2017 Brisbane Broncos Thread - we hate them for their freedom

Pieman wrote:

It really does have to be something like this.
Or its "if you want the your two byes through origin, you have to go play NZ on the other week".

Its pretty unfair making them travel and play against a near full strength team.

In saying that, they get an advantage over the rest of the league through all the FTA games and consistent turn arounds each week, so you cant really argue scheduling if youre a broncos fan IMO

Pieman wrote:Sure there are some teams that regularly play on saturday nights and sunday early, because of ratings.

So I would assume they have a lot of 6/7/8 day turnarounds going from either a thursday to a friday or a friday to a thursday or a thursday to a thursday, and a friday to a friday.

What I do know is that the Broncos are on tv virtually every thursday or friday nights.

It could be a few mate
there have been at least 3 8 day and 2 7 days

surmo13 wrote:

maybe you might've had a point in previous seasons, but with the inclusion on Thursday night football, there no clear advantage to our schedule, i did some research on this when the point was made in the fantasy thread, but didn't post it because i didn't want to hijack the thread, but this seems as good as any place for it, i tallied up the turn-arounds for all 16 clubs up until the bye round, and i think it would be reasonable to assume that if we gain a clear advantage from our schedule, it would be very easy to pick out which of the following tallies belong to the broncos:

01) 3 5-day, 1 6-day, 2 7-day, 2 8-day 1 9-day, 1 11-day
02) 3 6-day, 4 7-day, 3 8-day
03) 1 5-day, 4 6-day, 1 7-day, 2 8-day, 2 10-day
04) 2 5-day, 2 6-day, 1 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 10-day
05) 3 6-day, 5 7-day, 2 8-day
06) 2 5-day, 3 6-day, 3 7-day, 1 9-day, 1 10-day
07) 2 5-day, 2 6-day, 2 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 9-day
08) 4 6-day, 4 7-day, 2 9-day
09) 1 5-day, 4 6-day, 3 8-day, 2 9-day
10) 4 6-day, 3 7-day, 2 8-day, 1 9-day
11) 4 6-day, 2 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 9-day
12) 4 6-day, 4 7-day, 2 8-day
13) 2 5-day, 1 6-day, 5 7-day, 1 8-day, 1 10-day
14) 1 5-day, 6 7-day, 3 8-day
15) 1 5-day, 2 6-day, 3 7-day, 3 8-day
16) 3 6-day, 4 7-day, 3 8-day

feel free to take a crack, i'll help you a little bit though, it's not 14, that's the Rabbits' tally.

ryno_ wrote:

Broncos have the shortest turnaround between games. The idea of a scheduling advantage to Brisbane is a myth.

ryno_ wrote:

Broncos have the shortest turnaround between games. The idea of a scheduling advantage to Brisbane is a myth.

No Worries wrote:

Is that a daylight savings joke ?

Pieman wrote::beer:

surmo13 wrote:

maybe you might've had a point in previous seasons, but with the inclusion on Thursday night football, there no clear advantage to our schedule, i did some research on this when the point was made in the fantasy thread, but didn't post it because i didn't want to hijack the thread, but this seems as good as any place for it, i tallied up the turn-arounds for all 16 clubs up until the bye round, and i think it would be reasonable to assume that if we gain a clear advantage from our schedule, it would be very easy to pick out which of the following tallies belong to the broncos:

01) 3 5-day, 1 6-day, 2 7-day, 2 8-day 1 9-day, 1 11-day
02) 3 6-day, 4 7-day, 3 8-day
03) 1 5-day, 4 6-day, 1 7-day, 2 8-day, 2 10-day
04) 2 5-day, 2 6-day, 1 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 10-day
05) 3 6-day, 5 7-day, 2 8-day
06) 2 5-day, 3 6-day, 3 7-day, 1 9-day, 1 10-day
07) 2 5-day, 2 6-day, 2 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 9-day
08) 4 6-day, 4 7-day, 2 9-day
09) 1 5-day, 4 6-day, 3 8-day, 2 9-day
10) 4 6-day, 3 7-day, 2 8-day, 1 9-day
11) 4 6-day, 2 7-day, 3 8-day, 1 9-day
12) 4 6-day, 4 7-day, 2 8-day
13) 2 5-day, 1 6-day, 5 7-day, 1 8-day, 1 10-day
14) 1 5-day, 6 7-day, 3 8-day
15) 1 5-day, 2 6-day, 3 7-day, 3 8-day
16) 3 6-day, 4 7-day, 3 8-day

feel free to take a crack, i'll help you a little bit though, it's not 14, that's the Rabbits' tally.

ryno_ wrote:

ryno_ wrote:Brisbane only have 7 Friday games.

Titans play every game but 1 on a Friday or Saturday - 14 on the Saturday.  
Cowboys also only have 1 game on a Sunday, nothing later & 14 Saturday games.
Rabbitohs have 12 Friday games
Raiders have 11 Saturday games and no games outside of Fri-Sun
Eagles have 9 Saturday games and no games outside of Fri-Sun

If the conversation is advantageous schedules, we're in the wrong team's thread.

Pieman wrote:I would guess that 90% of brisbanes games are thursday and friday games, on free to air. Thats where the commercial advantage comes.

Gallen was talking about having 5 day turn arounds, and he said that the biggest disadvantage about it is only having 1 training session, usually the day before the game.

I dont think that there is any real on field advantage to having a longer or shorter (well not too short obviously) turnaround but its pretty nice for a team to be able to have 2/3 or more training sessions a week, pretty much every week.

:)

No Worries wrote:

Who plays 14 games before the bye rounds ? Or have you changed the data set to suit your argument ?

Honeysett wrote:Forgive me if I'm wrong but don't the NRL compensate the home teams on Thursday nights? I thought that was part of the agreement.

Why the advantage is not immediately fiscal it's going to be over time. Sponsors know they can be seen by the whole QLD audience live more often than not. So they pay more for sponsorship and the Broncos can therefore attract more third party agreements. Which gives them a chance to have a better team on paper. Luckily the game is played on grass.