@Machpants said in Blues 2019:
@pukunui yeah it's hard to know where to point the blame, but changes in personnel on the field and coaching box haven't made a difference for years.
Are you pukunui on ENWorld?
Nah not me. This is pretty much the only forum im on these days.
So, the Blues already have another coach ready for the scrap heap?
Probably time to blame the players for making stupid errors that professional rugby players shouldn’t be making or the team “leaders” for utterly failing to lead the team or blame the shitty culture of the organisation that has resulted in decades of mediocrity.
The coach isn’t the problem.
@shark said in All Blacks locking stocks post 2019 RWC:
@Bones said in All Blacks locking stocks post 2019 RWC:
@shark I'm not that fussed by height, who's to say the shorter lock can't jump higher anyway?
So you're not saying shorter locks can be as effective as - if not more so than - 2m+ guys? Because that's how that statement reads.
I pointed out that AB selection policy pretty much overwhelmingly refutes your assertion.
Brad Thorn was a far better lock than Dom Bird.
Height isn’t everything.
Why the fuck was Plummer kicking for the win? If there is one thing Black has on Plummer it is goal kicking. Dumb.
@Duluth said in Highlanders 2019 Discussion:
If McKay is an out-and-out goal-kicking speedster, Nareki a freakish finisher and Koroi an electric playmaking option, then Collins brings solidity, maturity, experience and highly-valued communication skills of which Umaga lauded during his time as Blues head coach.
Solidity in that he has bricks for hands.
Maturity in that having him in your side gets old fast.
Experience of being mediocre.
And that highly-valued communication that keeps the score board ticking over and comes up with the big plays.
People don’t get paid millions of dollars a year to compete in “real competitive sport” in it’s truest form. Commercialised professional sports is another matter.
I quite like watching sport on TV, so can accept that money and sponsors play a role in it.
@sparky said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I read it that he was talking about Beauden Barrett.
That’s how i read it too.
@akan004 said in Waratahs v Sharks:
The red was fair enough but a yellow for pulling his jersey? Refs seem to be making up their own laws these days.
Yeah that was a bullshit yellow. Just crazy.