All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship
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@cgrant yeah it is odd, it's almost like our coaching staff, sans McLeod are re watching the AB games circa 2016-2019 for inspiration, yet there is some excellent innovative and specifically planned play about at both test and the next tier down around to gather Intel and ideas from.
The opening 10 of each test match is superb rugby from the Irish, so simple and effective, we are so unimaginative and slow on the uptake, I reckon we coulda played 3 more tests and they'd have scored inside the 1st 10 in each.
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Despite the limitations of our tight 5, we do have the players to get us the go forward we need to give our backline more space to work with. If we pick ST at hooker, SB at lock, and Akira at 6 and tell them to make metres in close with pick and gos etc then that'll quickly give us the front foot ball we have been craving. If memory serves me correctly it was those 3 that got us back into the game against the French with their strong carries close to the ruck. As long as our scrum and lineout are stable then that gives us an awesome platform to attack from. Even if the opposition know what we are going to do, it's incredibly difficult to defend against without commiting more numbers close in, which opens up space wider out.
Rugby is a simple game when it comes down to it, and I think part of our problem is the coaches are trying to be too clever with their gameplans and the players are not able to implement them under pressure, so we look incredibly disjointed.
I can see some logic in bringing ST off the bench, but that only works if the starting hooker is doing his job. As it stands we just absolutely must start ST as he's head and shoulders above Taylor at the moment.
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@nzzp
Ultra-conservative selections. Despite players being out of form, the losses pile up, and yet we see the same players back in the starting lineup. As well, players being welcome back into the team who weren't even up to scratch when they left.
New players being left up shite creek without a paddle. Since nobody seems to know how to defend or attack with any cohesion, new players look utterly confused and are then being scapegoated afterward. -
@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
I think its smart by NZRU as next year post WC two assistants could argue they want to be on the team of a new head coach.
So then - regardless of result - Razor becomes the ‘continuity’ candidate as Fozzie has to bring in all new people.
If we win they chalk it to the assistants.
If we lose, they hang it on Fozzie.Motherfuckin wishful thinking - but I'm onboard!!!!
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@nzzp said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
Who was advising Foster on this presser? “I’m resilient.. I’m strategic” WTH?
The only people who have told me they are strategic thinkers tend to be lightweights. It's just ... weird.
Off topic - but, Big Picture Thinkers - Lazy c*nts who can't be bothered applying attention to detail and leave that to someone else.
You may quote me on that!!!
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I reckon the ABs have nothing to lose in SA.
They are pretty much at rock bottom, lost 4 of thier last 5, 5 of thier last 8...
Under normal circumstances 1 win in SA from 2 tests on consecutive weeks would be acceptable...
Losing both is what the bulk of the rugby public is expecting now (some wanting, as they see this as a way to get Fozzie gone)
For me, Fozzies future hinges on the Bledisloe, but the cards have given him the very best shot at retaining with 1 test at EP...but if if falls here, he loses the Cup and also takes on yet another first of being the first AB coach of the professional era to lose at EP...surely that will see him gone for the EOYT?
Maybe Razor should be watching the NPC with a bit keener eye this year!
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
I reckon the ABs have nothing to lose in SA.
Except their coaches...
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@Chris-B not in SA they won't, unless they send them on a 3 day Lion safari on foot...
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B not in SA they won't, unless they send them on a 3 day Lion safari on foot...
If they send Foster that would be over feeding the Lions,That can cause health problems.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@akan004 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@Tim said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph making stuff up?
Sounds pretty specific to me
Happy if this is true but how does McLeod keep on retaining his position? Easily the worst defence coach in World Rugby.
It’s hard to see Mooar/Macleod retaining their jobs after the Irish series. But who would you bring in knowing that if things don’t go well Foster will be sacked and Razor will roll in his own team?
If rumours are true (I’d note the rumour mill got it wrong about Cane being dropped as Capt) and MacDonald and Ryan are being canvassed as replacements. Doesn’t this foreshadow Foster getting axed anyway?
I think its smart by NZRU as next year post WC two assistants could argue they want to be on the team of a new head coach.
So then - regardless of result - Razor becomes the ‘continuity’ candidate as Fozzie has to bring in all new people.
If we win they chalk it to the assistants.
If we lose, they hang it on Fozzie.
From what I’ve seen planning of that complexity is well beyond anything these clowns are capable of. It’s much more likely that they’re just too cowardly to make the big calls.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
I reckon the ABs have nothing to lose in SA.
They are pretty much at rock bottom, lost 4 of thier last 5, 5 of thier last 8...
Under normal circumstances 1 win in SA from 2 tests on consecutive weeks would be acceptable...
Losing both is what the bulk of the rugby public is expecting now (some wanting, as they see this as a way to get Fozzie gone)
For me, Fozzies future hinges on the Bledisloe, but the cards have given him the very best shot at retaining with 1 test at EP...but if if falls here, he loses the Cup and also takes on yet another first of being the first AB coach of the professional era to lose at EP...surely that will see him gone for the EOYT?
Maybe Razor should be watching the NPC with a bit keener eye this year!
I have one FB mate who’s AB wankness is just embarrassing, exactly the kind of “fan” that give NZ a bad name. Basically gloating like a cock when they win and coming up with ALL sorts of excuses when they lose ( eg it’s the start of the season so they’re rusty…..or the middle of the season so they haven’t peaked……or the end of the season so they’re tired ) and despite everything he’s still carrying on like a prize dickwad saying that SA need to look out and the “Black attack” is coming for them.
So yeah, they’ll be fine. 2-0 victory to the MIB should be assured.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
If we win they chalk it to the assistants.
If we lose, they hang it on Fozzie.I can just see the headlines: "Earthquake in Peru. Foster to Blame"
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@Frank said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
I think its smart by NZRU as next year post WC two assistants could argue they want to be on the team of a new head coach.
So then - regardless of result - Razor becomes the ‘continuity’ candidate as Fozzie has to bring in all new people.
If we win they chalk it to the assistants.
If we lose, they hang it on Fozzie.Motherfuckin wishful thinking - but I'm onboard!!!!
I don't care who is on-board or who leads who - I just don't want to see another shambles like last WE.
Try the new Assistants and Joe Schmidt involvement, but if there's no big, consistent improvement, then take some radical action after the EOYT.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
If we win they chalk it to the assistants.
If we lose, they hang it on Fozzie.I can just see the headlines: "Earthquake in Peru. Foster to Blame"
What did Foster fall over in Peru and the ground shook.
