Reds v Highlanders
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<p>Well I notice the silence on here about Sopoaga's try when the Highlanders backline were 6m offside. As always, the bad decisions cut both ways and we all get on with life.</p>
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<p>We had the commentators shouting that from the rooftops so it's reasonable to think it was well covered ....</p> -
Well that capped off a pretty shitty day. Got 4 hours sleep, worked all day then witnessed what looked like a bunch of drunks playing rugby. Incredibly the drunks nearly won.<br><br>
To add to this awesome day I was getting a couple of beers for myself and my dad. I paid and had a beer in each hand and wallet in back pocket. Son was with me (or more precisely outside and to the side of the serving area because apparently standing in front looking in will make him an alcoholic)and wanted a coke. I just asked him to hold one beer while I took out my wallet. Took about a second, but that was time enough for one of the stadium staff to run up to me and warn me not to do that. I turned to him, told my son to cover his ears, and told this fella to fuck off. He threatened to call security and I told him to go ahead. I thought he would but then I think he realised that chucking a guy out for letting his son hold onto a beer for 2 seconds was a bit much even for this state of the nanny. <br><br>
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<p>Not too worried about this one.</p>
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<p>The week before the bye, at a ground we have always struggled on.</p>
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<p>Plus we were missing our best back and our best forward.</p>
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<p>It always loomed as a banana skin game.</p> -
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<p>Not too worried about this one.</p>
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<p>The week before the bye, at a ground we have always struggled on.</p>
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<p>Plus we were missing our best back and our best forward.</p>
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<p>It always loomed as a banana skin game.</p>
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<p>Whatever. The Reds are a shit side. </p> -
<p>Not disputing that.</p>
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<p>Just that sometimes footy doesn't go your way.</p>
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<p>Our handling was bloody poor and defence was even worse.</p>
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<p>But if Christie wasn't six inches offside and Joey Wheeler didn't have a brain explosion then it would have been a decent second half turn around after a very poor first forty.</p>
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<p>But it wasn't to be.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Frank" data-cid="571246" data-time="1460245103"><p>
Whatever. The Reds are a shit side.</p></blockquote>
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Yep. Landers fans should be severely pissed off. They're at least 20 points better than that rabble. The tackling was shocking with the Reds making yards at will and the passing was even worse. It was like they were playing farking hot potato. Crap decision making as well when they were camped on the line. <br><br>
At the risk of looking absurdly fanboiish, I think they would have won with B Smith at the back. A cool head and some brains were what were seriously lacking last night.<br><br>
But, the people I feel most sorry for are the groups of Southerners in Otago and Landers jerseys in the crowd. They were easily identifiable with their tattoos and lack of teeth (I kid, I kid). These guys see their team kid arse week after week on tv then shell out their hard earned to see what looked like 15 players who'd just stepped out of the pub. Very disappointing. -
<p>Yep they might well have won with Bender there but they need the whole squad to step up and their tacking was so poor in the first half they didn't deserve to win.</p>
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<p>Sopoanga was composed I thought and played well but they needed one or two more cool heads. Fekitoa did not seem his usual self and appeared jittery, almost like he was trying to do it all himself with both Naholo and B Smith not being there.</p>
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<p>I didn't realize how quick Sopoaga is? 70m out I thought there was no way he was going to make it all the way.</p>
