Crusaders v Highlanders
-
I thought it was going to be a hiding so I’m nothing more than disappointed with how close we got
We’ll done to the saders, easy to point all the faults with people but we had a lot of ball and territory and they managed to hang on, that take it’s own kind of skill
I’ll take Winning when playing poorly over failing to win when given every chance
-
Pretty average display from a pretty average Crusaders against the bottom side at home. They're there for the taking if anyone's good enough.
-
Bitch Hunt played like he used to for Canterbury. A. Smith had one of his A. Smith bad-decision-making (tm) nights bigtime. Tony Brown's parties always suck.
Sevu Reece was top value, but because Will Jordan only got the ball about 3 times MOM goes to Future All Black Captain Ethan Blackadder.
-
@arhs thought Fletcher Newall was good while he was on the paddock ,looks one for the future Usually there’s a certain inevitability that the Crusaders will run over the top of the visiting team when playing at home but it never eventuated
It looked like one team who was throwing everything at the game but lacking the polish or the accuracy to get the job done
And a home team that was nowhere their best but still somehow hung on to win .
For all its closeness I found it a very poor game in terms team activation especially in and around the backline play -
-
-
@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@gt12 said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
You absolutely have to respect the Saders.
Nah they're fluffybunnies
Nah thats the Chumps mate with you head of the fluffybunny Bunch.
-
@kiwiwomble said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@canes4life said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@crucial Josh Ioa… oh wait.
How quickly people forget how shit ioane got, he made hunt look like the best option for a good 12 months
By being played out of position or not at all? I'm pretty sick of Hunt now, his 40% garbage, 40% average, 10% Nice and 10% FML just isn't worth it. Can't we try Smith or Fakatava at 10?
Kicking the ball away aimlessly and constantly really doesn't help - what's up Tony?
Nice of the ref to make it 15v15 on the field for the last few minutes though....
-
@stargazer said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
I hope Scott Robertson or Jason Ryan has Kianu Kereru-Symes on speed dial.
He was around the squad pre season.He must be getting a call up.
-
On the plus side - if we're looking to replace Bridge in the AB's with a similar style but more effective player - Gilbert is handy eh?
Havili looks good alongside a proper power centre.
It must be worrying for Mounga's coaches when teams devise whole plays just to target him, Makalio looked pretty happy about it (while also looking like he may have a heart attack any moment).
-
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@canes4life said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@crucial Josh Ioa… oh wait.
How quickly people forget how shit ioane got, he made hunt look like the best option for a good 12 months
By being played out of position or not at all? I'm pretty sick of Hunt now, his 40% garbage, 40% average, 10% Nice and 10% FML just isn't worth it. Can't we try Smith or Fakatava at 10?
Kicking the ball away aimlessly and constantly really doesn't help - what's up Tony?
Nice of the ref to make it 15v15 on the field for the last few minutes though....
Hunt did look good back then, not saying hunt is anywhere that now…but we let ioane go for a reason is all I’m saying
-
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
Havili looks good alongside a proper power centre.
Aye?
Thought he was as average as he has looked since about midway through the international season last year.
-
@kiwiwomble I'm not sure when you're talking about, doesn't really matter though eh.
I just can't wrap my head around half of the shit Hunt does. He put a bomb up for the last pen kick to touch! Why can't he kick like any other average first five?
-
@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
Havili looks good alongside a proper power centre.
Aye?
Thought he was as average as he has looked since about midway through the international season last year.
I probably tuned out after all the tries (that he helped create).
-
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble I'm not sure when you're talking about, doesn't really matter though eh.
I just can't wrap my head around half of the shit Hunt does. He put a bomb up for the last pen kick to touch! Why can't he kick like any other average first five?
I wasn’t even defending hunt was my point…was just that ioane wasn’t the answer as we were saying all the same thing about him
-
@kiwiwomble said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble I'm not sure when you're talking about, doesn't really matter though eh.
I just can't wrap my head around half of the shit Hunt does. He put a bomb up for the last pen kick to touch! Why can't he kick like any other average first five?
I wasn’t even defending hunt was my point…was just that ioane wasn’t the answer as we’re were saying all the same thing about him
I'm not sure about that. Wasn't saying you were defending him though! Out of the two players, I know which one I'd pick to ride through a rough patch...
-
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble I'm not sure when you're talking about, doesn't really matter though eh.
I just can't wrap my head around half of the shit Hunt does. He put a bomb up for the last pen kick to touch! Why can't he kick like any other average first five?
I wasn’t even defending hunt was my point…was just that ioane wasn’t the answer as we’re were saying all the same thing about him
I'm not sure about that. Wasn't saying you were defending him though! Out of the two players, I know which one I'd pick to ride through a rough patch...
Really? Now maybe, he seems to settled down at the chiefs but I remember lamenting ioane doing chip and chase from our own 22 kind of shit all the time, poor kicking stats and hands like feet
