Highlanders vs Blues
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@Kirwan Coaches never get all the players they want. So suck it up and work out a wining game plan with the players you have. But saying that the Blues are better this year. He rightly said they lost the breakdown again. Papalii ( no turnovers ? ) and Robinson were good but quite a gap between those and the others. Plusthey have no genuine fetcher.
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@Kirwan you are right the squad depth will win you the title Crusaders fantastic depth
Hurricanes like the Blues struggle without their 3 or 4 key players
Where the crusaders haven’t had Read, Whitelock, Franks ,Moody’, Taylor ,Bridge for extended periods also lost Perry, Matale and Saunders for the season -
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@kev said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Kirwan Coaches never get all the players they want. So suck it up and work out a wining game plan with the players you have. But saying that the Blues are better this year. He rightly said they lost the breakdown again. Papalii ( no turnovers ? ) and Robinson were good but quite a gap between those and the others. Plusthey have no genuine fetcher.
Yes they do, his name is Gibson.
In the game where we have done well, the forwards have worked together to get turnovers. Not sure why they changed that for this game.
I challenge you to come up with a winning game plan with Pulu, Collins and Parsons! And no centre, so you have to play a 12 out of position.
There a serious holes in the squad.
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@Dice said in Highlanders vs Blues:
Papali'i was our best player. He's starting to string the good games together.
So this would be his first?
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@Duluth said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@kev said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Duluth on what basis do you say that? Nock looks good when he comes on.
On the basis he looks shit when comes on
That interception he threw just killed us. Didn’t he almost throw two?
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@antipodean Been good the last 3 games.
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@Duluth rubbish. Don’t know what games you have watched? His clearance and decision making have improved and he is starting to look the part. He is a young guy picked way too early. His best years are yet to come. The other halfbacks have been terrible so the Blues have a genuine issue but Nock probably has the best development left in him out of the 3.
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@Dice said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@antipodean Been good the last 3 games.
By good you mean energetic? He's terribly inaccurate and needs to choose his moments better.
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@Kirwan said in Highlanders vs Blues:
missing him for his leadership too, at points we just needed to take a breath and calm down.
We also need someone to pressure the ref. Co-captain Patrick is the ‘follow me’ guy, not the talker.
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@Chris said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Kirwan where are they going to come from ?
Mitre 10 maybe very important for the Blues , Chiefs,Highlanders and for the Hurricanes to harden up their tight FiveI want the Crusaders backup hooker (from Auckland region I think), Manu back from the Chiefs and dunno about halfback.
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@antipodean said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Dice said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@antipodean Been good the last 3 games.
By good you mean energetic? He's terribly inaccurate and needs to choose his moments better.
17 tackles, no misses, seems pretty “accurate “ to me, whatever that means.
