Blues v Force
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Poorly coached and some shitty selections
Still some of the individual moments showed there is enough talent there if Umaga bungles his way into a gameplan. The coaches favourites Tupou and Taramai are getting exposed so hopefully their time as starters is over. Playing an 8 at 7 wasn't a good idea
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Is there such a thing as an impact 10? If so, maybe Ihaia West has found his niche
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What is with NZ rugby writers and their weird obsession with Pulu?
Halfback Augustine Pulu was again one of the Blues' best players
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11830138
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The Blues made hard work of that one.
A and R Ioane both good off the bench. Akira had his best game of the season.
Duffy good again. Happy to be proven wrong about him.
Liking Nanai's play too. Has very good hands . Two weeks in a row he has taken passes one handed well behind him.From one of the few positives last year the backrow has gone backwards. Not seeing the reason for starting Tupou and Taramai. When is Luatua back?
Pulu again fucking around at the base. Absolutely no reason to slow the play down and let the defence get set. It just puts pressure on the guy you then pass to.
Guyton. How the fuck does he have a super rugby contract?
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@Bones said in Blues v Force:
Pulu's passing was shit for a large part of the match tonight but other than that he was good and has been the blues best in most games this year. Probably his worst game this year but still not awful.
He's killing our momentum with his huge delay at ruck time. Then half his passes this afternoon were terrible.
His form has dropped off a lot.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Force:
Gotta say Duffie looks the goods this year
He looked an exceptional talent when he started his nrl career ,
Then a horrific run of injuries , 2 knee and 2 shoulder reconstructions , seemed to end all that.
Was a schoolboy athletic champion , I think the knee injuries have taken his pace away , but it's a credit to him the way he has come back .
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Sfunny.
Two weeks ago all and sundry (self included) were screaming for Collins and Duffie to be dropped - coaches favourites - now they're delivering and looking good.
Hoping for similar turnaround with Tupou...
... but surely there are better options. Ioane & Luatua being two.
Pulu ... jeez how many stray passes?
Can I also say that it appered obvious that the Farce's game plan consisted of offending (and getting away with it for the most part - should have been a few more yellows dished out) and slowing the play as much as possible. Some really cynical stuff at times. And somebody should have reminded Two Strings where the offside line was.
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@booboo said in Blues v Force:
Sfunny.
Two weeks ago all and sundry (self included) were screaming for Collins and Duffie to be dropped - coaches favourites - now they're delivering and looking good.
Hoping for similar turnaround with Tupou...
... but surely there are better options. Ioane & Luatua being two.
Pulu ... jeez how many stray passes?
Can I also say that it appered obvious that the Farce's game plan consisted of offending (and getting away with it for the most part - should have been a few more yellows dished out) and slowing the play as much as possible. Some really cynical stuff at times. And somebody should have reminded Two Strings where the offside line was.
People were calling for Collins to go, don't remember much about Duffie.
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Yeah I don't recall large numbers of posters calling for Duffie to be dropped. Duffie has been in good form since the NPC.
Unfortunately the way the contracts are structured any league converts are probably going to get thrown straight into SR.
It's a shame Duffie had to relearn the game again at that level rather than NPC.After a crappy start Collins has played ok the last couple of weeks and he scored a good try last night. However, he still isn't as good as Nanai was last year.
I think the concern over him is over what happens when SBW is available. When he's back one of Moala, R Ioane, Nanai, Duffie or Collins gets dropped. Based on the coaches preferences Collins seems locked in so a consistent contributor (which Collins has not been) is going to get shafted. I'm guessing Nanai. -
