I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:54 am  

What troubled me most yesterday was not only the abject display, the meagre crowd, the taunting of the opposition supporters, an ashen faced Tony Rea on TV, the total absence of any discussion of the team on SL Full Time - no I can just about cope with all that, it was that diehard supporters are now almost without hope, and starting to question their sanity. What has happened to the great little club we all loved, where we were all in this together, players, coaches, staff and fans, most of whom were on first name terms? I appreciate that is the preserve of a small club, but we are still a small club and it has disappeared! Once that has gone, it has gone forever. I realise the CEO is criticised for being out of touch with supporters and doesn't appear to understand what makes Rugby League special, but I think it goes deeper. I had the chance to speak to David after the game and he was critical of certain players ( I won't name them but they are the ones you would expect) and said a lot of them are here next year as well! Why were the team so flat in a must-win game? Tony blamed complacency ( which is my interpretation of "not dealing with the emotion of the game ") after the Widnes game. You would have thought when it was only 6-0 at half time and Syko missed a sitter in front of the sticks that the players would believe this is their day after all. But no they were even worse in the second half. Why is this? I work as a Business Performance coach and underperformance from people who have the technical skills and experience to do their job well is invariably a result of attitudes and beliefs about yourself, others around you, your employer, your boss etc. So it strikes me there is an obvious lack of respect and a lack of trust in each other, particularly when under pressure. Perhaps the challenge of Wigan away will bond the team, you never know.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:13 am  

How can any Broncos team in the past 5 years be complacent against any team- thats utter tosh

They are not good enough.

The forwards were taken apart, the right side of defence was deliberately attacked and taken apart time after time(The first signal was the first try), when we had the ball we were pressured and struggled with our last play kicks.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:19 am  

Our 'two minute drill' to borrow an NFLism (well rehearsed plays that need little communicating in order to create as many chances for the team in position) was a joke.the final ptb of the first half was a panicked toss to Jamie O who then proceeded to run straight at his opposite number.

Clearly clueless and clearly underehearsed.

Agree with wire. How on earth we can be complacent against any team is a joke.
And given the 'fear of god' expressions on the face of our right side defence whenever they attacked, suggests that rather than being over complacent. They are utterly terrified.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:16 am  

wire quin wrote:

How can any Broncos team in the past 5 years be complacent against any team- thats utter tosh

They are not good enough.

The forwards were taken apart, the right side of defence was deliberately attacked and taken apart time after time(The first signal was the first try), when we had the ball we were pressured and struggled with our last play kicks.

You know what you're on about. Do we have too many spot players in the squad? Is the squad too shallow after a couple of injuries? What can we do?

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:20 am  

We were very poor yesterday, we've actually gone backwards since the Widnes game, where we looked like we had little in the bag come the fourth and fifth tackles. Wakefield were well organised and disciplined and well worth the win.

I do think Bentham was very, very, poor, yesterday, and it's been a long time since I've seen a genuinely bad refereeing performance like that at The Stoop, he certainly didn't cost us the game, but I think some poor calls hindered us when it looked like we just might spark some cohesion, and that was important because even if we were never going to win a bit of cohesion might have helped confidence.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:46 am  

wire quin wrote:

How can any Broncos team in the past 5 years be complacent against any team- thats utter tosh

They are not good enough.

The forwards were taken apart, the right side of defence was deliberately attacked and taken apart time after time(The first signal was the first try), when we had the ball we were pressured and struggled with our last play kicks.

I quite agree with your analysis, so will most people. How would you interpret "not dealing with the emotion of the game"? I took it to mean that as Widnes were below strength all broncos had to do was step onto the field to win. What was the emotion they took into Sunday? I saw little resilience.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:50 am  

Ronniequin wrote:

I quite agree with your analysis, so will most people. How would you interpret "not dealing with the emotion of the game"? I took it to mean that as Widnes were below strength all broncos had to do was step onto the field to win. What was the emotion they took into Sunday? I saw little resilience.

Isn't the coach at least partly responsible for that?

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:35 am  

Anyone who saw the game yesterday will know the issue right now is not the coach. Absolutely disgraceful performance, probably the worst I have ever witnessed supporting the club for 15 years.

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:52 am  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

We were very poor yesterday, we've actually gone backwards since the Widnes game, where we looked like we had little in the bag come the fourth and fifth tackles. Wakefield were well organised and disciplined and well worth the win.

I do think Bentham was very, very, poor, yesterday, and it's been a long time since I've seen a genuinely bad refereeing performance like that at The Stoop, he certainly didn't cost us the game, but I think some poor calls hindered us when it looked like we just might spark some cohesion, and that was important because even if we were never going to win a bit of cohesion might have helped confidence.

I fully agree! there was only one player who looked to have any enthusiasm in Dixon! some manager will soon be touting him in the North! Of course the coach has to take some of the can! he prepares the team which clearly was not done well for yesterday, he has half time to lift them, which didn't happen! We all got a little carried away perhaps art the end of last season with the little success we had.

Bentham was completely out of it as many referees seem to be these days in sport.

I will never miss the stoop come the end of the season, hope we do not try to negotiate another season if it is going to be the last one for the Broncos, we would be better playing anywhere in London!

Re: I smell the whiff of decay : Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:05 pm  

Why put Witt a known poor defender up against Lauatiti(SP) on the already weak right side of defence

They hammered us there all day as did Widnes
Stick a strong defender there like Bailey or Rodney who can also control the youngsters around them