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Blues v Highlanders

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  • KirwanK Kirwan

    @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Frank said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Duluth
    Wonder when and if DC gets a run.

    He was three weeks away from even being considered for selection when they announced his signing. And then was looked as midfield and maybe fullback cover (basically the role that Plummer is doing I guess).

    Be nice to have him off the bench in one game at Eden Park.

    Be nicer f he came off the bench when you're 3 points up away at Canterbury!

    Or comes on and wins the game with a last minute drop goal?

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    Hooroo
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    #67

    @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Frank said in Blues v Highlanders:

    @Duluth
    Wonder when and if DC gets a run.

    He was three weeks away from even being considered for selection when they announced his signing. And then was looked as midfield and maybe fullback cover (basically the role that Plummer is doing I guess).

    Be nice to have him off the bench in one game at Eden Park.

    Be nicer f he came off the bench when you're 3 points up away at Canterbury!

    Or comes on and wins the game with a last minute drop goal?

    and then does a Mhertz salute running off the field!!

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    • HoorooH Hooroo

      @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Frank said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Duluth
      Wonder when and if DC gets a run.

      He was three weeks away from even being considered for selection when they announced his signing. And then was looked as midfield and maybe fullback cover (basically the role that Plummer is doing I guess).

      Be nice to have him off the bench in one game at Eden Park.

      Be nicer f he came off the bench when you're 3 points up away at Canterbury!

      Or comes on and wins the game with a last minute drop goal?

      and then does a Mhertz salute running off the field!!

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      Kirwan
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      #68

      @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Frank said in Blues v Highlanders:

      @Duluth
      Wonder when and if DC gets a run.

      He was three weeks away from even being considered for selection when they announced his signing. And then was looked as midfield and maybe fullback cover (basically the role that Plummer is doing I guess).

      Be nice to have him off the bench in one game at Eden Park.

      Be nicer f he came off the bench when you're 3 points up away at Canterbury!

      Or comes on and wins the game with a last minute drop goal?

      and then does a Mhertz salute running off the field!!

      Any excuse

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      • DuluthD Offline
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        Duluth
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        #69

        Not a fan of giving Marchant a run.

        It weakens fullback cover for this match and it's a change that doesn't improve squad depth

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        • KirwanK Kirwan

          @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

          @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

          @Hooroo said in Blues v Highlanders:

          @Kirwan said in Blues v Highlanders:

          @Frank said in Blues v Highlanders:

          @Duluth
          Wonder when and if DC gets a run.

          He was three weeks away from even being considered for selection when they announced his signing. And then was looked as midfield and maybe fullback cover (basically the role that Plummer is doing I guess).

          Be nice to have him off the bench in one game at Eden Park.

          Be nicer f he came off the bench when you're 3 points up away at Canterbury!

          Or comes on and wins the game with a last minute drop goal?

          and then does a Mhertz salute running off the field!!

          Any excuse

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          Machpants
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          #70

          @Kirwan pure class

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          • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

            @mariner4life said in Blues v Highlanders:

            should be fun up front, but surely the class difference in the big numbers gets the Blues home

            was going to say pretty much exactly the same thing...heart kind of sunk at 14 and 15

            koroi was solid last game except the card...really surprised he hasn't even made the bench

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            Bones
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            @Kiwiwomble yeah. Yet tomkinson is a great winger, Walden is ten times the 12 he is, Hunt is a passable fullback and shit ten, Gatland is a decent ten.

            Selection is an absolute farce but has to be expected in teams infected with Hammett.

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            • BonesB Bones

              @Kiwiwomble yeah. Yet tomkinson is a great winger, Walden is ten times the 12 he is, Hunt is a passable fullback and shit ten, Gatland is a decent ten.

              Selection is an absolute farce but has to be expected in teams infected with Hammett.

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              Kiwiwomble
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              @Bones im not sure i'd even say sio is he was a great winger but walden is better in the midfield definitely

              Koroi is actually a really good 10, very attacking/creative....yeah...nervous

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                voodoo
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                #73

                Frizell to put this Auckland pretender loose trio to the sword...

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                • BonesB Online
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                  Bones
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #74

                  Matchup at 8 will be a cracker, winner takes all.

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                  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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                    Kiwiwomble
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                    #75

                    really happy with our forward pack, think we can at least go toe to toe if not win...only issue will be the new rules and if they will hinder us and then we'll either

                    1. try and go wide and get a bit caught out
                    2. try a kicking game and that blues back three will punish us
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                    • DuluthD Offline
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                      #76

                      The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                      Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

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                      • DuluthD Duluth

                        The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                        Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

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                        Kiwiwomble
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                        #77

                        @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                        The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                        Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

                        ....have you seen how the blues are playing compared to how we've been playing?...thats a much better gauge for who is the fav

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                        • DuluthD Duluth

                          The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                          Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

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                          Stargazer
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                          @Duluth Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

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                          • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

                            @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                            The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                            Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

                            ....have you seen how the blues are playing compared to how we've been playing?...thats a much better gauge for who is the fav

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                            Machpants
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                            @Kiwiwomble said in Blues v Highlanders:

                            @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                            The Highlanders have won 5 of the last 6 matches between the sides. Including 2 of the last 3 at Eden Park

                            Clearly they should be favourites. I think the underdogs have a reasonable chance though

                            ....have you seen how the blues are playing compared to how we've been playing?...thats a much better gauge for who is the fav

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                            • StargazerS Stargazer

                              @Duluth Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

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                              Duluth
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                              @Stargazer said in Blues v Highlanders:

                              Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

                              Rubbish. You're using feelings. I'm using logic. The undefeated Highlanders are favourites

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                              • BonesB Online
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                                Bones
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                                #81

                                Not to mention the blues will get penalised off the park in the first half and Josh is yet to miss a kick in SRA.

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                                • DuluthD Duluth

                                  @Stargazer said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                  Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

                                  Rubbish. You're using feelings. I'm using logic. The undefeated Highlanders are favourites

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                                  Kiwiwomble
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                                  #82

                                  @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                  @Stargazer said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                  Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

                                  Rubbish. You're using feelings. I'm using logic. The undefeated Highlanders are favourites

                                  it feels like your trolling but i'll bite a little...undefeated in one game, compared to two games for the blues

                                  we just scraped past the chiefs...at home...when the blues beat them comfortably

                                  its at home for the blues

                                  TAB have blues as favs

                                  and before covid the blues we riding high on the table and we were struggling with largely the same squads...except we had ioane then

                                  facts = blues favs to win

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                                  • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

                                    @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                    @Stargazer said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                    Haha, nice try, but the Highlanders are clearly not the favourites this year.

                                    Rubbish. You're using feelings. I'm using logic. The undefeated Highlanders are favourites

                                    it feels like your trolling but i'll bite a little...undefeated in one game, compared to two games for the blues

                                    we just scraped past the chiefs...at home...when the blues beat them comfortably

                                    its at home for the blues

                                    TAB have blues as favs

                                    and before covid the blues we riding high on the table and we were struggling with largely the same squads...except we had ioane then

                                    facts = blues favs to win

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                                    Duluth
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                                    #83

                                    @Kiwiwomble

                                    Half trolling

                                    I’ve been to almost every Blues home game since I returned to NZ in 2013. Think of all the shitty performances I sat through during the Kirwan/Umaga years.. then there were the cruel games where the Blues outplayed the opposition but still manage to lose in the last 5mins

                                    It’s going to be a long time before I watch a game confident of a win.

                                    This year has been fun so far

                                    Blues favourites, but the Highlanders are a lot more dangerous than most people think

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                                    • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

                                      @Bones im not sure i'd even say sio is he was a great winger but walden is better in the midfield definitely

                                      Koroi is actually a really good 10, very attacking/creative....yeah...nervous

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                                      @Kiwiwomble said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                      @Bones im not sure i'd even say sio is he was a great winger but walden is better in the midfield definitely

                                      Koroi is actually a really good 10, very attacking/creative....yeah...nervous

                                      What's the oil on Walden missing out altogether. Couldn't see him on the injured list. Any idea?

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                                      • SiamS Siam

                                        @Kiwiwomble said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                        @Bones im not sure i'd even say sio is he was a great winger but walden is better in the midfield definitely

                                        Koroi is actually a really good 10, very attacking/creative....yeah...nervous

                                        What's the oil on Walden missing out altogether. Couldn't see him on the injured list. Any idea?

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                                        Bones
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                                        #85

                                        @Siam said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                        @Kiwiwomble said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                        @Bones im not sure i'd even say sio is he was a great winger but walden is better in the midfield definitely

                                        Koroi is actually a really good 10, very attacking/creative....yeah...nervous

                                        What's the oil on Walden missing out altogether. Couldn't see him on the injured list. Any idea?

                                        He was injured to start the super season and then they stuck with the (doomed from the start) failed experiment of Ioane at 12 and Misery Hunt at 10. It's starting to smell like something else now with the ridiculous selections going on seemingly just to ensure our 2nd best back last year doesn't even make the bench.

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                                        • DuluthD Duluth

                                          @Kiwiwomble

                                          Half trolling

                                          I’ve been to almost every Blues home game since I returned to NZ in 2013. Think of all the shitty performances I sat through during the Kirwan/Umaga years.. then there were the cruel games where the Blues outplayed the opposition but still manage to lose in the last 5mins

                                          It’s going to be a long time before I watch a game confident of a win.

                                          This year has been fun so far

                                          Blues favourites, but the Highlanders are a lot more dangerous than most people think

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                                          @Duluth said in Blues v Highlanders:

                                          @Kiwiwomble

                                          Half trolling

                                          I’ve been to almost every Blues home game since I returned to NZ in 2013. Think of all the shitty performances I sat through during the Kirwan/Umaga years.. then there were the cruel games where the Blues outplayed the opposition but still manage to lose in the last 5mins

                                          Oh god, yes. They have been super long years, except it's been since 2007 for me. All of the Shawshank, so little redemption

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