Blues win percentage against NZ teams
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@duluth said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
@duluth said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
20 matches for Umaga’s Blues - 1 win
5%
One last bump of this thread
Umaga finishes on 5%
THIS IS OUR YEAR
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@Kirwan said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
Worth pointing out with Leon currently running at 33% in this metric, compared to Kirwan's 29% and Lam's 37%, kind of puts Tana's 5% in perspective.
Not only that, but a lot of the games we lost were super tight - Crusaders at home was either some good goal kicking, or a refs calls away; Chiefs away just played really really well and burgled it. Canes at home we've done to death...
I guess what I"m saying is that we're solidly lower table, but we're very very close to being towards the upper end. It's been a year we've definitely progressed.
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@Bones Yes most of them would have been. We weren't that bad in 2016-2017, last year however was just a complete disaster. This year's side would barely be on par with the sides of Umaga's first 2 years.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
@Bones Yes most of them would have been. We weren't that bad in 2016-2017, last year however was just a complete disaster. This year's side would barely be on par with the sides of Umaga's first 2 years.
You say that, but we're running 1 in 3 against NZ sides. Previously we were 1 in 20. So - while we're not great, I can see improvements.
Some of the rugby the blues played on Saturday was great - running great lines, throwing balls into space, dragging defenders around -- it was at a level I haven't seen for a long long time. So I'm happy we're both better than the last few years, and building.
Next year is our year!!!
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@African-Monkey said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
@Bones Yes most of them would have been. We weren't that bad in 2016-2017, last year however was just a complete disaster. This year's side would barely be on par with the sides of Umaga's first 2 years.
I'm being dumb for a change and not sure I get what you're saying. You mean you think this year's team isn't as good as those teams?
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Instability around the 9/10 selections and players has IMO been a massive factor in the inconsistent performance.
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If you just look at the Blues playing at Eden Park this year vs last year you can see a huge improvement in the NZ derbies.
Remember last year at Eden Park Blues got destroyed by both Canes (by 21 points) and Highlanders (by 18 points) and lost to a weakened Chiefs team.
This year at Eden Park Blues beat Highlanders, got a bonus point win over a weakened Chiefs team and despite losing to the Canes certainly didn't get destroyed - in fact had enough ball and field position to win.
Big improvement.
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@Bones I'd say that it's very close between this years side and the sides of Umaga's first 2 years with Umaga's 2016/17 sides maybe JUST having a slight edge. The NZ sides of those years were also a hell of a lot stronger than they are now (apart from the Crusaders who keep getting stronger). Regardless, MacDonald virtually has a free pass this year where he can't really fail as he's cleaning up the mess of 2018 so he'll be judged more on what happens next year. It would be nice however if he could steal some players (decent ones) from his old franchise for next season and beyond.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
It would be nice however if he could steal some players (decent ones) from his old franchise for next season and beyond.
Yep, it would be nice, but do the Crusaders actually have any players diagnosed as clinically insane?
(Yes, the scars are still there for this Blues supporter - I have downgraded myself from "fan" over the last few years).
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@Snowy said in Blues win percentage against NZ teams:
@nzzp I don't cut out eye holes when I put on my bag to "watch" the Blues.
Some on here also think that my paper bag is made of human skin (and it may be - that is what the Blues have done to me).
crikey, that changed course quickly
