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Doesn't look like he will be coming back up to QLD anyway. Lazo is taking it a bit too far? Captain for the Broncs? No thanks... we wouldn't even know how long he would stay before he wants another pay rise!

The Salary cap in its current form is rubbish. The fact that there is no loyalty incentive or marquee system is absolutely ridiculous and the NRL claim it has made the competition more even but it has heavily damaged the depth of teams. Powerhouse teams are punished for their success and injury...

Indeed you did but there is no doubt the Dogs had trouble keeping their 'winnning culture' powerhouse status compared to Brisbane --> Apart from 06 the club went through some terrible, terrible times since 04 (of course a great powerhouse till then) ... on and off the field - real props to the...

Im telling you now Folau is not on 500k - of course no one knows exact figures but clearly he has some third party deals with Powerade as well... from what I know he is more closer to the 300-350 mark from the Broncs's pocket. Hodges is on about 400 and there is no way in the world they...

Well, How good has Origin been if you're a Queenslander. NSW have a lot to learn but I won't deny the talent in the QLD team. One thing NSW don't understand though is that we didn't win these four years on talent. We won because our team has developed a strong comradeship over the years. We...

I still think Souths paid too much even after the warriors game. He has potential and good luck to him, but geez, it's not like he's proven himself in any way what so ever. Good luck to him though and I wish him the best.

For what it's worth, I'm a Bronco and I don't think I copped any racism before. Only cheeky banter. Walla hectic! :) PS. What does Walla mean again?

^ the thing is this, if the article is true, and all that went wrong is the unconsensual filming, then I think the sacking is too harsh. I dont have 'much' of a problem with players wanting to have a threesome with some girl, their choice. But of course the whole 'role model' stigma and Broncos...

^ to be honest Im surprised a lot of people actually think that, it was a joke in bad taste and especially used at the wrong place at the wrong time. Apart from that, I don't see much in it. If that was a joke told at a sunday BBQ, it would be nothing. I may be biased, but I just dont see much...

^ Yes, took the words right out of my mouth. I have NO DOUBT if Bennet was still coach, they would all be gone. Not a doubt in the world. He is a man of principle. However, the situation is interesting. Thaiday, a great player he is, he is replaceable. Hunt, I had a nasty feeling he would...

The names are official. Boyd - going to dragons next year, who cares? Hunt & Thaiday - ooooft... I was hoping it wasn't going to be Hunt... Reading between the lines, I doubt there will be a rape charge. We'll see how it all unfolds, but the only real charge I can see is the filming without...

Bellamy is a good coach but not the coach I would want for my team.

Its going to change everything depending on who it is and what not, depending on the outcome of it all as well. No doubt it will affect the preparation for the Storm game, this could be ugly. Bad luck Broncos, hope they perservere out of this one.

I wonder who the three players are though. This could/will change everything depending on the outcome of all this.

^ I take back what I said, Roosters showed up to play tonight, in the end, just talent and mental power got Broncos over. Chooks will be a force if they keep playing like that. Im worried the game took too much out of both teams though.

nah man Locky doesn't lie down, he is a tough nut, doesn't look it but he cops heavy treatment, when he's hurt he struggles to play the ball, soft I admit, but ever since that rib injury a couple of years back, he has been ginger getting hit imo. Old age really.

I think chooks are in a iffy situation to be honest with you. Great season but a bit unlucky to take on the Broncos I reckon. Dragons are scary but they can be horrible, Sharks must be cheering, Raiders are nufflings as far as I'm concerned and if Dragons beat Manly then they are in for a GF...

Tallis

That may be in the case from a certain aspect, I think if SBW comes to AUS he'll be in trouble, while he's over there in France however, it could be a different story. I think he'll have a legal team to show up in court for him... I agree, this could really pile up into a legal mess in the...

^ Said harshly but I think it is pretty direct to the point. I don't want to be a doom sayer, I love RL, its the sport I grew up on and I'll never love another sport the way I love RL, but it needs years and years of work to expand in that direction, I don't believe we will see it in our life time.

^ Agreed about Kemp. Knew he was going to go but we should have kept him, he's an awesome winger. FAST. But how good is Boyd shaping up to be? he's really coming of age.

Inglis is way, way better. I think the media over hype is true, these days any young kid who sets a slight fire gets media hyped to the max. He's still an awesome prospect.

I hope the broncos are really warming up to something... ala 2006.

Agreed. The statement is just beyond ludicrous. It's like saying Michael Witt is the next Lockyer.

He HAS to get off the drink. Some people cannot control their drinking and should self-ban themselves for life off the drink.

Prince to have a blinder. Inglis will score a try. Thurston will make a line break. Mason will drop the ball at least twice. Anasta will not shine in the origin arena.

QUEENSLANDER... third year in a row will be very, very satisfying.

Minor premiership? Melbourne by a fair distance. Manly the only team with a shot at it imo. GF Chooks would be Storm's greatest threat. Manly cannot beat melbourne if both bring their game. Brisbane can only beat Melbourne with Darren Lockyer, and thats a Chance to defeat them, but they...

Broncos did it tough, Origin players were flat as expected. Would have loved to sneak a win, but was always going to do it tough with Perry and Stagg at 7 and 6.

Love it when they say they've achieved everything in league already... funny stuff. I'm SOOO over this "threatening to switch to union", go if you want to go.

Mentally? I'm not too sure about that, he plays 40mins a game, pulls through barely, its the next couple of days where the knee starts to lock up and so forth. It's pretty obvious he came back early to push for rep teams, wrong choice, he admitted it himself.

I see where you are coming from. Much like a Jason Smith for the Cowboys a couple of years back yes? Lockyer has been lucky AND unlucky with injuries his whole career imo. Lucky in the sense he has never got ACL's or anything MAJOR (until now of course) but unlucky in the sense he ALWAYS...

Hey do you know why he went back to the Raiders? I didn't even know until I saw the raiders play and I was like; "Wtf? isn't he a rooster now? He's back!" Did Freddie not want him? wanted to take a different direction? or did he himself wanna go back to the quiet life? OR was Sa and...

Agreed, but from Game 1, I looked at our backline and the FIRST thing I said to myself was: "****, as amazing as this backline is, it doesn't look half as amazing without Locky" Amazing how different Origin series take a turn depending who wins game 1 thuogh, thats why Game 1 is so...

Disgraceful performance, Im filthy. Got heaps to say, but too pissed off to think clearly. Slater - I've always said this, great player, everyone's ranting on about him, he must be in the side bla bla bla, As great of a plyer he is, HUNT is NEEDED more at fullback for Origin, its as simple as...

100m is harsh, thats not league speed, league speed is 40m. But if you MUST 100m, then I'd go Denan Kemp from the Broncs

I doubt this would happen, I'll be very surprised if it does.

I dont think there will be someone of that hugh calibre as such, let them develop a bit first, everyone's a bit too young and a bit too raw these days.

Thats a tough one, definitely a logical choice, but the juicyness for hodges and folau long term... and ESP with the depth in the forwards we got.

There is no mason vs SBW and never will be. All hype. No rivalry at all imo. Bring back the days of mad dog vs Sailor

MOON - Least important out of the three, never really got a chance to shine, has potential, wish him all the best, may carve up elsewhere. ENNIS - Crucial, but I think inevitable, I don't Broncos can do much about this one, We simple wont be able to match rival club offers... one of those...

I agree, I'd never bet on the blues, but if I was a NSWelshman I'd be looking at some odds... I think you are on the money, theres no doubt about it, he rushed back early for no real reason apart from to be fit for the test match, which can only mean he really wanted to captain his country in a...

mini on 400k from the cap? dont think so my guess would be closer to 200k, especially when he signed as well... these '400k' ridiculus values are only of recent times imo fitzgibbon no way 350... closer to 200 also imo amos 300k, no way in the world he's not even a NSW repl player... 100-150...

Thats just the way it is when you are a player like Lockyer though. Unfair? perphaps. Acceptable? Yes.

Man Carl Webb? Is this guy serious? Biggest myth of the modern era IMO.

Don't think they panicked either, I think Henjak was always going to be second or even last choice, theres no doubt in the world Broncos wanted Bellamy, that is fact, Bellamy wanted to stay in Melbourne, and they would have went through the candidates, I think in the end rather then go through...

Well, he still cheated on his wife who was pregnant at the time I believe. Scum. Enough Said.

lol good call. Broncs dont really do it either, unless we are down and out, and we throw up a lockyer hail mary for a drop ball.

Are you guys serious? This guy is rubbish!!! He's always got a walk-in spot to origin as well, I dont understand... If you want him just for the mongrel, Crocker instead! (origin) I'd be surprised if you guys buy him. WB got it right when we sold him.

He's like our Corey Hughes, TC is also good at it as well. I'm not a fan of the staying down, but the rest of it is all good... We've got three actually... Marsh, TC and Ennis, all seem to chuck a sneaky when they can.

Nothing wrong with the Prince thing, Prince just fell over, if you are talking about the high shot, he definitely stayed down

Are you kidding me? perphaps Fittler as a specialist 5/8 but no way a better player. He should have been there, but I'll concede that there probably has never been another better origin player than Lewis, but I have no doubt Lockyer is a better player than him also. Good stuff though what an...

he was good, but the game didnt live up to the hype, which I half-expected to be honest.

peaking too early is a valid point, but i dont buy it much, what are you meant to do? play poor early on purpose? if you are consistent through out the year it doenst matter, early on you are just racking up the 2 points anyway. momentum you need to build form abour round 16-ish but nothing...

no way the eels choked last year though, they were defeated by the storm.

Way too early now, but we can only really comment from what we've seen, we look sharp, no denying that. Anything can happen throughout the year, but if everything keeps up, I think Broncos should be a top 4 side this year.

I dont believe for a second they'd give him 500k off the bat a year... doesn't make sense... from what I've read, melbourne offered him 3 years for 333k a pop, and judging by the reports, I'd say we giving him about 400k, still a rip off in relation to the cap thuogh, which means we are going...

I hate him as well, but keep him in the game so we can smash him, I want him to play origin so we can smash him.

I gotta be honest hanstayr, I used to love playing the dogs, Broncos dog matches were the best, big boppers going at it, I hardly recognise your forward pack now, not much satisfaction in defeting you guys anymore, apart from the fact one of my mates goes for the dogs, no mason and shrek to yell...

Well we've only had two games (panthers was a walk in the park), but the chooks one I agree, Locky was off the pace, as expected. Wallace looks the goods. Can't wait for locky to get 100% but who knows when that will be... I have to say... knees really break careers...

I feel the same way. Its better than our 06 team with the exception of webcke and civo, but its a much more tighter, fitter and faster team. We got rid of the hacks that weren't up to scratch. (eg Carlaw) In my opinion, I think Broncos are capable of one more premiership before locky...

Couldn't agree more. it was pretty hopeless

no music festival ever will top that. you CAN NOT top that.

drama all around whichever way you want to look at it. Ive said this before, but if what happens on the field is positive, the rest tends to fall in place, whatever it may be. But whoever said if Broncos struggle mid way next year there will be more problems is right, the media would have a...

^ yeh, took me and my mates over an hour to hail a cab last night on King street. We started yelling stuff too, out of frustration and a laugh as well, its harmless anyway.

Are you for real? We're arguably the most successful team of the 90's along with the raiders :whacky:

No way Gaz dived, he was off his head

Thurston.

Agreed, if anything they will be title favourites again.

abu-sa-lim ya ya

^ Is proud of his heritage but prouder to support the team and game

Jonah is good stuff, I wonder how long it will take for it to get old though. The other two are pretty rubbish.

I Went. If Scribe was a shopkeeper, Talib was a thief, because he stole it all. The difference between scribe and Talib was monumental, no offense to scribe of course, he was quite enjoyable too. Kweli makes hip hop look so easy. He really showed his skill last night. I think the only...

In no particular order: 1) Broncos 2) Dogs 3) Storm 4) Dragons 5) Roosters 6) Cowboys 7) Eels 8) Knights Reminds me of the good old days I guess.

Parklife!

Notice how one major ingredient in Last year's GF by Brisbane was: 1) Shut down Inglis at all costs Shaun berro was given that task - won Clive medal Notice how manly let him run amok - Clive Medal winner? You got it. Greg Inglis.

I thought he knocked on too, but replay shows he didnt. (I believe anyway)

Yeh I agree with Myth #3 the most, The team you had in 2004 was super. Obviously some of the players had taken pay cuts since 02 to form that team, hence why you lost many of them later. I believe you guys won in 04 because of your team rather than the off-field drama thats for SURE. Myth...

I would say THE best. Love the bloke.

Am I the only one who doesn't care he took recreational drugs? I don't care really. if what he said was true, he wasnt addicted, he used it for recreational and party reasons.

HEAR HEAR! I cant believe he said that!!! thats laughable really.

Well said!!! and titanium as well (I dont know how to double quote) Im surprised so many people are blinded by sentiments... this is footy people and furthermore its a game to decide whether they make the PLAY OFFS in how many years!!! "Peachey deserves it" - what a load of trot! I hate...

I agree with JT's decision to be perfectly honest. Talonoa was awesome last week, and I would most certainly use him again this week. He looked dangerous all day. and the game would have done him a world of confidence, of course he could go out there against the chooks and have a shocker, but...

Best game of footy I've seen in a while... We played to the best of our ability I thought.

Dont expect the Broncos to beat malbourne, I mean its possible but many things have to go our way. Put it this way, manly gave us every chance to win last week's game but our attack just could not produce the points. Take out berrigan and with the current squad there is no creativity. For us...

^ I agree. Top 6 seems to be the go, melbourne in melbourne without Lockyer? Manly in brookie withut lockyer? possible but you'd be a liar if you didnt say the odds are heavily stacked against you. Personally, I want to take on Parra in the 1st round, I think we can get that one. We...

without Lockyer, Hunt AND Hodges, obviosuly our creativity in attack showed. Its not to say we can't win games though, they just have to try a few more things with creativity.

Yeh, I think its more of a technicality. He might defend there, but his attacking football wont change, I woudln't be surprised if perry or Hunt fill that roll.

Bird has been a bit of a media tool lately, is form was better when he was just playing footy.

Yeh just found out he will be missing the all blacks game as well... Damn, ah well, sometimes , things like this happen in life.

There goes our season. Lockyer gives your team a bloody good chance to win a GF if you make it there. good game.

And even if its meant to be a 'business' its quite poorly run. The management is just shocking, needs an overhaul. And yes, the prices are ridiculus, the cost of food etc etc. No offense to any teams, but who wants to spend so much money on an 'average of the mill game'? I certainly...

Broncos will be a new look next year thats for sure. It's been a long time coming, I think we're basing the team around lockyer with youth, and obviously, the dreaded era, life after Lockyer.

I think some people are riding off the point. I don't give a **** about bragging rights. I think its more about, we ALL know the sydney crowds can be better, the key word being BETTER. I dont think anyone can argue that point. So the question is, Why are QLD crowds living up to its potential...

Does this mean SBW plays with Lockyer?

A bit rich coming out and saying that, but fair enough. I agree with him about the mixed feelings though. I've never been on the end of a 2-0 win then losing the 3rd game. First time for me, and I must say its a iffy feeling. No doubt QLD deserve the series and etc. But as I stated before, its...

Outstanding performance by the QLDers.

Tank - Never been there myself, but i heard it depends on the event, its either asian or leb for sure.

Who was a Bronco as well ^^ But a blue, so I can't remember where he was from.

Im starting to predict a GF replay this year...