Let the Broncos rebuild begin!

Where is Can Smith when you need himm

Unster is an experienced 5/8. Katoni is a centre.

Haha. Your suggesting there are 4th party deals.

Or Mead

I don't think Munster would be interested in leaving a successful club to go to the basket case the once mighty Broncos have become

Didn't Munster sign a long term deal and why would put him as fullback. I would be chasing someone like Kalyan ponga. The team list is not realistic.

I think you know yourself this is really no chance of happening. The only rumours circulating about either Munster or DCE are extremely airy and the small concrete details that exist only specify the new Brisbane team. The two clearly want to only associate themselves with a clean slate rather than the existing basket case of a franchise that the Broncos are currently. I also think your valuations of players are a bit off. Carrigan at only 200k? I mean he's been off the boil a bit this year, but he was captain last year. He got called into the Qld origin squad. Clearly he's better than a tick over minimum wage. Asiata isn't even close to minimum wage either. He literally moved to the Broncos for more money. He's currently on twice that at least. And Haas for 500k? At his level? He'd need to find a new manager if the Broncos gave him that deal. That's a downgrade on what he currently earns and he clearly deserves more than what he's at now.

Seriously, I think if you put that list, in that order in front of any FG coach and said "here's your lineup" their first instinct would be to check the calendar to see if it was April 1. Macca, are you a current member of the Bronco's board?

I understand it’s a wishful thinking squad Macca but it wouldn’t matter how good the spine is if your selected outside backs stay in the team. Oates, Coates, Mead & Farnworth all have no idea how to defend under the current rules, both wingers rush in, both centres are indecisive so DCE & Munster would be forever trying to put out fires. Coates & Farnworth are young & worth persevering with but Mead is just there as a Covid 19 safe harbour & Oates (his poor read lost the GF) is there because he married Geno’s daughter. The broncos recruitment of Qld talent has gone down hill since Cyril Connell passed away, he had that statewide network of high school coaches through his role at Education Qld. Nowadays they put every kid on scholarships, give them little attention & wonder why they go elsewhere. The saying ‘sort the wheat from the chaff’ doesn’t apply at the broncos any more. Connell got to know the families & had the nous to identify the more coachable kids. The more recent guys just threw out the nets & hoped for the odd red emperor amongst a load of mullet & carp.

Paul Kent doesn’t traffic in rumours he invents them!! It helps on a slow news week

Ok mate I don't know if you know but we do develop. In fact the best we develop Walsh, Walker, Fifita, Arrow, Hunt, Nikorima, Wallace etc. Our problem is attracting outside players. You can attract players by signing Munster and DCE

The salary cap & draft systems in various codes are designed to create as close to a level playing field as possible. In a perfect world all clubs should be competitive however other factors I.e. mismanagement, poor recruiting & retention processes can nullify the evenness of a competition. I’m sure the term “rebuild” wasn’t in the sporting vocabulary back when I first started following the game. A cynic may think it’s an excuse if a club doesn’t perform for a season or two however do members, fans & sponsors have the patience to wait until the perceived rebuild is complete without losing interest?

Depends on what you term a junior and if you count affiliates

Like the reverse lockyer. Hey you're the best 5/8 and maybe best half in the comp... let's move you so you see less ball

Titans shameful? Well, here’s some stats for you- of the starting 13 this week, 6 players came through our system as juniors and 11 are SEQ/Northern Rivers kids (our catchment). If you’re talking about recently signed team, well think if it as the tables being turned after decades of other clubs raiding Gold Coast talent. The vast majority of the signings are about bringing Queenslanders (and Northern Rivers) talent home as stated by the club as a core principle. Also, dig into what the Titans are doing (and gave been since 2018) around junior development, and you can see you’ve had a huge miss on this line!

This article highliigts why people who don't suport the Broncs cheer for any team that plays them. The arogance to asume that because the Broncs don't want a player some other team will be glad to take them because they were a Bronco. You had better start to realise that the days of waving a flag & offering a player unders to play for you are gone, get in line, get off your throne & your horse & enter the real player market. I would hope that all the other make offers to the players that you want to keep & make you use more of your brown paper bag money. oldcowboy

Apologies if i am wrong in that. i always understood that they had an active and successful junior development program. that might not be correct - pretty certain about the other three clubs though.

I started reading the article and came to the line "according to Paul Kent they're luring him in." If you take serious notice of Kent and any of his News LTD mates then you would believe anything. They are gossip, scandal mongers with the credibility of a gumboot. Some wishful thinking in that team, nevertheless.

did you just says the roosters have juniors?

fair point. we live in hope.