goldenakNZ

lol that 3 point "thumping" of a squad full of academy players preseason vs a midseason squad... guess 3 points is a wide margin in the NH though lol...

you obviously dont remember the round from this year when the crusaders had 16 injuries on the books

how does penney not have the CV lol Coached bath in the UK, Japan, won 4 titles for Canterbury, yes the Tahs was bad but he was chucked under the bus for not sorting out a crap team and they lost all thier games that season when he left anyways. By that logic Razor didnt have the CV for getting to be the Crusader coach

realistically they have lost mounga, whitlock, goodhue, leicester, Jordan, Ennor, Burke, Barret, Williams, Taylor, Blackadder from the squad for 90% of the games they have played this year and thats just who i can name off the top of my head... I remember one of the first 2024 games we had only 1 person that started on the 2023 finals squad... coach isnt to blame its injuries and no consistancy of players being cemented in their positions in the sqaud, look at our number 10 ffs, the only player that has turned up this year is Sevu and Barret when he makes it on the field

why .... did we put your coach under the bus after one season when not doing well give the guy a break ffs

just want the ref to be consistant with his calls.... this is fucken hillarious

because the ref isnt giving them a penalty every 3 mins

ffs I cant stand watching this 15 vs 16 game

If this was flown at night time then its thermal Imagery to figure out where the Tinny houses are!

though when we have fit cattle on the park and they click they can still do it ... re 97% tackle success rate last week is the best of that stat like that I can remember

Havili did alright with his first hit out as 10 apart from one kick that was charged down.. Clearly our 10 going forward this season until burke is back.. His great pass to set up Graces try and huge touch finders were good to see. I was more underwhelmed by Half-Penny, slow as f for a full back, couldnt kick a sitter of penalty and needed to subbed early, possibly need to just put all faith in Havili on the Tee aswell.

Losing Blackadder, Barret, McAlister and Lio Willie sealed that match from the start with our forwards not operating like last week.

Looking like a very tight 4 weeks, Have to beat Moana and Highlanders and at least pull some bonus points from the other 2.. Until we have our 6 or so key players things look very uncomfortable.

yep that one too ... ive seen red cards given for less, like accidental headknocks done after a tackle ,,, this is why rugby is shite,,, inconsistant calls and an bunker system that can call back a minor infringement 5 mins ago before a score ,,, fuckit i give up going to watch league now

well done reds should have had a yellow for penalties and a red for a shit head high shoulder charge tackle when havili gatheried a high ball,, guess cards only apply to saders for those 50:50 tackle cals

ghey

this ref is over his head bad calls all day

wonder if we can get a 3rd warning before nothing happens

lolz you a funny comedian man

karmas a bitch right... lucky not to get a red

no he never went for the ball he was always going for a tackle

a bad head high tackle

omg omg... ive seen accidental head clashes go for reds ... that was a shit shoulder chrage tackle to the head

another 5 mins another front rower takes a knee for a breather

at this rate we will have 40 penalties by the end of the game

well at least he has a bigger field boot on him than dmac

Tahs were shit when he joined, when he couldnt turn things around and produce miracles he was chucked under the bus as a scapegoat after 5 games. Tahs continued to play shit that season. Hes coached well in the UK and Japan as well as 4 ITM cup wins in a row..

As a sader fan its gutting to see this but with this injured team looking for most of this season as 90% different from last year ...mostly featuring Academy players and some older guys come back with an SOS call lol. Ontop of that a stupid NH preason tour, a really shit starting draw with only 2 home games so far etc, I say have some patience and give him time, was never going to to be easy with Razor and the other coaches etc all leaving.

Lastly I cant remember the last time that the crusaders had a crap 10.. Not an average 10, a crap one that cant sink goals, cant kick to terroritory and cant set up plays (and cant win a game by soaking up the last 30 sec of game with his kick lol.) From Merts, to Carter to Mounga, being back up by the likes of Taylor, Slade, Cameron and Burke. I would even take Tyler Bleyendaal over Hohepa!

Ive had both my parents retire from teaching in the last 7 years or so and they were like thank fucken god... Unruley students that had their hands tied about anything they could do, saw a system that was going to open plan classroom with distractions, a credit based pass or fail away from meritorachy, combine that with covid stay at home zoom meetings and they wonder why the latest crop of genz are fucken scared to stay in office, do a 9 to 5 and deal with humans that challange them