Blues 2019
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@kiwimurph can you blame fans who for so long have never felt part of the franchise?
NOt sure if the same model is used with other franchises, but a good chunk of the costs are paid for by the host, including a 'fee'
TBH I think trying to get an inclusive franchise is one of the only things Tana seems ot have done a decent job with
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders 2019 Discussion:
I'm pretty sure the last time Blues played a regular season game in Northland the crowd was about 8k... and then they wonder why they dont play regular season games there anymore...
8k at Northland Events Centre would have a better atmosphere than 8k at Eden Park.
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@gunner said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
8k at Northland Events Centre would have a better atmosphere than 8k at Eden Park.
I split this conversation from the Highlanders thread..
Anything around 10k at Eden Park is when the team is playing terrible (common over the last few years) and the weather is really bad.
I think you are targeting the wrong thing. The Blues aren't going to move more games from Eden Park . The members and sponsors pay a lot of the bills and they are at Eden Park
Complain about the Albany games. They get a game every year and it tends to be around 9K. Albany and Okara should host games on alternate years. It would probably boost the Albany crowds too
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@duluth not targeting those games as such, just making a point.
And I agree with you one every other year alternating with Albany would work. And shit who knows, the Blues might even start to win a bit of support from up this way... maybe.
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@tim Gibson has confirmed he is on track to play pre-season footy. Excellent.
Speaking of good news
Good for the Blues and maybe good for the ABs
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With the Blues training 4 extra half backs preseason (Kitto, Gjaltema, McNaughten and Jack Heighton, partly as cover for the late returning NZ Maori tourists) the incumbents should be well motivated to step up this season or they will see the future coming. I am certain Pulu will leave at the end of this season and Nock and Ruru are both off contract then I think.
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@daffy-jaffy pretty sure Nock just re-signed this year, although unsure if it was for more than 1 season
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@tim Gibson has confirmed he is on track to play pre-season footy. Excellent.
Speaking of good news
And here I was thinking that he is only there because he is Tana's mate......
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I saw him in Ponsonby yesterday, and was surprised how fit he looked - if I was that muscly I would probably wear tight t-shirts like him too
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@stockcar86 said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
I saw him in Ponsonby yesterday, and was surprised how fit he looked - if I was that muscly I would probably wear tight t-shirts like him too
I've only met him once on the street. He's farking square, no wonder he's so hard to put down
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@stockcar86 said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
I saw him in Ponsonby yesterday,
Yes but did you have breakfast? Or at least a coffee?
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