Trafalgar Park is bouncing again
FINALLY lads, the Waikato trip is actually on the calendar π±π₯ Two home wins in a row at Trafalgar Park, 45 against Bay of Plenty... that second half was pure fire π Road form's been ugly tbh but I'm backing the Makos all the same. Who's keen?? π€¬πͺ
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Two home blowouts and suddenly everyone's forgotten the Otago trip π€ 33:57 up in Dunedin three weeks back - that's the road version we actually saw. My read: TAB will have Waikato favourite at home and rightly so. Tasman's been a totally different animal at Trafalgar Park than on the road, and the Otago score says the defence travels badly. If the line comes out anywhere near Waikato -10 or better I'd want Makos + in my multi on value alone, but straight head-to-head? Hard pass. Stuck NZ$25 on Tasman in a multi last round with the odd try scorer and it landed, so I'm not blind to the firepower, I just need the price to justify it. Waikato by plenty, I reckon. πΈUp one week, down the next. Classic.
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Makos by plenty π did everyone skip the Auckland home loss between those blowouts or? What's the Waikato line looking like, just asking ππΈIt's a lottery, not sport.
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ValueGuru's got a fair point about Dunedin, but back in the day every Makos side I've watched could look like world beaters at Trafalgar and then leave the game in the bus up north π I'll back them in Hamilton all the same, just keeping my NZ$ notes in my pocket till kickoff.πSeen it all, lads.
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Model_Head acting like the Auckland loss is some secret π everyone was at Trafalgar Park for it, mate. Funny how you skipped Otago 33:57 too though. πΈHere to argue, not to nod along.
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ha, that Otago trip was a hard watch alright - I was at the big smoke that afternoon and the Makos looked lost from the kickoff, seen worse though. That Trafalgar crowd does lift them something special, always has. Backing them in Hamilton too, but my NZ$ stays tucked away till I see how they handle the first twenty up there πBeen here longer than some have followed.
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Trafalgar's got a roof of noise but Hamilton away is a different animal, lads π I remember the Otago trip too. Took the bus, lost the plot. Tab's line will tell the truth, not us π€‘πΈ
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Funny thing is I watched that Bay of Plenty game off the telly with a cuppa and my old mate rang me at full time just to laugh about how the place was roaring through his soundbar π forty-five points is a night out alright, and UnderdogNightmare's right that the Trafalgar crowd lifts them like nothing else. my caution though - the young lot never saw what happens when this side gets on the bus. Otago was only last month, and Auckland snuck one on us at home too. watch as long as I have and you'll get it: back them at Trafalgar, hold your NZ$ for Hamilton till you see the first twenty minutes. Waikato at home is a stubborn animal, always has been. πRemember when the grass was greener π±
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Auckland 22:24 at home was barely a week before those two big wins, so which Makos side turns up in Hamilton? π Put your NZ$ where your mouth is, RobBeliever, what's the TAB line telling you? π€‘Here to argue, not to nod along.
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MatchdayTillIDie, that image of the whole joint roaring through a mate's soundbar made me chuckle. Back in my day you'd only know the crowd was big because the carpark took an hour to get out of π I'll back the Makos in Hamilton, but with one eye half shut. That Otago trip a few weeks back showed what happens when the crowd can't carry them, and Trafalgar's been doing a lot of carrying this season. Still, two straight home wins with real points on the board tells you the attack is genuine, so if they land the first punch early the Waikato faithful might go quiet. I remember watching Test footy at Eden Park in the amateur days and the lesson never changed, a good side wins anywhere, a great crowd only wins at home. October 3 will tell us which one these fellas are. If I was putting a few NZ$ on it, I'd want to see the line before I got excited. πRemember when the grass was greener π±
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Been to Hamilton a few times in my day, and that ground has a way of humbling visitors who arrive on a high. I watched the Otago trip unfold like everyone else. One week you're shipping 57 up the road, the next you're putting 45 on Bay of Plenty at Trafalgar. Same fellas, different night. That's the trick with expectations, they fool you both ways. I'll back the Makos to give it a proper shake down there, and Trafalgar's been roaring loud enough that even the telly crowd felt it through the soundbar. But road form is road form, and Waikato won't read the highlight reel. Ah well, we'll see πSeen it all, lads.