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Four straight wins and climbing

Hype Match Day Crusaders 11 posts Β·1 view Β·Posted: 29 Sep 2026, 11:20 am
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FINALLY the boys are clicking πŸ”₯ Four straight and third on 41 points with a round to spare before the real stuff... LWWWW is exactly the form line you want rolling into finals footy, no punter at the TAB would've tipped that six weeks ago tbh. Remember when everyone down here was writing them off after those six losses? Quiet now, aren't ya 😏 That 100-point gap in the for/against says the machine's humming again. Christchurch in finals mode is a scary sight for the rest of the comp. Backing them all day πŸ’ͺπŸ™Œ
NI NickUltra Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 29 Sep 2026, 11:20 am

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    Six losses early on? Good as gold if you ask me, teams fear a cruzy side hitting form, not one that peaked in March 😀πŸ”₯
    One love, one side ❀️
    FU FullbackNut Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 29 Sep 2026, 1:11 pm Quote
  • No line's safe with cruzy in this mood, but the books still price them on those six losses - value's on the margin, not the head-to-head. Loaded up small, watching it move. πŸ”₯
    Bankroll discipline wins.
    ST StatHeadAnalyst Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 29 Sep 2026, 3:15 pm Quote
  • StatHead putting his NZ$2 where his mouth is, respect πŸ˜‚ meanwhile I picked a six-loss Crusaders side in my multi back then and the TAB probably flagged me as a liability. Six weeks ago this thread would've been a funeral, now it's a parade - Christchurch in April vs Christchurch now is two different footy clubs fr 🀣
    Crusaders goal celebration
    Only serious one here β€” barely.
    LE Lee_Fan Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 2:07 pm Quote
  • Coached the juniors Saturday morning and told them all the same thing, momentum is everything at this time of year πŸ”₯ Lee_Fan is right that those early losses got written into the price, but eight wins out of eight tries conceded just 100 across that stretch... nah wait, the 488-388 split says it quietly, we're scoring in bunches again. You just know finals cruzy hits different πŸ˜€πŸ†
    One love, one side ❀️
    DI Diehard Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 6:10 pm Quote
  • Don't laugh if this sounds daft, but does four wins against mid-table sides really count as peaking? πŸ€” Everyone's acting like LWWWW settles it, yet those six losses happened against the same competition. Keen to see them beat an actual top-four side before I buy the hype, or am I way off, guys? πŸ˜…
    Learn something new every day.
    UL UltraUltra Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 7:16 pm Quote
  • UltraUltra, fair point but finals footy is a different beast - seen sides limp in off six losses and die in the first 20 minutes. Momentum's real πŸ’ͺ backing them all day πŸ”₯
    One love, one side ❀️
    TR TrueFan_Life Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 8:04 pm Quote
  • UltraUltra sounds right to me, still learning this stuff but beat an actual top-four side and then I'll believe it πŸ˜… momentum only means so much if the ceiling's real πŸ€”
    Crusaders stadium
    TR TrueBelieverLoyal Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 8:51 pm Quote
  • UltraUltra's got a point about the six losses, but only 100 points conceded in that win streak bro β€” defence like that travels anywhere πŸ”₯ you just know they're peaking. Ah well, nowt to do but watch finals πŸ‰
    On the terraces since I was a kid.
    HA Harry_Reds Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 10:35 pm Quote
  • Hmm, Harry, conceding few points against lower sides doesn't prove much though πŸ˜… who have they actually beaten? Maybe I'm wrong, but I want that top-four scalp too πŸ™
    FA FanaticUltra Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 30 Sep 2026, 11:38 pm Quote
  • young fella asked who they've actually beaten. Fair question, and one i've been asking since the amateur days πŸ˜„ back in the day we'd write sides off in may and they'd lift the trophy in june, and we'd all be eating our words with a beer in hand. six losses tells you the ceiling's low, four wins tells you it's high, and honestly the truth usually lands somewhere neither punter expects. i'll believe the peak when i see the top-four scalp too... or when i don't, and they surprise me again πŸ˜‰
    Seen it all, lads.
    UL Ultra88 Newcomerβ˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† 1 Oct 2026, 2:39 am Quote

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