Blues v Force

[Duluth]

Blues player of the match voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6607/blues-motm-v-force

[Mattasaurus]

Good victory to the Blues.
Defence solid and well structured - Force didn't test it very severely, and they ran out of ideas in about the 7th min.

Attack had some very nice interplay particularly amount the loosies.

[African Monkey]

Glad we didn't concede a try.

We've conceded 27 points in the last 4 games.

[KiwiMurph]

Coventry is a good forwards coach but it's been impressive watching Cotter shape this Blues pack.

[Tim]

@KiwiMurph Huge improvement from Renata. Prior to this season I'd have thought he'd be struggling to get a contract.

[African Monkey]

@Tim He's been around for ages and only just been given a regular look in this year.

Persistence pays off.

[taniwharugby]

Schmidt and Cron are there to fix shit from the top down...

[Duluth]

Christie will still start but at least we have a clear backup now. Funaki has shown he can be trusted.

One criticism I have of Cotter is he hasn’t trusted the sub halfback in tight games. It’ll help Christie too if he gets subbed the same time most halfbacks do

[Tim]

@Duluth said in Blues v Force:

Christie will still start but at least we have a clear backup now. Funaki has shown he can be trusted.

Probably the big thing for him to work on is box kick exits. If he can develop a good kicking game then he will be a valuable player.

[Duluth]

[Gunner]

Pretty clinical performance from the Blues.

Completely dominated the contact areas.

Only concern is they spent a long time down their own end in the 2nd 40, they had opportunities to get out but they just couldn’t.
Good sides will make them pay for that.

[Tim]

@Gunner Exits are still a work-on, especially without Sullivan there.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in Blues v Force:

@Gunner Exits are still a work-on, especially without Sullivan there.

Perofeta's punting has really developed too

[Tim]

Sullivan was said to be out for six to eight weeks, so maybe back for Rebels or Hurricanes.

[george33]

@Tim he's available after bye as is Darry

[African Monkey]

@Gunner In fairness, thats what happens when the subs get rolled out and most teams spend their fair share of time on d when the result is beyond doubt.

I'm very impressed that we didn't concede a try when we could easily have because of the game situation.

[Duluth]

[Gunner]

@African-Monkey said in Blues v Force:

@Gunner In fairness, thats what happens when the subs get rolled out and most teams spend their fair share of time on d when the result is beyond doubt.

I'm very impressed that we didn't concede a try when we could easily have because of the game situation.

Not disputing it was a great defensive effort, but if we’re being picky… good sides will score a lot more than 3 points if they’re given as much field position as the Force were given tonight.

[booboo]

Am way behind (3 mins into 2nd half), as usual, but am liking Funaki, and injecting him into the potential All Black debate.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Cotter said Darry should be back for the Brumbies and Zarn maybe 2 weeks after that.