QF Chiefs v Blues
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@gt12 said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
I can’t argue with that.
You could see that loss coming from all the missed opportunities in the first half.
It felt a bit like Oct 31st 1999.
I’m just so fucking fucking furious about that kick for goal. I know it’s not the only important play but it was already so obvious that territory was more important than points at that stage.
That kick's an interesting one.
I don't absolutely hate it - because if he makes it the Chiefs are 8 points clear with not many minutes to play, and it's 95% game over.
Even missing it, you're going to get the ball back somewhere around halfway, with a bit of time off the clock.
It really depends on how likely DMac is to make it.
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned. As the Brumbies successfully did later in the evening.
It's been interesting watching the Reds - and last night the Brumbies - largely abandon penalties.
It's not always the right decision, but I quite like the strategy. I reckon we'll see Oz use it vs the Lions and I hope Razor's thinking on it as well.
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@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
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@Duluth I think I'd still have been inclined to think - our lineout's been solid most of the year - let's back ourselves and get it down there. At a minimum leave the Blues 90 metres to come back.
But, you're right - it might have played a part in their decision. But, I reckon they were probably mostly thinking about the 8 point lead.
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@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
I think you're right under normal circumstances. However a lineout operating a 64% and a team that was starting to lose the contact was a big factor.
I'm not sure if losing a lineout 15 metres from the opposition goal line is such a big deal? Worst case scenario, you get another lineout about 40 metres out when they inevitably clear the ball. Either way it eats up a decent chunk of time and you still have a higher chance than not of holding possession.
I'm also not sure the Chiefs were losing e contact battle at that point - they were just doing a lot of defending (another reason to kick deep and have a higher chance than not of retaining possession, as opposed to giving the ball immediately back).
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Just read some of this thread. Lots of harsh posts. I am ok Chiefs lost, to have Brumbies next week, while Blues and Crusaders beat each other up.
Was really bothered by all the Chiefs injuries, which I felt decided the match. Jacobson was badly missed. Finau was huge until last few minutes, and awesome try saving tackle. But he could not be replaced when he was gassed, as Chiefs had already lost 3 second rowers to injury.
I fully support the penalty kick attempt. Could have closed the game out and gave the Chiefs forwards a wee rest.
I thought Chiefs had their 9s wrong way around as Cortez was too tight and predictable. Saw blues leave gaps wide and he went the other way. His kicking a bit off too. I am sure it was planned tactics though... before the loosie injuries. But geez Dmac was wasted by those tight tactics.
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@reprobate said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
I thought it was interesting when Beauden was interviewed post game the first person he mentioned when asked about his kick strategy was Vern Cotter - really crediting him
Was there something particularly good or new about Beauden's kicking strategy that I missed? Obviously 2 x great chips for himself, but an overall strategy? Kicking the ball away under advantage is a strategy of sorts I guess, but not a good one. I didn't see anything new, (though the chips were much better placed than usual).
I thought he seemed less frantic / rushed when making those kicks. Maybe it was something minor that helped.
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@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
Yeah people forget that the Chiefs lineout was a mess.
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@ACT-Crusader said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@reprobate said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
I thought it was interesting when Beauden was interviewed post game the first person he mentioned when asked about his kick strategy was Vern Cotter - really crediting him
Was there something particularly good or new about Beauden's kicking strategy that I missed? Obviously 2 x great chips for himself, but an overall strategy? Kicking the ball away under advantage is a strategy of sorts I guess, but not a good one. I didn't see anything new, (though the chips were much better placed than usual).
I thought he seemed less frantic / rushed when making those kicks. Maybe it was something minor that helped.
Yeah i dunno man. I mean, the 2 chips were really very well placed. But he's been trying those all his life and sometimes he nails them, mostly he doesn't - I don't think he's magically turned some corner at this stage of his career because of something his coach said - will be stoked if he has though, they were bloody good. His kick-off combination with Clarke is really good too, but again nothing new.
Other than that, I saw a guy who kicked the ball away a lot, and put nobody into a gap all day - and to me that's a waste of AJ Lam, Ioane, Clarke and Telea outside him (and the Chiefs having a rookie at 12 and picking big loosies). The Chiefs absolutely dominated territory and possession first half, and through their own errors and excellent Blues defence they didn't get points - it wasn't some great display of territorial kicking which kept them out.
To me BB remains a very gifted guy who just isn't much chop at 10. McKenzie was quiet, which looked to me like the result of a flawed game plan and also a new 12 outside him. But he still actually put someone in a hole to score a try. -
@African-Monkey said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
Yeah people forget that the Chiefs lineout was a mess.
That's not true.
Even taking that into account (running at about 70% which is terrible), we should have gone for the corner. The kick was a far lower percentage play than a line out, and we would have kept them deep in their half off set piece, at a minimum.
I'm prepared to die on this hill.
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@gt12 said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@African-Monkey said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
Yeah people forget that the Chiefs lineout was a mess.
That's not true.
Even taking that into account (running at about 70% which is terrible), we should have gone for the corner. The kick was a far lower percentage play than a line out, and we would have kept them deep in their half off set piece, at a minimum.
I'm prepared to die on this hill.
Fair enough. I personally thought it was the right decision to go for 3 but I do see the other side of the argument to it.
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@African-Monkey said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
Yeah people forget that the Chiefs lineout was a mess.
That's a worry given so many of their forwards are ABs or in the frame.
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Can't give you an upvote, but I can appreciate why it was considered the right idea.
From my feeling, we had had no ball and little territory and were exiting terribly (which is not like us at all this year).
It felt to me like we needed to go win the game.
Although I understand the idea to take the 3 across the game, I personally thought we should have gone for it more because every time it was telling the Blues that their defence was working.
We never broke them down and were always at risk of giving up points when they were in our half.
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@nostrildamus said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@African-Monkey said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Duluth said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
@Chris-B said in QF Chiefs v Blues:
If it's only 50-50, I reckon you're better off kicking for the corner, expecting you'll either be able to score a try or get a better penalty shot at goal - and winding more time off the clock with the Blues pinned
Yes, if they had a functioning lineout
Yeah people forget that the Chiefs lineout was a mess.
That's a worry given so many of their forwards are ABs or in the frame.
Did you watch the game?
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No, and feel free to lambast me. Just going off what the previous poster said about lineouts. Are you saying their lineouts weren't a mess?
