All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@Chris-B the simple fact is, i don't reckon we can win the World Cup with any other halfback that isn't Smith, so who goes as 2 and 3 really doesn't matter.
in every practical aspect i agree
on paper we COULD win with other halfbacks...but we'd have to change how we played to compliment a different halfback rather than just putting someone else in there and expecting them to be as good as smith....but we wont/cant do that
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@Chris-B the simple fact is, i don't reckon we can win the World Cup with any other halfback that isn't Smith, so who goes as 2 and 3 really doesn't matter.
in every practical aspect i agree
on paper we COULD win with other halfbacks...but we'd have to change how we played to compliment a different halfback rather than just putting someone else in there and expecting them to be as good as smith....but we wont/cant do that
in fairness, not many teams can. Key players are key players for a reason.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I'm starting to wonder if we have been keeping our powder dry for the past couple of years
In that case it was desiccated before hand, placed in a dehumidifier and stored on the Atacama Desert considering the losses to Argentina and Ireland.
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South Africa 1 last year was the bottom for me. God we sucked, and the scoreline flattered us.
The turnaround in 7 days was enormous
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
look, this place is real boring at the moment. if i can't put words in a guys mouth and then argue that, then what else am i going to do. work?
You could always try to write some insightful analysis, or ask Tim why he can believes Dalton is always better in the team than Sam.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
look, this place is real boring at the moment. if i can't put words in a guys mouth and then argue that, then what else am i going to do. work?
You could always try to write some insightful analysis, or ask Tim why he can believes Dalton is always better in the team than Sam.
when i watch rugby i am too drunk for the first, and not drunk enough for the 2nd
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@Chris-B the simple fact is, i don't reckon we can win the World Cup with any other halfback that isn't Smith, so who goes as 2 and 3 really doesn't matter.
in every practical aspect i agree
on paper we COULD win with other halfbacks...but we'd have to change how we played to compliment a different halfback rather than just putting someone else in there and expecting them to be as good as smith....but we wont/cant do that
Yeh I'm not sure he is 100% vintage Smith and still a bit up and down, and Roigard is fairly similar in how he would fit with the team but has more snipe factor so I wonder if there really is daylight now.
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Losing to Argentina, not once but twice was one of the lowest points in ABs history. That is Foster's legacy. He then had two new coaches forced on him by NZR, at least he chose those well. He had our starting props, and starting 12 forced on him through injury - along with others. So luck or, more accurately, circumstances beyond his control have put him in this position. However, everyone in the media is bigging up the 10-game undefeated run. That's not a winning run. And there were some shit games in there, and lucky scrape wins. Foster is riding his luck, and I hope it holds until he wins the RWC. But even if he does, his legacy is one good year, 3 years of utter tripe - not good enough for more
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@Machpants the unmentioned player in this is Vaa’i. Are they taking 3 or 4 locks? Not sure if a player has done less to retain a squad position. Hard when he doesn’t play much but I can’t think of a game where he has shown that he is a starting international lock. Athletic but for international rugby your locks really need that huge physical presence. Lord hasn’t played much either.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Dunedin is soft now
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/132680961/early-drinking-discouraged-before-afternoon-all-black-testa thousand down votes
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Dunedin is soft now
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/132680961/early-drinking-discouraged-before-afternoon-all-black-test’We are mindful of when people start drinking, some people will start drinking at lunchtime prior to the game,’’ Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said.
Lunchtime ? If they were really dedicated they’d be drinking at the crack of dawn.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
South Africa 1 last year was the bottom for me. God we sucked, and the scoreline flattered us.
The turnaround in 7 days was enormous
For me it was losing a home series to Ireland. They looked well-coached, innovative and sure of their game-plan. We looked out of ideas. Some of their star players being Kiwis (with Maori or Pacific heritage to boot) was the icing on the cake. The only positive was that we didn’t lose at Eden Park.
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@Billy-Tell yeah, there is always the chance of a banana skin...if there was no chance then it wouldnt be exciting...the first loss to ireland...first lost to argentina...i could be convinced they were just banana skins....but second and third and fourth losses including not only at home but series at home......
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
In 2016 my afl team Richmond had a very disappointing season, after an intense review end of the year , the head coach kept his job , but they changed the assistants around him .
They also completely changed the game plan, they went on to win 3 of the next 4 premierships .
Now I’m not saying it’s the same and we are heading for the same success, but it is feeling a bit similar at this point in time.
If I understand you correctly, what you’re saying is the ABs are not winning the AFL?
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
In 2016 my afl team Richmond had a very disappointing season, after an intense review end of the year , the head coach kept his job , but they changed the assistants around him .
They also completely changed the game plan, they went on to win 3 of the next 4 premierships .
Now I’m not saying it’s the same and we are heading for the same success, but it is feeling a bit similar at this point in time.
If I understand you correctly, what you’re saying is the ABs are not winning the AFL?
given the way the AFL season is going? They are a chance
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life well, the luck of the Irish forced the coaching changes (so yeah, luck wrong word there) but this helped with the forward play, while injury to Havili (unlucky for him) forced the positional switch of JB, alkong with some other injuries, so those have assisted with getting the peices of the puzzle to fit.
I mean what happened last year or so with the coaches was pretty unprecedented for the ABs, so I dont think you could put what happened into a plan that was ever divised by anyone, so yeah luck is the wrong word, but some decisions were made, that were not of Fosters doing or part of any plan.
I still maintain some of the play last year v the Irish was up there as some of the worst I have seen from the ABs, but that is just my opinion.
The thing with Havili he only came into the squad when Goodhue and ALB got injured so he was never a first choice. Circumstance bought that on too.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again in true TSF broken record form, Jordie was the best fullback in the team so it was only natural that they played him there. Even more so when DMac went offshore.
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