The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread
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@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@gt12 I think I concluded in my own mind that Farrell is probably No. 1 at present.
On the other hand, there is also this.
It is Mark Reason, which in its own way makes it extraordinary.
I’d prefer a trio of Merhts, Spencer and DC personally....
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@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@MN5 Although that's very late Mehrts overlapping very early-DC.
But, it's also quite late Cruden overlapping Richie.
It’s more than Cruden/Mo’unga though.
Fuck Reason writes some utter shit. If he was a ferner he’d be tarred and feathered and banned for life.
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@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@MN5 Although that's very late Mehrts overlapping very early-DC.
But, it's also quite late Cruden overlapping Richie.
Haven’t read the article so might be getting this wrong, but an overlapping of DC, Cruden and BB gets them all pretty (at different times) much on fire throughout every part of that era.
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Cruden at his very best played so straight it made everyone wider instantly more dangerous. That combination with SBW we got to see for a far too short a time was lethal.
Our 10s from then on are far too lateral in their attack, and that's because their game is built around the run. And that's fine, you just need to adjust the attack to suit. And pick the right player at 12.
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The best 10 is one that keeps the ball in front of our forwards, won't try to play within our half unless it's turnover ball, carries the ball in both hands and plays straight to the line to fix the defence.
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@antipodean Revolutionary! Visionary! And we shall name it "basics".
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@nostrildamus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@KiwiMurph forgot! but was he the first choice?
I think Tony Brown was everyone's first choice - but to me that's related to Brown's reputation not an issue with Rangi and Razor.
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@Chris-B My problem with Reason is he could write a balanced, interesting article if he wanted to but he seldom wants to.
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@akan004 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
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@Kiwiwomble said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@antipodean said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@gt12 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
I still cant believe that we paid out a club to get Mooar back.
Attack mastermind to complement the defensive nous of McLeod.
Mcleod did a really good job with the Highlanders defence, not sure whats happened
We actually aren't conceding that many points. When did McLeod get the job? It doesn't look any worse than in the past.
Scoring on the other hand...perhaps I should say scoring when we need to has been problematic.
Defence isn't just about conceding points. It needs to be organised, aggressive and suffocating which will lead to the opposition making errors and conceding turnovers. Not seeing any of this atm. We make so few dominant tackles compared to some of the top teams.
Just copy Argentina!
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At the risk of being back on topic my concern is we may win and win well but it won't be correcting some major structural faults. Things to watch:
-bench timing
-plan A/plan B
-forward leg drive
-less passivity/reactivity
(Team selection? I don't know if that is a clear indicator, we seem to lose, choose a few extra specialists in key positions, win, then we devolve again for the next game).. -
@nostrildamus That's a fair comment.
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@MN5 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Fuck Reason writes some utter shit. If he was a ferner he’d be tarred and feathered and banned for life.
I'm tempted to say "The Grumpy Old Men thread is over there".
But won't.
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@nostrildamus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
At the risk of being back on topic my concern is we may win and win well but it won't be correcting some major structural faults. Things to watch:
-bench timing
-plan A/plan B
-forward leg drive
-less passivity/reactivity
(Team selection? I don't know if that is a clear indicator, we seem to lose, choose a few extra specialists in key positions, win, then we devolve again for the next game)..To your list, I'd also add: Senior players stepping up when needed.
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@antipodean said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
The best 10 is one that keeps the ball in front of our forwards, won't try to play within our half unless it's turnover ball, carries the ball in both hands and plays straight to the line to fix the defence.
That rules pop gun Cruden out...
