SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues
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@kev said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Leicester F has been good at 13.
Should have conceded a try when he ran up and missed Sotutu but strong with his carries.
And has shut down Ioane all the first half .
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@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
McDonald must be tearing his hair out. Maybe he should just select players outside of Auckland because their is a funk that can’t be removed. I don’t blame him at all.
He has to accept a lot of blame for his terrible selections.
There has been coach after coach that has gone through Auckland without success. When does the blame rest with the players and culture of the area?
Exactly, the Coaches job to sift through this and find the winning formula. Not easy with Blues as we have seen.
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What’s this utter bulshit from these x players on sky ..? , the Blues have just got to believe they can still do it ...just make smarter decisions when opportunities arise and everything else takes care of itself ..
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@kiwimurph said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@gt12 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@kiwimurph said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
McDonald must be tearing his hair out. Maybe he should just select players outside of Auckland because their is a funk that can’t be removed. I don’t blame him at all.
You don't blame him? He selects these same guys to start every week.
Definition of insanity comes to mind.
Its been a feature of the Blues to not trust their whole squad. And its a shame that they haven’t developed two or three players who should be getting exposed to rugby at this level.
Yep.
The other huge issue is the Blues game plan on attack all season. It's been predictable and mud all season.
Important point this - the Blues attack strategy is a class below the others - even the Canes have designed plays to take advantage of the defensive alignments of other teams. The blues are far too predictable and dont have an effective spine.
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@kev said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
McDonald must be tearing his hair out. Maybe he should just select players outside of Auckland because their is a funk that can’t be removed. I don’t blame him at all.
He has to accept a lot of blame for his terrible selections.
There has been coach after coach that has gone through Auckland without success. When does the blame rest with the players and culture of the area?
Exactly, the Coaches job to sift through this and find the winning formula. Not easy with Blues as we have seen.
It's not easy when you keep picking the same failed players week after week after week.
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@chris said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@kev said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Leicester F has been good at 13.
Should have conceded a try when he ran up and missed Sotutu but strong with his carries.
And has shut down Ioane all the first half .
I think a Ioane was doing half of that himself with his dropped passes and missed tackles.
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@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@broughie said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
McDonald must be tearing his hair out. Maybe he should just select players outside of Auckland because their is a funk that can’t be removed. I don’t blame him at all.
He has to accept a lot of blame for his terrible selections.
There has been coach after coach that has gone through Auckland without success. When does the blame rest with the players and culture of the area?
Agree. Take Pat Lam as an example. Proven as a top coach but shafted by the players and administrators
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Really like Dalton as a potential skipper moving forward , really testing the official and asking good questions..
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@steven-harris said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Really like Dalton as a potential skipper moving forward , really testing the official and asking good questions..
He got told off early which was pretty funny, but I agree.
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@steven-harris also hasn't negatively effected his play.
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@steven-harris said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
What’s this utter bulshit from these x players on sky ..? , the Blues have just got to believe they can still do it ...just make smarter decisions when opportunities arise and everything else takes care of itself ..
Mute it bro.
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@act-crusader your right , that ones on me ..🤦♂️
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@gt12 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@chris said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@kev said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
@akan004 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Leicester F has been good at 13.
Should have conceded a try when he ran up and missed Sotutu but strong with his carries.
And has shut down Ioane all the first half .
I think a Ioane was doing half of that himself with his dropped passes and missed tackles.
And getting tackled behind the advantage line by Leicester
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Terrible start from the Saders. Our clean out still having halftime oranges!
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@gt12 said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Grace’s position in the ABs should be under serious threat from Blackadder. They are both big workers but Blackadder is also a running threat.
Yep. Grace doesn't look like anything special at the moment.
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@act-crusader wait ..hold the phone ..
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@act-crusader said in SRA Round 9: Crusaders v Blues:
Terrible start from the Saders. Our clean out still having halftime oranges!
Yep no we need to smash The terriers on the ball
