Blues 2020

nzzp

@Tim do you know what happens to teh money if we do get a heap of good crowds? Does it all get distributed, or can some go into recruitment funds? We should have the deepest pockets of any franchise, but All Blacks contracting borks the model, and we've been terrible for ages.

Edit: obviously not this year, with all the surprises

Kirwan

Stevenson is the old flakey type player we used to try and target, don’t want him anywhere near the Blues.

Would rather get Goodhue to come home and play with his brother.

And the other Barrett for fullback.

African Monkey

@Kirwan Dreams are free I guess haha.

Kirwan

@African-Monkey said in Blues 2020:

@Kirwan Dreams are free I guess haha.

Plenty of money in Auckland rugby

antipodean

@Dice said in Blues 2020:

Parsons noted this week that with all the tackling we're doing, it leaves less energy for attack. So maybe a change in approach is needed?

I'd suggest not handing over possession via stupid penalties.

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Stargazer

@Tim said in Blues 2020:

The season drawing to a close, so it's time to start looking ahead to 2021.

Eklund is the number one hooker going forward, with Parsons having maybe one more year ahead of him. Tolai is a good prospect, and Niuia might be back. Any good recruitment prospects?

Kereru-Symes? Has already played for the Blues during preseason.

Nogusta

@Tim said in Blues 2020:
Midfield is tough. We really only have one good option at 12 and 13 until Tele'a is back.

Blues have had PUJ in their sights for a while now but after his recent performances the Canes will prolly up the ante on him

Dice

@Nogusta I remember thinking that we should take a punt on him when off contract because he had plenty of potential, but seemed out of favor down there. If the Canes didn't suddenly play him, we might've had a good chance to grab him, but his stocks are too high now.

He's pretty similar to Tanielu as a player(injuries included), but Tanielu is a better defender and PUJ probably has a bit more polish as an attacker.

Tim

Interesting stat given all the talk about locks: Pierce is listed at 202 cm tall.

Duluth

@Tim said in Blues 2020:

Interesting stat given all the talk about locks: Pierce is listed at 202 cm tall.

and he's added a lot of muscle in the last couple of years. Good skillset, but still learning. I'm confident he'll be an AB in 2-3 years

Nogusta

@Dice said in Blues 2020:

He's pretty similar to Tanielu as a player(injuries included), but Tanielu is a better defender and PUJ probably has a bit more polish as an attacker.

Pretty spot on with your assessment there Dice I reckon. PUJ and his brother were rugbys hottest property coming out of school IMO.
Hopefully the 2 of them (Umaga Jensen bros) can put the injuries behind them and string some consistent games together...actually that goes for Telea as well!