Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia
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@Steven-Harris It's not entirely his fault and some of those defeats were brave and honourable, but there has to be accountability for that run of results. The buck stops with the coach. Time for Gatland to step aside and let a younger, hungrier coach have a chance.
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Garland is well past his use by date. His brand of rugby was successful a decade ago.
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@sparky said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@Jet Time for a fresh voice, like Matt Sherratt or Dwayne Peel.
Toby Booth would be ideal for me, he turned the ospreys around totally changing the culture there.
Gats has been a good coach but that was nearly a decade ago, rugby has changed.
Wales don't have the players to complete right at the top end that much is obvious but even many of our better players seem to be going backwards performance wise. -
Great turnaround by this Wallabies team after the embarrassment of losing to Argentina by a record score just a couple of months ago. Plenty of young talent to get excited about, and they have the right man to lead them in Joe. Suddenly the Lions series isn't looking like a foregone conclusion anymore.
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They certainly need a coach that doesn’t depend on a few big munters carting it up and then feeding off the chaos.
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Well another test watched in pub here in Wales, and the overriding feeling of the patrons there seemed almost sadness. Most there seemed real invested rugby people, all I think were former players etc (even an ex Welsh captain), not real anger, or blaming Gatland, but saddened with how the game has shrunk etc in the country.
I have feeling Gats isn't the problem, but should maybe go to allow the players a chance to mentally refresh. You get impression they have lost all confidence. -
@Catogrande I wonder whether Shaun Edwards would be interesting in a Head Coaching gig or if Ronan O'Gara would be interested in the Welsh job if approached.
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For the guys calling for Gatland to walk, he did offer to and the board said no earlier in the season, so I think the problems run a bit deeper than Gatland.
People on here were saying that Razor doesn't have the cattle (absolutely ridiculous call btw), but with this Wales side from what I've seen of them, unless they have better players not getting picked, then I think it's fair to say that they genuinely don't have the cattle.
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@African-Monkey agreed, no cattle. There’s a difference between offering a resignation because you feel it’s the ethical play and then there’s resigning because you’re done. He must be getting closer to the latter.
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@Jet said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@sparky said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
11 defeats in a row from Wales. Surely Gatland can't continue?
You cant turn chicken shit into chicken soup.
Actually, chickens eat their own shit and chickens become chicken soup.
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I wonder what Mark Hammett is doing. And Ian Foster. A Celtic dream team.
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@game_film said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@African-Monkey agreed, no cattle. There’s a difference between offering a resignation because you feel it’s the ethical play and then there’s resigning because you’re done. He must be getting closer to the latter.
Maybe they feel like there are no alternatives out there? I agree, he should be let go, but that current Wales side would struggle to make the Super Rugby playoffs. It's a real tough period for them, so maybe they want Glatland to see them through this rebuilding phase before bringing in someone better?
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That reminded me of a Bledisloe game I've seen 25 times, except we were the All Blacks and Wales were us.
Fast start but pegged back and at half time it looks like it might be close. A red card looks like it might make the game even closer, but then bang bang bang you're dead and it's 50. And you realise you never stood a chance, it was all a mirage. You're on the plane before you know what hit you.
We've got four or five guys in career best form at the moment, principally Tom Wright and Bobby Valetini. They respectively give us the ability to create from anywhere, and a punch in tight to get us moving forward. Add in a functioning lineout maul and a few lucky breaks and all of a sudden you're cooking.
It's great to see, and a real credit to Schmidt and his team. He has them cooking.
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@MajorRage said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Worst NZ performance this weekend?
This excuse for a ref
Love your comments on the Wales games.
As you keep us all in check on our one eyed for our own games, it's good to see you are just as bad come your own team!
Dolman is far from Wales biggest problem.
Both things can be true at the same time
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@sparky said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@Jet Time for a fresh voice, like Matt Sherratt or Dwayne Peel.
Comedy Gold
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@Billy-Tell said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Wales just don’t have the forwards. Will be competing with Italy to avoid the wooden spoon.
Schmidt subbed Bell because we had scrum dominance
