Lions' coach Warren Gatland comes under fire

Lions coach Warren Gatland. Photo / Getty

Lions coach Warren Gatland has been ripped apart on social media following their loss to the Blues last night.

With less than two weeks till the Lions take on the All Blacks, the Lions crashed to defeat against the Blues, who are sitting at the bottom of New Zealand's Super Rugby table.

"We will have learned a lot from tonight [Wednesday], and we will continue to improve," Gatland said.

"We played a lot better and put ourselves in a position to win the game. Saturday is going to be another tough encounter."

He suggested hat the level of the Super Rugby teams in this country is pretty close to the All Blacks, when explaining the loss.

"There is so much strength in depth in this country," Gatland said.

"I don't think there will be a lot of difference between some of the Super Rugby sides and the All Blacks."

And the Lions boss added: "These guys have been together seven months and the All Blacks will be coming together cold."

However, the UK Press and many Lions' fans were not buying his excuses.

In the Telegraph, former Lions first five-eighth Stuart Barnes said his comments were out of touch.

"A statement so out of touch with rugby reality that you wonder whether the Lions management's heads are in the clouds, clouds so long and white they can't see the way which way they are heading."

Exactly how Warren Gatland looked like in that coaches box! pic.twitter.com/m4UnmCKPqz

— Tanaka Matsinde🇿🇼🇿🇼 (@tanakamats) June 7, 2017

Warren Gatland trying to leave Eden Park like... #LionsNZ2017 #lionsnz17 #BLUvBIL pic.twitter.com/DsgAw6qLHi

— The Lions Den (@Lions_Den_Rugby) June 7, 2017

Plus I feel Warren Gatland was the worst option to coach the British Irish lions

— Kagimu Lutwama (@kagimu_j) June 7, 2017

The All Blacks are gonna beat these lions with ease hey.

Warren Gatland isn't the man to coach this team.

— GXARHA (@Just_Toby_) June 7, 2017