Bledisloe I

[Mokey]

Report card:

1st 50 mins: perfection.
last 30 mins: absolute dire fucking shit.

Reserves have been terrible, AB's went off the boil completely. Shag would have been pretty chuffed at halftime, but what do you say to that.

[jegga]

Match summary. Equals parts " fuck yeah" and " meh"

Lots to work on .

[kev]

@Tim shit.

[chimoaus]

Why do I feel dirty and we just put 50 on the Wallabies.

[canefan]

@Tim said in Bledisloe I:

These reserves are a big step down.

Bring back Jordie, Coles bench problem partly solved. 3rd string not up to it

[Stargazer]

Best forward: Squire
Best back: Crotty

[ACT Crusader]

Well done ABs. Put the game away early.

Aaron Smith my MOTM. His clearance and direction of the play was superb.

Lacked patience in the second half. A few players thought they could score off first phase....

[akan004]

Perhaps there was an order from Shag to do that....to keep clown in the job.

[Unite]

@Gunner said in Bledisloe I:

@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:

Why do we look so shit all of a sudden. I don't get it.

Can happen when you're up 50 odd to sweet f.a., the mind subconsciously switches off.

Yeah but fuck, they switched right off. A lot of work to do to ensure the execution remains when the reserves come on. A big weakness currently.

[jegga]

@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe I:

Well done ABs. Put the game away early.

Aaron Smith my MOTM. His clearance and direction of the play was superb.

Lacked patience in the second half. A few players thought they could score off first phase....

Bang on, some of them had the self discipline of a six month old Labrador puppy.

[canefan]

Foley's pass in the Folau try was so far forward it drifted into our line!

[Gunner]

ABs should go and hang their heads in shame about that last 30-35 minutes. Terrible rugby.
It's such a shame to finish the game that way, as it overshadows those brilliant tries from the first half...

Bring on next week!

[Kirwan]

Watching Aussie players celebrating scoring trys while being pumped for a record score really sums up where they are at.

[Mokey]

@Unite said in Bledisloe I:

@Gunner said in Bledisloe I:

@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:

Why do we look so shit all of a sudden. I don't get it.

Can happen when you're up 50 odd to sweet f.a., the mind subconsciously switches off.

Yeah but fuck, they switched right off. A lot of work to do to ensure the execution remains when the reserves come on. A big weakness currently.

Yep. Easing into cruise mode is one thing, but they switched into bloody awful can't kick can't pass can't tackle mode.

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer said in Bledisloe I:

Best forward: Squire
Best back: Crotty

Thought Retallick was better than Squire. Cane was also huge making tackles. Rieko was also sensational.

[jegga]

@Kirwan said in Bledisloe I:

Watching Aussie players celebrating scoring trys while being pumped for a record score really sums up where they are at.

Yeah moral victories are awesome, when I get home from the pub I'm going to have moral sex.

[Gunner]

@jegga said in Bledisloe I:

Match summary. Equals parts " fuck yeah" and " meh" "a fucking shambles"

Lots to work on .

Being rather kind with the meh part of that summary I thought, so I fixed it for you.

[Gunner]

@Unite said in Bledisloe I:

@Gunner said in Bledisloe I:

@chimoaus said in Bledisloe I:

Why do we look so shit all of a sudden. I don't get it.

Can happen when you're up 50 odd to sweet f.a., the mind subconsciously switches off.

Yeah but fuck, they switched right off. A lot of work to do to ensure the execution remains when the reserves come on. A big weakness currently.

Not excusing the last 30 minutes, just saying it can happen.

[Samurai Jack]

Damn, that was frustrating! Worst defensive effort in the 2nd half by an AB team for such a long time. Don't fucken say "glass half full" or "so negative" or any othe BS. It was shit!

[kev]

@KiwiMurph Reiko got stood up by Folau in the first half a couple of times but was much more physical in defence in 2nd half. Great on attack.