Moana Pasifika v Chiefs

[gt12]

Sititi has been terribly inaccurate today

[Yeetyaah]

Get Sititi off the field he's having a shitter

[gt12]

Fuck me, they are going to give up points here? The Chiefs are just mentally weak this year.

[gt12]

Fuck it boys - accuracy!

[Yeetyaah]

Rubbish half. To think nearly drove up for this too.

[African Monkey]

I can see why the Crusaders beat this Chiefs side they sent down to Chch. If Moana didn't keep fucking things up while on attack they'd be well in this game.

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

That's clearly direct and reckless head contact.

issue is, it doesnt matter if it is reckless or accidental head contact, result usually the same

[Bovidae]

Jacomb started very nervously.

Hames summed up what I was going to say about Sititi.

As usual, Damon is all over the place with his calls.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

This game sucks. Roe is ass, Taukei'aho is ass

It's been great to see him carrying the ball and making ground again.

[frugby]

I really don't get Moana's revolving door selection strategy. Surely Havili is first name on the team sheet at either 10 or 15?

[Yeetyaah]

Great try holy shit

[Bones]

That right there is why Vaai has no right to be an AB right forward. Blown away by opposition backs as if he's not even there.

[gt12]

@African-Monkey said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

I can see why the Crusaders beat this Chiefs side they sent down to Chch. If Moana didn't keep fucking things up while on attack they'd be well in this game.

I don't get this team, they sometimes look very focused and at other times incredibly inaccurate.

I think right now we are losing the kicking game and just can't build pressure. The missed tackles are starting to stack up too - some pretty casual looking efforts out there.

[Yeetyaah]

Moana player swears at the ref and just gets a chat

[gt12]

People go on about the Saders looking like shit despite having quality players; this game shows that if you run out a few players who just aren't ready (Jacomb), still developing (Sititi) or not quite good enough (Roe) in the spine, you'll look very average.

[Yeetyaah]

Give a yellow ffs that's 2 offsides after plenty of warnings.

[Bones]

@gt12 huh, what's the problem with Roe? He's very good. That long pass is unmatched by any other halfback.

Jacomb looks like he's a decent NPC player though, just a beat behind whenever he gets the ball.

[antipodean]

@taniwharugby said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

@antipodean said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

That's clearly direct and reckless head contact.

issue is, it doesnt matter if it is reckless or accidental head contact, result usually the same

I don't disagree. I think if that was under a NH ref team it would be RC. I also think this insistence on ruining games has done sweet fuck all for reducing head injuries.

My previous comment is what I understand they're doing, not what I want to see happen.

[gt12]

@Bones said in Moana Pasifika v Chiefs:

@gt12 huh, what's the problem with Roe? He's very good. That long pass is unmatched by any other halfback.

Jacomb looks like he's a decent NPC player though, just a beat behind whenever he gets the ball.

I think he pisses around getting to the ruck and getting it out of the ruck. He doesn't have a running game and his kicking game is very average - I think he's gone downhill considerably from where he was a year or so ago.

Edit: I think Jacomb might be good, but he looks exactly as you describe right now. This is a level he's not used to yet so it's not clear whether he'll excel in Super yet.

[Bones]

@gt12 as soon as he's replaced, chiefs fast paced ruck game looks unstoppable. So yeah you're probably right.