QF - Lions v Crusaders

SammyC

Embarrassing, fuck off to bath and take your pension Blackadder

JAF

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Love it when the commentators make fools of themselves</blockquote>love it when the Crusaders make even more fools of themselves ... who cares about commentators?

Bones

Crusaders what a let down, just don't have the legs. Bye Blackadder.

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JAF" data-cid="599510" data-time="1469290226">love it when the Crusaders make even more fools of themselves ... who cares about commentators?</blockquote>
 
They're acting like muppets.

antipodean

Despite the refereeing, the Lions deserve to win this. Much better across the park. Crusaders simply have too many donkeys on the field.
 
Pity the Blues were rebuilding this year under Tana, otherwise the Crusaders would have been rightly out of the finals.

Bones

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JAF" data-cid="599510" data-time="1469290226">love it when the Crusaders make even more fools of themselves ... who cares about commentators?</blockquote>
Love it when saffas come outta the woodwork because they might actually sniff a tiny bit of success. Only to disappear when the inevitable loss happens eh..

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bones" data-cid="599511" data-time="1469290273">Crusaders what a let down, just don't have the legs. Bye Blackadder.</blockquote>
 
Lots of walking around by a couple of players since the 65-70th minute. Havili in particular.

rico1

Dagg finally gets one of his flicks to work.

Billy Tell

Picked this result. It all comes down to squad selection which has been generally poor by Blackadder. 
I for one look forward to a new coach. 
Lions are the only decent non-NZ side in the competition this season.

RaGe_X

Pity about the Lions having to release some of their white players this season. Least transformed team in SA. van Rensburg though, if he doesnt get a callup he needs to head to the UK.

Damo

Not enough sting from the Crusaders; both in defence and attack the Crusaders were just limp.

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="antipodean" data-cid="599513" data-time="1469290310">Despite the refereeing, the Lions deserve to win this. Much better across the park. Crusaders simply have too many donkeys on the field. 
Pity the Blues were rebuilding this year under Tana, otherwise the Crusaders would have been rightly out of the finals.</blockquote>
 
Nah we had all those matches vs the Aussie teams that gave us easy wins [emoji1]

KiwiMurph

Congratulations Lions - young team played very well - happy for their fans after so many years of dross.

ACT Crusader

Well done Lions. Excellent speed at the line. That young 2nd 5 played excellent and would be my MOTM.

antipodean

I wonder if Blackadder got the senior ABs together at the start of every year and said what have you been doing with Hansen..?

Chris B.

Well done Lions - deserved winners. Don't think we got much help from Joubert, but we were well short of the mark, really.
 
Too much headless chookery in the second half when we'd given ourselves half a chance and - as antipodean says - in the final analysis - too many donkeys on the field.
 
Thought McNicholl had a pretty good game and season, really. Mo'unga was better this week than the last several. Not many others who covered themselves in glory - Crotty was solid, Taufua tried hard.
 
Thought most of our ABs came back from the ABs camp worse than they went in - enthusiasm and belief just seemed to sap away particularly last week and this.
 
Definitely time for a change in coaching and a clean out of players - at least Toddy has left Razor with plenty of scope for improvement.

rustycruiser

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Love it when saffas come outta the woodwork because they might actually sniff a tiny bit of success. Only to disappear when the inevitable loss happens eh..
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You called?
 
 
 
 
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ACT Crusader

I wouldn't mind watching a Landers v Lions final

antipodean

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I wouldn't mind watching a Landers v Lions final
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That would be a Lions vs Highlanders final as the Lions are the higher ranked finalists.

Stargazer

Deserved win by the Lions, but ...
 
The Crusaders had the ref against them the whole fucking game. I hope the Chiefs won't share their fate in this respect.
 
Crotty was excellent, Mo'unga & Havili also played well, Taufua also gets a pass mark and so does Taylor. Read disappointed me more than Romano (because Read is a far better player) and Dagg was too nervous. McNicholl & Todd had their moments; Macilai clearly didn't.
 
All in all, I think the Crusaders have proved all the nay-sayers wrong. From the start of the season, everyone (media, many Ferners, others) said they wouldn't get anywhere near the play-offs because they lost Richie and all their first-fives. They were the underdogs from the start. But they did make the play-offs and the Crusaders only lost to one non-NZ team. In the fucken quarter final!
 
Certainly, a lot has to improve next year. But this was a rebuilt year for the Crusaders as well (not just for the Blues)! I hope Razor will sign some great players; the Crusaders certainly need to improve their backline and a lot of players are leaving. But that also offers opportunities.

The Silver Fern

QF - Lions v Crusaders