Has Hansen gone stale?
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@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
I only come on the Fern because Hansen stopped reading my emails.
I wish Mitchell and Deans had stopped reading your emails back in 02.
2002 was all part of the grand plan to win back the Bledisloe in 2003. As Henry did, Hansen is still riding their coat tails.
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@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
I only come on the Fern because Hansen stopped reading my emails.
I wish Mitchell and Deans had stopped reading your emails back in 02.
2002 was all part of the grand plan to win back the Bledisloe in 2003. As Henry did, Hansen is still riding their coat tails.
I like it, they completely foxed it, playing boring stodgy rugby based on the Cantablacks and then a year later unleashing the Blues gameplan (that they had secretly told Graham Henry to start practising) on Oz.
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
If I was here in 03 the Bitchell thread might have made the Hammettuer thread seem tame in comparison.
I was. It did!
Imagine how good it would have been if I was around to reign your excessive fluffing in?
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God 2002 was shit year.
Highlights the games v South Africa, a good win at home, and a win in Durban. But the world's most boring game v the Wallabies, then a loss. Took the Taine/Jonah/Cully farewell tour away with a squad guaranteeing they would lose, and they did.
Our team was so underwhelming, the results were a bit shit, just a forgettable year.
Funnily enough, until the World Cup in 2011, the only year i had been to more than one AB test (Fiji and Saffers in Wellington)
Mark fucking Robinson at centre over Tana!!!
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@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia Your squeals of outrage as Cully was dropped would have been at frequencies beyond detection by the human ear!
Agreed, and I would have loved to have seen you twisting yourself in knots trying to defend the selections of the Hobbit and then that dude playing in the midfield for Auckland in the NPC over him.
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@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
I only come on the Fern because Hansen stopped reading my emails.
I wish Mitchell and Deans had stopped reading your emails back in 02.
2002 was all part of the grand plan to win back the Bledisloe in 2003. As Henry did, Hansen is still riding their coat tails.
I like it, they completely foxed it, playing boring stodgy rugby based on the Cantablacks and then a year later unleashing the Blues gameplan (that they had secretly told Graham Henry to start practising) on Oz.
We all know that in the ABs it was Mauger and Umaga that made Carlos, Rok, Howlett and Mils look flash. I blame Deans for those 50 point wins.
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@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
I only come on the Fern because Hansen stopped reading my emails.
I wish Mitchell and Deans had stopped reading your emails back in 02.
2002 was all part of the grand plan to win back the Bledisloe in 2003. As Henry did, Hansen is still riding their coat tails.
I like it, they completely foxed it, playing boring stodgy rugby based on the Cantablacks and then a year later unleashing the Blues gameplan (that they had secretly told Graham Henry to start practising) on Oz.
We all know that in the ABs it was Mauger and Umaga that made Carlos, Rok, Howlett and Mils look flash. I blame Deans for those 50 point wins.
I think you miss spelt Robinson, Gibson or Rangi.
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@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
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@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
How many log ins do you have Nepia?
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@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
The worst thing he did was sending Jerry Collins out to face the media after that Oz loss. Jesus the system was broken back then - how on earth did that charlatan get the AB coach role?
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Look, no one looks back on the Mitch era fondly, but, he did get the Bledisloe back. Higher credentialed coaches didn't do that.
And posting 50 points away back to back in the Tri-Nations when it was actually good? The mid-part of 2003 was pretty sweet.
He also brought in a few guys who went on to be pretty decent All Blacks.
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
How many log ins do you have Nepia?
Panadol wasn't even fit to lace Cullen's boots
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Look, no one looks back on the Mitch era fondly, but, he did get the Bledisloe back. Higher credentialed coaches didn't do that.
And posting 50 points away back to back in the Tri-Nations when it was actually good? The mid-part of 2003 was pretty sweet.
He also brought in a few guys who went on to be pretty decent All Blacks.
Biggest indictment of Deans was McGod choosing Henry over his Super rugby coach at the time
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@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
The worst thing he did was sending Jerry Collins out to face the media after that Oz loss. Jesus the system was broken back then - how on earth did that charlatan get the AB coach role?
In all seriousness, the big fear at the time was that NZ forward play was regressing badly and Mitchell was seen as someone with solid forward-coaching credentials, off the back of his work with England. I reckon that was a big driver and all of the other irritating details, such as a lack of head coaching experience, seemed to get swept to one side. And so began the Magical Mystery Tour .....
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@marty said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nepia said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@canefan said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@act-crusader said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life all put in perspective when winning 3Ns and Bledisloe in 2003. When it actually meant something.
😎
indeed. when we got a new team and a new plan. 2002 was deleted like a bad selfie. We just didn't go far enough in the end, more cantabores needed to be rissoled.
Was Wayne Smith in charge in 2002? Or did Bitchell take over then? All I can recall is him trying to lecture Cullen on the mechanics of holding and passing the ball, and trying to justify his non-selection in the 2003 cup side by saying he was not even the 4th or 5th best 15 in NZ that year. What a fucking carnt. I still haven't forgiven him for that
The worst thing he did was sending Jerry Collins out to face the media after that Oz loss. Jesus the system was broken back then - how on earth did that charlatan get the AB coach role?
In all seriousness, the big fear at the time was that NZ forward play was regressing badly and Mitchell was seen as someone with solid forward-coaching credentials, off the back of his work with England. I reckon that was a big driver and all of the other irritating details, such as a lack of head coaching experience, seemed to get swept to one side. And so began the Magical Mystery Tour .....
Oddly enough his time in charge saw us get bossed by an Oz forward pack.
