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@Jaguares4real I suppose the Canes get one back after TJ Perenara’s head was taken off against the Lions.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
I agree with this.
The flip side to that is that youngsters want to play with the best. As a short term plug in a disastrous team, I think he is a great purchase.
I'd have him in the Chiefs in a heartbeat
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one thing about it if he does move, the Blues will no doubt have to shell out some cash to get him here, for which Super rugby season? 2021? 2022?
So they still need someone in the interim, lets say one of Plummer, Perofeta or Black start to fulfill thier potential, next thing BB is back, sorry son, back to the bench with you?
Not sure it is a good idea to sign him given the break he is supposedly seeking, this will stagnate the growth of others with the expectation that someone is just keeping his jersey warm until he returns.
Maybe this is why the canes arent fighting so hard to retain his services?
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@taniwharugby Meh, we'll probably play him at fullback...
SS is full of shit, Crusaders (and other teams) import plenty of players. Not to mention our best ever ten was from Levin! Hardly new territory for the Blues.
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what the fuck Sumo? That is some of your dumbest work.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
I agree with this.
Umm, no. The message it sends is we’re fuckentired of being bottom-feeders. What’s good for the goose...
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
I agree with this.
Did his brain leave along with most of his weight? What youngster wouldn't want to understudy an All Black of his stature in what would almost immediately become a finals team?
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
I agree with this.
What youngster wouldn't want to understudy an All Black of his stature in what would almost immediately become a finals team?
Wait what!!!
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I see a lot of short-term thinking in some of the reactions. The Blues would sign an aging All Black (Barrett will be 30 years and 9 months at the beginning of the 2022 SR season), who hasn't played SR for two years. He won't get better during his two years absence, to put it mildly.
In 2020 and 2021, the Blues would - presumably - stick with at least two of Plummer, Black and Perofeta. In those two years - you'd hope - these players develop into better players than they are now. One of them might end up becoming the incumbent no. 10.
And then - boom - Barrett comes into the squad in 2022. Is he going to get that starting 10 jersey based on past glory, or does he actually have to earn it? So that incumbent of 2021, whoever it is, suddenly drops to the bench? And his back-up drops out of the 23 and will only be used for rotation or injury cover? Good chance that at least two of those three that have played in 2020-21 will leave.
And then, when it's 2024, Barrett leaves or retires. You've only one of those original 3 from 2020-21 left. Maybe one or two young rookies, who've maybe trained with Barrett during the previous years and learned a few tricks from the old dog.
What have the Blues actually gained? They've had two years with an aging All Black, which by no means guarantees a better performance of the Blues at all, because one player cannot carry the team and other crucial players may have left (one or two of the Ioanes, for example; or Tuipulotu etc). The Blues will probably have lost one or two players they developed in previous years. If they're lucking, they've still one of those players left, and a few rookies. Whoopee, what a progress!
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
@Nepia I'm assuming finals = playoffs.
I think my point still stands.
(I may have missed reading the S on final 😀)
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Yeah it's the same old story for the Blues.
Go for the flashy signing to help cover things up.
They've tried it numerous times and it hasn't worked
- Benji
- SBW - aside from one brilliant performance v BIL he was a dud signing for Blues. Played well mostly when he was on the field but the problem was he rarely was. He barely played a full season combined in the 3 years he played for Blues.
- Nonu (multiple times). Nonu actually played well for the last 2 of his 3 total seasons at the Blues but especially this last stint what value did it actually add to the Blues? Not Nonu's fault at all of course - he played well but they are now stuck with a gap in their midfield for next year. You could argue he helped develop Faiane's game however it could also be argued Faiane's development came in last year's Mitre 10 Cup.
- Weepu.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@Higgins said in Super Rugby News:
Is Booth really the answer? He has been around a number of Super Teams without actually making a mark yet.
If the question is: once put in a performance to rival Chris Eaton on McLean Park then yes Booth is the answer.
Oh thank God. I'd been beginning to wonder if you had somehow eradicated Eaton from your memory. I should have never doubted you.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Yeah it's the same old story for the Blues.
Go for the flashy signing to help cover things up.
They've tried it numerous times and it hasn't worked
- Benji
- SBW - aside from one brilliant performance v BIL he was a dud signing for Blues. Played well mostly when he was on the field but the problem was he rarely was. He barely played a full season combined in the 3 years he played for Blues.
- Nonu (multiple times). Nonu actually played well for the last 2 of his 3 total seasons at the Blues but especially this last stint what value did it actually add to the Blues? Not Nonu's fault at all of course - he played well but they are now stuck with a gap in their midfield for next year. You could argue he helped develop Faiane's game however it could also be argued Faiane's development came in last year's Mitre 10 Cup.
- Weepu.
- Benji wasn't a rugby player.
- SBW has been dogged by injury and there's scant evidence Beaudy would have that problem.
- Nonu is simply old, a vegetarian playing outside an inexperienced five-eighth serviced by inadequate scrum halves.
- Weepu was on retirement and coached by Kirwan
A refreshed All Black five-eighth with 80something caps would make a massive difference. Imagine if Carter had played for the Blues instead of Racing 92.
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@antipodean You'd also be putting Beaudie with those inadequate scrum halves unless Blues can fix that (and signing Finlay Christie does not signal that). A 10 whose best asset is his pace a year or two older into his 30s etc.
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