum. He defends alright in midfield but is horrendous at his own line.

Looked like he didn't know what he was doing all match, though he was willing; just not up to scratch and the first time Broncos have been towelled up all year.
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Jock is a poor first grader. He was let go because of that reason. He has some good skills, e.g. he can kick okay, can throw a pass if it's on, has a bit of size to him, but he lacks in just about every other area you need to play first grade. He fades in and out of games which is the opposite of what a half needs to do (they should be involved in almost every play, even if that means they are setting up a play 2 or 3 plays in advance - see Munster).
 
Vicious said:
I can’t see him getting another run with the Broncos.
Put it this way, if Luke Brooks was available for the same money Jock Madden is on, there would be 16 rival NRL clubs more than happy to take him as their back up halve.
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Maybe you just hit the nail on the head,
BACKUP.

Cant see any team anywhere wanting luke as a first string half.
 
Vicious said:
My gut feeling is Tommy Talau will come good and will likely reach his potential at NRL level if he can remain relatively injury free.
But I don’t believe he’s given his best to Wests Tigers, so no use keeping a player with that attitude towards us.
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I agree.
 
Sheenzy said:
Didn't Jock push to leave? Wakeham and him are much of a muchness. We are in the same position we would have been had we resigned jock but he would have been on a dearer contract than wakeham.
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This may or may not be the case.
It is outside the point as well.
 
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