General Blueys Round Review 2025

[mt.wellington]

Blueys Round Review 2025


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THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT BLUEY McCLENNAN!!!

For those unfamiliar with this thread it was spawned back in 2012 after former coach Brian (Bluey) McClennan famously stated that he should be judged on his coaching after Round 6 and since then its been a tradition at this forum to have a round 6 review of the season thus far.

So how do you see us going to date and into the finals rounds? Where will we finish on the ladder? Is the team exceeding, maintaining or falling short of your preseason predictions? What scorecard out of 10 does the coach get? And the players?

Discuss...

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Had a bye so should be judging at round 7 after 6 games

But 3 wins and 2 losses is above average and I would take it at season start.

 

[Damo]

We're a middle of the road squad overall and won't be challenging for the title. Hopefully building for the coming years as our youth get to their peak.
Happy with 3-2 considering this.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

We have 9 games between byes and lost the hardest one which was 1st up then we have the 2nd hardest 2nd up. But we can realistically pick up 6 from 9 and end up 9W 6L heading into the next bye.

 

[jonesy101]

Pretty happy with the season so far with the biggest highlight being the juniors in our squad, but it's becoming a worry with how many senior players we are losing. Started with Tohu, the loss of DWZ and RTS to long term injuries, Walker to the Eels and now sweating on JFH's pectoral injury. That is a lot of leadership.

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

Got a reality check in Vegas, buying an inform team, had great resilience against the Roosters and Manly. Grinded out a win against the Tigers and had an expected loss against a team miles ahead of anyone else.

Pretty happy with the start. Against the Broncos with a number of players out, CNK, JFH, RTS & DWZ will be interesting

 

[Wrighty]

If this were a 1500metre race then the Warriors would be well placed after 6 rounds just sniffing around the leaders in a place to strike. We are legitimately on 8 points which is excellent. The other teams won't be putting an asterisk next to their bye.
The biggest concern is that Fish is now injured. If we just could have gotten through the Storm game unscathed and reloaded for next week it would have been ok. Unfortunately we have lost our co-captain and a huge part of our middle third defence. This next run of games without him could be troublesome. Let's hope it is not a serious injury. Scans being done today most likely.

 

[Inruin]

If this were a 1500metre race then the Warriors would be well placed after 6 rounds just sniffing around the leaders in a place to strike. We are legitimately on 8 points which is excellent. The other teams won't be putting an asterisk next to their bye.
The biggest concern is that Fish is now injured. If we just could have gotten through the Storm game unscathed and reloaded for next week it would have been ok. Unfortunately we have lost our co-captain and a huge part of our middle third defence. This next run of games without him could be troublesome. Let's hope it is not a serious injury. Scans being done today most likely.

You sure we aren't the pace maker that drops right out with 400m to go?

 

[MrFrankWhite]

You sure we aren't the pace maker that drops right out with 400m to go?

Thats the Dogs

 

[Inruin]

Thats the Dogs

Don't think so. They'll be in the mix for the sprint to the finish

Have you checked out their draw?

 

[Inruin]

After the Storm game (which does blow out the defense number) we have the 7th worst defense and the 12th best attack on average, putting us 11th with the difference. It's obviously only a handful of games so far but does paint a picture. We need to reverse the numbers for attack and defence to have a chance of making the 8 ie average around 23 points for and 19 (preferably less) against for the season