Facing a seventh-straight loss on the back of their worst offensive and equal-worst defensive record after eight rounds, Glenn said coach Anthony Seibold was happy to shelve his usual, regimented approach and experiment with a looser training structure.

The Broncos were given an NRL exemption for a team golf day on Monday and Friday's captain's run was an optional session where some players remained in the rooms to stretch or have ice baths rather than take the field.

And Glenn said the under-fire Milford had been encouraged to "play how he wanted to play" in an effort to spark the side's highest-paid player.

"I've played a lot of footy with him, I know what brings out the best of him and that's not to dictate how he plays," Glenn said.

"It's just let the leashes off him, let him go and that's what we wanted to do this week," Glenn said.

"If things don't go right this weekend we only got ourselves to blame, because we've dictated how we wanted to train, how we wanted to play this week."

Seibold, in the second of a five-year deal, has been forced to field questions about his future at the club because of the Broncos' horror form since the season's resumption.

But Glenn said the unique shift wasn't a coup, rather a sign that Seibold was the man for the job.

"He's been amazing ... it's very different to the style he's been coaching the last couple of years, but he understands that a football team doesn't work just one way," he said.

"When you've got a head coach like that, willing to change up his style for the benefit of the team, you know you're in good hands."

The sight of Glenn and halfback Brodie Croft crying after last week's loss to the Warriors was seen as proof of a team reaching breaking point.

Glenn said spirits had improved though, with some players opting to disengage with social media to avoid any extra outside noise.

"We lost why we started playing footy, let pressures get to us ... we weren't having fun at training," he said.

"When you're under the pump, doesn't matter what you do at training, if you care for your mate you'll turn up, do your job and this week was about getting that self belief and getting that team spirit back."

Meanwhile, Brisbane back Jamayne Isaako may be spared the axe with reports Kotoni Staggs had re-injured his hamstring and derailed his expected return to the centres.

The Bulldogs will debut highly-rated English prop Luke Thompson while backrower Dean Britt (back) will be replaced on the bench by Ofahiki Ogden.

STATS THAT MATTER

* It is the first time these teams will meet when they have both been in the bottom three on the ladder.

* The Broncos have only lost seven straight matches twice in their history, losing eight in a row in 2003 and 2005-06.

* A loss in this match would see the Bulldogs (1-8) have their worst start to a season since 1964.

Australian Associated Press