New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[MugaB]

Agreed about missing them

hopefully they can reward those fans with some decent performances

even last year they relied on a lot of close wins which this year they are losing

this year can be a very good lesson for them to build on

not convinced on Webster

if they miss the top 6 next year he should be punted

Mate, he got them 80mins away from a GF in his 1st season, and they are now packing out stadiums all round NZ, calm down on the coach hate...
Besides, you can't sack a coach without first offering a suitable and better replacement...
Injuries and fade outs have creuled the warriors this year, I dare say a fit and firing Luke Metcalf at 6 with TeMare Martin at 7 (after SJ retires) for an extended period of time will see them back in the top4, and along with Big Fish next year, will see more gritt defensively, to stop blow-outs....
And a proper Fárking Goal kicker FOR FUX̌ Sake!!!!
Coz when SJ is injured they are in shambles for the extra 2 points... how many games they lost this year, coz they missed conversions, I'll tell you its four games
Storm round2, that unbelievable try in dwz corner from the RU convert warbrick
Sea Eagles, locked up into golden point, missed 2 conversions prior to that,
Dogs round18, locked up into golden point, missed 2 conversions prior to that.. and then lost
Canberra round 20, worst conversation day ever, they win game if pompey is fit...
They'd be top4 now on 28 points

 

[Wb1234]

Mate, he got them 80mins away from a GF in his 1st season, and they are now packing out stadiums all round NZ, calm down on the coach hate...
Besides, you can't sack a coach without first offering a suitable and better replacement...
Injuries and fade outs have creuled the warriors this year, I dare say a fit and firing Luke Metcalf at 6 with TeMare Martin at 7 (after SJ retires) for an extended period of time will see them back in the top4, and along with Big Fish next year, will see more gritt defensively, to stop blow-outs....
And a proper Fárking Goal kicker FOR FUX̌ Sake!!!!
Coz when SJ is injured they are in shambles

Got belted in the semis

Nowhere near the level of the panthers but then again nobody is

they were awful with sj for most of this season. His aimless bombs on last killed their attack

 

[MugaB]

Got belted in the semis

Nowhere near the level of the panthers but then again nobody is

they were awful with sj for most of this season. His aimless bombs on last killed their attack

He works better with metcalf as his 6, Martin is too like for like, forces SJ to be more of a 6, hence the stupid bombs, bad last minute ideas, when he is on as a 7, he is pretty ruthless, just needs that five eighth to scare the opposition, metcalf does that in spades, how many darts did the kid do last season, he is a weapon

 

[Matiunz]

Got belted in the semis

Nowhere near the level of the panthers but then again nobody is

they were awful with sj for most of this season. His aimless bombs on last killed their attack

Yeah they got belted by the Bronc (look at them for another example of how quickly it can turn) and if you look back you could see a few wobbles from about 6 weeks out, however from where they were in ‘22 Webster turned it around pretty quickly.
This year teams caught on and he was found out in a few areas and can’t say I like his stubborn backing of certain players but you’d have to give him the benefit of the doubt with the horror run of injuries we’ve had this season. People forget at times we’ve had 1 of our first choice backs available, 1/3 of our squad injured, long term injuries to Tohu and Niukore etc.
I don’t blame SJ he was forced to play well past when he should have with injury and was essentially a passenger out there and it showed. His bombs on the last are frustrating at times but you can tell it’s an instructed game plan, idea being to negate the set starts and pin the team close to their line for field position, however we’ve been reffed out of that being effective for us as teams tend to get marched down the field more often than not- which highlights one of Webster flaws as his ability to adapt when things aren’t working.
He still seems the best man for the job and willing to give him a few years grace to see what he can build as we can’t afford to keep cycling through coaches

 

[Wb1234]

Yeah they got belted by the Bronc (look at them for another example of how quickly it can turn) but from where they were in ‘22 Webster turned it around pretty quickly.
This year teams caught on and he was found out in a few areas and can’t say I like his stubborn backing of certain players but you’d have to give him the benefit of the doubt with the horror run of injuries we’ve had this season. People forget at times we’ve had 1 of our first choice backs available, 1/3 of our squad injured, long term injuries to Tohu and Niukore etc.
I don’t blame SJ he was forced to play well past when he should have with injury and was essentially a passenger out there and it showed. His bombs on the last are frustrating at times but you can tell it’s an instructed game plan, idea being to negate the set starts and pin the team close to their line for field position, however we’ve been reffed out of that being effective for us as teams tend to get marched down the field more often than not- which highlights one of Webster flaws as his ability to adapt when things aren’t working.
He still seems the best man for the job and willing to give him a few years grace to see what he can build as we can’t afford to keep cycling through coaches

The first part of the season the warriors a game was great

lots of offloads and forwards making so much ground

but when they didn’t blow teams off the park they would lose it

probs should’ve let afb leave when he wanted too

fisher Harris is a far better player than afb so it’s not all bad