All Blacks 2025
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
We have absolutely no idea how Razor will pick his squad
Well.... we have the three squads he picked last year.....
Yes - in his first year in the job. Most coaches in any sport through time in their first year, will stick with what was around, with sprinkling of what they already know.
As a fan it is somewhat frustrating, but it is also the easier way to build for the long term, because you develop a base.
I don’t know why people can’t comprehend that just picking 15 new players isn’t a good idea. I’m seriously meant to believe people would have accepted us getting hidings in South Africa?
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
I get the vibe there is a whole crew of Aucklanders who are willing him on to fail, which I find really weird
I find it really weird that's the vibe you get.
Lol usually when you have mixed results as ABs coach you get criticized right?
Foster got criticised for breathing by most of the country.
You can criticise Razor for last year, but criticising a squad which hasn’t even been picked yet to me says you want the guy to fail.
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
I get the vibe there is a whole crew of Aucklanders who are willing him on to fail, which I find really weird
I find it really weird that's the vibe you get.
Lol usually when you have mixed results as ABs coach you get criticized right?
Foster got criticised for breathing by most of the country.
You can criticise Razor for last year, but criticising a squad which hasn’t even been picked yet to me says you want the guy to fail.
Me personally criticising a squad that hasn't been picked yet or Aucklanders in general? Because personally, I haven't really said anything in regards to ABs selection yet. Last year, yes, this year, I've barely made a comment so far.
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I suspect those that want Razor to fail are the marginal 'fans' that are not unlike those who wanted Henry to fail after ousting Deans.
Vast majority of fans want him to succeed, want him to return us to the top of the pile, and last year, he made it hard with some calls many saw as bias or bonkers, there will always be some provincial lines that blur calls too.
I'd say this year will give us a much better picture of whether he is upto the task or not, if we cant start to climb back up after the slide that started around 2016/2017, might be time to start supporting the Warriors....
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2025:
Here's something to criticise/discuss.
Marc Hinton and Paul Cully selected their AB team to play now. They've taken different approaches with JB, and there is some provincial bias. Neither chose Tele'a.
Marc Hinton is actually @Bones
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
I don’t know why people can’t comprehend that just picking 15 new players isn’t a good idea
Nice straw man argument. Who has suggested 15 new players?
My point more generally, is in my opinion, people are going overboard. The All Blacks issues are personnel problems, particularly in the loose forwards. We lack a big enforcer… we are crying out for a player like Harry Wilson. We lack an elite first five… McKenzie isn’t that, but he is probably the best we have - there’s no depth either.
We’re talking about fine margins here, and at the moment we don’t have the solutions… switching Ioane for Billy Proctor for example, in my opinion, wouldn’t make a difference, but if it did, it would be minimal.
Trying new players in certain positions probably makes us worse - not better.
Barring injuries, of the ABs XV who played France, is there anyone obvious who moves the needle on that team? Ruben Love is another example here. Might he be a good option if Jordan is to play on the wing? Maybe, but he hasn’t shown a level at Super Rugby to suggest he is a world-beater.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2025:
I can kinda see what they like about Fihaki, but gee, it is a pretty long shot hoping he is the rough diamond they see vs a lump of coal.
Seems like Lolagi Visinia II
Big boot, big frame, occasional good stuff but way too many errors. He shouldn't be a starter in a SR side
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2025:
I can kinda see what they like about Fihaki, but gee, it is a pretty long shot hoping he is the rough diamond they see vs a lump of coal.
Seems like Lolagi Visinia II
Big boot, big frame, occasional good stuff but way too many errors. He shouldn't be a starter in a SR side
And Fihaki's defence is still a concern for me.
Hoskins Sotutu's massive hail Mary wouldn't have been talked about if Fihaki didn't burst out of the line and leave a massive gap for AJ Lam to stroll through, and that's to go with the other defensive errors he's made.
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@george33 said in All Blacks 2025:
Fihaki will be in all black squad ,done deal, don't agree at all but just the way it is.
Okay Scott Robertson.
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@Canes4life ,it's gonna happen and we all actually no it .,and I'm in no way backing it,
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@george33 I guess the anticipation of it all has changed? Think it was Izzy dagg or Cruden? once found out on the radio same time as everyone else then received the call from Shand & Henry, now in 2025 George you have the the bolters two months in advance!
