Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:37 am  

Ron wrote:

Tight games? The aussies normally beat us comfortably at International level... because they are bigger, faster and more skillful.

Winning one off games in pre season doesn't change the fact they have a superior comp, and beat us every year internationally.

Until we match them internationally, and stop our best players moving to the NRL... these games will mean very little to them as shown by teams not wanting to play this year, only a money incentive keeps them coming.

Top european teams go over to south america in football and get beat by them, it doesn't mean there league or players are as good.

If you put aside the second half in London last November, when did they last "beat us comfortably" in a test match, out of interest?

Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:51 pm  

Ron wrote:

Tight games? The aussies normally beat us comfortably at International level... because they are bigger, faster and more skillful.

Winning one off games in pre season doesn't change the fact they have a superior comp, and beat us every year internationally.

Until we match them internationally, and stop our best players moving to the NRL... these games will mean very little to them as shown by teams not wanting to play this year, only a money incentive keeps them coming.

Top european teams go over to south america in football and get beat by them, it doesn't mean there league or players are as good.

You can't win with you.

Firstly you're moaning how we lost both finals last year and we didn't play well enough and were dominated.

Now we beat one of the best teams in the world, play extremely well and you're still upset.

You sound like a really positive guy.

Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:27 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

You can't win with you.

Firstly you're moaning how we lost both finals last year and we didn't play well enough and were dominated.

Now we beat one of the best teams in the world, play extremely well and you're still upset.

You sound like a really positive guy.

We've got a few on our board. Never happier than when there moaning but to be fair they normally save it for when we lose and not beat a good team with a excellent performance

Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:08 am  

threepennystander wrote:

We've got a few on our board. Never happier than when there moaning but to be fair they normally save it for when we lose and not beat a good team with a excellent performance

Agreed. Genuinley get the feeling some of our lot would rather another GF loss so they could say they were right.

Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:23 am  

That was probably one of the best finishes to a CC final in a few years. Could easily have been a try in the last few minutes for us but Danny Houghton managed to dislodge the ball in the tackle & the rest is history. I was thoroughly entertained for the afternoon & i don't think we should have a monopoly on fairy tale finishes. No complaints from me over the result.

Re: Tonight's game v Broncos : Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:59 am  

Bit late - but congratulations on a fantastic win; a tactical masterclass from Tony Smith, and outstanding execution from your lads. Clearly the strategy of pinning the Broncos in their own half and stifling their reliance on a very structured exit set paid off - and Wire's willingness to a) bash them in the forwards and b) play a very expansive, open game - did, as Thaiday put it, rattle their cages. Lovely stuff - one of the most entertaining games I've watched in a long while.

Brown obviously had a blinder, but for me, Gidley gave one of the best individual performances of the weekend - he's pure class.