Yeah.... I lost interest.

I will admit I lost interest in the blog. It was not working very well with updates and not a single comment in response means that I just said "fuck it". I am contemplating spending part of the weekend working on re-watching every single game and making a new analysis template.

We'll see what I'll do. I might also just... delete the blog.

Panthers and Broncos post game analysis to be posted tomorrow.

Some of you might have noticed that Blogger was down yesterday, as such I could not get the post game or pre game analysis up. So I skipped the pre game one and I will be putting the post game up tomorrow.

Why not tonight? Because I cannot be bothered, I am busy with other things.

Kangaroos with 4 Broncs in their side take a kick to the Kiwis

Five Broncos boys in the Australian side tonight, and dare I say, they all pulled their weight well. Hodges, Hannant, Thaiday, Yow Yeh and our beloved skipper Darren Lockyer all shone in their own ways. Well, Thaiday was mr butterfingers, but that's besides the point.

Thaiday, was a little bit of a butterfingered boy a few times, but he did good.

Hodges was pure magic. That man should be encased in gold.

Hannant is a workhorse. He is amazing at what he does, and what he does is get the ball forward, meter by meter through think defense.

Yow Yeh did what I knew he would do. He shone. That is really good work from a really good player. And that "shrugging off" Benji Marshal that made the man fly? Oh I laughed so hard. Gold.

Darren Lockyer. Oh man... he is great, he is remarkable, and he looks SO good in those shorts. Oh, right... he plays brilliantly. He is brilliant. And he should have a different halfback next to him.

Now... I wasn't all that impressed by some of the team members and the general feel. I might be biased but there were two blokes who I'm not even sure should have been there.

Thurston and Inglis. Yeah, I said it... you wanna fight?

Thurston and Inglis both seem to be a little oblivious to the fact that they play in a TEAM sometimes. Which is not okay.

Honorable mention goes to Cooper Cronk. I loved his jump start when he finally got out there. Firecracker going off.
All in all it wasn't as impressive of a game as I thought it would be, dropped balls and no big tension. But, we won. Which is the main thing, I guess.

Back to normal, but better, soon.

Took a bit of a vacation...

...so to speak, from the blog with the Broncos vs Bulldogs game. I know... shame on me.

I loved Lockyer in that game though, so much. I shake my head at the thought of him retiring.

Which got me to thinking. Who did I like first? Darren or the Broncos. The answer was Darren. Am I going to stick with Broncos after Locky retires? The answer to that question is yes. I am a Bronco fan, you can't change that now. Yow Yeh, Parker, Hodges, Reed, Thaiday... so many brilliant players and such good style.

Tomorrow is going to be belated again. I can't watch the game until it comes on the internet... and now I can't even get it via the T-box, because, let's face it. Telstra are morons. This is our third and last T-box. They expect this, they say. Which is why after your third one you don't get any more.

Oh, would you look at that. Silly rants. *laughs*

Time to end this one and make one for the test game.

Broncos bruise the Tigers

Broncos keep on winning.

Final Score:

Broncos 31 - 18 Tigers

Tries/Goals:

Try no 1: Yow Yeh for the Broncos in the 19th minute. Converted

Try no 2: Glenn for thw Broncos in the 23rd minute. Converted

Try no 3: Thaiday for the Broncos in the 28th minute. Converted.

Try no 4: Wallace for the Broncos in the 37th minute. Converted

Field Goal: Lockyer for the Broncos in the 40th minute.

Try no 5: Lui for the Tigers in the 48th minute. Converted

Try no 7: Multzen for the Tigers in the 52nd minute. Converted

Try no 8: Lockyer for the Broncos in the 68th minute. Converted

Darren Watch: Great work with the play the ball, good direction, great speed. One try and one field goal. Brilliance.

Least Impressive Broncos Player:

Andrew McCullough, if I have to chose one.

Most Impressive Broncos Player:

Wallace and Thaiday.

Best Broncos Moment:

Lockyers field goal and try.

Most Improved:

No one needed to improve.

Moment That Made Us A Bit Too Excited:

Not too much. We had a headache.

Moments That Made Us Yell With Fury:

Referee decisions. Referee decisions and some more referee decisions.

Biggest Mistake:

Nothing, really.

Conclusion:

Great game, Benji Marshall was dishappointing for the Tigers, Darren was impressive for the Broncos. In some places it got a little annoying, with all the penalties. But in general I just think that the boys did well.

Most Valuable Player:

Jack Reed, Beale, Copley, Yow Yeh, Locky... all of them.

Why Are They There?

TThe penalty happy referee?.

My Man Of The Match:

Thaiday.

Most Embarrassing Moment For The BBSblog:

Almost forgetting I was supposed to write the tries down.

Message From The BBSblogs Husband:
Nothing, he had more "interesting" things to do.

6 out of 7 now!

Broncos running hot!

Very short pre-game post Broncos vs Tigers

Excitement:

Back to live!

Caution needed:

Benji Marshall. We need to work that defense.

Players To Watch:

All of them

Players In Need Of Improvement:

None. .

Estimated Outcome:

Broncos to win.

Other:

We'll be focusing on the post game analysis tonight. Mainly because we're drinking, and having a good time watching Dylan Moran at the moment.

Go The Broncos!

Todd Carney and the alcohol issue.

The headlines I was just waiting for is here. I had a nagging suspicion that it would happen sooner or later, but I have to admit my jaw dropped with how soon it did happen.

He shouldn't be on a team, he really shouldn't. Not because he brings more and more scandal to the game, not because he should be punished, but because he needs help.

Todd Carney is out of control, he isn't emotionally stable to deal with his illness and be the man everyone hangs their hope on. Sure, he might be able to win the Roosters a premiership, but what is going to happen when the NRL, the courts and the fans run out of second chances to give? Because there is no way anyone can tell me they honestly think giving him a second chance again is the way to go. He's shown he can't utilize it. When an addict say that you can trust him, that he will not do it again, you can't trust them. It doesn't matter how many times he bows his head in shame, some day he's going to be out in the real world. The real world where you get fired, for good, if you mess up to the extent he has. The real world where you don't get two or even three "last chances" from the courts. The real world where actions have nasty consequences aside from stepping down to second grade for a year.

I don't think you can deal with these issues AND have all that pressure on you at the same time. The question is if his team is going to step in and help him before it's too late, in the right way. Which means take him off the field for a year, or longer. Get him professional help. Put him on Antabuse... anything it takes to help him get his head wrapped around everything.

He's an alcoholic. Stress, sadness, happiness, pressure, frustration and confusion are all reasons to drink, and with the stress, pressure, frustration, sadness and happiness this game brings, how can you really think he'll be able to deal with all of that and at the same time cope with a physical and psychological addiction?

He needs time off, time spent in learning how to deal without turning to the bottle, time off learning how not to drink, getting used to not drink. That's my take on it.

Reason I am bringing this up? Because it's something that reflects on the attitude of a lot of clubs. Win, even if it hurts your players, even if it hurts the game. Blokes are tough, they can take it.

These are not machines, these are human beings. These are not pawns in a game, they're people like everyone else. No human is an island, and yes, everybody needs some help sometimes. We're not built to deal with our issue by ourselves.

The culture we've created around these individuals seems to breed issues, because we won't help them with it. We'll laugh at them, we'll admonish them, we'll criticize them and then cheer them on, inflate their egos the next week, as long as they're winning us games. And when they mess up again? Well, we'll toss them aside, unless they win us games, of coarse. Then we'll shake our finger at them and try to ignore the issue.

Maybe I am wrong. Maybe these players do have psychological help, therapists available, help supplied if they need it. But it doesn't seem that way... I guess it can be a case of "you can lead a horse to the water but you can't make him drink". BUT, if he doesn't drink the water but heads for the bar, maybe you shouldn't race him.

These boys are role-models for our children, for our husbands... what happens in the footy culture happens in the rest of our culture. What happens to these boys happens to other boys. Now... here's the real question. What do we want to portray to our sons? That these things are okay? That you deal with it on your own?

I don't know... it seems very odd to me.

I hope someone wise up. Rumor has it Todd hasn't been feeling "well" for quite some time, and what do they do? Out of sight, out of mind? Give him a few days off to do whatever? Let him sit there, bored, psychologically unsound and just wait for someone to give him an excuse?

Wise up! Act! Take care of the boy!

ETA:

So, he has been suspended indefensibly, and they are wanting to see the level of professional help being stepped up. Good. Hope it sticks that way now.