Crusaders v Blues
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@shark said in Crusaders v Blues:
@tim said in Crusaders v Blues:
Great answer. About as well reasoned as your original post, or your classic "Akira Ioane couldn't make the Canterbury team" posts.
Share some of your great knowledge some time though. Please do. They'll probably be such great posts that they make the Crusaders win that game, or their players look adequate at test level.
You're a fuckwit. And you know fuck all
I've got competition? Better up my game
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@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Christie has a wonky pass for a seriously good player
BB reaching for it frequently
More a reflection on BB than FC
BB played really well. Good decisions, let down by defence in the last 20. Solid player
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@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Christie has a wonky pass for a seriously good player
BB reaching for it frequently
More a reflection on BB than FC
BB played really well. Good decisions, let down by defence in the last 20. Solid player
See my previous post
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@frank said in Crusaders v Blues:
@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Havili's kicking has been sensational. Just not physical enough for 12 against good teams, but a hell of a player
Might not be a bad 10.
I would snap him up in a nano for the Highlanders
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@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Zarn just oozes class
I agreed with all your posts on the game, but this most of all. Sometimes a bloke just looks a cut above, and he seems to really have it. Time, distance off the boot, just looks comfortable.
Class
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Haha, judging by the comments, it is like the Blues won by 50+ points with only having 13 players on the field.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Blues:
Haha, judging by the comments, it is like the Blues won by 50+ points with only having 13 players on the field.
Hodgman is worth circa 45 points
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Blues:
@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
@taniwharugby they are really good, but sides will back themselves to get up. Their ceiling isn't what past sides have been.
More importantly, the conveyor belt of talent is weaker than it's been for ages
Agree, I and other Sader fans have been beating this drum for a while now. There is not the depth there once was and there are some positions where the starters are just Super level at best. In saying that a couple of youngsters have popped their heads up high enough this year to suggest that there is still some talent coming through.
This has been quite noticeable for the last 3 years, post-2019 season to be precise. I personally can't recall weaker (relative) Crusaders squads in their 27 year history, and the age demographic has been skewing towards younger and the inexperienced & unproven NPC players, many who barely even look comfortable at Super Rugby level.
I definitely believe the Blues should've won the competition in 2020 & 2021, and probably could have if Leon's selections & game-day strategy/tactics had been much better. He committed a series of pretty fundamental coaching and selection errors in the last two seasons gone past and it seems like he's certainly learnt from those experiences now. Schmidt, obviously has made an enormous difference, the Blues players are speaking of him incredibly highly in camp & his influence is extremely noticeable to me, they're very fortunate to have him on board for this season.
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@voodoo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Zarn just oozes class
I agreed with all your posts on the game, but this most of all. Sometimes a bloke just looks a cut above, and he seems to really have it. Time, distance off the boot, just looks comfortable.
Class
Yet, he doesn't get a start.
