Blues 2020
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@canefan said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
BB plans on having at least 1 sabbatical, maybe 2. I still think the deal was worth it but who knows how motivated he will be to win up here.
Questioning the motivation of a 70+ test All Black ?
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Hurricanes have got better end of the deal. Players start losing their pace after the age of 28 and pace is such an enormous part of Beauden Barrett's game. The Hurricanes got the best years of his paying career from him.
The Hurricanes must now have a big pile of cash to start signing up new future legends with. The road to Title 2 starts here.
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@antipodean said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
Questioning the motivation of a 70+ test All Black ?
Blues fans spent the better half of the season bagging a 100+ test AB who was probably one of our best three players all year.
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@sparky said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@Yeetyaah said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
Can't wait to see the reaction of Hurricanes fans when he plays at the Cake Tin for the Blues.
It's not the Hurricanes fans at the Caketin he should be worried about. It's playing against an openside called Ardie Savea.
I'm a big fan of Ardie but he's hardly the type of openside that opposition 10s worry about.
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@rotated you could almost make the case that he didn't want to mess the Canes around!
I really hope this does work out well for BB and the Blues. I think they are onto a winner with Leon, it's just how long they have to wait for the dividends to come in. Also thinking about Nonu and SBW moving on it gives them a veteran professional to help bring on the younger guys.
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This article has video of Barrett answering some questions at the ABs press conference:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12248889
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@sparky said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
Hurricanes have got better end of the deal. Players start losing their pace after the age of 28 and pace is such an enormous part of Beauden Barrett's game. The Hurricanes got the best years of his paying career from him.
The Hurricanes must now have a big pile of cash to start signing up new future legends with. The road to Title 2 starts here.
Strongly disagree. If BB stays fit, there's no reason why he doesn't have another 3-4 really good seasons left. Who do they have now? Garden-Bachop? This is an enormous loss. For the Blues it gives them their first decent flyhalf since Carlos. This could be a massive game changer for them.
How many years us JB signed for? With Beauden gone he's probably at good odds to go back south.
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@RoninWC said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@Kirwan said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@gt12 said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
He’d need to nail down 6 or 7 first though. In that case, put him at 7?
He could be rotated a bit, but you’d expect him to play most games.
Personally, I think we needed his work rate at 6 over Robinson. But with Gibson's effectiveness being blunted by years of injury we could look at him there.
Again, completely agree with this @Kirwan . I'd even slightly rephrase your statement to be... "Personally, I think we needed his more effective work rate at 6 over Robinson"
Dalton just has that look, an incredible athlete who already has good size but a frame that could easily carry another 7-10 kgs and still maintain the same speed and athleticism.
To be frank, I'm one of those not so enamored with Robinson and never got the AB bolter chat early in the season. I think he has a bit of headless chicken about his play and watching him live vs Brumbies, he was all over the shop but not very effective.
I think we would be best served by having Dalton at 6, Gibson at 7 and a fit Akira at 8 (with Robinson off the bench covering 6/lock) getting consistent game time but reality says, we'll be unlikely to see this lineup get regular game time as Gibson just looks so injury prone and Dalton's had his fair share in his young career.
Dunno about him getting any bigger. He’s already a sizeable unit
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@jegga said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
Attn blues fans . GFYs
That is all
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
Strongly disagree. If BB stays fit, there's no reason why he doesn't have another 3-4 really good seasons left.
The key point will be when he takes his sabbatical(s) during those 4 years. If it's in 2022/23 then the Blues will still get the best of BB. As he says in the interview himself, he has personal standards and I don't see his speed declining that quickly.
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@antipodean said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@Jaguares4real said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@Paekakboyz said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
@Stargazer I had, and still kind of do have, high hopes for Black. But he hasn't looked that flash for the Blues. Injuries and limited game time haven't helped much though. Would we want him back or would we stick with current options.
This really hurts at a team level though. I'm all good with players moving for family and for opportunities, but BB has been a central pillar of our franchise and losing a legend is never easy.
Then again it means we can develop new options without having to juggle BB's sabbaticals etc.
Personally I think the answer is in recruiting as many Jags players as possible. If you can't beat em, sign em!
What price would the Blues pay for someone as good as Cubelli at #9 or a high quality hooker in Montaya, a colossus in the Lineout like Petti, a talented 1st five who can actually kick a ball well in Miotti.......
Jaguares love to play the Blues: Played 2 Won 2
Huh? Blues beat Jags at North Harbour a couple of years ago - Rene Ranger offload to Ihaia West for a try in a pretty dour match.
Ones where they lose don't count. Not sure if you have a grasp of this statistics thing.
Probably a Friendly
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@Tim said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
This was an amazing signing, but he didn't look very enthusiastic at the media event.
Does anybody look enthusiastic at a media event? Just listen to the questions he had to answer, was painful.
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@Tim said in Blues 2020 - Beauden Barrett is Signed:
This was an amazing signing, but he didn't look very enthusiastic at the media event.
Understandable really. I’d be looking like a man on his way to the gallows if I’d just signed for the dumpster fire that is the blues .
