Seibold - 5 games in

It's looking like another disaster born from indifference to me. Somehow I don't think the club chased Bellamy as hard as they should have, and once again we're stuck with the 2nd best option and it's looking like it's blown up in our faces.

Don't get me wrong I was NOT keen on signing Bellyache just because his style is such a cancer on the game, but at the very least he would have had the very hard edge that the sooks within the playing group need to harden them the **** up. It would not surprise me at all to find out that Bellyache turned us down because he saw the length of the deals that spuds like Boyd and McC are on and immediately thought "yeah nah not putting up with that shit."
 
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I bleed Maroon said:
It's looking like another disaster born from indifference to me. Somehow I don't think the club chased Bellamy as hard as they should have, and once again we're stuck with the 2nd best option and it's looking like it's blown up in our faces.

Don't get me wrong I was NOT keen on signing Bellyache just because his style is such a cancer on the game, but at the very least he would have had the very hard edge that the sooks within the playing group need to harden them the **** up. It would not surprise me at all to find out that Bellyache turned us down because he saw the length of the deals that spuds like Boyd and McC are on and immediately thought "yeah nah not putting up with that shit."
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The second best option is currently coaching Souths.
 
I don't think Seibold is a shit coach (at least not yet), but his comments about 'real' fans putting up with our current form line almost made me vomit on the spot. I'm 100% certain every regular poster on here is what you would describe as a 'real' Broncos fan and most are justified in their criticisms. He's happy with our forwards, and yeah their progression is insane considering their average age, but they're not the issue.
 
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It would not surprise me at all to find out that Bellyache turned us down because he saw the length of the deals that spuds like Boyd and McC are on
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Agree, also our roster (largely Wayne’s roster) included all the kids. As I posted in another thread, he didn’t want to compromise his legacy - too much hard work. At least Seibold took up the challenge. Only other ones interested didn’t have clubs. I'm grateful he did.
 
There is a very, very small article in Wednesdays Courier Mail. It is 5 pages in from the sports section(back page) and it is a tiny strip down the side of the page. It is an article about how Shane Webcke is backing Seibold and feels for him about all the pressure he is under. Well anyway, here is the foxsports equivalent of the article.

At least one old boy is still on our side. Respect Shane!!!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...b/news-story/2027e57978c43e6530ed07c756d7d4ee
 
Tom said:
There is a very, very small article in Wednesdays Courier Mail. It is 5 pages in from the sports section(back page) and it is a tiny strip down the side of the page. It is an article about how Shane Webcke is backing Seibold and feels for him about all the pressure he is under. Well anyway, here is the foxsports equivalent of the article.

At least one old boy is still on our side. Respect Shane!!!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...b/news-story/2027e57978c43e6530ed07c756d7d4ee
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If it doesn't inspire outrage, is it even an article?
 
Milford an easy target but Brisbane's issues run deeper
Phil LuttonApril 23, 2019 — 5.23pm
When Anthony Milford was lured north amid much fanfare by the Brisbane Broncos in time for the 2015 NRL season, he wasn't considered a regulation playmaker that could get a team around the park and earn the occasional repeat set.
Powerbrokers at Red Hill considered him to be a genuine franchise man, the kind of player you would build an empire around. Some of his new teammates spoke about him in such lofty company as Thurston and Lockyer and had little doubt he would reach, or even surpass, that vintage of champion player.

In many ways, that speaks volumes about Milford, in terms of how his progression has tracked compared to the footballer the Broncos thought he would have already become. The club tends to be ultra-sensitive about any criticism of him but this shouldn't be perceived as any sort of attack. Milford is a very good player but at this stage, not a great.
The reason he presents as such an intriguing figure this season is because he tends to be a lightning rod for most of the bolts directed at the struggling Broncos, who are enduring a historically bad start under new coach Anthony Seibold.
After six rounds, they find themselves in 14th spot on the ladder. Like Newcastle and the Bulldogs, they have just a solitary win to their name. With games against the Sharks (H), South Sydney (A), Manly (A) and the Roosters (H) on their horizon, it's entirely possible they might not be singing the team song for at least another month. The kitchen would almost be melting down by that stage.
Thurston has been among those to suggest Milford and his halfback Kodi Nikorima need to find layers to their game and do so in a hurry. Andrew Johns has been another to bemoan the lack of a dominant on-field general when Brisbane have needed one the most.
Both are right but putting a silo around Nikorima and Milford won't solve Brisbane's concerns. Seibold has a lengthy to-do list in coming weeks and should the losing streak continue, he must make some potentially crushing decisions about the few senior figures in his roster.
Darius Boyd has been a wonderful campaigner at every level of the game but on form and fitness, you could make a serious argument that he may not have a place in the starting side. Andrew McCullough is as reliable as a Victa mower but the Broncos have looked more potent when Nikorima swings in from the bench to a running dummy-half role later in the contest.
It has been intriguing to watch Seibold's response to the weekly news that the sky is falling in. In that regard, he's a completely different beast than Bennett, who would often leak an alternate news line through his favourite journalists to throw everyone off the scent of a poorly performing side.
Seibold has kept most of the beat reporters at arm's length and has worn any criticism on the chin. He's quickly become highly defensive of his players and you suspect has been taking names of anyone and everyone that has given the club a kicking, or revelled in the bumbles of the game's richest franchise.
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Under the pump: Kodi Nikorima can play a key role in Brisbane's revival... but it might not be in the number seven jersey.CREDIT:AAP
In the first year of his extended deal, he's taken to using the mantra of former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie, who urged fans to 'Trust the Process' as the side lurched through a series of horrible seasons as part of longer-term strategy to become one of the best in the NBA.
They now have superstars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, are back in the playoffs and are making a run towards the NBA finals. The problem for Hinkie is that his employment didn't last long enough to see the fruits of his work. In staying faithful to his plans, Seibold must be wary of the same pitfall.
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https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/nrl/anthony-milford-an-easy-target-bubrisbane-s-issues-run-deepe

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In a Nutshell maybe?
 
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JAHHW said:
For the sake of all the fans on the Sixers forum, they’ll want to hope the Sixers don’t sack Brett Brown.
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Back to back 3rd in the east and 50+ win seasons. I think Brett’s safe.
 
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