All Blacks 2022
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2022:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
you know what is fucking me off?
look, i know PR is a thing, and you need to plant your own message
but seriously, the relentless optimism and excuse making is pretty fucking rough to take. Just once, admit we were a bit shit and we have some stuff to work on? Shit even Craig Bellamy will tell you when things aren't going well, and they win like 80% of the games they play.
Last year it was a tough end to a long year.
This year, when surely Ireland have that excuse, it's cards and unforeseen circumstances.We're not improving mate. Saturday looked a lot like Dublin in November. A smashed pack rendering our backline useless. Our ball slow, their ball not, creaky set piece.
South Africa (loss)
USA (win)
Wales (win)
Italy (win)
Ireland (loss)
France (loss)
Ireland (win
Ireland (loss)that's fucking dogshit. Admit it is FFS.
But we beat USA!
By next year it could be much closer
Be thankful that we keep dodging Japan too. They’re on the up.
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@mariner4life the more concerning thing is what's coming:
Ireland
SA (Away)
SA (Away)
Argentina
Argentina
Australia
Aus (Away)
NH Tour
Wales (sure Taffs everywhere are salivating right now!)
Scotland (I bet even they are dreaming right now)
England*edited order
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@taniwharugby Yeah, a tough assignment. Playing SA after Ireland though, not Argentina.
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@akan004 cheers, the schedule on the website makes it appear Argies are first (as it shows home fixtures at top)
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
@akan004 cheers, the schedule on the website makes it appear Argies are first (as it shows home fixtures at top)
Whoever administers the All Blacks’ website can go as well
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
you know what is fucking me off?
look, i know PR is a thing, and you need to plant your own message
but seriously, the relentless optimism and excuse making is pretty fucking rough to take. Just once, admit we were a bit shit and we have some stuff to work on? Shit even Craig Bellamy will tell you when things aren't going well, and they win like 80% of the games they play.Also - what kind of message does it send the players when senior players are untouchable?
Seriously - who was the last experienced AB starter who got truly dropped/benched for a period of time?
Frizell and Bridge are probably the closest 2. EDIT I'd add Perenara but he very rarely started anyway.
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@KiwiMurph and we wonder why players go overseas, they must look at the AB's and think they have no chance
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph and we wonder why players go overseas, they must look at the AB's and think they have no chance
the real issue is that when the All Black jersey loses its pull, the exodus will be massive. There is big money overseas, and we just can't compete financially. We're already seeing the hollowing out effect - for 2019 the play of Luatua, Vito, Piutau, Faumauina would have plugged the holes in the squad.
Fair play to NZR, the silver lake deal in hindsight looks better and better. Cash in while yuo can
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2022:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph and we wonder why players go overseas, they must look at the AB's and think they have no chance
the real issue is that when the All Black jersey loses its pull, the exodus will be massive. There is big money overseas, and we just can't compete financially. We're already seeing the hollowing out effect - for 2019 the play of Luatua, Vito, Piutau, Faumauina would have plugged the holes in the squad.
Fair play to NZR, the silver lake deal in hindsight looks better and better. Cash in while yuo can
We saw that in 07 as well with an exodus of players too.
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Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
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@KiwiMurph is it part of the "too cool to care" culture?
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
Fantastic! Another 'learning'!
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
That has to be a wind up surely?
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Leave the jersey better than you found it
Has become
Just do your best lads
These fluffybunnies are basking in a legacy few of them had anything to do with creating.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
Are there any NZ journalists capable of asking difficult questions? Or do they just need some soundbytes to puff out their submissions?
Nobody asked Savea why he felt NZ couldn't hold onto the ball (was it lack of smarts, not staying calm, not being capable) or asked for more detail on what he was talking about when he said "Irish pressure".
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@stodders said in All Blacks 2022:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
Are there any NZ journalists capable of asking difficult questions? Or do they just need some soundbytes to puff out their submissions?
Nobody asked Savea why he felt NZ couldn't hold onto the ball (was it lack of smarts, not staying calm, not being capable) or asked for more detail on what he was talking about when he said "Irish pressure".
This x 1000, there has to be a heap reading this forum. Do your job.
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@Unite said in All Blacks 2022:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2022:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
Are there any NZ journalists capable of asking difficult questions? Or do they just need some soundbytes to puff out their submissions?
Nobody asked Savea why he felt NZ couldn't hold onto the ball (was it lack of smarts, not staying calm, not being capable) or asked for more detail on what he was talking about when he said "Irish pressure".
This x 1000, there has to be a heap reading this forum. Do your job.
Additionally, compare and contrast NZ analysis with some of the Irish rugby media's technical analysis on Twitter...Murray Kinsella, Brett Igoe, Bernard Jackman.
