Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves

[Bovidae]

Williams is still a shit ref. The Crusaders are lucky.

[Dice]

Our defense has been a bit narrow in this game. They've gotten on the outside of us a few times.

[number9]

Blues backs are getting exposed on D. Chiefs backs have more options and playing a lot smarter.

[Yeetyaah]

Yellow card for Sam Cane 🤦

[Machpants]

@number9 said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

Blues backs are getting exposed on D. Chiefs backs have more options and playing a lot smarter.

Chiefs D has been just 'give away penalties, they won't take them'. Cane pays the price

[Crucial]

@machpants said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

@number9 said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

Blues backs are getting exposed on D. Chiefs backs have more options and playing a lot smarter.

Chiefs D has been just 'give away penalties, they won't take them'. Cane pays the price

Decided to adopt the Saders method.
If you can’t beat them, join them

[Crucial]

Liking Ioane running on to the pass

[Crucial]

Blues looked good but it was mostly looks.
17-7 to the Chiefs

[Machpants]

Time for 2nd3rd place play off

[number9]

@crucial said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

Blues looked good but it was mostly looks.
17-7 to the Chiefs

Blues backs cost us the game.

[Bovidae]

The Chiefs better have signed Dyer. He is the long-term replacement for Ta'avao and the scrum looked better with him at TH too.

Tiatia back to being a liability.

[Machpants]

Jeez blues look like shit

[bobily2]

@machpants said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

@tim said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

@machpants Mafileo? He is a big unit.

He's got quality moobs, whoever he is. Commentator is such and improvement over Laban etc, who is it?

I think I'd find him a lot more bearable if he did a little more work on getting some of the more obscure names correct. Particular with some of the Pacific Island names it seems like he is randomly picking vowels (e.g. Nanai-Setoru instead of Seturo). Moses Dawai instead of Mosese. Lalamio instead of Lalamilo.

I can understand a casual observer making these mistakes, but if you're a commentator you should have a good understanding of the players, and how to say their names.

[Tim]

Porous defense out wide.

[Machpants]

Highlanders are greedy bastards with their nines

[antipodean]

The depth in the Blues is a big step down from the starting 23 isn't it?

[taniwharugby]

Real lack of cohesion in the blues.

[ARHS]

Just watched and I think Ioane and Lowe made big ground over Gatland and ENS. Still wonder about Kaylum Boshier as a 7.

I liked the way Roe set up his backline. I just don't think the Gatland & Ratima combo works that well.

Frustrating number of penalties given away. Liked the work of Selby Rickett and of T Telea.

[KiwiMurph]

@tim said in Blues/Chiefs/Highlanders game of 3 halves:

Porous defense out wide.

New defence coach for the Blues this year.

[Machpants]

Nice lines by Perofeta