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    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11891107

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    My 4 year old gets quite upset when the Blues lose. We didn't watch the game today, and I don't think I'll mention the result to him for fear of permanent psychological damage.

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    So I missed the game, how’d we go?

    Oh.

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    I can't help but laugh a bit. At least the Chiefs have mostly been shit through history but this Blues team is fucking hopeless.

    How does a team in this real estate be so fucking poke for so long?

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    @Hooroo The board don't hire proven coaches. There have probably been a lot of things going on behind the scenes too. IIRC, apparently the board wouldn't pay for a specialist defence coach/analyst in Lam's final season.

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    @Tim Never mind a specialist coach - they just need a coach.....

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    @Donsteppa said in Sunwolves v Blues:

    What the actual fuck?

    Having not seen the game but just the scoreline, I'm assuming the Blues Cheerleaders played the Japanese National Side.

    No, if the cheerleaders had played, they would have demonstrated flair and skill and the ability to string together a series of successful moves.

    Considering the player base, the facilities, and the financial resources available in NZ's largest city, the Blues are a fucking disgrace. Something very rotten in an organisation that lurches from one clusterfuck to the next. The fans and sponsors deserve better than this dross. The wonderful Lions win aside, the team has very little to show for the season, yet again. Is it mainly the series of coaches they've had? Or something deeper? Cos DAMN.

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    Fucking conference system. The play offs are ruined without the Blues...

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    @Mokey you could argue it runs a bit deeper than the Blues given the Warriors seem to have similar issues.

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    You could include other Auckland teams like the Mystics.

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    @Bovidae At least the Mystics made the finals lol.

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    @taniwharugby said in Sunwolves v Blues:

    @Mokey you could argue it runs a bit deeper than the Blues given the Warriors seem to have similar issues.

    Given how many coaches we've had, you can't blame the coach either. There seems to be a problem with administration and player attitude. I don't know how to sovle it, but we bloody should. We're a joke.

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    Interesting reading this thread having said that. I thought the Blues had done pretty well this season in a very tough NZ conference but 1 shocker at the end of the season seems to have ruined what wasn't a terrible season up until yesterday.

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    @African-Monkey True, but so have the Warriors and Blues a long time ago.

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    Heat definitely a factor. Scheduling an issue perhaps but if you're playing in Japan at that time of year, best to play at night. Chichibunomiya does have lighting from memory as once went to watch Suntory play on a Friday night but it seldom seems to get used.

    Still the Blues made about 10 errors in the 5 minutes of the game I watched. Woeful.

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    @African-Monkey
    But not Thee Final!

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    @African-Monkey said in Sunwolves v Blues:

    Interesting reading this thread having said that. I thought the Blues had done pretty well this season in a very tough NZ conference but 1 shocker at the end of the season seems to have ruined what wasn't a terrible season up until yesterday.

    This is true but the Blues have been the worst team in New Zealand for five of the past six seasons. The Highlanders had a shocker that season and the Blues only won six games.

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    The other way of looking at it is this is the closest the Blues have been to the other nz teams in a number of years.

    In the derbies the Blues drew one, and had 4 very close losses that were all winnable. The only derby they lost convincingly was when Luatua got red carded.

    Their issue this year was not the inability to compete with the other nz teams but to close games out.

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    Did a massive double take when he saw the result. That is farking shameful.

    But despite what is an utterly humiliating loss, the Blues season has at least been ok. Some very closes losses to the other NZ teams and a win against the Lions.

    What the Blues really need is a decent 10. I reckon if they had one of Barrett, Cruden or Lima those losses could have been reversed.

    Obviously that doesn't excuse the limp dicked loss to the shittiest team in Super history, but I think some forward steps have been made this season. No need to slit wrists just yet.

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    If not for the crappy conference playoff system, the Blues would've made the playoffs by being in the top 8..

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