@Canes4life sorry about that,only the messenger ,can see where your coming from though,only leaves you Blackwell who is hardly a giraffe..Regan Verney who was injured most of 2018 has also signed with Taranaki ..I think I will bugger off now..!

This article highlights why Parsons should never have been re signed ,he’s like the bad stench that’s coming from a part of the house and it’s gonna take another 2 years to find..
What makes him harder to move on is the fact he’s on the leadership team which almost borders on nepotism with nobody else getting crack regardless of how he plays.
On the radio sport show he appears on,he spoke about the Blues having more depth and competition for places apart from hooker me thinks.
however the article does empathise there is an issue in terms of fitness when fatigue sets in,decision making becomes sloppy.

With Melani Nanai off contract next year,I would the Blues to have crack at a fullback who has got a big boot than can at least carve off good metres when clearing from the red zone..
The chiefs used James Lowes really well as kicking option when clearing the 22..one person that comes to mind is David Havili,with so much competition at the Crusaders in the back 3,I would love to see the Blues have a crack at Havili
Sean Stephenson has a big boot,but my concern is the flakyness of the Harbour player.

@taniwharugby we all get caught up with our own bais ,but in many cases even our so called better players make some very basic errors and it gets overlooked ..
There is improvement in this Blues team,no question..
But we are still way off the pace when it comes to smart decision making and that’s almost right across the board

@taniwharugby totally agree with your Coms,
You get the impression with Robinson he will get better,and accuracy will come..
There was some very poor leadership after the Blues had scored ,TJs Faiane who decided to run into contact after fielding a kick off ,when the better option was to drop it on to your boot and go to the next set piece lineout..
What escalated was Ruru once again having a kick charged down,this actually happens very often ..!
And it was almost like a door was opened for the Landers to get a foothold back into the game..
We are very average when it comes to making smart decisions..and once our ability to exit from our 22 red zone is just horrendous..
And once again,we turn down points on offer to kick to the corner and turn the ball over,
Take the points on offer,if the kick misses,you do stay on attack at least keep the scoreboard ticking.
Only problem we have got to exit when we do score points,and that’s always a case of holding your breath.
Personally I think we are done for the season,we still have 4 NZ derbies to come,2 away and 2 at home..and I would not be that confident about beating either the Brumbies or Reds away..
Would not mind seeing somebody different start at both hooker and halfback ..
What last night told me about Otere Black was the reason why he was the number 2 at the Canes and should be nowhere near an All Black jersey..he’s journeyman first five,nothing more,nothing less..
I would go after a Hayden Parker just on goalkicking stats alone

And the Parsons project will get rolled out for another 2 years,got absolutely owned by Coltman this evening..Will not get any better,it’s time to go to the market and get a top level halfback ..2 really key positions and we are so off the pace In these areas it’s not funny..Tom Robinson may have have been caught out down the blindside,but he makes up for his other efforts in spades..probably done more in his short career than whole lot more that been fortunate enough to wear a Blues jersey.

Ruru is crap..!

@Higgins I always like to be reasonably confident about a source before posting..so its good to know there’s some traction to this info..

@Dice Aso apparently wants play for a Hurricanes franchise team, these signings are not set in stone,but there are some negotiations going on at this time.

I am hearing that Hawkes Bay may have snared 2 big signings
Isaia Walker-Leawere from Wellington and Vince Aso from Auckland .,might be one for you Stargazer to follow up..!.
Got this from a pretty good source ...that would give the Magpies a decent battery of locks

@Northlandallday Hodgman threw the pass to Moulds who got collected by the tackler at the same time..mind you it’s insignificant compared to the efforts of the Alan Parsons project who threw a short intercept pass because he virtually sent an invitation to Brad Weber and just to top it off,a piss poor weak as attempted tackle on ALB which lead to a try ..
Watched him standing in the huddle at the end of the game..the look on his face said everything..I should be starting off the bench in the next game against the Highlanders....but it won’t happen..because he trains the house down.
The Blues are now developing a very hard working and solid work ethic to their pack ,but Parsons is now starting to look the one that’s been part of this team for far too long and will not get any better..where I do believe there’s massive improvement in the other 7 that started last nights match.