Bledisloe #1
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Just looking at the first half, we got blown away up front. Forwards got owned.
Franks is gone, Moody not much better. Dual sevens didn’t work. Brodie is a massive, massive loss.
Richie is not ready to be a Test ten, midfield is disjointed, Smith is slow, can’t get any decent ball to Ioane and our best back has to play ten and 15
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This has been coming for some time. We keep being told that we can play rugby without the ball. Kicking it away. The Wallabies showed that keeping the ball in hand is what matters. Some of our tight forwards struggle with their hands. Tonight they lost the contact as well.
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Fixes needed
- Don't panic
- Ben Smith to 15 or not in the team
- Choose a midfield and stick with it !!! The choice should not involve Ben Smith to 13.
- Get Braydon Ennor onto the reserves
- Need new starting props
Otherwise I don't see what else we can do really.
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@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe #1:
@Tim said in Bledisloe #1:
Foster
MacLeod
McLean
HansenThe f*cking Nightmare team.
Who is the Mickey Mouse now? Muppets.
Fixed
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Firstly, the Wallabies were so good, well done. They were the best team in ever facet and this was a deserved thumping
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next week will be interesting
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Jeez, that was painful to watch at times. SB's Red screwed our chances but we were pretty awful for much of the game
Negatives:
Read's captaincy
Poor discipline
Too many turn-overs
Ben Smith looking ordinary
Franks
First 45 minutesPositives:
Coles went well.
Ardie was outstanding
BB making breaks as of old.
ALB was good and solid - outstanding ball retention
Reiko looks to have played himself back into form
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@Unite said in Bledisloe #1:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe #1:
Did someone mention 2003?
Role reversal is a good omen
So we lose the Bledisloe and lose the RWC Final...keeps getting better!
But what a glorious semi win against ‘Straya
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@barbarian said in Bledisloe #1:
Where did that come from? Best we've played in years.
We got the rub of the green, but we've had that before and still lost. Glad we made it count. Scored some lovely tries.
Bring on Eden Park.
I don’t remember your guys getting the rub of the green. Just totally outplayed the ABs in every facet; you do that and shit will naturally go your way. Congrats, after a really tough year that’s an incredible performance.
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@Tim said in Bledisloe #1:
Kieran Read is smiling and upbeat in the after-match interview because he has an IQ of 80 and is a shit captain. Always captain by default. Never been good.
If you can't win against all odds, you don't really deserve to be captain.
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Well deserved Aussie. Have the coaches been tricking us all along or do that not have confidence in there strategy? RM and BB now saves and cane? We just seem to have an identity crisis on our attack....again. Aussies from get go looked assured and confident and played direct, starving us of ball. We looked good but struggled to apply pressure.
Need to see what we do next week before I make my judgement but we have to stick with this now I think cause changing the team would seem to admitting defeat by coaches??? Confused atm
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