Blues v Rebels
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How do I get a gig coaching the Blues - is it some sort of open lottery drawn at random every four years?
@donsteppa become an analyst..!
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The Blues board are all from a retail background (supermarkets), except for the Fletcher Building idiots. Not an ounce of rugby, or sports in general, knowledge between them.
As for that CEO ...
@tim said in Blues vs. Rebels:
The Blues board are all from a retail background (supermarkets),
I understand the concept of ‘loss leaders’ but at the end of the day they’re way ahead on the balance sheet.
On that basis, Blues fans must be in for a huuuuuuuge payday soon. -
That was pretty bad from the Blues. They look like disinterested schoolboys at times.
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Well that game felt like a curtain raiser to the upcoming big game,both teams should be fined for bringing rugby into disrepute..!
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Lock Collins up for the next year or two!
@98blueandgold said in Blues vs. Rebels:
Lock Collins up for the next year or two!
They did... with a new 1 year contract.
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All this talk of Aura this week, blues better not be fucking with the EP aura.
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As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
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Righto, a belated match report.
I left early, with 20 to go. My mate decided he'd rather walk down Sandringham road than watch that bunch of overpaid munters try to play any more. I can handle losing, but stuffed if I'm going to sit there and watch supposed professionals just look hopeless and disorganised.
The team is a shambles. THere are occasions where the defensive line sets, and they look good, but it is a flash of mediocrity in a sea of shambles. Honestly, I'm shaking my head at the state of this so called team. We just look disorganised, disconnected, directionless and dire.
I got a coffee at half time. It's a metaphor for the whole organised - three people trying to serve coffee, looking surprised that people came to get a hot drink on a cold night, and serving so slowly that it took nearly 10 minutes - with no queue. Honestly, those staff would cost $60 per hour, and they can't be making any money. Shambolic and poorly trained - just like the Blues.
Righto, so proper comments. In no particular order:
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Pulu must pass faster off the ruck. Slowish passes just let defences line us up.
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Three years in and we still ahve no discernable game plan. Fair play, JK didn't have one either, but I'm buggered if I know what we're trying to do.
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Maul defence and offence is the worst in the comp I think. It was like watching me trying to dunk - no matter how optimisitic I am, I'm still a white guy, and I'm not tall enough or atheletic enough to slam one down. Every single time we kicked to the corner, we coughed it up. Insane. Optimistic, but insane.
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Refs don't help us, but they aren't why we're losing. I just don't know what the hell is an offense in rugby any more - tipping players is OK now? Running a maul ove rthe line and collapsing it - with Rebesl in from the side? That's no try, and no worries maaaate.
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Perofeta is a problem, but not the problem. Our problems start up front and don't stop until you get to 15. When the hell we got a powder puff forward pack that can't play set pieces, I don't know. Fark me it's frustrating. We not only have no rugby intelligence, we don't seem to have any muscle either.
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Akira looks tired and maybe a bit out of condition. If I were him I'd be seriously considering playing somewhere else to get better coaching.
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We just lost to a team taht i couldn't honestly identify more than one or two players. At home. Where we haven't won all year. In a ground that just got redeveloped, and yet isn't fit for purpose. FML.
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Weak weak tackling at times lets in tries. It's embarassing for professionals.
Look, I sound bitter, but deep down I'm optimistic about life. When we start winning games it's going to be so sweet - and if we can keep talent for a few years, a decent coach could build a team here. BUT I don't think that's Tana, and I don't think that's the current board.
I'm out. Frustrated, cracked a bottle of aussie shiraz - it's not as bitter as I am tonight
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Dumb ass question from Kirstey Stanaway on the panel discussion ..where do the Blues go from here..?,the look on Mils Muliaina and Daniel Bowden face was priceless..we are going into a month break you dumb ass..I totally understand the concept having some eye candy to look at.but Jesus Christ..give me strength..!
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As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
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@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
@barbarian Exactly. The better team won and should have won by more.
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@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
@barbarian said in Blues vs. Rebels:
@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
Unlike you guys, we are not a bunch of sooks who will blame a pathetic loss like that on the ref. I merely mentioned the calls that favoured the Rebels to highlight how partisan the FoxSports idiots are.
After weeks of watching them make an art form of highlighting every bad call that goes against the Aussie teams, even to the point of accusing the referees of potentially cheating, their inability to be consistent when things went their way had to be mentioned.
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@barbarian said in Blues vs. Rebels:
@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
Unlike you guys, we are not a bunch of sooks who will blame a pathetic loss like that on the ref. I merely mentioned the calls that favoured the Rebels to highlight how partisan the FoxSports idiots are.
After weeks of watching them make an art form of highlighting every bad call that goes against the Aussie teams, even to the point of accusing the referees of potentially cheating, their inability to be consistent when things went their way had to be mentioned.
@akan004 Exactly if you watched both Breakdown which is the NZ version and the guys on Fox,the NZ boys are always balanced when it comes to assessing each game and will give credit to a visiting team,but unfortunately for the guys on a Fox impartiality goes totally out the window,I guess when your getting torn a new one week in and week out,you will look for any little bit of light.
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@akan004 Exactly if you watched both Breakdown which is the NZ version and the guys on Fox,the NZ boys are always balanced when it comes to assessing each game and will give credit to a visiting team,but unfortunately for the guys on a Fox impartiality goes totally out the window,I guess when your getting torn a new one week in and week out,you will look for any little bit of light.
@steven-harris said in Blues vs. Rebels:
@akan004 Exactly if you watched both Breakdown which is the NZ version and the guys on Fox,the NZ boys are always balanced when it comes to assessing each game and will give credit to a visiting team,but unfortunately for the guys on a Fox impartiality goes totally out the window,I guess when your getting torn a new one week in and week out,you will look for any little bit of light.
Agreed Steven. I think to be fair to Barbarian, my opening paragraph did come across as a bit of a whinge which wasn't my intention at all. The Blues were well beaten. The main point of my post was to take aim at the foxsports guys.
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@barbarian said in Blues vs. Rebels:
@akan004 said in Blues vs. Rebels:
As expected, not a word from the Foxsports clowns about how every call went the Rebels way. Nothing about the forward pass leading up to the first try or the side entry to prevent a certain Blues try. Had it been the other way around...
As for Tana, show some class and step down you useless prick.
Edit: Now they are having a whinge about the Samu issue. Really hope Ireland tear them a new one over the next few weeks.
Boo fucking hoo. The Blues played horribly and didn’t deserve to win, end of.
After the Tahs got the shaft against the Saders we were due a bit of luck in NZ.
I agree the Rebels got the rub of the green, but that’s rugby. There were no calls I thought were particularly aggregious.
Unlike you guys, we are not a bunch of sooks who will blame a pathetic loss like that on the ref. I merely mentioned the calls that favoured the Rebels to highlight how partisan the FoxSports idiots are.
After weeks of watching them make an art form of highlighting every bad call that goes against the Aussie teams, even to the point of accusing the referees of potentially cheating, their inability to be consistent when things went their way had to be mentioned.
@akan004 who are ‘you guys’???
Fuck right off mate. The only bloke I see whinging about the ref here is you.
This business of painting entire nations as sore losers/whingers is ridiculous. Every nation has their share of dickheads who can’t cop when a ref makes a blunder.
Nobody is perfect in this regard, and throwing stones like that just makes you look like a fool.
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@akan004 who are ‘you guys’???
Fuck right off mate. The only bloke I see whinging about the ref here is you.
This business of painting entire nations as sore losers/whingers is ridiculous. Every nation has their share of dickheads who can’t cop when a ref makes a blunder.
Nobody is perfect in this regard, and throwing stones like that just makes you look like a fool.
@barbarian said in Blues vs. Rebels:
@akan004 who are ‘you guys’???
Fuck right off mate. The only bloke I see whinging about the ref here is you.
Not true. You managed to sneak in a whinge about the ref from a few weeks ago in your first post, in case you had not noticed.
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The Blues lost flanker Dalton Papali'i to a likely hamstring strain in the 18th minute, and Umaga admitted it "doesn't look good".
