Bledisloe 2

@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 2:

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

Foster said they've been working on JB to 12 in behind the scenes

Oh Foster you really are a muppet.

Why’s that? Do you know they haven’t?
I think the comment was that they had been doing some background work which they probably had.

Yeah, and, he should also mention they would never have picked him to start at 12 unless Havili was injured.

canefan

@Dan54 said in Bledisloe 2:

@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 2:

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

Foster said they've been working on JB to 12 in behind the scenes

Oh Foster you really are a muppet.

Whats wrong with saying they been working a while? Genuine question.

Do you believe its true? If Havili was cleared to play would JB have started at 12? Foster has never even moved JB to 12 during a match let alone started him there

chimoaus

I wonder whose idea it was to give JB time at 12 for the Canes, if Foster was behind that then fair play. However I suspect Jordie himself much like RI has wanted to return to his early career position.

Paekakboyz

@canefan jordie only mentioned his canes exp at 12 this season in the aftermatch interview, and that he'd been thinking about it. Nothing about purposeful prep or coaching

Frank

Jordie's emergence at 12 is the biggest positive for the ABs long term.
We have been searching for a strong player in this position for years.

KiwiMurph

Foster has been downplaying Jordie at 12 all year.

He was hardly very supportive of Jordie to 12 for the Canes.

This week when asked if he saw Jordie as a 12 or a 15 who can play 12 he said the latter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/paulcullystuff/status/1573590212969566209

Crucial

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

@Dan54 said in Bledisloe 2:

@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 2:

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

Foster said they've been working on JB to 12 in behind the scenes

Oh Foster you really are a muppet.

Whats wrong with saying they been working a while? Genuine question.

Do you believe its true? If Havili was cleared to play would JB have started at 12? Foster has never even moved JB to 12 during a match let alone started him there

You’re reading too much into a comment in your glee of having Jordie doing well.
It worked tonight and I hope it continues. He’s a much better option than Havili I will admit but he’s no “classic “ 12
Tonight was a game that was made for him to get stuck into and he was very good in getting going and involved.
I hope he can do as well against the sides ranked higher than 9th and I don’t mean that in a snide way, I do hope he can.

canefan

@Crucial said in Bledisloe 2:

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

@Dan54 said in Bledisloe 2:

@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 2:

@canefan said in Bledisloe 2:

Foster said they've been working on JB to 12 in behind the scenes

Oh Foster you really are a muppet.

Whats wrong with saying they been working a while? Genuine question.

Do you believe its true? If Havili was cleared to play would JB have started at 12? Foster has never even moved JB to 12 during a match let alone started him there

You’re reading too much into a comment in your glee of having Jordie doing well.
It worked tonight and I hope it continues. He’s a much better option than Havili I will admit but he’s no “classic “ 12
Tonight was a game that was made for him to get stuck into and he was very good in getting going and involved.
I hope he can do as well against the sides ranked higher than 9th and I don’t mean that in a snide way, I do hope he can.

If I said the sky was blue you would argue its green. Sure the forwards showed up and set a better platform. But if you can't concede that the midfield looked much better with JB there we are just watching a different game

ACT Crusader

Jordie’s only keeping the seat warm until Fozzie and co realise that Ardie is the answer at 2nd 5.

nostrildamus

This might have been just the game for JB and maybe other games against top midfielders would show some flaws but given his fans have been on about this for years I think they should have their "moment in the sun" (which perfectly suits a description of Wellington weather).
12 looks to suit him better than 15 IMHO. He did all the basics well. Even used his long arms in the tackle well a la SBW.
So the next question is does BB sew up 15? He played well today (but there is competition even from his own Blues.)

ACT Crusader

Geez fellas why is the default to get all provincial? We’ve got Canes fans talking up Jordie like he’s some sort of midfield saviour. We’ve got Blues fans saying the “loose forwards” were all that and a bag of chips. There’s Chiefs fans not willing to call out the mistakes of Sami. We’ve got Highlander fans, wait are there still any of those left?

All that matters is the ABs won and the ABs 10 won the Cadbury Man of the Match.

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe 2