Hawkes Bay v Counties Manukau
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<p>Agreed on both counts (<strong>Mike Coman might not have been so bad after all!!!!</strong>) but somehow the Bay manage to score a try wide out on the right to Robbie Fruean and its nicely converted by West HB 10 - 10 Counties after twenty minutes</p>
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<p>Lets not get silly!</p>
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<p>I'm sitting in the Harris Stand and looked foot on the line from where I am<br>
did TV show it?</p>
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<p>Weirdly they didn't show a replay.</p> -
<p>Remember this is supposed to be the easier part of the season, with a decent gap between games</p>
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<p>FFS even the scrum has turned to shit</p>
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<p>But as long as they are enjoying themselves Mr Philpott</p>
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<p>That is not a penalty as he picked up the ball behind where the other HB player touched it, even if he was in front when the ball was last touched</p>
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<p>What the hell?????</p>
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<p>yes Lowe got himself back onside before playing the ball. Fucking ref has no idea at all</p> -
<p>Well at least they enjoyed themselves even if they almost conceeded 50 at home </p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Stockcar86" data-cid="611294" data-time="1472716507">
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<p>Give <span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Mikaele Tu'u a chance I say</span></p>
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<p>I assume he's playing with the U19s this Saturday.</p>
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<p>I predict another loss for both the Saracens and U19s by the way. The U18 girls might win. They seem to be our only winning team thus far.</p> -
<p>Where do we go to from here guys? Our team looks poorly coached, lacking in skills and general gamecraft and perhaps even a bit down on fitness given the way they seem to be more tired than the opposition toward the end of the game. We look to have limited penetration in midfield, absolutely appalling tackling and not too much go forward up front so there is certainly plenty of room for improvement. Some of these problems you can rectify but, sadly, lack of skills is not really one of them. No matter how good your coaching staff is they cannot compensate for that important consideration, even if they did have the vast majority of the say when it comes to picking their squad. Money cannot be used as a reason as the Bay have been one of the largest spenders on player salaries for the last few seasons so they theoretically should be able to use that as a carrot to assemble a squad to do us proud. I can accept losses, grudgingly of course, but losses of the magnitude we have had to endure so far are very disappointing. The writing was on the wall as early as the hidings we endured in the preseason matches so these performances have not exactly come as a surprise. Regardless it is still very hard to watch our beloved team getting completely demolished in the manner they have been.</p>
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<p>We are just going to have to suck it up and suffer as there is no way this trainwreck is going to be turned around this season.</p> -
<p>I think we are proven right that we have too many young/inexperienced players in the team and too few who tackle and communicate well. Everything looks so disorganised.</p>
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<p>Bring back Buckman and Horrell! Use voodoo or whatever to heal Edmonds and Evans. </p>
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<p>I also wonder whether Dixon is the right person for the captaincy. I really rate him as a player, but as a captain? He said in an interview that he wouldn't say much but just wanted to lead by example. With a young team like that, and clearly with lack of confidence, some of the issues are of a mental nature. I think you need someone who can talk, motivate, etc. Not sure who'd be better. Abbott (now vc)? We don't have many options, do we?</p> -
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<p>I assume he's playing with the U19s this Saturday.</p>
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<p>I predict another loss for both the Saracens and U19s by the way. <strong>The U18 girls might win. They seem to be our only winning team thus far</strong>.</p>
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<p>Not exactly true as I read an article somewhere that the HB teachers have formed a team and beat their teaching counterparts from another part of the country, obviously Mr. Philpot had no involvement!</p>
