Force v Blues
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tordah" data-cid="581420" data-time="1463830068">
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<p>penalties conceded 3-15 against the BLues haha</p>
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<p>Was Nutbrown denied a Super win in 2003 by the Blues?</p>
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<p>Hopefully the Blues can't stuff up an uncontested scrum.</p> -
<p>Fucken Cantabs doing their best to deny us victory. Great resolve to deny the 16 man Force. No doubt we'll get criticised by everyone about it though as usual.</p>
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<p>The Blues definitely deserved a bunch of those penalties but if anything was 50/50 it went against the Blues. The one against Matenga was a case in point, he made a dominant tackle drove the player back and was trapped by the Force players in the ruck and was penalised.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="581428" data-time="1463830427">
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<p>The Blues definitely deserved a bunch of those penalties but if anything was 50/50 it went against the Blues. The one against Matenga was a case in point, he made a dominant tackle drove the player back and was trapped by the Force players in the ruck and was penalised.</p>
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<p>Half the time Nutsack was giving penalties based on the crowd booing.</p> -
<p>Still shaking my head at the stupidity and ineptness of both sides. The Blues blow me away at how they seem to try and lose games. Yeah, the ref was hard to read at times but they really are their own worst enemy. Li (?) needs to go back to reserve grade. I can't believe a Super player would kick an up and under then lightly jog like it is a Sunday afternoon. Unbelieveable. </p>
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<p>The Blues are stupid. They just allowed the Force to dictate the game to them in the second half and they really should have lost because of it. There was no direction from the halves. They will probably finish mid table but they haven't played well at all this year.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Samurai Jack" data-cid="581441" data-time="1463830915">
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<p>Still shaking my head at the stupidity and ineptness of both sides. The Blues blow me away at how they seem to try and lose games. Yeah, the ref was hard to read at times but they really are their own worst enemy. Li (?) needs to go back to reserve grade. I can't believe a Super player would kick an up and under then lightly jog like it is a Sunday afternoon. Unbelieveable. </p>
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<p>Although he did the fullback Caucau style to add to the 4 extra points the Blues had at the end. But yep, the dude is way too relaxed.</p> -
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<p>When Guyton got tackled in the 2nd half behind a maul the Force player wrapped around him and the ball on the ground. Clear penalty. Scrum awarded to the Force.</p>
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<p>Sure. The referee just missed that Guyton had peeled away and thought it was still part of the maul. The ref made less mistakes than most of the players out there.</p> -
<p>Can't see us getting anywhere near the Crusaders next week but 2 out of 3 away from home isn't bad. Good to see us showing some heart after last weeks performance. Would be nice to have a better 10 as I have given up backing West. The guy just goes from bad to worse and he can take Bryn Hall with him.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="African Monkey" data-cid="581459" data-time="1463832027"><p>Can't see us getting anywhere near the Crusaders next week but 2 out of 3 away from home isn't bad. Good to see us showing some heart after last weeks performance. Would be nice to have a better 10 as I have given up backing West. The guy just goes from bad to worse and he can take Bryn Hall with him.</p></blockquote>
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I think West would make a good bench option. He's a decent impact sort of guy because he likes to up the tempo when it's a little looser. But as a starter expected to direct and lead for large portions of a game, he is not. <br><br>
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<p>I think West would make a good bench option. He's a decent impact sort of guy because he likes to up the tempo when it's a little looser. But as a starter expected to direct and lead for large portions of a game, he is not.<br><br>
Was very surprised to see Luatua stay on the pitch after that maul.</p>
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<p>I think so too. He'd be good in Matt McGahan's role but can't control a game to save his life. Unfortunately for us we don't have anyone else and there isn't really anyone else out there that could come in and do better next season either so we could be with him for a while.</p>
