Chiefs 2020
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@Yeetyaah I want to see (12) Tupaea - (13) Sullivan for Waikato this season. Sullivan seems to be used more as a winger but I remember how good they looked together in that game in Whangarei in 2018.
@gt12 I understand your point but Wainui doesn't even play regularly in the midfield for Taranaki. His distribution would need to improve. It is a possibility in the future with the young wingers.
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@Yeetyaah I want to see (12) Tupaea - (13) Sullivan for Waikato this season. Sullivan seems to be used more as a winger but I remember how good they looked together in that game in Whangarei in 2018.
@gt12 I understand your point but Wainui doesn't even play regularly in the midfield for Taranaki. His distribution would need to improve. It is a possibility in the future with the young wingers.
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@Bovidae is Sweeney playing again this season? The only reason he started was coz he was captain.
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@Yeetyaah I don't know about Waikato. He is playing club rugby.
Now that Sweeney has brought up his 100 games it is time to move on with the future.
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:
@Yeetyaah I don't know about Waikato. He is playing club rugby.
Now that Sweeney has brought up his 100 games it is time to move on with the future.
This years NPC doesn't seem to be a look to the future NPC, it seems to be an all in NPC.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:
@Yeetyaah I don't know about Waikato. He is playing club rugby.
Now that Sweeney has brought up his 100 games it is time to move on with the future.
This years NPC doesn't seem to be a look to the future NPC, it seems to be an all in NPC.
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@Bones I don't think he should resign, he should be held accountable to a point but the Chiefs have a lot of injuries particularly in the forwards and the scrum has been suffering. Back line defence hasn't been great, it just looks like Cooper era but worse. Hopefully the get the wooden spoon and it causes the coaches to take a hard look at themselves. The problem there is that Gats isn't around next year. Idk asking for a coach to resign is a bit extreme.
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@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
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Be awesome to see clayton have a crack next year as coach. Hope he gets to put his twist to the team
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@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
@nzzp said in Chiefs 2020:
@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
Even better, if you check their profiles - there is only one Chiefs supporter in there and they aren't saying anything about Gats.
Personally, I think he is a good coach, but picked shitty assistants, in particular whoever runs the defense should be down the road. Beyond that, the Chiefs have been well fucked with injuries for a couple of years now and I'd go over every aspect of the program to see if there was any chance that the coaching, preparation, recovery was contributing to that problem continuing.
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@nzzp said in Chiefs 2020:
@Bones tough headline. Of course some muppets on Twitter think he should resign.
HE's got a team to a decent level, but this is a really tough competition. IF they are playing SA and AUS sides, they aren't losing that many games in a row. A few bounces/refs calls and their season is 4-2 not 0-6. Blues are the same - we could be 2-4 easily (or even 5-1 or 6-0). That's rugby in this incredible competition.
Even better, if you check their profiles - there is only one Chiefs supporter in there and they aren't saying anything about Gats.
Personally, I think he is a good coach, but picked shitty assistants, in particular whoever runs the defense should be down the road. Beyond that, the Chiefs have been well fucked with injuries for a couple of years now and I'd go over every aspect of the program to see if there was any chance that the coaching, preparation, recovery was contributing to that problem continuing.
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@Bones said in Chiefs 2020:
Ouchies.
https://rugby365.com/tournaments/super-rugby/news-super-rugby/gatland-needs-to-resign
Hahaha, a decimated squad and narrowly losing games has people throwing their toys out of the cot. That's before we raise the spectre that they've been robbed by contentious decisions.
Making a story based on some hysterical tweets. :thumbs_down:
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@Bones said in Chiefs 2020:
Ouchies.
https://rugby365.com/tournaments/super-rugby/news-super-rugby/gatland-needs-to-resign
Hahaha, a decimated squad and narrowly losing games has people throwing their toys out of the cot. That's before we raise the spectre that they've been robbed by contentious decisions.
Making a story based on some hysterical tweets. :thumbs_down:
@antipodean said in Chiefs 2020:
Making a story based on some hysterical tweets.
modern journalism 101
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@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2020:
Anyone know who the middle guy is?
No idea. They must be pulling in extra players for opposed trainings.
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@Tim Is anyone giving them a free pass, or is Rugbypass busy fingering their own arsehole again?
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An article by Hamish Bidwell describes the wonderful Chief’s career of Aaron Cruden.He goes on to praise the work of Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith in the victorious 2012/13 team.,and rightly so.However it is surprising he does not mention the influential forwards coach ,who brought Brodie Retallick,Ben Tameifuna,Kane Thompson,Andrew Horrell,and Mahonri Schwalger to the Chiefs.The work he put into his pack is legendary. It is probably no coincidence that the Blues’ forward pack is now benefitting from his presence,one TJ Coventry.
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An article by Hamish Bidwell describes the wonderful Chief’s career of Aaron Cruden.He goes on to praise the work of Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith in the victorious 2012/13 team.,and rightly so.However it is surprising he does not mention the influential forwards coach ,who brought Brodie Retallick,Ben Tameifuna,Kane Thompson,Andrew Horrell,and Mahonri Schwalger to the Chiefs.The work he put into his pack is legendary. It is probably no coincidence that the Blues’ forward pack is now benefitting from his presence,one TJ Coventry.
@trodthesod it's not surprising when you realise it's Hamish Bidwell. Awful journo.
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An article by Hamish Bidwell describes the wonderful Chief’s career of Aaron Cruden.He goes on to praise the work of Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith in the victorious 2012/13 team.,and rightly so.However it is surprising he does not mention the influential forwards coach ,who brought Brodie Retallick,Ben Tameifuna,Kane Thompson,Andrew Horrell,and Mahonri Schwalger to the Chiefs.The work he put into his pack is legendary. It is probably no coincidence that the Blues’ forward pack is now benefitting from his presence,one TJ Coventry.
@trodthesod said in Chiefs 2020:
An article by Hamish Bidwell describes the wonderful Chief’s career of Aaron Cruden.He goes on to praise the work of Dave Rennie and Wayne Smith in the victorious 2012/13 team.,and rightly so.However it is surprising he does not mention the influential forwards coach ,who brought Brodie Retallick,Ben Tameifuna,Kane Thompson,Andrew Horrell,and Mahonri Schwalger to the Chiefs.The work he put into his pack is legendary. It is probably no coincidence that the Blues’ forward pack is now benefitting from his presence,one TJ Coventry.
our successful period was built on "limited" players playing well above themselves. Add in a couple of game-changers like Retallick and SBW, and we were a force.
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“And the Blues were still regarded as a team who gave up when things got hard “ Hamish Bidwell opines.This sort of criticism the Blues have endured for yonks .In sport nothing remains the same!
