Blues 2019
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What are the chances Alama coaches the development team?
Also, I wonder if Olmstead and Abel will stick around for an injury call-up. Abel said that he's willing to wait for an injury call-up, so we might have to hope we're the first team to pick up a hooker injury.
A couple of weeks ago, Olmstead said he was talking to a few teams, but no one signed him in the end. I wonder if the talks were more about injury cover than anything else.
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@dice said in Blues 2019:
What are the chances Alama coaches the development team?
Last season the Harbour coaches took the U20 and Dev team, IIRC.
Sounds like Ieremia has a lot planned for Auckland in early 2019 though, including a tour with an Auckland Dev team in February.
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@daffy-jaffy he got injured again in Mitre 10 Cup.
Blues tend to have a history of picking impressive U20 players who get injured early on in their career - Faiane, Gibson, to some degree Papali'i etc
They just happen to be all from St Kents.
Duffie also went to St Kents and he started his career with so many injuries. He was the Blake Gibson before Blake Gibson.
Scrafton is another St Kents boy, but he didn't start his career with injuries, he's just getting all his big injuries now.
I wonder how serious Telea's injury is, because I saw him at the final and he had a big knee brace on. There didn't seem to be much in the contact that injured him, so I'm assuming it was an ACL.
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@dice said in Blues 2019:
I wonder how serious Telea's injury is, because I saw him at the final and he had a big knee brace on. There didn't seem to be much in the contact that injured him, so I'm assuming it was an ACL.
Who's the likely replacement? Leger?
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@dice St Kents makes you soft! If Scrafton stayed at Kelston he wouldn't be so injury prone haha.
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ACL recovery is a minimum 8 months. Look at Coles pretty much a year before playing, this is normal process. Yeah some people play when they are 6-8 months post op but they aren't usually professional sports people. -
Hearing there'll be some 'big' news out of Blues HQ in the next day or so.
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@nogusta said in Blues 2019:
Hearing there'll be some 'big' news out of Blues HQ in the next day or so.
++ crosses fingers ++ please be Tana quitting.
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@kirwan said in Blues 2019:
@nogusta said in Blues 2019:
Hearing there'll be some 'big' news out of Blues HQ in the next day or so.
++ crosses fingers ++ please be Tana & Redman quitting.
Fixed.
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@kirwan said in Blues 2019:
@nogusta said in Blues 2019:
Hearing there'll be some 'big' news out of Blues HQ in the next day or so.
++ crosses fingers ++ please be Tana & Redman signing extensions.
Fixed.
Fixed for reality.
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word is Michael Collins is to be named Captain
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@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
word is Michael Collins is to be named Captain
He's a very good captain.
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@southernmann said in Blues 2019:
@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
word is Michael Collins is to be named Captain
He's a very good captain.
Great communicator (and @mariner4life - you are just a cruel bastard).
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@southernmann said in Blues 2019:
@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
word is Michael Collins is to be named Captain
He's a very good captain.
Can't be a good captain if you your place in the team is under threat, and you don't deliver on the field.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Blues 2019:
LOL, it'll be something earth-shattering like "The Blues are proud to announce the signing of back-up reserve prop Puddingface Mcdumplingwaddle to the Wider Training Group."
:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:
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Wow didn't see that coming. Tana gone.
Edit - not completely gone.
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Why isn’t the headline “ Failure factory claims another scalp”?
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YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So four out of five franchise head coaches now have come out of the crusaders.
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The Blues today dumped Tana for not drinking Guinness when offered. Head CEO Blues Honcho Whomever said "It's just not a good look for the team, drinking water, what other excuse has he being there? And BoD is still a cnut"
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Ahhh nuts! No Laughing at Auckland this super season
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oh, there are a few Blues players who just saw their playing minutes disappear with one press conference.
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@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
oh, there are a few Blues players who just saw their playing minutes disappear with one press conference.
LOL yeah that Akira bloke has lost his easy pass...
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interesting Tana still on for 2 years as Ass. Coach, kinda expected it'd be short term while he was obviously in negotiations with a NH team.
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@hooroo said in Blues 2019:
Ahhh nuts! No Laughing at Auckland this super season
History suggests otherwise
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@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
oh, there are a few Blues players who just saw their playing minutes disappear with one press conference.
Yep, we can get rid of some Counties stinkers and Nonu will have to earn his spot now.
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@kirwan said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@mariner4life said in Blues 2019:
oh, there are a few Blues players who just saw their playing minutes disappear with one press conference.
Yep, we can get rid of some Counties stinkers and Nonu will have to earn his spot now.
just throwing out Crucial pheromones,
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Now get rid of Hanks and Redman
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We are still stuck with Tana's shitty squad selections for next year at least, but at least with Coventry and McDonald the team will be organised and we can get the best out of them.
Then it's a case of repairing his damage. Did they sack that "talent scout" as well?
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What a Traitor!
One of the guys I respected the most. Grizz, Robbie, Don Hayes etc must be hanging their heads in shame.
He couldn't beat razor with Ta$man, good luck with these losers.
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@sammyc said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
What a Traitor!
One of the guys I respected the most. Grizz, Robbie, Don Hayes etc must be hanging their heads in shame.
He couldn't beat razor with Ta$man, good luck with these losers.
is that former Wallabie coach Robbie? Or another Robbie. Just asking
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@sammyc said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
He couldn't beat razor with Ta$man, good luck with these losers.
Losers? Oh you mean the Counties deadweight?
Yes, MacDonalds first job will be to cull those guys
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@duluth said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@sammyc said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
He couldn't beat razor with Ta$man, good luck with these losers.
Losers? Oh you mean the Counties deadweight?
Yes, MacDonalds first job will be to cull those guys
I mean the team that has been the worst performing NZ super team for several seasons in a row.
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@mariner4life said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@sammyc said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
What a Traitor!
One of the guys I respected the most. Grizz, Robbie, Don Hayes etc must be hanging their heads in shame.
He couldn't beat razor with Ta$man, good luck with these losers.
is that former Wallabie coach Robbie? Or another Robbie. Just asking
Yup, the man who has said he could never coach against Canterbury and the Crusaders.
Loyalty right there.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12160664
Patrick McKendry with another love letter to Umaga. Dude, he's not going to fuck you
He's consistently been the worst of the Umaga sycophants in the media