Blues v Highlanders
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@kiwimurph not sure that is entirely true, some bloody good players, but they lack leadership, direction, game plan, confidence and a bit of luck
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This Blues team reminds me of the end of Carisbrook era Highlanders, no names and no team taking them seriously.
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@kirwan to be honest it’s about what I expected..in fact they held in there better than I thought they would given the defections..did well to come back 11-12 and actually show some good tactical appreciation,but they make needles handling errors ,turn ball over and get punished according..On saying that regardless of who you put on the paddock ,given an opportunity you should be jumping out of your skin.
At least Reiko Ioane showed his class,some of his carrying is better than many of the forwards -
@steven-harris said in Blues v Highlanders:
@kirwan to be honest it’s about what I expected..in fact they held in there better than I thought they would given the defections..did well to come back 11-12 and actually show some good tactical appreciation,but they make needles handling errors ,turn ball over and get punished according..On saying that regardless of who you put on the paddock ,given an opportunity you should be jumping out of your skin.
At least Reiko Ioane showed his class,some of his carrying is better than many of the forwardsGood tactical appreciation? I must of missed that. I saw lots of aimless multi phase play that went backwards when they could get a pass in a direction of a player.
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Well, I left early. It was shit. Our halfback seemed to think that slow, looping passes were a good idea, and it didn't get better. The second Landers try was ropey as fark, ball was on the ground stopped and then somehow over the line.
Crowd was utterly deflated. As negative as I've seen at EP. It's just like a long, slow train wreck. Team played poorly, no evidence of structure or effectiveness, and consistently poor skills for a professional outfit.
I'm just .... empty inside.
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@kiwimurph we had team stacked with All Blacks and big names when Pat Lam coached them and we stumbled into the playoffs and got cleaned up the Reds..you arguably say even our better selected sides have been a massive disappointment.
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@steven-harris said in Blues v Highlanders:
@kiwimurph we had team stacked with All Blacks and big names when Pat Lam coached them and we stumbled into the playoffs and got cleaned up the Reds..you arguably say even our better selected sides have been a massive disappointment.
The Pat Lam side wasn’t that bad. If he had the resources Tana has it would be interesting to think about what might have been.
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@steven-harris said in Blues v Highlanders:
@kiwimurph we had team stacked with All Blacks and big names when Pat Lam coached them and we stumbled into the playoffs and got cleaned up the Reds..you arguably say even our better selected sides have been a massive disappointment.
Stumbled into the playoffs and cleaned up by the Reds? The Blues beat the Tahs in the playoffs that year to make the semis and ran the Reds close in that semi.
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@kirwan that’s what got them back to 11-12,they held on to the ball,in that time the highlanders had made 36 x tackles compared to the Blues 4 and any kicking was in behind the back 3,but then they decided to revert to the high kick game ,alright if you have people chasing and making a dominant tackle .
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@kiwimurph feel far more sorry for the supporters
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@kiwimurph Wouldn't be suprised if they fucked off somewhere else soon.
How bad was Bryn Gatland tonight? He'd have to be one of the worst 10s in the comp.
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Any win at Eden Park is a good win for an Otago/Highlanders supporter!
it is distressing (probably
) if you are a Blues supporter to watch them, take out injuries and they just do not have an identity in their play. The highlanders was as clear as day as are other NZ teams. Watching the game i swear the attack plan was to give the ball to Reiko and Akira as much as possible and hope they score.
Again though they just dont have the game managers of other NZ teams, even with top players there, although it would have been closer.
Bryn-TJ-Leger just aint a Super rugby team!!! TJ and leger just are back-ups at best and with perofeta you had 4 10s out there with no go forward or defensive muscle. Thompson and Naholo had runs where they looked like little boys playing men.
On D there plan is confusing as well, are they rushing etc?????? Now for me that is the coaches.Default your remaining NZ derbies Blues
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@kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:
@steven-harris said in Blues v Highlanders:
@kiwimurph we had team stacked with All Blacks and big names when Pat Lam coached them and we stumbled into the playoffs and got cleaned up the Reds..you arguably say even our better selected sides have been a massive disappointment.
The Pat Lam side wasn’t that bad. If he had the resources Tana has it would be interesting to think about what might have been.
We got better each year under Lam except the last year where we had a crazy injury toll and lost our two most influential players in Toeava and Kaino for the season in round 2 against the Chiefs.
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@canerbry said in Blues v Highlanders:
ALMOST feel sorry for Auckland Rugby supporters right now.
Jesus has it really got that bad? Never thought I'd ever see a post like that from you.
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@no-quarter
Obviously there's an awful lot of joy being enjoyed, decades of built-up Schadenfreude etc.
