Blues v Hurricanes
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@canefan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Every week the Blues make me think that maybe they can do it.
We played well tonight, but BB was the difference.
Sounds cliched but if the blues played almost anyone else tonight they would have won
Yeah what are they the 5th or 6th best team in the comp?
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@booboo yeah I think the points when BB was carded and the following 10 mins was very poor leadership by Parsons, think there may have been a long range shot later when Parsons was off, wasn't an easy one, so didn't take it.
@Kirwan i note your predicted line out meltdown didn't eventuate
That's because they didn't trust him to throw past 2. A smart way to deal with his throwing issues, but greatly reduces the attacking threat from the lineout. Especially seeing as we maul terribly.
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Pretty sure they threw long more than once after Moulds came on, otherwise they'd of gone to 2 all night given how shit Parsons has been this season.
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@canefan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Over 1m people surely there could be one very good 10
For once I'll agree that they could do with a different 10. I hate to use the Warriors as an example of what to do but it's the Foran scenario.
The Blues have massive talent. Incredible speed and athleticism throughout. But they're using it wrong.
Play at that end ------> of the field. Then when mistakes happen you've got 70m to cover for them not 35m.
Stop throwing the miracle ball every play. Back your ability to get close and strike.
Said to Mrs boo when she asked "who's going to win?" (She always does.) Said "Canes. Blues have more talent but don't know how to win."
Kinda gutted for the Blues as they're a pretty good team and entertaining to watch and I empathise with a team that just can't find a way to win. They're not hopeless by any stetch. But they're now also rans.
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@Tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Billy-Tell Goosen is shit, but I'll be ropeable if J. Savea is gifted an AB place again this year.
Really. Quiet last night but been going ok?
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@Gunner said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Billy-Tell said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Also NMS >>>> Goosen.
Really? What's NMS ever done to deserve such high praise?
Did you just woosh me? To mangle a cliche that would be praising NMS with faint praise.
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Kirwan Gibson had a big game.
And to be fair, so did Guyton. It was notable that speeding up the clearance from the ruck made us more dangerous.
Oh and that reminds me. Pulu wasn't awesome. Not crap but has been better.
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@booboo yeah I think the points when BB was carded and the following 10 mins was very poor leadership by Parsons, think there may have been a long range shot later when Parsons was off, wasn't an easy one, so didn't take it.
@Kirwan i note your predicted line out meltdown didn't eventuate
That's because they didn't trust him to throw past 2. A smart way to deal with his throwing issues, but greatly reduces the attacking threat from the lineout. Especially seeing as we maul terribly.
Agree they maul terribly, but do you even have your eyes open when Moulds is throwing, they went long, which led to the Scraf try, which Moulds muscled him over the line. His throwing has been on the $, scramming solid and strong carries. Guess he won't start ahead of te captain even tho he's the better option.
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@SammyC easily Parsons best game of the year (which isnt really a high bar - but this game was getting close to his best) although thought he didnt ;lead the team too well.
Scrafton and Cowley-Tuioti have surely pushed Tupou out of the starting 15, Goodhue put in a decent 15 or so minutes, but probably not enough to push him from the bench too.
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@taniwharugby id rather have Goodhue on the bench than Tupou - Blues are much better off giving Goodhue gametime.
@infidel I thought Kaino had a strong game - he ran back strong off the kickoffs and made a lot of tackles. I thought he outplayed Shields (who himself is having a top season).
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@taniwharugby id rather have Goodhue on the bench than Tupou - Blues are much better off giving Goodhue gametime.
@infidel I thought Kaino had a strong game - he ran back strong off the kickoffs and made a lot of tackles. I thought he outplayed Shields (who himself is having a top season).
Agree, not sure where @infidel is coming from with this one. Kaino seemed to be really busy.
Scrafton and Cowley-Tuioti were great.
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Ferald reports "massive brawl" at Eden Park, stating that a fight between two fans escalated into a wider melee. Which is odd as I thought I would have noticed that.
Further down the page their source is quoted as saying a fight broke out between two fans, loads of people stepped in to break it up, and it was over pretty quickly.
Massive brawl... wider melee... nice one Ferald.
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@KiwiMurph yeah definitely think he needs game time, and also reckon he will thrive from it, this is a kid who turned down NPC and Super contracts because he didnt feel he was ready.
How far away is Nock, seems made of glass, bit of a worry for such a young fella
