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"I spoke to Anthony towards the end of last year on the sideline one night, and I came to the conclusion that he didn't really get on with Anthony Seibold, and that Anthony Seibold didn't get the best out of him," Vautin said on Wide World of Sports radio with Peter Psaltis.<\/p>\n
"I expect this year under Kevin Walters that Milford will have a really, really good year."<\/p>\n
Milford signed with his hometown club in 2015 after two years with the Canberra Raiders, but like most of the Broncos' squad endured a torrid 2020 campaign which ended with them claiming their first-ever wooden spoon.<\/p>\n
MORE NRL NEWS:<\/strong> Storm star re-signs for $2 million deal<\/a><\/p>\n Can Brisbane turn everything around and make the finals after their worst year ever?<\/p>\n "I've got my doubts," Vautin said.<\/p>\n "It's pretty hard to turn around what happened last year so quickly," adding that Brisbane's destiny was probably just short of a finals berth.<\/p>\n "They can only improve, but I'm thinking top of the bottom eight."<\/p>\n Vautin also praised the decision to hand the captaincy of the club over to veteran Alex Glenn and away from young forward Patrick Carrigan.<\/p>\n "I think that will do Patrick Carrigan a favour. Captaincy at the age of 21, 22 is a bit of a burden, and I think he'll just get out there now and run and play like he wants to.<\/p>\n MORE NRL NEWS:<\/strong> Integrity Unit investigating Broncos altercation<\/a><\/p>\n "It's funny – Alex Glenn went from getting shopped around and punted to becoming captain again this year, so good on him. He's a good solid player as well and from what I understand, the rest of the team have a great deal of respect for him."<\/p>\n Brisbane will open their season against the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium next Friday.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n