Blues v Crusaders

[cgrant]

Who do you prefer : Sotutu or Mikaele-Tuu ? Both are hard running 8s.

[Chris]

For the Crusaders
Mounga
Goodhue
Havili
Grace
Barrett
Christie
Big games from those boys
For the Blues
Sotutu
Telea
We’re outstanding
Nock too added a bit from the Bench

[Chris]

@cgrant I like both but Sotutu has some X factor

[taniwharugby]

@Chris showing Akira how it's done

[Bones]

@cgrant said in Blues v Crusaders:

Who do you prefer : Sotutu or Mikaele-Tuu ? Both are hard running 8s.

Mikaele-Tuu seems a bit morre of a bruiser, Sotutu a bit more silky, but decent enough at bruising, reminds me a bit of Savea. Why not both!

[antipodean]

@Northlandallday said in Blues v Crusaders:

@antipodean Parsons is signed for 2021 so he’s the go to guy.

He must have a hell of a manager. He has zero impact.

[Tim]

Has anyone tried primal screaming? I hear it can help with extreme frustration.

[Bones]

@antipodean said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Northlandallday said in Blues v Crusaders:

@antipodean Parsons is signed for 2021 so he’s the go to guy.

He must have a hell of a manager. He has zero impact.

I beg to differ, just ask the Crusdaders.

[jegga]

@Tim said in Blues v Crusaders:

Has anyone tried primal screaming? I hear it can help with extreme frustration.

Aren't you used to it yet?

[Tim]

@jegga It never gets easier.

[Tim]

It could be worse, my Chinese friend has been stuck with his inlaws for four weeks on lock down ...

[Bones]

@Tim said in Blues v Crusaders:

It could be worse, my Chinese friend has been stuck with his inlaws for four weeks on lock down ...

In the UK I take it.

[Tim]

@Bones ?

[Bones]

@Tim said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Bones ?

Never mind, shit joke.

We had Chinese people in the UK on breakfast TV the other day, talking about how life is so tough at the moment and everyone looks at them funny or runs away.

[Frank]

@nzzp said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Tim wow no Akira!

Working on his conditioning.
Will be fit by 2025.

[Steven Harris]

The Blues have been targeting their own supporters for about a decade , there use to be good numbers that turned up to Eden Park,
The current game plan is working a treat, by 2025 ,they will playing in front of nobody and Tony Hanks will still be the recruitment officer.
Really feel for the diehards that turn up year in year out,they deserve much better than this ..
The Crusaders team that played tonight are not patch on previous teams and yet they hardly got into top gear ,but were still far too strong ,and the reason ,they just make smarter decisions..

[Canerbry]

With a bit of luck and a change of coach, this year The Blues could finish as high as 11th.

[Smuts]

This game showed teams exactly how not to play the Crusaders:

• Never commit numbers to your breakdowns until after you’ve allowed Barrett and every other Crusader forward to play the ball off their feet, lie on the wrong side etc. Etc.,

• play wide out of your own half, and then launch aimless kicks down the middle with no kick chase,

• under no circumstances, launch any hard, direct runs at Channel 1, pick and goes, snipes round the fringes, or inside balls off 10,

• And especially, try and give away as many soft penalties as possible.

[kiwiinmelb]

Some things never change

[booboo]

@Yeetyaah said in Blues v Crusaders:

Sotutu is playing real well. We've got some bloody good loose forwards in NZ.

I'd say "promising". I'm not super convinced we have the next coming of Kaino and Read demanding selection just yet.

Having said that, yes, Sotutu is doing some good things.

And for some reason I started off not wanting Cullen Grace to be any good. My knee-jerk reaction ( @mariner4life ) is he may (may) have a big big future.