Force v Blues Round 12

[sevenmile]

If my memory serves me correctly he played for qld
The force won't attract good players with the game plan or the current coach

[brokendown gunfighter]

so,who do you have in mind?

[sevenmile]

Mark Hammett could be coming available
Wayne smith is a coach who can develop and create something from nothing and is stepping back from the Chiefs
Assisted by a local coach
Tom fearn pugs or Macfarlane
Don't throw we don't need a kiwi coach as the next coach at the Waratahs will be Gibson which could also leave Nathan grey as a candadate

[shasta]

Do you have to be that shallow that you can only bring up a commentators comments as demeaning towards the force
The positives are when they play what is in front of them they are competitive
This tells me the game plan is wrong which leads to foley and his brains trust
The only ones who rave about foley are eastern staters like phil kearns and marto and his mates
He has had enough time to produce and fails consistently
He bailed on nsw quickly before he was found out and failed to achieve much with the wallabies as a technical coach as the scrum hadn't been competitive for years
The cane toad needs to go

Tetchy fecker aren't you. WTF has Tony Jones' obsession with the origins of Australian franchise players got to do with the rest of your post? SFA, I'd reckon.

[sevenmile]

I suppose it depends on where you're born

[Macattack]

Our defence was a disappointment tonight, 26 missed tackles is unacceptable and a remarkable drop off since last year. No idea what has caused it, but it should be giving our coaching staff sleepless nights. It was such a strength last year and resulted in us outperforming expectations.

Emotionally it is bloody hard to support our team, but at least they don't give up and thankfully neither does their main support base.

Scrum was good, but line out again made fundamental mistakes. The Tahs will be up for the game next week, given what happened in round 1 - it will be tough, let's hope we can also get up for it

[travelling_gerry]

And after all that, we are off the bottom of the table!

[Ralto]

I think Hodgo needs to ask the ref to tweak all the Force players nipples. At least then they can take some pleasure out of being screwed.

I'd say a reacharound is more appropriate.

[Ralto]

I'm trying to squeeze Will Skelton into this description........!

he's very tall, and.... very tall.

[AndyS]

Do you have to be that shallow that you can only bring up a commentators comments as demeaning towards the force

Why would you care, did you share a bunk at school or something? I just noticed it as a bit jarring and couldn't see what Louwrens being Johannesburg-born had to do with the game. For all he called them, I didn't hear him once say "Samoan born Nanai", "Japan born Ioane" or "American Samoa born Kaino". It comes across as snide...that any decent player couldn't possibly be Australian. But even then, it was really more just surprise that someone else had noticed too.

[Scozzie]

There were three main differences - Ioane, Moala and Nanai. I thought these guys were really good for the Blues and accounted for most of our missed tackles. I know the game was effectively over by virtually half-time, but at least they kept playing to the final whistle again and scored some nice tries.

[blueandblack]

Good thing I didn't do a solo tour of NZ.

[Herbasimplex]

DHP carded and the Blues pile on the points and game over.

we played to the end which is good, but no idea how we can turn it around and get a win. 10 losses in a row. staring into the abyss.

rock bottom and look like staying there. Foley's win/loss must be approaching dirty dick territory.

rebels showed how to play against the better teams and maintain composure and win. other teams must love us. get to rest all their best players and get their teams back on track

[AndyS]

Good thing I didn't do a solo tour of NZ.

I thought about it but just couldn't face the inevitable. Maybe if it hadn't included the Chiefs with my brother and his kids being supporters...

[jargan83]

Foley's win/loss must be approaching dirty dick territory.

18 wins and 1 draw from 59 games.