Gorden Tallis has continued to take shots at the Broncos and this time, Adam Reynolds has found himself in the firing line.

The club great has been one of Brisbane’s most vocal critics since Michael Maguire took over as coach last season – easing off after the grand final triumph.

But with back-to-back losses to start the season, added on top of a disappointing World Club challenge defeat, Tallis has come out swinging again.

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Prior to the round two clash with Parramatta, the training methods of Maguire were called into question, prompting a staunch response from the Broncos coach.

The loss to the Eels on Thursday night has only added fuel to the fire for Tallis and the injury suffered by skipper Reynolds is now a talking point.

The 35-year-old left the field with a rib injury in the second half, but Tallis has since raised concerns over Reynolds’ leadership after travelling to Sydney to work as a Fox League analyst less than 24 hours later.

“It’s not great optics when if he’s really that sore, and I’ve done rib cartilage, you don’t go to the press conference and you don’t jump on a plane and fly to Sydney to do Fox Sports,” Tallis said on Triple M’s Sunday Sin Bin.

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“You get yourself right. When you’re down two, your club’s under fire and you’re the leader … there’s a reason why Cam Smith got brought to the club – lack of leadership.

“That’s the leadership there where you would look (and hope) he’s going to give himself every opportunity to pull this club back to where it is.

“That’s not picking on him.”

Despite the question marks from “The Raging Bull” since the initial injury, Reynolds is confident he will be fit for the round three blockbuster against the Storm.

“I had scans and they’re all positive signs, there’s no break there,” he told Fox League.

“Fingers crossed I get through the week. We’ll pad it up and see how we go at training.”

Broncos back-rower Jack Gosiewski will be unavailable due to concussion, with Brendan Piakura in line to return from injury and replace him.