QF - Brumbies v Highlanders
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@Landers92 said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@NTA said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
I love Billy Harmon
We would be fine if we could have 14 more of him
He's the kind of guy every team needs
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@Bones said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
Up against a solid team full of experienced and international players, at home, we're making a good fist of it.
Nailed it. We gave them a bloody good go. Probably right in our 6th place finish. We need to get our forwards a bit morw powerful over the next eight months. Our midfield is a bit shit. Both oue first fives have limitations. It depends which limitation we want. Season is a 6.5/10
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@SouthernMann said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@Bones said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
Up against a solid team full of experienced and international players, at home, we're making a good fist of it.
Nailed it. We gave them a bloody good go. Probably right in our 6th place finish. We need to get our forwards a bit morw powerful over the next eight months. Our midfield is a bit shit. Both oue first fives have limitations. It depends which limitation we want. Season is a 6.5/10
Absolutely pathetic display tonight. Tony Brown would've gotten more out of this group.
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@ruggabee said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@Bones said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
Up against a solid team full of experienced and international players, at home, we're making a good fist of it.
Nailed it. We gave them a bloody good go. Probably right in our 6th place finish. We need to get our forwards a bit morw powerful over the next eight months. Our midfield is a bit shit. Both oue first fives have limitations. It depends which limitation we want. Season is a 6.5/10
Tony Brown would've gotten more out of this group. Absolutely pathetic display tonight.
May be he would have. He is the assistant coach of the best team in the world. Pathetic? A bit rough. It is a very young team. Many of whom are leqrning their craft against seasoned internationals. No one wants to lose. But, the first half for newrly 40 minutes was pretty good. It is easy to slam them, it is better to look for the postivies and growth. Forwards like Holland and Haig were fantastic. We are a young team. Things will improve..
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@SouthernMann It was the absolute lack of urgency in the final 20 minutes, win a turnover immediately kick the ball away, a complete lack of desire, walking to lineout, taking a full 30 seconds to decide which spot to take a penalty from. Complete absence of ideas on attack, serious lack of looking at out-of-box ways to get the backs involved, which is something that Brown always worked hard at and excelled even with the more limited squads in seasons past. He was always innovative, even when the team lost under him they were creative and tried new things.
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@ruggabee said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann It was the absolute lack of urgency in the final 20 minutes, win a turnover immediately kick the ball away, a complete lack of desire, walking to lineout, taking a full 30 seconds to decide which spot to take a penalty from. Complete absence of ideas on attack, serious lack of looking for out-of-box ways to get the backs involved, which is something that Brown always worked hard at and excelled even with the more limited squads in seasons past. He was innovative, Dermody, Dillon, etc. don't have a creative mindset.
What crap. The last play off game he was in charge of we lost by 29 points to the Blues in 2022. A Blues team miles behind the team that is the 2024 itteration. More limited squads than the kids in the team this year? Celebrate the positives of this year and enjoy the growth. Tony Brown is not coming back
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@SouthernMann That 2022 Blues team wasn't bad. What was it, 14 or 15 wins in a row ...
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@SouthernMann Brown is without a doubt our smartest coach, he was only coach to have higher percentage of votes by NZ players in player's survey than Razor, he took an NPC level basket case of a Landers team post 2019 exodus & shitty Mauger to fighting wins over strong Crusaders Blues Chiefs Brumbies teams and got them competing against the best regularly, an extremely limited roster and injuries hurt his record.
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@Tim said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann That 2022 Blues team wasn't bad. What was it, 14 or 15 wins in a row ...
2024 Brumbies 12/14... not bad either. Also Highlanders in 2022 (under Tony Brown) lost to the Brumbies 17 - 28. Seems the Tony Brown coached team wasn't that good either.
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Highlanders 15 couldn't catch a cold.
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A bit disappointed in the end. Mainly because we did well in the first half.
However we aren't a great team yet. Brumbies are a very good team.
I give the season a C+. Middle of the table is our lot. Hopefully we mature next year.
I thought Millar has come on well over the course of the year. He could go well with another NPC season.
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@SouthernMann said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@ruggabee said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann It was the absolute lack of urgency in the final 20 minutes, win a turnover immediately kick the ball away, a complete lack of desire, walking to lineout, taking a full 30 seconds to decide which spot to take a penalty from. Complete absence of ideas on attack, serious lack of looking for out-of-box ways to get the backs involved, which is something that Brown always worked hard at and excelled even with the more limited squads in seasons past. He was innovative, Dermody, Dillon, etc. don't have a creative mindset.
What crap. The last play off game he was in charge of we lost by 29 points to the Blues in 2022. A Blues team miles behind the team that is the 2024 itteration. More limited squads than the kids in the team this year? Celebrate the positives of this year and enjoy the growth. Tony Brown is not coming back
Hang on.
2022 Blues hosted the final.
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@Damo said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@ruggabee said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann It was the absolute lack of urgency in the final 20 minutes, win a turnover immediately kick the ball away, a complete lack of desire, walking to lineout, taking a full 30 seconds to decide which spot to take a penalty from. Complete absence of ideas on attack, serious lack of looking for out-of-box ways to get the backs involved, which is something that Brown always worked hard at and excelled even with the more limited squads in seasons past. He was innovative, Dermody, Dillon, etc. don't have a creative mindset.
What crap. The last play off game he was in charge of we lost by 29 points to the Blues in 2022. A Blues team miles behind the team that is the 2024 itteration. More limited squads than the kids in the team this year? Celebrate the positives of this year and enjoy the growth. Tony Brown is not coming back
Hang on.
2022 Blues hosted the final.
Yeah I didn't go into the full detail of the season when checking last night. The point was that with Brown, we still lost a quarter-final, and by more points.
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haven't read the thread, we just looked limp other than Narekis try if im honest...everyone kind of looked like they were running in mud, not getting over the advantage line, not even trying to get onto the outside shoulder when we had the ball and let them get meters with every run
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@Kiwiwomble said in QF - Brumbies v Highlanders:
haven't read the thread, we just looked limp other than Narekis try if im honest...every kist kind of looked like they were running in mud, not getting over the advantage line when we had the ball and let them get meters with every run
True for the second half. We were genuinely in it at half-time and were working to an effective gameplan. Once they adapted, we had no answer.
