All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
This game wouldn't even be played if there wasn't a RWC.
Bollocks.
Every other team is playing warm-up games. Many are playing several. Yet you think we should go into the RWC absolutely cold? If we had gone in cold, this performance would have been against France.
I've stayed off commenting on the Fern this year because I've ridden the Foster train before, and I am well aware that this is exactly what his teams do. Always have.
The bad parts of that game were pure Foster. Back to poor exits. Back to defensive bombs. Back to poor discipline. Still never dropping players, ever, no matter how bad. Still the game plan from 2005, where we think we can run other sides off their feet. Still "clever" selections like making sure our best hooker gets almost no game time, loses his mojo, and is then terrible when you finally let him get onto the field.
After four years of this bullshit, I can't believe some of you think Foster is not the main culprit. How many terrible records does he have to break before you realise that he is a dreadful coach? You just watched that dreck, and think, "you know what, I'll stick up for him".
And for those of you who think that the All Blacks have had a wake-up call and won't be this bad again, well I have news for you. We will never be this bad again -- it was, after all our biggest loss ever -- but Foster is capable of pretty much anything, when it comes to bad.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
And he can't own up when his team puts what is objectively the worst performance ever in black
Utter fucking nonsense.
So a28 point loss isn't objectively the worst ever? Carry on in your dream world. He at no point in the interview admits anything but good learnings. Not 'we didn't prepare well enough' nor 'the tactics weren't quite right' doing shitty little kicks in our 22.Just we will learn. Except they don't and haven't over the last 6 odd years
Losing to Munster 12-0 in 78 is the worst ever…
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@kiwiinmelb was thinking about 2015 when i posted that. with out speadout games would make sense
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There was one Bok exit in thr 2nd half that had me in tears. They swung right and wipers kicked out at around our 40. No nonsense, high effect. 22 to our 40, no fuss.
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@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Still never dropping players, ever, no matter how bad.
This is his biggest weakness in my opinion.
In the past, rightly or wrongly, other managers made big calls with some big players. Mitchell dropped Cullen while he still had something to offer, Nonu got dropped for the 2007 RWC, Dagg missed out in 2015, Ben Smith and Cane dropped for the semi in 2019.
Foster has been in the setup for so long that it seems he has a cadre of undroppable players. Cane and Beaudy come to mind immediately. At times during his tenure they patently did not deserve their place on the field on merit. Who is the biggest name on his kill sheet? Akira Ioane? Sotutu?
They are low hanging fruit.
As I have said many times on this forum.
The crest on the front is bigger than any name on the back. Or at least it should be for a team that prides itself on legacy and winning records.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
There was one Bok exit in thr 2nd half that had me in tears. They swung right and wipers kicked out at around our 40. No nonsense, high effect. 22 to our 40, no fuss.
Yep, I noticed that, they were very effective at exits in Mt Smart also, the goal should always be the halfway line, anything less than that just puts you back under pressure.
The fact we got a penalty inside our 22 and the touch finder barely went past the 22 highlights this issue.
It is odd as we have a big boot at 12 that should be able to clear better. Don't Ireland utilise Lowe a lot? Teams seem to have worked this out, no idea why we persist with RM and BB who seem to struggle with this a lot.
It really does make the CC selection very odd as you really want a winger who is great under the high ball, has a big punt, good on D and can finish when needed.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
There was one Bok exit in thr 2nd half that had me in tears. They swung right and wipers kicked out at around our 40. No nonsense, high effect. 22 to our 40, no fuss.
Yep, I noticed that, they were very effective at exits in Mt Smart also, the goal should always be the halfway line, anything less than that just puts you back under pressure.
The fact we got a penalty inside our 22 and the touch finder barely went past the 22 highlights this issue.
It is odd as we have a big boot at 12 that should be able to clear better. Don't Ireland utilise Lowe a lot? Teams seem to have worked this out, no idea why we persist with RM and BB who seem to struggle with this a lot.
It really does make the CC selection very odd as you really want a winger who is great under the high ball, has a big punt, good on D and can finish when needed.
And based on Telea's cameos thus far, Clarke looks completely and utterly redundant in the squad.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Still never dropping players, ever, no matter how bad.
This is his biggest weakness in my opinion.
In the past, rightly or wrongly, other managers made big calls with some big players. Mitchell dropped Cullen while he still had something to offer, Nonu got dropped for the 2007 RWC, Dagg missed out in 2015, Ben Smith and Cane dropped for the semi in 2019.
Foster has been in the setup for so long that it seems he has a cadre of undroppable players. Cane and Beaudy come to mind immediately. At times during his tenure they patently did not deserve their place on the field on merit. Who is the biggest name on his kill sheet? Akira Ioane? Sotutu?
They are low hanging fruit.
As I have said many times on this forum.
The crest on the front is bigger than any name on the back. Or at least it should be for a team that prides itself on legacy and winning records.
Beaudy has 112 caps now, of which id say the last 30 or so are completely forgettable in comparison to his first 70 odd.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve he’s ahead of Narawa based on previous selections. Plus Narawa has struggled to get over his niggle
Does Clarke cover 14?
Thought Narawa was primarily 14/15.
Clarke 11 and centre at an absolute straw clutch?
Open to correction on both.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
And he can't own up when his team puts what is objectively the worst performance ever in black
Utter fucking nonsense.
So a28 point loss isn't objectively the worst ever? Carry on in your dream world. He at no point in the interview admits anything but good learnings. Not 'we didn't prepare well enough' nor 'the tactics weren't quite right' doing shitty little kicks in our 22.Just we will learn. Except they don't and haven't over the last 6 odd years
Losing to Munster 12-0 in 78 is the worst ever…
No it's not, I well remember a real spanking against Sydney 17 - 40 at Penrith in 1992 that was the ultimate pits. That's the same year we had an unbeaten tour of Sth Africa!
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
We're finding plenty of "reasons" for the loss huh?
I think it has been mentioned by many that we simply weren't very good (at all). That might be one of many reasons but it is surely an important one.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
It’s irrelevant because Telea covers both sides and Narawa is so far down the peaking order of fullback cover
Probably, but Narawa has a very good boot. I'd like to see more of it at test level but he might make a fine backup 15.
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Sure but we are talking about the current peaking order according to the selectors. A lot of people seems certain that Clarke is the 5th winger. I don't think the selections to date back that up
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Sure but we are talking about the current peaking order according to the selectors. A lot of people seems certain that Clarke is the 5th winger. I don't think the selections to date back that up
Yes, agree with that.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Still never dropping players, ever, no matter how bad.
This is his biggest weakness in my opinion.
In the past, rightly or wrongly, other managers made big calls with some big players. Mitchell dropped Cullen while he still had something to offer, Nonu got dropped for the 2007 RWC, Dagg missed out in 2015, Ben Smith and Cane dropped for the semi in 2019.
Could not agree more. Refusal to change captains when it's clear Cane is a poor captain, refusal to drop Beauden are two huge issues.
A refusal to cut a winger so let's take 5 in the RWC squad.
ABs seem to think because there is a bye week between the last pool game and the quarter they can get away with fewer forwards - fucking big risk meanwhile we will line up against France without a 6 at all - cripes.
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@Dan54 My thoughts too. I knew a pasting was coming while watching the anthems. They weren’t up for this at all. And the Springboks clearly were. Mindset, attitude and mental strength are still the key underlying problems, which gets back to my earlier post about the Foster effect. I think he wants to be everyone’s mate, which is fatal for a head coach.
