Auckland v Waikato
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@stargazer said in Auckland v Waikato:
Auckland hasn't really been tested yet. It will be interesting to see how they go against Ta$man next week.
Last year we were losing to teams like this.
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@stargazer said in Auckland v Waikato:
@shark said in Auckland v Waikato:
What's Plummers' season goalkicking percentage I wonder? All I ever seem to see is him missing.
However, Waikato are dross. I think Lincoln Uni would give them a dust up. Not one player close to being a regular SR starter in this line up.
That's probably because they have very few SR players in the squad. Prop Toby Smith is probably the one with most SR caps.
Umm yeah. I didn't think they were holding back all their SR players.....
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@stargazer said in Auckland v Waikato:
Auckland hasn't really been tested yet. It will be interesting to see how they go against Ta$man next week.
Bwahahaha.
We've got as many wins after three weeks that we got all last season. We probably won't win the comp, but by fark we're playing competitive heads up footy at times.
I'll take it. Also, I'm yelling at the TV again - a good sign. Have been far too 'meh' for too many years. Will definitely get down to the next game to support them.
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@stargazer No we haven't but compared to last year we probably would have lost all 3.
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@nzzp Definitely, much improved from last year. Don't read more in my comment than what it says. All I meant that is that it will be interesting to see where they sit in the comp and that will be better noticeable when Auckland plays a stronger team. I reckon they'll finish quite high, somewhere in the top 3.
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@stargazer confidence is a funny old thing...
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@stargazer said in Auckland v Waikato:
@nzzp Definitely, much improved from last year. Don't read more in my comment than what it says. All I meant that is that it will be interesting to see where they sit in the comp and that will be better noticeable when Auckland plays a stronger team. I reckon they'll finish quite high, somewhere in the top 3.
Semis are the target for this season. A very young side and building nicely. Some future prospects for the Blues too.
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Caleb Clarke might need some tackling practice before our next game, he made some awful attempts out there.
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@taniwharugby said in Auckland v Waikato:
@stargazer confidence is a funny old thing...
Good coaches more to the point.
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@african-monkey like 4 missed tackles. I'd bring Ravouvou onto the bench and send Clarke back to U19s.
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@dice Yep, or even the Bs. Either way, I wouldn't have him playing at this level.
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Happy with that. Only just played on Sunday. Bonus point win. Nice.
Semis are a realistic target. Not sure about any further.
One misread in defence aside I was again impressed by Rayasi. He's got some real strike power.
Papali'i again outstanding.
Plummer trucking along just nicely - so much better to watch than Hickey.
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@african-monkey How many games has he played at Mitre 10 Cup level? Is this his first year? Still a very young lad. Lots of time to improve, but maybe picked for the team too early?
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@stargazer I think that was his 5th game tonight, he played about the same amount of games for the Blues this season as well. Yeah I think he's been pushed a bit early. I don't really want to say it but from what I've seen, he reminds me of a younger version of Tevita Li. Plenty of hype from schoolboy level running through defences there but struggling to adjust to the big boys stuff and both have very similar power game styles but aren't really big enough to do it at higher levels.
To Tevita Li's credit, he has added a few things to his game (a solid kick being one of them), but still goes straight to ground as soon as he's touched and despite him being very young, I see Caleb Clarke going the same way (I hope to be wrong).
