Bledisloe I
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Just in case anyone was wondering what the weather is like at the moment. Fucken windy. I doubt they will see much rain if any prior to the game and it should be a very hard track as we have had no rain recently. Its also going to be cold with strong winds which could make kicking difficult.
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:
@Nepia said in Bledisloe I:
Yep, I'm pretty pissed off at the moment. Got tickets a few months back which are now selling for half price on Ticketek.
Just checked and its still $91 for the cheapest adult seat, I'm tempted but with this crazy arse wind at the moment I would struggle to convince the missus.
I'm showing $46 to sit in the shit seats.
Correction: It's ANZ Stadium, so that should read shittest seats.
Platinum seats are $203, but they're still miles from the field.
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe I:
I'm showing $46 to sit in the shit seats.
Correction: It's ANZ Stadium, so that should read shittest seats.
Platinum seats are $203, but they're still miles from the field.
Isn't $46 for the kids? double for adult?
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@chimoaus No. Those are adult prices.
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe I:
@chimoaus No. Those are adult prices.
Ok, still probably too expensive considering the experience you would get up there
Plus I need to justify my Foxtel somehow.
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:
Pretty much zero interest in this game at my workplace. They are more interested in calling me Shaun the sheep than talking rugby. They have also reminded me today that I pronounce "plant" wrong......
Racists.
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:
Pretty much zero interest in this game at my workplace. They are more interested in calling me Shaun the sheep than talking rugby. They have also reminded me today that I pronounce "plant" wrong......
I get pen/pin all the time. And if they really want to piss me off they just repeat Haitch for H over and over again because they know it annoys me. It's Aitch you drongos.
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@Nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:
Pretty much zero interest in this game at my workplace. They are more interested in calling me Shaun the sheep than talking rugby. They have also reminded me today that I pronounce "plant" wrong......
I get pen/pin all the time. And if they really want to piss me off they just repeat Haitch for H over and over again because they know it annoys me. It's Aitch you drongos.
It's more than microaggression. Tell them you were triggered.
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@Nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I get pen/pin all the time. And if they really want to piss me off they just repeat Haitch for H over and over again because they know it annoys me. It's Aitch you drongos.
Due to having to mention cars a lot I have resigned myself to Suebaru , but those Haitches annoy the fuck out me too. Almost slapped myself the other day when I did it spelling out a word.
Weapon gives me some grief too, I remember yelling out "Drop your weapon" during training and the instructor is like what the fuck is a weepen.
Another good one is when I say rear window they will reply, whats rare about it?
I also get asked to say Police Ten 7 all the fucken time.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe I:
My mates would continuously repeat Justin Marshall's "He has gone rid(red) in the heid (head)" commentary from one of the games to piss me off. It's true though, we have real issues with the i/e pronunciation. We are basically wrong.
I wouldn't listen to Australians when it comes to pronouncing vowels correctly, They murder the English language as badly as poorly educated Aucklanders.
I'm the closest most convicts would have come to Received Pronunciation, having a weird mix of Ozzie and Kiwi vowels. A lot of people ask me if I'm English, but the amount I swear generally clears that up.
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Given the potential strong winds it will be interesting to see how the game plays tactically. You can only assume Cheika will try to mimic the Lions with linespeed. You would assume they will try to put Dmac under as much pressure as possible.
If they are not accurate and the wind plays havoc we may see some open space at the back from poor kicking.
I think the AB's as a forward pack unit have been excellent all year and I cannot see the Australians causing too many issues up front. If we remove the error rate from the Lions games and the backs utilise the solid platform we should be too strong. I just hope AS mind is where it needs to be.
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:
If we remove the error rate from the Lions games and the backs utilise the solid platform we should be too strong. I just hope AS mind is where it needs to be.
If we can hold the ballin their 22 and not shell passes with the line open and not get stiffed by referees we're going to win.
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@jegga said in Bledisloe I:
How did we get to this? the bledisloe thread is halfway down the page on the day we play it.
complacency.
It's not like we drew and lost our last two games, eh.
I'm actually really looking forward to this. Woke up and thought 'Bledisloe day' - awesome.
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If we want something to discuss Paul Cully is saying that the ABs don't have a marked advantage on the bench anymore. I agree with him regarding Ofa T, who needs to provide the same impact as Charlie used to, but Crockett, Savea, TJP (on a good day) and ALB will add something.
I'm sure BBBR and Whitelock will go the 80 mins so Romano might not play much of a part. BB would have to move to fullback to accommodate Sopoaga.
But the Wallabies have Simmons and Phipps.
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@nzzp said in Bledisloe I:
@jegga said in Bledisloe I:
How did we get to this? the bledisloe thread is halfway down the page on the day we play it.
complacency.
It's not like we drew and lost our last two games, eh.
I'm actually really looking forward to this. Woke up and thought 'Bledisloe day' - awesome.
Its easy to underestimate the guys in Yellow due to their recent and past history...but its going to be interesting to see the impact of them having Mick Byrnes up-skilling them over the last 6weeks. Will their be noticeable difference in their attack ability, positional field kicking, and ball handling skills?
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@Centreman I think they have a very good attacking backline, and their tight five is underrated imo. Both their props are decent and their two locks are potentially world class. Coleman in particular is a beast.
It's their defence that I question. Grey is their defence coach and we all know how many tries the Tahs leaked under his coaching. You also have to take into account that Foley, Beale and Kerevi are terrible defenders. They might defend with Curtis Rona at 12 but that only plugs one hole. SBW, BB and the loosies will have a field day running through that channel imo.
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Their blindside has had a bad habit of going missing for periods of games and McMahon must be the shortest number eight in the professional era.
