NRL Round Discussion 2025 NRL Grand Final
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Madge is the coach you bring in when you have a premiership ready roster like Souths 14 years ago and Broncos today. Don't think he's the man if you need a rebuild though as the WT experience showed. Same thing with Robbo at the chooks.
Storm have been favourites all season but have been wobbly for most of it.
Still a hell of an effort getting there and being so consistent. Like every other club we wish that was us.
Both sides lost to Penrith recently. The old adage about losing one to win one is fine if you get back to the big dance. We have made it a few times but after missing out failed to back it up.
Still a hell of an effort getting there and being so consistent. Like every other club we wish that was us.
Both sides lost to Penrith recently. The old adage about losing one to win one is fine if you get back to the big dance. We have made it a few times but after missing out failed to back it up.
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Happy for all those Broncs fans that made the pilgrimage to Sydney. And happy for all of the grafters that really make up that team. Even happy for Rhys-Lighting- he is grabbing those ‘championship’ moments like a future legend. Thought they’d fade but NO fade tonight. Storm looked well sloppy on their edges tonight. Looked predictable and pedestrian in the second half.
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Pity Mam and Cobbo leaving. Crazy to think what this team could have become. Marriner and Karapani played well.
Good on the Broncs. I love watching them play. Glad Storm lost - wankers.
Good on the Broncs. I love watching them play. Glad Storm lost - wankers.
That is fair. Like any coach it is a matter of finding the right club.
He may not need to rebuild the Broncos with their resources. The challenge might be the player coach relationship and how long it lasts. A lot of the intense guys can eventually get offside with players or management.
Robertson at the Rooster got the stacked premiership to start with when they recruited big before he arrived. Even after lean years he's managed to recruit out of it to turn it around.
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Sydney teams. The favored ones.
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different coaches have different strengths. Madge's intense style is probably the way to get the best out of the genuine stars who just need a push to make that transition to super stardom. Probably less ideal for development teams like us that have a lot of players on the up who are still learning and developing their craft. Webby is much better at that imo.
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shows you how little NRL form during the season really matters. Storm have been the best side all year for much of the last 2 years but just haven't gotten it done when it matters. This year 3 of the top 4 when origin finished included us, dogs and raiders. All three of us choked big time when it came time for the dance though.
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Seeing coaches becoming like players.
They fit certain holes/positions.
What you say is what some people said about Brian McLennan: Give him a premiership winning roster and he'll get you that Premiership. Of course, the Warriors didn't listen to that and signed him up for 3/4 seasons....Didn't last 1. Will Madge last 3/4 at the Broncos if there's a serious player exit?
the difference being bluey hadn't won shit when we signed him. Really his only claim to fame was that 2005 tri nations win where Aussie didn't show up in the final because they thought they had it in the bag. So signing him and letting Cleary go when he never wanted to leave was the dumbest decision we've made as a club (Letting Ali go in 2004 probably was dumber).
Conversely Madge has won everything before coming to the broncs (NRL with rabbits, four nations with kiwis, SOO, etc). The comparison is really fair imo.
