SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil)
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@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
And for the shit Akira was getting, he ended up our top tackler with no misses. This disaster wasn’t on him or his effort.
Have to look really at Leon and the tactics and preparation IMO. Poor.
He stopped SB cold a couple of times in the 22.
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@KiwiMurph said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
Have to respect that, was like watch a kid the wings off a fly.
Be interested to know what it takes for you to rip into Leon and some of these Blues players.
Happy for fair criticism, but this place has their favourites to get stuck into. Sullivan getting any praise for that performance is hilarious.
Eklunds lineouts we’re abysmal.
Feel better?
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For me what this shows is that Razor knows what it takes to plan a campaign, sure he still has a final to win, but was some premature talk of him earlier in the season, he knows what it takes to build and win knock out footy, guess the shorter RWC campaign will be different, but imo this bodes well
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@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
Have to look really at Leon and the tactics and preparation IMO. Poor.
It was quite bizarre really - the defence just went back to schoolboy, players making atrocious decisions and making them far too early.
Then Christie's blinkered distribution.
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@Canerbry said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
Mo'ounga's gotta be MoM, big game from a big game player.
Codie Taylor was massive and set the standard that gave Mo'unga the platform to shine.
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@Bones said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
Have to look really at Leon and the tactics and preparation IMO. Poor.
It was quite bizarre really - the defence just went back to schoolboy, players making atrocious decisions and making them far too early.
Then Christie's blinkered distribution.
Our attack was one out simple shit.
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@KiwiMurph said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
@Gunner 2 of the quarter finals last week were bangers.
Don't let the Blues shitshow put you off.
Canes game was a 10/10. Except for the result.
Blues were awful. Defense was worse than the canes last week. Attack was also poor.
Leon reputation as a coach for the big games is shit now. Blues are lucky he's going.
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Another season ends with a thumping from the Crusaders.
Tight five not up to it. Papalii stuck on the wing, Sotutu poor. Christie and Barrett poor. Backline full of holes. Just not a good team this year. MacDonald probably spent the season thinking about his next job ...
Crusaders a great team. Their ABs really stood up.
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Taylor, Barrett, Mo’unga, Fainga’anuku, Jordan and even Ennor all played well.
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@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
@KiwiMurph said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
@Kirwan said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
Have to respect that, was like watch a kid the wings off a fly.
Be interested to know what it takes for you to rip into Leon and some of these Blues players.
Happy for fair criticism, but this place has their favourites to get stuck into. Sullivan getting any praise for that performance is hilarious.
Eklunds lineouts we’re abysmal.
Feel better?
As shit as Eklund was the damage was done by then
How about the AB centre shelling a pass (again) in the first 2 minutes.
How about the Blues having an entirely predictable attacking shape (again).
How about the captain and leaders doing nothing whilst the team is blown away in the first half (again).
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Also, the Blues seemed to have Akira wide on the right and Paps wide on the left.
WTF.
Was it some sort of innovative plan that failed completely?
Anyway, class game from the Crusaders. If it wasn't the Chiefs being left I'd want the Crusaders to win so our new AB coach goes into next year off a win. But I hope the Chiefs beat them like a redhead stepson (or a Christie) next week, assuming they can get up over the Brumbies.
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Would be easy to pick the bones out of the Blues performance but in all honesty its a night where all the credit goes to the Saders
They dominated every facet especially at breakdown but more importantly they absolutely squeezed the Blues and cut their space down testimony to that was Telea,Clark or Ioane did not feature
And they took every scoring opportunity with ruthless efficiency
A master class from Robertson and coaching staff and when you consider the personel they had missing makes it even more impressive -
@Tim as did thier non-abs.
A back row of Lio-willie, christie and havili out playing Sotutu, Paps and Akira...
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@KiwiMurph said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
How about the Blues having an entirely predictable attacking shape (again).
The worst aspect about this is every time they use forwards as distributors out the back to backs, they never engage the defence because they're doing it flat footed. So it's the easiest thing to make a good decision on as a defender - come forward and make a dominant tackle. Next thing you know, the defence are moving forward and the attackers can't support at the breakdown. Rinse, repeat, kick possession away because you're going nowhere.
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@Steven-Harris said in SF: Crusaders (Good) v Blues (Evil):
when you consider the personel they had missing makes it even more impressive
Let's give this a rest and concentrate on the personnel they didn't have missing.
