Blues 2019

[Tim]

@Duluth Good to see Mike Sosene there.

[Tim]

Joining Gibson and Perofeta on the unavailable list are Leni Apisai (neck), Jed Brown (calf), Ezekiel Lindenmuth (knee), Sam Nock (calf), Jacob Pierce (ankle), Jimmy Tupou (knee), Jordan Trainor (thigh), Matt Duffie (hamstring) and Scott Scrafton (knee).

[Tim]

George Konia:

http://www.taniwha.co.nz/newsarticle/60773

[KiwiMurph]

Interesting - 12 months ago Preston was the Blues starting 6 and there was a lot of preseason hype around him. Now he can't even start for Blues A.

[taniwharugby]

@Tim thats an old article isnt it?

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Posted on 2 April 2018 on Northland's FB page

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Yes he had an awful 20 minutes against the Highlanders before getting injured. Might see some gametime due to having the 2 most injury prone loosies in the world with Gibson and Brown in the squad.

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Yep, but some good background on the coach.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim there’s a few on the blog that would not have seen that article on Konia..interesting to see Wiseguy Faiane on the bench for the Bs..

[MN5]

@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Tim there’s a few on the blog that would not have seen that article on Konia..interesting to see Wiseguy Faiane on the bench for the Bs..

.....and I thought Starsky and Hutch ( league players ) were terrible names....

[taniwharugby]

@Tim ah ok I didnt realise he was dev team coach...always amusing he was Whitcombes assistant at northland but when he went to Jaoan, whitcomb was his assistant.

[Tim]

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

[Crucial]

@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

[Kirwan]

@Crucial said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

Because the worst coach we’ve ever had is no longer in control, life is good.

[Crucial]

@Kirwan said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Crucial said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

Because the worst coach we’ve ever had is no longer in control, life is good.

Jed Rowlands has been gone a long time.

[rotated]

@Crucial said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Kirwan said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Crucial said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

Because the worst coach we’ve ever had is no longer in control, life is good.

Jed Rowlands has been gone a long time.

True but SJK has only been gone less than 4 years.

[Kirwan]

I’d take Kirwan or Jed over the dumpster fire that was Tana’s reign. Look at the stats thread, demonstrably the worst coach we’ve ever had. I lost count of the records, but the one that stands out is the 60point loss on Eden Park.

What did he percentage end up against Kiwi teams? 5%?

[rotated]

@Kirwan said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

I’d take Kirwan or Jed over the dumpster fire that was Tana’s reign. Look at the stats thread, demonstrably the worst coach we’ve ever had. I lost count of the records, but the one that stands out is the 60point loss on Eden Park.

What did he percentage end up against Kiwi teams? 5%?

I'm looking forward to this season - either the Blues do great and Leon is a genius or they are terrible and it's all the defence coach's fault.

[Kirwan]

@rotated said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

@Kirwan said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

I’d take Kirwan or Jed over the dumpster fire that was Tana’s reign. Look at the stats thread, demonstrably the worst coach we’ve ever had. I lost count of the records, but the one that stands out is the 60point loss on Eden Park.

What did he percentage end up against Kiwi teams? 5%?

I'm looking forward to this season - either the Blues do great and Leon is a genius or they are terrible and it's all the defence coach's fault.

Leon pretty much has a free pass this year, because he didn't select most of the squad. Still a few Tana stinkers to flush out (Pulu, Collins, etc). Still hoping to at least see some organisation in how the team plays, but they didn't sack Tana early enough to realistically affect this years results.

Leon only has to beat two NZ teams to double Tana's success rate again NZ teams over three years. Two!

[Dice]

@Duluth Seems like James Tucker is either injured or someone called him up(Canes?).

Parsons said that Scrafton will play 40 this week, 60 next week and 80 the week after that, then hopefully be available for the Sunwolves game.