PRE-GAME [Finals Week 1, 2023] - Broncos v Storm

[McHunt]

What’s our record under Atkins as ref?

50:50 this season

Loss to Raiders (Raiders hit harder with penalties)
Penalties 5:6
Ruck infringements 1:2
Inside 10 0:2

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Defeated Roosters (Roosters hit harder with penalties)
Penalties 7:8
Ruck infringements 1:1
Inside 10 0:3

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[Santa]

Got to give credit to the opposition when they put one of their players in ref clothing to add to their defensive line.

He's also the guy who called that offised le during golden point between the Dolphins and Titans... I also think that it's his first game back after being suspended for 3 matches (Knights 8 tackle try against Souths). I wonder how that will influence him...

 

[ivanhungryjak]

We could potentially meet the Storm again in the GF regardless of how Friday's match goes

Yes please - they have never beaten us in a grand final. Ever.

 

[KateBroncos1812]

I have been thinking should I go to Brisbane on Friday

 

[The Strapper]

We’ve got all the talent at every position mostly to beat them. It’s just the belief & will that needs to be mend to overcome the mental side of things. We must go in with full confidence, determination & true grit to smash the cheat grubs. Self belief is the need of the hour.

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Faaloga has been left out then.
I’m actually glad to see that.

 

[Culhwch]

He's the guy who blocked Smoothy and called Staggs offside against the Roosters.

So he owes us a couple of square-up calls. We're sweet in that case.

 

[Jedhead]

Praise the lord that Klein is not anywhere near our game on Friday. My confidence just ratcheted up a couple of notches.

 

[The Strapper]

Yes please - they have never beaten us in a grand final. Ever.

No but they have beaten us in the last 6 semi finals we have played them.
Almost makes up for it.

 

[Culhwch]

He's also the guy who called that offised le during golden point between the Dolphins and Titans... I also think that it's his first game back after being suspended for 3 matches (Knights 8 tackle try against Souths). I wonder how that will influence him...

Holy ****. He's reffing the second biggest clash on the weekend. Is he genuinely the second best ref they have?

 

[McHunt]

Storm under Atkins:

4 wins, 1 loss.

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[Wolfie]

I'm honestly not nervous or concerned about the Storm at all. We are better than them and its all going to come together on Friday. This is far from the Storm side of the past.

 

[Santa]

Holy ****. He's reffing the second biggest clash on the weekend. Is he genuinely the second best ref they have?

2nd biggest!?!

 

[The Strapper]

I have been thinking should I go to Brisbane on Friday

Only if you’ve got a ticket.

I'm honestly not nervous or concerned about the Storm at all. We are better than them and it’s all going to come together on Friday. This is far from the Storm side of the past.

True
Especially the one from last Friday.

 

[McHunt]

Praise the lord that Klein is not anywhere near our game on Friday. My confidence just ratcheted up a couple of notches.

Klein only reffed one of our losses. That was to Souths, who were penalized harder but a player on each side was binned:

Penalties 6:6
Ruck infringements 1:4 <---
Inside 10 0:0
Sin bins 1:1
On report (Farnworth - found guilty and fined) 1:0

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[LittleDavey]

I'm honestly not nervous or concerned about the Storm at all. We are better than them and its all going to come together on Friday. This is far from the Storm side of the past.

I'm nervous as ****, usually when I have felt like this going into a game this year we've fucking pumped them. May that trend continue throughout the finals!!

In all seriousness, we should beat them and beat them well. This is the best we have played in as long as I can remember, even better than 2015 IMO. The results in the two games against them this year can't be relied upon as a gauge even though that's what's in the history books. Let's flog these ***** back to Melbourne with their tail between their legs!!

 

[Battler]

They are carrying a hooker and fullback on the bench. I pray the ref lets this game flow, because if isn’t a grind we will overwhelm their middles big time

 

[Culhwch]

2nd biggest!?!

Yeah, Sharks-Roosters is clearly a match for the ages.

 

[Fitzy]

This isn’t the same storm side at all. We would have to be off our game and then some for them to be within touching distance of our quality. We are far too classy 1-17 for them. They are classy in the 6, 7, 9, 16 and 17 jerseys. Against a team littered with class, confidence, strength, size, power, speed and skill that just isn’t enough to beat us. I think we are a lot closer to Penriths ability than people are thinking. We are being slept on hard and as long as we don’t let these ***** have a mental edge cause they have had the wood on us we will win and win strongly. They just simply have not had a good enough defence this season to cope with our attack and their outside backs and forward pack is barely top 8 quality (especially the former). They are gonna have to put in a special performance and when we have a heap of players that imo we’re more instrumental for a Qld series win than the likes of Munster and Grant this year, it’s safe to say we have big game players of our own. We are full strength and been so much better all year, it’s all mental and if you flip that with confidence (healthy not arrogance like they have demonstrated the second half of the year) than we will be more than fine.

Embrace it, we have the second chance up our sleeve which can afford us to be less tense about the situation which will definitely help. Not to mention 52k in Suncorp for a finals game will go off.

Good luck to the Storm I don’t hate them as much as you lot but at the end of the day we just simply have them covered in all areas and if we don’t win this with 52k home fans and a much better side than how the **** do we have any chance beating Penrith. Look it has the potential to derail us for sure but just as easily we can get to the end of this game and we can be a sniff away from a grand final confident as ever and have an amazing showdown against Penrith at the big showdown on the cards.