Chiefs v Blues
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That’s a very lucky win.
I missed the last 15 minutes, but it was pretty rough watching there. Chiefs are down to not-good-enoughs having to start, but the blues are the blues.
I thought Dmac went relatively well until he was injured.
If there was someone at the Chiefs who thought that shipping off Tamanivalu was ok, because Ngatai, I’d like to kick them in the balls. We lost SBW and Tamanivalu to keep a foodbill.
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@tim Obviously it was to kick the ball straight to Alaimalo all night so he and their back 3 could run back 50 metres every time.
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@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
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I’d hate to think what the score would have been without Akiras work in the forwards. He’s sparing Tanas blushes at the moment, no wonder the ‘Super Coach’ is running him into the ground for 80mins of every game.
Even managed some McCaw like cheating at the ruck for a turnover.
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@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.So reckon that they're coached to box kick and then completely ignore where the ball is going? Pretty sure that wouldn't be the case, seems like laziness to me.
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@african-monkey and to miss tackles?
@bones Yeah that too.
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@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.So reckon that they're coached to box kick and then completely ignore where the ball is going? Pretty sure that wouldn't be the case, seems like laziness to me.
@bones said in Chiefs v Blues:
@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.So reckon that they're coached to box kick and then completely ignore where the ball is going? Pretty sure that wouldn't be the case, seems like laziness to me.
The ruck and kicking tactics had us making way more tackles than the Chiefs, and the players were fatigued. Amazed the score was so close, but that was down to this being a poor Chiefs team.
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@nzzp said in Chiefs v Blues:
@tim said in Chiefs v Blues:
Such a frustrating team. Keep the opposition scoreless for 43 minutes, but forget to use the ball.
We kick a shedload of ball away. Tough being in this conference - anywhere else and we'd be comfortably mid pack (and still not plaing great footy)
Thing is, Ruru's kicks didn't seem the greatest, but then they weren't going far so plenty of Blues players underneath...yet not one looking at the ball let alone attempting to catch (e.g. When Ofa almost got binned). What the fuck is up with that? Surely that's not the coach to blame.
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@stargazer said in Chiefs v Blues:
@hooroo Injured.
Cheers. I saw that part of the game but he looked pissed off so I was wondering if he was tactically subbed.
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@stargazer That's not difficult. Sam Nock would be afraid to touch the ball in a womens game.
We might have bee able to use the ball in the 2nd half if Perofeta stayed at 10 but Umaga stuffed that up by playing a 6-2 bench forcing Gatland to play at 10 once Moala went off which led to a lot of kicking.
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You could that result coming a mile off.
Chiefs did their best to stuff it but got there in the end.
Blues kicking game was bad. Stuck in their own half constantly and paid the price.
Much better ticker from the Blues but never really seriously looked like winning.
I cant get my head around those excusing the coach who is in year 3 with the Blues. What evidence is there that he should be excused from criticism?
Akira and Ruru the Blues standouts.
Duffie is awful now.
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@bones said in Chiefs v Blues:
@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.So reckon that they're coached to box kick and then completely ignore where the ball is going? Pretty sure that wouldn't be the case, seems like laziness to me.
The ruck and kicking tactics had us making way more tackles than the Chiefs, and the players were fatigued. Amazed the score was so close, but that was down to this being a poor Chiefs team.
@kirwan said in Chiefs v Blues:
@bones said in Chiefs v Blues:
@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth agree,Parsons speaks of indiscipline,and the yellow card being the difference,No James,not having a strategy to get out of your own half was the big issue..,the high box kick was over used,what’s the definition of madness..?doing the same thing an expecting a different result..!
Jezz this frustrating...!,
Can’t wait for the Mitre 10 Cup to start.So reckon that they're coached to box kick and then completely ignore where the ball is going? Pretty sure that wouldn't be the case, seems like laziness to me.
The ruck and kicking tactics had us making way more tackles than the Chiefs, and the players were fatigued. Amazed the score was so close, but that was down to this being a poor Chiefs team.
I don't get it though, why not try and retrieve the ball from the kick? It was certainly achievable. That's not going to be down to the coach.
Plus leads to less tackling...
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Time for Tana to look in the mirror and do the right thing.. there’s an awesome forward coach in the shape of Tom Coventry who has been taking the development team and has got an impressive track record with Hawkes Bay,The Chiefs and North Harbour.
The guy within the Blues organisation that seems to escape any criticism is the high performance manager Tony Hanks who a bit to do with recruitment..
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@duluth said in Chiefs v Blues:
No improvement. Chiefs were terrible.
The other NZ sides would have won by 20
What rubbish.
@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues:
@duluth said in Chiefs v Blues:
No improvement. Chiefs were terrible.
The other NZ sides would have won by 20
What rubbish.
Completely agreed. Blues showed a lot of heart. The defensive system still looked terrible though. They couldn't get out of their half in the second half but I don't think that was really Gatland's fault. I think if the Chiefs had scored early in the half, the game could have been different. Perhaps the Blues could have got field position and got into the game.
