Blues v Crusaders

Duluth

Eden Park is sold out.

Hopefully they decide to add temporary seating. The seats in front of the main stands they use for Test matches can't take that long to set up

Kiwiwomble

@KiwiMurph really? whats the standard capacity now days?

Duluth

@Kiwiwomble

It was sold out for the first home SRA match too - that was 43k

Snowy

@Chris said in Blues v Crusaders:

Doesn't matter the Trophy is in Christchurch it doesn't really mean much to me as a crusaders fan it feels like the SR season is over.

Blues win good on them but the name on the trophy remains the same for the 11th title and 4 in a row.

So get your teeth into this post as I am sure some will love a bite.:fearful_face:

Gloating is just so unbecoming.

Duluth

So the home crowds were something like this?

43k
36k
33k
43k

An average of just under 39k

Kiwiwomble

@Duluth thats good to see, sleeping giant an all

Chris

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Chris said in Blues v Crusaders:

Doesn't matter the Trophy is in Christchurch it doesn't really mean much to me as a crusaders fan it feels like the SR season is over.

Blues win good on them but the name on the trophy remains the same for the 11th title and 4 in a row.

So get your teeth into this post as I am sure some will love a bite.:fearful_face:

Gloating is just so unbecoming.

Could not help myself

nzzp

@Chris said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Chris said in Blues v Crusaders:

Doesn't matter the Trophy is in Christchurch it doesn't really mean much to me as a crusaders fan it feels like the SR season is over.

Blues win good on them but the name on the trophy remains the same for the 11th title and 4 in a row.

So get your teeth into this post as I am sure some will love a bite.:fearful_face:

Gloating is just so unbecoming.

Could not help myself

Like Auckland supporters in the late 80s ... the run will never end

Snowy

@nzzp Bastard. Now I have to go to the mental health thread.

mariner4life

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@nzzp Bastard. Now I have to go to the mental health thread.

that's the Hawt thread right?

Snowy

@mariner4life said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@nzzp Bastard. Now I have to go to the mental health thread.

that's the Hawt thread right?

Well no, but yes that works.
Is nah, yeah a thing?

Machpants

@Snowy yeah, nah

mariner4life

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@mariner4life said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Snowy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@nzzp Bastard. Now I have to go to the mental health thread.

that's the Hawt thread right?

Well no, but yes that works.
Is nah, yeah a thing?

dude, i live in Australia

yeah nah and nah yeah are far more than "a thing"

Chris B.

@Duluth said in Blues v Crusaders:

So the home crowds were something like this?

43k
36k
33k
43k

An average of just under 39k

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=560

96kg

https://www.jmbullion.com/charts/gold-price/

Siam

Dead rubber games have a history of the fans getting all excited but the winning players simply not having enough motivation compared to the other team whose fans pretend there's actually something on the line. There isn't.

Thinking of Waugh's Aussie cricket team, 3rd and 4th play-offs, Liverpool this season etc.

So Blues off a bye and at home should win and then their fans will have 9 months of talking up a team that yet again have won fuck all

Hope they have a final next year, not to determine the best teamm but just to give landers fans another game to watch

African Monkey

@Siam said in Blues v Crusaders:

So Blues off a bye and at home should win and then their fans will have 9 months of talking up a team that yet again have won fuck all

Excuse me we won the Gordon Hunter memorial trophy off your mob thank you very much :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Bones

@African-Monkey said in Blues v Crusaders:

@Siam said in Blues v Crusaders:

So Blues off a bye and at home should win and then their fans will have 9 months of talking up a team that yet again have won fuck all

Excuse me we won the Gordon Hunter memorial trophy off your mob thank you very much :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Bit like Ireland finally beating the ABs.

Chris B.

@Siam said in Blues v Crusaders:

Dead rubber games have a history of the fans getting all excited but the winning players simply not having enough motivation compared to the other team whose fans pretend there's actually something on the line. There isn't.

Thinking of Waugh's Aussie cricket team, 3rd and 4th play-offs, Liverpool this season etc.

So Blues off a bye and at home should win and then their fans will have 9 months of talking up a team that yet again have won fuck all

Where on earth is @ACT-Crusader ?

It's only Auckland!

pakman

@Toddy said in Blues v Crusaders:

@pakman If the Blues lose it'll be a choke of epic proportions. They're playing at home, have the best loosies in the comp, two time worlds greatest player and playing against a team who has already won the competition.

The only thing stopping the Blues will be if the ref is biased. This has been a huge problem for them since about the start of 2004 super rugby season.

It would be a choke! Saders pack has only two AB quality players (three if Joe M makes it back). Loosies distinctly mediocre. Half backs meh, and whilst a high quality backline, only Ritchie and Sevu have X-factor.

If Blues get their big boys running at Saders they will punch holes. Sure Leon will have clocked how the Clan's offloading defused Chch D.

And Blues backs off front foot ball will be a handful.

I could see us giving Saturday's 23 a ten point beating.

If a B side then I hope they take offense and put 20 on them, which will be a nice feeling to go into the NPC with.

African Monkey

@Bones Good things take time

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Blues v Crusaders