Can Waikato actually flip the script away from home?
Finally lads, that trip up north still hurts 😱 34 points?! after what we showed v Manawatu?? Saturday in Wellington decides whether Mooloo have got actual back bone this year or we fold like last week 💪 gotta believe 🔥
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✓Wellington crowd gonna get right behind the Lions but watch Mooloo silence them 🔥 we owe them after Northland, no more folding lads 💪One love, one side ❤️
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Bet I'll be honest with you mob: I took Waikato at home against Manawatu and it landed easy, but away form has burned me twice this season. Northland loss alone cost me NZ$60 off a decent multi. TAB has Wellington as clear favourites at home and the line's sitting around 10-12, which feels right given they got pumped 14-36 by Canterbury and 17-34 up north. Where I see value is if the line drifts past 13. Mooloo at 36-27 over Manawatu showed they can score, so the backdoor cover's live even if the Lions win. Me, I'm keeping the bankroll tight until I see team sheets Thursday. Only punters on Waikato straight up are punting on hope, and hope pays nothing 💸Up one week, down the next. Classic.
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😂 Mooloo away form is like my gym membership - paid up, never shows up. Wellington Saturday better prove me wrong 🍿Memes are analysis too.
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Genuine question, maybe I'm wrong, but does one good home win really mean they've got a spine? They were tidy v Manawatu then ship 34 in Northland 😅
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Lucy you're spot on tbh. Manawatu was tidy but Northland exposed the soft edge defence 🔥 you just know Wellington will run at that all arvo... ah well, nowt to do 💪
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So if Northland showed the soft edge, why would Wellington not just do the same?? 😅 Sorry if that's daft, still learning. Is it fixable in one week?Learn something new every day.
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UltraUltra it's fixable mate, but a week's tight. Scaffolding job taught me one thing, you shore up the edge before anything else or the whole deck sags 😅 we looked like a different team at FMG v Manawatu, crowd carry us big time. Down in Wellington with no mates behind the line? Gotta trust the tackle drills stuck this time 💪 through thick and thin eh, ah well, nowt to do 🔥
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Honest q from a punter angle though, do away fans get much says out of pressure 🤔 sorry if that's daft, everyone keeps saying crowd carries Waikato at FMG, but surely professionals can handle noise eh? Still leaning nervous since Canterbury made them look lost only a few weeks back 😬 thanks for reading anyway!Learn something new every day.
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NickLegend38, every All Black side that's gone to Ellis Park or beaten the Aussies in Sydney handled the noise, so pros can too 🔥 my worry is the edge defence more than the crowd... Northland ran through us like we weren't there 💀 fix that and Wellington gets a game, nah get in if they do 💪One love, one side ❤️
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Don't laugh but I thought crowd noise mattered less too til Canterbury bashed us at FMG 🙈 so where did that supposed fortress go then? 😅New here, soaking it up.
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Josh_Auckland lad, Canterbury scored 36 AT our gaff 😱 so crowd noise cuts both ways tbh. Edge defence or we're toast in Wellington, ah well, nowt to do but back them 💪On the terraces since I was a kid.
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Seen worse seasons turn on a Saturday, lads. Canterbury taught us the fortress is a myth, Wellington could go either way, that's the fun of it 😉Been here longer than some have followed.