Predictions 2023
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@MajorRage said in Predictions 2023:
MN5 to get 3 months worth of bans from TSF
TSF Bot to win poster of the year
MajorRage to talk a lot about buying an electric car but having the same cars on his driveway
Tim to start posting things that don't make you go "Huh"?
Snowy to return ... for a bit.
Hooroo to fully depart .. then return
RL to come back under a different name
BartMan to return for a bit come rugby world cup
Chris to predict the Aussies to win the Ashes
Bones to post something serious which leaves people bewildered as to where the jokes are
Antipodean to finally come out of the closet (as a Wallabies fan masquerading as an AB's fan) after the Wallabies do better than the All Blacks in the world cup
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Contemplating that crystal ball again and some visions are coming through. I'm seeing a date, is that September 9?
I'm seeing a team sheet:
15 B Barrett
14 Telea
13 R Ioane
12 J Barrett
11 Clarke
10 McKenzie
9 Smith
8 Savea
7 Papalii
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5 Whitelock
4 Retallick
3 Lomax
2 Taukei'aho
1 de GrootTrying to make out that 6 name ... maybe it starts with an "S", maybe an "I", I'm just not sure.
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@Tim said in Predictions 2023:
Contemplating that crystal ball again and some visions are coming through. I'm seeing a date, is that September 9?
I'm seeing a team sheet:
15 B Barrett
14 Telea
13 R Ioane
12 J Barrett
11 Clarke
10 McKenzie
9 Smith
8 Savea
7 Papalii
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5 Whitelock
4 Retallick
3 Lomax
2 Taukei'aho
1 de GrootTrying to make out that 6 name ... maybe it starts with an "S", maybe an "I", I'm just not sure.
Clarke is the weakness there, one awesome game against Ozzie was a long time ago. But is this what you want to see, or what you think you'll see?
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At this stage I am holding judgement on Clarke until we see this Super campaign through. If he is still inconsistent and hasn't improved his decision making then we may as well see if there is a bolter x factor winger around as we wouldn't lose much.
We do need one guy that will pull a rabbit out of a hat as that can be the difference in knockout games. -
@Tim My predictions remain unchanged. Cane would not start for any other tier one country. He is shite, and Papalii's superiority has been conclusively demonstrated over the last two international seasons.
ABs exit in the Quarter Final. Cane cannot redeem his status as the worst captain in AB history. Foster is obviously the worst coach.
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@Tim
(replying to your first post - seems prescient..)France & Ireland won't do as well as expected - expect one to be knocked out in the QF/SF's. England to do much better than expected as will SA.
Scotland to give SA & Ireland a seriously hard time - could be real dark horses who could cause a few upsets.
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@Bovidae Cane is shit, he has been shit for the last three years, and he will be shit this year.
Any one pretending otherwise is delusional. Congrats on backing a shit Chiefs player to a WC QF exit.
In case I didn't make it clear, Cane is absolute shit and will be throughout the year.
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@Tim said in Predictions 2023:
Cane cannot redeem his status as the worst captain in AB history. Foster is obviously the worst coach.
Correct me if I have misinterpreted your multiple musings, but I think you're saying Cane is shit. Really shit.
I have watched about 15 minutes of Super Rugby this year so have no personal opinion but what I have read in the media contradicts your point?
Where I can comment is on the quoted bit.
Cane's nowhere near the worst AB captain. Not as a player or as a captain
Leaving aside one-off captains, as a player Cane is better than Reuben Thorne, Andy Leslie, Todd Blackadder and that's just loosies.
As captain Meads, Kirkpatrick, Leslie, Stu Wilson, Anton Oliver, Blackadder, Whetton - it's a long list.
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Further predictions:
RWC to take place in France in 2023
ABs do better than expected.
On the Fern, @tim tells us Cane is shit....
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@Victor-Meldrew He is shit, based upon the last three years of international games. If you are basing your estimation upon anything else then you are a fool. He will deliver ABs to a QF exit.
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Hold on, the player who has been shit at test level for three years had some quite good games in Super Rugby this year. God damn! You'd have to be crazy to not make him your captain this year!
Cane is real dogshit, and anyone who does not recognize his terrible form over the last three years, at international level, is a coward.
Sam Cane is a shit player and captain, and he can only lead the ABs to a QF defeat. He should not be in the AB squad.
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My concern about Cane is he is in the 2007 McCaw captaincy arc. He did not control the ref or make decisions well in the final.
Would feel better with Whitelock as captain.
As for who is the better seven, huge Dalton fan but not much difference IMO and his year will be next year.
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@Kirwan said in Predictions 2023:
Would feel better with Whitelock as captain.
Herald article yesterday (I know, I know) suggesting Whitelock should be a bench option as form isn't as good as Retallick and Barrett's.
As above can't comment on form but Having Whitelock come on to take over captaincy from a subbed Cane sort of makes some sense. Of course Whitelock could still take over even if he had started.
