Chiefs v Blues
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@Crucial said in Chiefs v Blues:
@antipodean said in Chiefs v Blues:
@Crucial said in Chiefs v Blues:
@antipodean said in Chiefs v Blues:
@Crucial said in Chiefs v Blues:
@antipodean said in Chiefs v Blues:
@Crucial said in Chiefs v Blues:
@antipodean said in Chiefs v Blues:
Does DMac run further sideways than he does down the field?
This old chestnut.
Don't get it confused with him looking to do something for himself. These days when he does it you should notice that it is because he has recieved the ball with a swarming defence and his forwards in front of him. Buying time until they can get behind and then trying to set up a recycle is a good move. Better than getting taken with no cleaners.
Doesn't always come off (as when Jacobsen stayed flat when DMac was trying to get to him to secure the ball), and it can certainly look headless but he knows what he is doing and it is way better than shovelling to ball to someone in a worse position (ala Mounga)Yeah I've read this defence of him before Mrs McKenzie. Other players manage to not lose ground and run away from support when they've called for the ball in inopportune circumstances. As was mentioned by someone else, and you acknowledge, against better teams that's a recipe for disaster because it makes it even more likely he'll be isolated and lose the ball. It's an aspect of his game that needs to be tempered at worst and removed at best if his supporters are to make a serious case he should be the AB #10 over Beaudy and Mo'unga.
My point was that he wasn't looking to break the line and get isolated. He was buying time for his support to get behind him and negate that possibility.
I read your previous post and responded to it. There's no requirement to restate the argument already dealt with.
Other 10s might just feed onto the 12 as a bail out option which IMO carries as much risk unless they are running a line to take a tackle and set in front.
Disagree. For reasons I've already explained: Against better sides losing ground and running sideways makes it even more difficult for your support to do anything and conversely easier for the defence to isolate and swamp you.
I restated as you didn't (and still don't) seem to understand.
I do understand because I CLEARLY addressed it.
There were occasions when it didn't come off (I mentioned an example) but most of the time ground wasn't lost and the ball wasn't turned over because of what he did not in spite of it. He would look to get a cleaner behind him then take the tackle and secure the phase.
And the success rate against Test teams that can defend will be increased or diminished in your mind?
You are what you do and the more he attempts this in SR, the more likely he'll try it in Tests, with disastrous results.
How many times did he get caught and lose the ball against a defence that was solid enough that there were no kicking or passing options the other night? I recall once and that was when the forward he was looking to link with didn't read the situation.
This is becoming farcical - DMac can do no wrong in your eyes and when things do go badly it's someone else's fault.
Were there 'disastrous results' against a quality defence full of test players? Nope.
I give up if you think that SR is analogous to Test rugby against tier one sides.
You are stuck in thnking or early days DMac that would do it looking for a hole that wasn't there.
Don't tell me what I'm thinking.
Scoreboards and overall performances tell me that he has beaten the two AB incumbents in head to head battles so far. He must be doing something right.
Sure. Did I disparage his game or one aspect?
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@gt12 said in Chiefs v Blues:
@Frank said in Chiefs v Blues:
Anyone think Finau might be future AB level?
He puts a shoulder on. One for the future.
The best cleanout of the weekend too on Christie.
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After finally having a chance to read this thread, I'll add a couple of comments:
(1) Ryan doesn't offer much around the field and he was done in the scrums. He's doing an adequate job but the scrum was better with Dyer at TH. The Chiefs have survived with only 4 props (Proffit hardly used), so hopefully Moli comes back and finally delivers. Ta'avao has been missed.
(2) Jacobson is the defensive leader of the forwards, and he made a lot of important tackles. For example, stopping Sotutu from the 5 m scrum at the death.For the Blues, Clarke looked slow when you turn him around, but Marshall was silent when he did the same thing on Narawa's second try that he criticised Stevenson for when Clarke scored his own try. I'd still be concerned that he will continue to be exposed on defence with the ABs.
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@Crucial very happy to have Dmac probing across field when in the face of a tight defensive line. His vision and options are second to none at the moment. He stretches defences because of that. If you can spin short or long and reverse passes like he does and have an array of short and long kicks as well as a good step and acceleration then I want you to hold the ball as often and long as possible.
Most of the great playmakers in league do something similar... to devastating effect.
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@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs v Blues:
@SBW1 said in Chiefs v Blues:
@george33 Are the Blues on the road next week against the Rebels?
Yes. Rebels in Melbourne next up for the Blues.
Won't be a guaranteed win either. Blues in general need to step up a bit.
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