Bledisloe I
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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.
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe I:
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.
Bono? I know he's not usually an 8 but he wasn't tall
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Veitchy is saying ASmith could be a last minute scratching
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@JayCee said in Bledisloe I:
Ok seen a screenshot of the article - apparently Kaino had an affair and is heading home.
Fuck me - what happens on tour stays on tour
Article published where? Man, social media is changing the landscape of scandals these days ... gives main stream media an opportunity to report and away they go.
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fuck, if Aussie cant beat us tonight...what a clusterfuck, seems maybe a few of the lads getting too big for themselves!
In todays social media video cams everywhere age, if you are in the public eye you need to be squeaky clean, super discreet or pay the price.
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@taniwharugby one of the comments on veitch's FB page put up a selfie photo with him and the model. Dumb. Don't even allow the photo to be taken bro
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