Crusaders v Blues
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris To me it looked like Havili knocked the ball on first, and the ball was then propelled forward off Telea's head. So scrum to the Blues on that spot would have been the correct call.
Ok then Plummer knocked it on and over the crusaders line scrum to the Crusaders
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@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
Ok sort of game so fat
Oh here come the Akira haters again 🙄
Que?
Am Akira fanboi
So fat indeed.
Ash.. missed the auto correct.
D'oh
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@Siam said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
Ok sort of game so fat
Oh here come the Akira haters again 🙄
Que?
Am Akira fanboi
You had too much or you need more red mate?
Bones has captured your penchant for grammatical pedantry perfectly😁Auto
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So apart from a couple of posts where I didn't check auto correct and "far" turned into "fat" and people continue to think they are "bias" like a concept my thoughts before reading the thread are (apologies for any typos
) ..Awesome game of footy.
Went a wee bit quiet after hakf time but burst into life.
Expected winners got up. Fuck it. Was wanting Blusers to win.
Hope Otere learns from the charge down.
Could you argue he hadn't started approaching the ball?
Is Rieko > Jack?
Can Razor get a hair cut?
Thought the refereeing was good. Couldn't complain too much.
More stuff when I think of it after I read the thread In the morning.
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The width of the old “Taranaki” gate a lot wider for Beauden it seemed than the less narrow Auckland garden gate!
Two crazy events in that game you don’t often see.A handy conversion charge down ,and the quick restart kick off by Mohunga.Both against the Blue’s composure and very telling.
Another hard fought game ,with the Crusaders as is their want finishing strongly.With the gap now six points they are sitting pretty.Commend the Blues performance,parts of which were very structured and compelling..They now have to keep up to the standard they have reached and keep winning the rematches. -
Sorry bad spelling
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@Duluth said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Frank said in Crusaders v Blues:
Finlay Christie has a very good quick game but I think he'll be targeted.
I think they would've targeted any of the Blues halfbacks..
Christie's been good off the bench. I would've preferred him to get a start before this match though.
Doing my morning after catch up on the thread.
Was really impressed with Christie.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:
This Blues defence is relentless.
This.
Took a huge effort by the Sith to break it down
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@Mokey said in Crusaders v Blues:
This game is surprisingly dull from a neutral perspective.
Really?
As a neutral (that admittedly had a preferred outcome) I thought it was great (except for period early in the second half).
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@Yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Blues:
Akira's having a bit of an average game.
As per post above it's interesting how you can see things so differently.
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@Duluth said in Crusaders v Blues:
Moody should be in the bin
Try shouldn’t wipe that out
Agreed. Thought he should have immediately awarded the penalty try.
At least Otere wouldn't have been charged down ...
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It’s funny but now the dust has settled , looking back the game probably went exactly to script how the majority would have predicted,
The blues Highly competitive for most parts with the crusaders pulling away in the end
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@junior said in Crusaders v Blues:
Telea under the high ball in the 2nd half looked a bit like Sivivatu and Rokocoko in 2009. Saders were able to win easy field position there when the match was in the balance. Ok the back of the charge down and the subsequent kick off was where the match was won IMO. Obvs some of the reffing at the stage could have swung it back to the Blues had it been reffed properly, but you know the refs will give the team on top the benefit of the doubt.
I wondered if Mo'unga would have tried that if they were 8 points down rather than 6?
Just reckon they'd have been that little bit more conservative.
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@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Duluth said in Crusaders v Blues:
Eklund had a hell of a game from the bench. If his throwing was a bit better he’d challenge for the 3rd AB hooker spot.
Not sure how Moody didn’t get a yellow. The team was on a warning when he did that
Not only that, but a penalty try is immediately 7 points, so no charged conversion.
Still, sliding doors I guess.
#booboo
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@Winger said in Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Blues:
Beauden was rubbish. One of the worst games i've ever seen him play. He gave away 2 soft penalties - he kicked out on the full - he put in a shit kick before halftime. He was pants. He also looks like he has seriously lost his pace.
He was brilliant about 4-5 years back and before then. But hes been going slowly downhill since. But still good but not great.
I hoped the Blues coaches would get him moving back towards great again. But so far hes moving in the opposite direction. Maybe his time is up. Or the Blues move was a big mistake. Or hes not really a FB.
I'm bored with the Crusaders winning year after year so disappointed with this result. The only team that might have challenged is so far behind now the title is decided after 4 games
So the other teams have got to get better
