Crusaders v Chiefs
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Well that was pretty fucking sweet. I was worried early on because the Crusaders defence was fucking brutal. And then they got barely deserved points and I thought "I've seen this movie before"
But the Chiefs got better and the Crusaders didn't. Retallick was a fucking beast, DMac was everywhere, and Stevenson was making guys look stupid.
And thrn we cracked the Crusaders code. Kick it back to thrm and exploit Mo'unga's U14s kicking game. We won duel after duel, they cracked we pounced. Great footy.
Best on ground was Retallick, Stevenson, Blackadder, and Dmac.
On the shit side PGS showed why he will never make the ABs again, and shouldn't be near a Chiefs starting job, did he skip preseason? The only Crusaders try was his fault 100%
You will rarely see a game shitter than what Mo'unga served up tonight. All his weaknesses were served up, with nothing of his upside. Oh, I know, let's try a kick pass. Just fucking shit.I see love for cane but deadset he has to show more than that. Worked hard yes, but what did he offer? Not good on the ball. Slow. Didn't even hit anyone.
It was a real mixed bag from the names in the game all over really.But shit that's a nice result
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Oh, and the Chiefs have a problem. Stevenson is wasted on the wing, but Ioane and DMac one pass wider was pretty nice. How do you fit that in?
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@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Oh, and the Chiefs have a problem. Stevenson is wasted on the wing, but Ioane and DMac one pass wider was pretty nice. How do you fit that in?
Do what they did tonight and bring Ioane on in the second half once the game opens up more with the faster pace/new rules?
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@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Oh, and the Chiefs have a problem. Stevenson is wasted on the wing, but Ioane and DMac one pass wider was pretty nice. How do you fit that in?
Do what they did tonight and bring Ioane on in the second half once the game opens up more with the faster pace/new rules?
I'm happy with that as long as Stevenson touches it a lot
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@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
DMac was everywhere
He may have been, but he's consistently rocks and diamonds. Kicking is dreadful, runs players out of space.
New Zealand doesn't have a quality five eighth.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
DMac was everywhere
He may have been, but he's consistently rocks and diamonds. Kicking is dreadful, runs players out of space.
New Zealand doesn't have a quality five eighth.
Fuck off kicking was dreadful. He kicked the Crusaders to death tonight. How you can make that call if you actually watched the game...
Definitely still scattered in some attacks, especially early on, but his kicking was close to what won us that game
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@antipodean said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
DMac was everywhere
He may have been, but he's consistently rocks and diamonds. Kicking is dreadful, runs players out of space.
New Zealand doesn't have a quality five eighth.
I thought he was ok, better than his opposite by a mile.
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@chimoaus said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@antipodean said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
DMac was everywhere
He may have been, but he's consistently rocks and diamonds. Kicking is dreadful, runs players out of space.
New Zealand doesn't have a quality five eighth.
I thought he was ok, better than his opposite by a mile.
Faint praise. Both have major faults a non-supporter can spot from Mars.
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Way behind youse all ... just started watching.
3mins in and my first impression is by crikey it's quick.
Fast hands by both sides.
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Our exit game was excellent tonight and I agree that we won the kicking duel. I think Ioane off the bench is the right way of doing it - we move Dmac to 15 and can get Stevenson touches running off Dmac’s shoulder and Ioane’s long ball.
I loved it that we could bring Finau and Ah Kuio off the bench and have four very big bodies out there causing trouble. If we can fix our set piece we’ll be heaps of fun to watch.
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Random thought, at 20 mins as Havili scores and Cane gets yellow ...
Would Sam Cane have made a decent hooker?
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And also ...
.. shit crowd Cantabs
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
And also ...
.. shit crowd Cantabs
Saving their cash for a new stadium.
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Gut feel at 25 mins ... as Dmac misses again ... is Chiefs better overall but not threatening to score.
Saders will soak this shit up and win comfortably. Given they're 10-nil up and done nothing ...
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Random rant ...
Anyone else get pissed off with Ali Williams being called Arli? He's not Arlester Williams.
Second rant ...
Why are both sides kicking randomly on attack ...
... although it eventually works BBBR grabs 5
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@Unite said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Watching a replay, what the hell is going on with the music playing flat out when the Chiefs are on attack??
So that wasn't just me?
Worst I heard was during a kick for goal
Cheating cantab fuckers
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