Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold appears set to make wholesale changes to his line-up following their latest inept performance, this time to the Wests Tigers.
Seibold hit out at his team’s lack of resilience following their 48-0 no-show at Leichhardt Oval – their heaviest defeat against the Tigers in their history.
“Just a lack of resilience. We lacked toughness. Nothing else to say about that,” Seibold said post-game.
Their capitulation was compounded by a sickening leg fracture to winger-turned-forward Corey Oates in the second half on Friday.
Oates was rushed to hospital and will remain in Sydney, where the club will hope to learn how long it will be without their State of Origin representative.
However, his injury will be the least of Seibold’s problems after his side slumped to their seventh defeat in their past eight games.
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Their disastrous effort again prompted calls for halves Anthony Milford and Brodie Croft, the latter of whom had a horror defensive night, to be axed.
“Anthony Seibold has been more than accommodating with the team he’s stuck with over the last seven weeks,” former captain Corey Parker said on Fox Sports.
“There comes a time where you just can’t do that anymore.
“There’s some individuals in that side that just aren’t up to the standard that they are required to be and it’s unacceptable.”
Seibold agreed the team’s performance was inexcusable, but also said changes would be difficult with the amount of talent in the injury ward.
Oates joins a lengthy list that includes Matt Lodge, Kotoni Staggs, Jake Turpin, David Fifita, Jordan Kahu, Jack Bird and skipper Alex Glenn.
Lodge, Staggs and Turpin could be back next week.
“With Corey going down tonight, that’s 15 unavailable,” Seibold said.
“We’re hoping to get some guys back, and then I’ll be able to make some changes, and some appropriate change where I think is necessary.
“The players have to take responsibility for their performance. I take responsibility for the coaching staff and the entire group.
“There’s no excuse, we’re out of excuses. I’m sick of talking about it to be fair.”
Pressed on whether he still considered himself the man to coach the club, Seibold said: “It’s pretty raw after a performance like that.
“I’ve got nothing else to say to that. It just happened ten minutes ago. I just walked out there to Corey. I haven’t put any thought around that.”
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
Why is it that the people who are the first to have a crack at someone are so quick to cry as soon as anyone gives it back to them?
Crow
Roar Pro
Your good at writing posts and having a chop at people. Fancy actually writing an article instead of trolling.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
Judging by how your posts have deteriorated from a strange rant to an incoherent sentence fragment at 3:11am in the morning, I’m going to guess that you found yourself with a pretty bad hangover when you woke up today?
Crow
Roar Pro
What say you
Crow
Roar Pro
So you defend Boyd, Milford and Seibold. Take a bow. Your the only one in Australia. I guess you have some insight to support your theory despite the majority of NRL fans suggesting they need to go. Seibold is a good assistant coach. Never been tested on the big stage. Boyd is well past his used by date. It’s embarrassing. Milford should go to English super league as soon as they resume.
Crow
Roar Pro
Good work. You are all over it. Maybe you can get a coaching job at the Bulldogs. Maybe you can rally the troops better than Dean Pay. I hear there is a top job at the Titans coming up. Put your resume in. You’ve got all the answers. Maybe you can help the hapless Cowboys. Welcome to first grade. There are no easy games. ‘Maybe this maybe that’. If it’s was simple…. wake up and smell the coffee boy. Chase the facts champ. Just cause you’re team sucks you don’t need to bring in politics. The for and against is accurate. The Broncos are washed up and can’t even win five of the last out of ten.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
I don’t suggest anyone. There isn’t always a solution. The sad fact of the matter is, when 15 players are injured, the knee jerk reaction to drop players who aren’t playing well is not an option. It could very well be that the team that just got thrashed was the best team available for selection because literally half the squad is injured and there is no one else to pick. When 15 players are injured and the fit players aren’t playing well, floggings are going to happen. Gameday selection errors aren’t the issue.
Crow
Roar Pro
I’m not the coach. Who do you suggest. If the same players go round again against the Storm it will be another flogging.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
Okay - so which injured players should replace which fit players?
Crow
Roar Pro
Every team has injuries. Regardless of who comes into the squad, the busted Broncos are lost at sea. Let’s see the Storm tear them apart.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
With 15 of a 30 man squad injured, exactly which other injured players should he be putting on the field?
Walter Black
Guest
...... and with the opponents he has got in the last 10, he isn't going to do that. Melbourne next week should make that very plain.
Walter Black
Guest
I would like to bet that if Bennett was in charge at the Broncos right now, they wouldn't be 14th on the ladder. Seibold won't survive as Brisbane's coach beyond this year and he will never work as a head coach in the NRL ever again.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
I think it might be that, at this stage of his career, Seibold’s coaching skills are better suited to coaching a more mature team. He did well with steam of veterans at Souths. Clearly his skill set doesn’t yet extend to younger players.
Crow
Roar Pro
Seibold is a better assistant coach. This is now obvious. Well to point out the obvious, he can’t get the best out of the BB
Crow
Roar Pro
Could not agree more. Regardless of the coaches instructions it didn’t work. 48 nil. 48 nil. Yeah good one Coach. The BB did not score a point. Seriously. Major problems.
Crow
Roar Pro
Oh please. Worst on the paddock. Boyd has even lost heart in himself
Crow
Roar Pro
Haha. Good call. But seriously the BB are gone.
Crow
Roar Pro
There is nothing Seibold can do except make changes to to the 17. 48 nil. Seriously embarrassing. He must be hard of hearing. Boyd is finished, Milford should go to England. I ask Seibold - what is the definition of insanity - doing the same thing only expecting a different result. Alex Glenn got off easy as now he won’t have to front the media on losses. Corey Oats is a winger. Always has been. Bennett never put him in the forwards. Seibold did and then he fractures he leg. I am baffled by how the Broncos have fallen from grace.
mushi
Roar Guru
Apparently must win 5 of the last 10 to keep his job. So they want the coach to focus his efforts on wringing out a 10th placed finish rather than focusing on the long term. It will be luck, not good management, that turns the broncos around