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AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

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  • BonesB Bones

    @Stargazer said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    Second, couldn't agree more. Clarke and Jordan could not have been more dynamic the other day when compared to what we've had to our up with Reece and Carthorse Mark II.

    What a shit way to talk about a player.

    Especially if he's from the Crusdaers.

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    @Bones No, that has nothing to do with it and you know it. And I'm sick of people responding to every comment I make with "Crusaders this, Crusaders that". Especially you.

    If I can't even comment on the Fern anymore without getting responses like that all the time, I may as well leave.

    I just hate the way some people on the Fern talk about some players, especially the name-calling, regardless of which team he plays for.

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    • StargazerS Stargazer

      @Bones No, that has nothing to do with it and you know it. And I'm sick of people responding to every comment I make with "Crusaders this, Crusaders that". Especially you.

      If I can't even comment on the Fern anymore without getting responses like that all the time, I may as well leave.

      I just hate the way some people on the Fern talk about some players, especially the name-calling, regardless of which team he plays for.

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      @Stargazer said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

      @Bones No, that has nothing to do with it and you know it. I'm sick of people responding to every comment I make with "Crusaders this, Crusaders that". Especially you.

      I just hate the way some people on the Fern talk about some players, especially the name-calling, regardless of which team he plays for.

      No I don't know it. He called him carthorse, oh horror of horrors! What an absolutely disgusting display of horse shaming! My god how ever would someone cope with that atrocious display of horrible words thrown at them!

      You get "crusaders this, crusaders that" because there's been disparaging remarks made about all sorts of players, yet you've taken the tamest, most innocuous comment and called it out....waddaya know it's a crusaders player...

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      • BonesB Bones

        @Stargazer said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

        @Bones No, that has nothing to do with it and you know it. I'm sick of people responding to every comment I make with "Crusaders this, Crusaders that". Especially you.

        I just hate the way some people on the Fern talk about some players, especially the name-calling, regardless of which team he plays for.

        No I don't know it. He called him carthorse, oh horror of horrors! What an absolutely disgusting display of horse shaming! My god how ever would someone cope with that atrocious display of horrible words thrown at them!

        You get "crusaders this, crusaders that" because there's been disparaging remarks made about all sorts of players, yet you've taken the tamest, most innocuous comment and called it out....waddaya know it's a crusaders player...

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        @Bones This is my first reaction on many, many posts about Bridge in several threads over the past few months. If there was the same diarrhoea of posts about another player, of another team, there would have been plenty of people who'd have responded without getting accused of bias.

        I've had enough.

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        • StargazerS Stargazer

          @Bones This is my first reaction on many, many posts about Bridge in several threads over the past few months. If there was the same diarrhoea of posts about another player, of another team, there would have been plenty of people who'd have responded without getting accused of bias.

          I've had enough.

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          @Stargazer it's cool mate, Bridge is bloody hard to get excited about though, eh? I'd have your back if they dissed young Will, for for sure !🙂

          ( and you do realise you bagged out the actual Caleb Ralph too, quite fiercely😉, who by all accounts is a sterling fellow )

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          • SiamS Siam

            @Stargazer it's cool mate, Bridge is bloody hard to get excited about though, eh? I'd have your back if they dissed young Will, for for sure !🙂

            ( and you do realise you bagged out the actual Caleb Ralph too, quite fiercely😉, who by all accounts is a sterling fellow )

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            @Siam said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

            @Stargazer it's cool mate, Bridge is bloody hard to get excited about, eh? I'd have your back if they dissed young Will, though !🙂

            Well he's no Dagg when it comes to facials, could do better.

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            • StargazerS Stargazer

              @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

              Second, couldn't agree more. Clarke and Jordan could not have been more dynamic the other day when compared to what we've had to our up with Reece and Carthorse Mark II.

              What a shit way to talk about a player.

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              @Stargazer said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

              @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

              Second, couldn't agree more. Clarke and Jordan could not have been more dynamic the other day when compared to what we've had to our up with Reece and Carthorse Mark II.

              What a shit way to talk about a player.

              Would you prefer if I called him "treadmill"?

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              • StargazerS Stargazer

                @Bones This is my first reaction on many, many posts about Bridge in several threads over the past few months. If there was the same diarrhoea of posts about another player, of another team, there would have been plenty of people who'd have responded without getting accused of bias.

                I've had enough.

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                @Stargazer said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                @Bones This is my first reaction on many, many posts about Bridge in several threads over the past few months. If there was the same diarrhoea of posts about another player, of another team, there would have been plenty of people who'd have responded without getting accused of bias.

                I've had enough.

                Thanks for coming to Akira's rescue all those times, BTW

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                • StargazerS Stargazer

                  @Bones No, that has nothing to do with it and you know it. And I'm sick of people responding to every comment I make with "Crusaders this, Crusaders that". Especially you.

                  If I can't even comment on the Fern anymore without getting responses like that all the time, I may as well leave.

                  I just hate the way some people on the Fern talk about some players, especially the name-calling, regardless of which team he plays for.

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                  @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

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                  • StargazerS Stargazer

                    @Bones This is my first reaction on many, many posts about Bridge in several threads over the past few months. If there was the same diarrhoea of posts about another player, of another team, there would have been plenty of people who'd have responded without getting accused of bias.

                    I've had enough.

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                    @Stargazer Bridge is an amazing player and his style suits test rugby where one dropped ball, one time out of position loses the game. He just reads the game so well. For some reason, the Fern gets a frontal lobotomy about some players and are proven wrong again and again. Why you would get upset over it?

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                      @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                      @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                      Ardie at 8? Yuck

                      Yep. That's particularly concerning when we've got two big, quick and skilful guys who are specialists in that position in the squad.

                      He's a fucking 7.

                      Talk about ignoring lessons

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                      @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                      @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                      @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                      Ardie at 8? Yuck

                      Yep. That's particularly concerning when we've got two big, quick and skilful guys who are specialists in that position in the squad.

                      He's a fucking 7.

                      Talk about ignoring lessons

                      And the premier 7 at that.

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                      • sharkS shark

                        @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                        @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                        @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                        Ardie at 8? Yuck

                        Yep. That's particularly concerning when we've got two big, quick and skilful guys who are specialists in that position in the squad.

                        He's a fucking 7.

                        Talk about ignoring lessons

                        And the premier 7 at that.

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                        @shark only fern are ignoring lessons, ABs coaches are all talking specialist and Ardie as a7 who can play 8

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                        • K kev

                          @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

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                          @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                          @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                          No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

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                          • O Old Samurai Jack

                            @Stargazer Bridge is an amazing player and his style suits test rugby where one dropped ball, one time out of position loses the game. He just reads the game so well. For some reason, the Fern gets a frontal lobotomy about some players and are proven wrong again and again. Why you would get upset over it?

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                            @Old-Samurai-Jack said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                            @Stargazer Bridge is an amazing player and his style suits test rugby where one dropped ball, one time out of position loses the game. He just reads the game so well. For some reason, the Fern gets a frontal lobotomy about some players and are proven wrong again and again. Why you would get upset over it?

                            Yeah and that's why he should switch to the right wing.

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                              @shark only fern are ignoring lessons, ABs coaches are all talking specialist and Ardie as a7 who can play 8

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                              @Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                              @shark only fern are ignoring lessons, ABs coaches are all talking specialist and Ardie as a7 who can play 8

                              That makes zero sense.

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                                @Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                @shark only fern are ignoring lessons, ABs coaches are all talking specialist and Ardie as a7 who can play 8

                                That makes zero sense.

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                                @shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                @Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                @shark only fern are ignoring lessons, ABs coaches are all talking specialist and Ardie as a7 who can play 8

                                That makes zero sense.

                                Sorry that should have been at the message you were quoting.

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                                  @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                  @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                  No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

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                                  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                    @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                    Ardie at 8? Yuck

                                    Yep. That's particularly concerning when we've got two big, quick and skilful guys who are specialists in that position in the squad.

                                    He's a fucking 7.

                                    Talk about ignoring lessons

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                                    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                    @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                    Ardie at 8? Yuck

                                    Yep. That's particularly concerning when we've got two big, quick and skilful guys who are specialists in that position in the squad.

                                    He's a fucking 7.

                                    Talk about ignoring lessons

                                    ABs coaches see him as a 7 who plays 8, and are pushing the specialists are important line. So I think it's the fern ignoring lessons, not the coaches

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                                      @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                      @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                      No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

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                                      @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                      @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                      @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                      No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

                                      Remember all those breaks and extra yards any All black made? Bit tough when your pack is scuttling backwards

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                                        @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                        @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                        No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

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                                        @junior said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                        @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                        @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                        No one on this forum has said that Bridge is a shit player. He's decent under the high ball, runs decent support lines, runs fast enough in a straight line and is generally a low error player. He'd probably be a great right wing. The problem is that he plays on the left and he's currently keeping out two of the more dynamic and powerful ball runners in NZ rugby at time when we are lacking a bit in dynamic and powerful runners in NZ rugby. Remember all those breaks and extra yards Bridge made last year against England when we couldn't get any go forward anywhere else on the park? Yeah, me neither.

                                        Garbage. Bridge is CONSTANTLY roasted on TSF and labelled a boring 'skinny white boy' and now 'safe white boy'.

                                        He won't keep anyone out if their form and pressure warrants usurping him. Clarke may be in that position.

                                        As for it being Bridges' fault we didn't put England under pressure, well, this is a helluva thing to put on a winger when the rest of the team is playing like a bag of assholes.

                                        A far better comparison for Bridge as opposed to Caleb Ralph, is Doug Howlett. Both quick, both relatively safe players, great finishers and both can cover fullback.

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                                        • K kev

                                          @Stargazer I’m with you. Haven’t read any posts but presumably ragging on about how Bridge is average. Personally I think he is all class. There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

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                                          @kev said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

                                          @Stargazer There is a reason why the Crusaders win all the time. Their whole team does their job and their players make better decisions more often. Something other franchises can only aspire too. The Blues are repeat offenders in this regard.

                                          Yes cos if the history of Super Rugby has taught us anything it's that Crusaders have a production line of world class wingers and the Blues really struggle with producing wingers....

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