Highlanders vs Blues

[kev]

@Kirwan agree they are missing Gibson as a fetcher. And agree with the comment that the work rate of the entire pack makes a big difference at breakdown.

[Kirwan]

@Duluth said in Highlanders vs Blues:

@Kirwan

He’s crap, never improved. Time to move on

Hooker, halfback, centre are the places we need to recruit urgently for next year.

[Kirwan]

@kev missing him for his leadership too, at points we just needed to take a breath and calm down.

[kev]

@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.

[Chris]

@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 Five

[antipodean]

@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.

[Duluth]

@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.
Listen to Ben Smith constantly nagging the ref

[Kirwan]

@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 Five

I want the Crusaders backup hooker (from Auckland region I think), Manu back from the Chiefs and dunno about halfback.

[Duluth]

@kev

No he’s shit

[Chris]

@Kirwan Makalio will resign with the Crusaders

[Kirwan]

@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.

[kev]

@Kirwan but the problem was the work rate at the breakdown. Messy delivery with no close ball runners. Nock has the best pass by some mile.

[Kirwan]

@kev said in Highlanders vs Blues:

@Kirwan but the problem was the work rate at the breakdown. Messy delivery with no close ball runners. Nock has the best pass by some mile.

Clan 14 agrees with you.

[Kirwan]

@Chris said in Highlanders vs Blues:

@Kirwan Makalio will resign with the Crusaders

I’m also a big fan of Robbie Abel.

[Duluth]

Keep Ruru, hope he continues his slow improvement and sign two new halfbacks. There’s not many on the market so we might end up with two rookies.. still that would be an improvement

[antipodean]

@Kirwan said in Highlanders vs Blues:

@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.

So he's there to tackle and nothing else? How effective are these tackles? What happens when he decides to join in a tackle rather than waiting to see what develops as a result?

[Chris]

@Kirwan what about the chiefs hooker not Harris or Polwart he’s shit the sub who came on against the Lions

[Kirwan]

@antipodean was just offering an example of accuracy, because I had no idea what you are on about. Dalton is playing well.

[Kirwan]

@Chris haven’t watched the Chiefs much.

[Chris]

@Duluth TTT gets no game time at the chiefs he must be frustrated maybe he’s worth a approach