Chiefs 2020
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@Bovidae well I mean we did with ALB, Nankivell and Manu but he's gone now. I'd be okay with Wainui moving to centre if he needed to. I couldn't stop raving about Tupaea in the previous 2 M10 cups but he hasn't done much in super just yet. Sullivan I've never been huge on but he never gets to play in super really.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:
@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2020:
@Bovidae I agree but the Chiefs have a stacked midfield
We do? ALB, Tupaea and ??? I don't want to see Wainui at centre and Leger is a 10/12 who has had minimal gametime. Sullivan hasn't even played for the Chiefs this season. You need depth to cover for injuries.
Do you think Thompson might be moving with your BOP rumour?
and coz Alex is from CHCH I'm hoping the Poosaders don't make a play for him as their midfield stocks are low.
The Crusaders favour the Goodhue-Ennor combo, and Nankivell's chances of playing would be dependent on displacing Ennor and Goodhue moving back to centre.
Really? I think that he and ALB play well off each other, and now that's settled in to super Rugby, I'd really like to see what he can do in the midfield - our game breakers are all three quarters, so having Wainui on the wing doesn't help much.
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@Yeetyaah I want to see (12) Tupaea - (13) Sullivan for Waikato this season. Sullivan seems to be used more as a winger but I remember how good they looked together in that game in Whangarei in 2018.
@gt12 I understand your point but Wainui doesn't even play regularly in the midfield for Taranaki. His distribution would need to improve. It is a possibility in the future with the young wingers.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:
@Yeetyaah I don't know about Waikato. He is playing club rugby.
Now that Sweeney has brought up his 100 games it is time to move on with the future.
This years NPC doesn't seem to be a look to the future NPC, it seems to be an all in NPC.
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Ouchies.
Gatland 'needs to resign'
SPOTLIGHT: More pressure has been heaped on British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland after his Chiefs side slumped to a record-breaking eighth defeat in a row in Super Rugby Aotearoa.
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@Bones I don't think he should resign, he should be held accountable to a point but the Chiefs have a lot of injuries particularly in the forwards and the scrum has been suffering. Back line defence hasn't been great, it just looks like Cooper era but worse. Hopefully the get the wooden spoon and it causes the coaches to take a hard look at themselves. The problem there is that Gats isn't around next year. Idk asking for a coach to resign is a bit extreme.
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@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
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Be awesome to see clayton have a crack next year as coach. Hope he gets to put his twist to the team
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@nzzp said in Chiefs 2020:
@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
Even better, if you check their profiles - there is only one Chiefs supporter in there and they aren't saying anything about Gats.
Personally, I think he is a good coach, but picked shitty assistants, in particular whoever runs the defense should be down the road. Beyond that, the Chiefs have been well fucked with injuries for a couple of years now and I'd go over every aspect of the program to see if there was any chance that the coaching, preparation, recovery was contributing to that problem continuing.
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@Bones said in Chiefs 2020:
Ouchies.
Gatland 'needs to resign'
SPOTLIGHT: More pressure has been heaped on British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland after his Chiefs side slumped to a record-breaking eighth defeat in a row in Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Hahaha, a decimated squad and narrowly losing games has people throwing their toys out of the cot. That's before we raise the spectre that they've been robbed by contentious decisions.
Making a story based on some hysterical tweets.
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@antipodean said in Chiefs 2020:
Making a story based on some hysterical tweets.
modern journalism 101
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@Bovidae is it the other Boshier?
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Why Warren Gatland and the Chiefs shouldn't get a free pass for their form in Super Rugby Aotearoa
Whichever way the bread is sliced, it’s hard to deny that the Chiefs may be getting a bit of a pass for some of their failings in Super Rugby Aotearoa.
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An article by Hamish Bidwell describes the wonderful Chief’s career of Aaron Cruden.He goes on to praise the work of Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith in the victorious 2012/13 team.,and rightly so.However it is surprising he does not mention the influential forwards coach ,who brought Brodie Retallick,Ben Tameifuna,Kane Thompson,Andrew Horrell,and Mahonri Schwalger to the Chiefs.The work he put into his pack is legendary. It is probably no coincidence that the Blues’ forward pack is now benefitting from his presence,one TJ Coventry.
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@trodthesod it's not surprising when you realise it's Hamish Bidwell. Awful journo.
