Match thread

ShadowTrooper

Shit we need Levu Aumua in midfield forget abot Fa'auli

antipodean

Who was the imbecile that did the chip kick?

Weber - get off the field you muppet.

Donsteppa

Weber with a custard-footed clearance.

gt12

Great counter, but fuck me Weber. another cute kick goes wrong. Shit defense too.

Tim

@antipodean Weber. He's having a shit game tonight.

gt12

Another fucking maul penalty. This is embarrassing.

Stargazer

@tim Yep, and Dmac, too. But Fa'auli is definitely the worst.

Not impressed by the pack either.

Tim

@stargazer Nothing looks good out there, that's for sure. Lack of speed on defence is baffling.

Blues must've really choked.

gt12

Weber should be pulled, he's almost made every play he's involved in worse, between his passing or his fucking inaccurate (or misguided) kicks.

Up front, I think we are what we are. There's no real help available, but in the backs, we must, surely, have anyone better than Fa'auli. Totally ineffective.

Dmac doesn't look very good, but he's been on clean up all night.

Bulls look good, but they've had plenty of help, 9 or 10 penalities? WTF?

Stargazer

@gt12 I think Cane is also totally lacking. He's the captain and should be a leader, and he isn't.

gt12

@stargazer

I agree, but he's working his ass off. He and BBBR are not really surrounded by any class. I'd be looking at some other 'leaders' to get involved, especially Weber, who is relatively senior, not that you'd know it. We miss TKB in games like this.

Stargazer

@gt12 Not sure whether Weber can be considered a senior player. He didn't play a single SR game last year. He's been with the squad in 2017, but that's all.

ACT Crusader

I do like the Bulls attacking structure. Lots of width. With Kriel straightening the attack.

What’s different is that they are actually playing with some endeavour.

Chiefs look better staying close to the ruck than going wide.

Cane looked prop-like pedestrian on that second Bulls try ....

gt12

@stargazer

He's an AB, the senior halfback, and has been a Chief since 2014.

But, he's from Hawkes bay, so why am I not surprised to see you white knighting him.

Stargazer

@gt12 I'm not, I agree he's having a mare tonight. He just hasn't played a lot the last 13 months.

ShadowTrooper

Looks like we got our answer BBBR with the bit between his teeth

Stargazer

Yes, Brown gets the try! Great work from the pack there.

antipodean

Amazing what the forward pack can do when they deny their halfback the opportunity to touch the ball.

Gunner

Now, DO NOT LET WEBER make a clearance kick from the kick off

ShadowTrooper

Give me bloody 8 BBBR's and we'll be rocking

gt12

@stargazer

Yep, but it’s the decisions and the execution that are miles away. I can forgive execution, but as the guy who must be in charge of driving things around, he should at least make better decisions.

gt12

Umm, ref, player is held?

antipodean

@shadowtrooper And a winger that knows not to run at the sideline but back infield.

A ref that knows what a tackled player is.

gt12

7 shades of averageness on the Chiefs bench. Be afraid.

Although Allardice is on, which is probably good.

Stargazer

Who did go off for MMac? Falcon and Dmac are still on the field.

gt12

Fuck me. Chiefs advance and it’s another fucking penalty.

gt12

@gt12 said in Chiefs vs Bulls:

7 shades of averageness on the Chiefs bench. Be afraid.

Although Allardice is on, which is probably good.

Perhaps not you fucking muppet Allardice. Nice first contribution.

Gunner

Cane and BBBR, well done lads

gt12

Again. Card time?

Another warning, very Japanese.

antipodean

@stargazer said in Chiefs vs Bulls:

@gt12 I think Cane is also totally lacking. He's the captain and should be a leader, and he isn't.

I think he is a leader. The coach needs to take a hard look in the mirror.

Gunner

Almost more points for the Bulls coming from a poor Chiefs kick.

Lucky

ShadowTrooper

@antipodean Coach can only do much - up to the players to change it up if it is not working out on the field

gt12

Beautiful counter by the Bulls again. Kicking to them is a really bad idea.

Gunner

BBBR single handedly carrying the chiefs tonight

ShadowTrooper

BBBR = Fuck this I'll do it myself

No Quarter

Brodie Motherfucking Retallick!!