Ramage says...

Pat Lam needs to answer the question as to why the Bloos are tactically incompetent. Kick offs is an area of the game where the Bloos have been caught out time and again this year. The inability to take the kicks and the positioning of the players directly led to the tries. Ok but this also happened in previous games. The Reds did their homework and had two tries early because they had spotted this weakness from the videos of previous games. So how come that has not yet been rectified. Pat Lams says those two early tries were so important so why Pat haven't you, your coaching staff and the team sorted it out? The Reds were there for the taking but it needs some competence to do it and at the moment the Bloos don't look remotely competent.

Posted 07:45 28th April 2012

StunTheMullet says...

Errr..Pat, here I was thinking that the coach provided the game plan...

From rounds 1-9 there doesn't appear to have been one asides from shoveling the ball side to side.

Posted 05:13 28th April 2012

doldennut says...

Sack this man now, before the blues lose whatever fans they have left and the boys play in front of an empty stadium!

Sack Dalton too, before this turns into a huge commercial failure/loss which will take years to recover from, and the continuing sad fact for NZ's largest city that Rugby is dying or dead at club, ITM cup and Super levels.

Auckland has some of the strongest college rugby teams in NZ, Ponsonby is one of the great clubs in NZ and when the ABs play Eden Park is full house, so what is going on??

Pat, you're a joke to be blaming the players, what have you been doing since xmas?? Some of the errors in your team was simple ball skill and retention stuff..what do you do at trainings??

I'd leave Weepu on the field until he finds confidence and form because obviously leaving him on the bench is doing wonders. He is a far superior footballer than Matthewson, period. Also I'd bring in Hobbs at First 5, the young kid Anscombe is too young for this standard of football and he isnt no Grant Fox yet. Put Ranger on the wing, Stanley starts with Wulf at Fullback. Dont bring Nonu off!!!

As for the blues forwards, too much side stepping and trying to be flash and not enough grunt and power. Other than the Braids, Woodcock, Faumuina and the young hooker, the rest (including reserves) dont know what being a forward really is, its about going forward anyway you can and providing the ball on a plate for your backs!

I'd stop watching your own match tapes and watch the other NZ teams' tapes for tips and pointers in playing rugby at Super level!

Posted 21:52 27th April 2012