All Blacks v Argentina II
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
more than ever i think saveas best positions is impact off the bench
At the very best.
he's tired because he carreid the team on his shoulders for the RWC. Seriously, he was immense there- didn't make him grow and become a lineout option, but he was close to one of our best players last year. Short memories around here.
You're both right. TJ is past it (and you knew what you were getting when you picked him Razor), Ardie unbalances the trio and is getting on; Newell is pants around the park but Jase loves him, Blackadder is limited at 6 in Tests, and Reece is amazing at somethings, but still too small for front line tests.
Push Savea to the bench then use him for impact, maybe he gets his mojo back.
Don't disagree with this. I'd have him on the bench, but my point was he was excellent lsat year. A month of bad form doesn't mean that's all he's got any more.
Having said that, I can't think of any player that came back from sabbatical better than they were when they started. Maybe BBBR was close to par. To be in Japan playing lower level rugby and come straight back into starting for the ABs was a stretch. I think a staggered return would have been easy to get by the media and the public, and been better for the team
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@nzzp Yeah that was back when you had to earn your way into the lineup.
These days, players just swan off on sabbatical whenever they like, and if they don't get picked, they get the stupid social media brigade and the media themselves to hound the coaches into picking them.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nzzp Yeah that was back when you had to earn your way into the lineup.
These days, players just swan off on sabbatical whenever they like, and if they don't get picked, they get the stupid social media brigade and the media themselves to hound the coaches into picking them.
Any coaches that pick a player because of media or social media should get sacked immediately. I don't believe any would.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nzzp Yeah that was back when you had to earn your way into the lineup.
These days, players just swan off on sabbatical whenever they like, and if they don't get picked, they get the stupid social media brigade and the media themselves to hound the coaches into picking them.
Any coaches that pick a player because of media or social media should get sacked immediately. I don't believe any would.
Picking the team based on TSF polls and chatter on the other hand...
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@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Caught out badly for pace and positioning on D for two tries.
The first one and the tap back from Reece.
Riekos pace papers over a lot of cracks.
Personally I think ALB will be catnip for the Springboks.
The first one had Paps ALB and Telea defending six Pumas in proper alignment. ALB came forward in hope of making spot tackle. Not his fault.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nzzp Yeah that was back when you had to earn your way into the lineup.
These days, players just swan off on sabbatical whenever they like, and if they don't get picked, they get the stupid social media brigade and the media themselves to hound the coaches into picking them.
Any coaches that pick a player because of media or social media should get sacked immediately. I don't believe any would.
Picking the team based on TSF polls and chatter on the other hand...
Yep but they obviously should use knowledgable people !!
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Having said that, I can't think of any player that came back from sabbatical better than they were when they started.
Rangi, perhaps?
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Frank said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Watched the Soctt Hansen interview.
I am not going to say - “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” -yet, but he doesn't give me that good down to earth feeling like say, Vern Cotter did. Too slick, too corporate, and too cocky. Apparently, it's all abpit "opportunities".What happened to just saying we screwed up and we feel ashamed?
There's too many coaches in this team, two of which (MacDonald and Holland) have no record to stand on to lay claim to be in the set up in the first place. This is reflected in the disjointed game plan.
And since Razor loves his assistants - perhaps we hire a how to exit out of our own half coach.
Hansen is a top bloke and a very smart coach he master minded a lot of the plans to combat teams in the Crusaders title play off games.
I had a lot to with Scott at club level down to earth dude.It's not how smart or down to earth he is at Club or SRP level, it's how good he is at Test level. As an armchair expert I'll give him a pass as our D hasn't regressed and has improved in some areas and adapted to opponents.
Unlike our forwards where Robertson really needs to get a grip. All over the place consistency-wise and bugger-all improvement.
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@Victor-Meldrew not sure shipping record points to Argentina isn't regression.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Victor-Meldrew not sure shipping record points to Argentina isn't regression.
That's not all down to defence. A shit forwards platform is going to give scoring opportunities to the other side.
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The Boks have 4 or 5 forwards in Japan. How come they can handle it?
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The Boks have 4 or 5 forwards in Japan. How come they can handle it?
Maybe we should ask them?
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Results as a head coach mean nothing if you become an assistant coach.
Take a look around at teams around the world. Lots of Assistant coaches aren’t or have been head coaches. It’s a different role completely.
Maybe the head coaches like McDonald etc are struggling with the specialisation required?
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@voodoo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I didn't watch as I had a 50th - and I haven't watched the replay yet. So having scrolled this thread for about 12 minutes, I feel perfectly placed to select a team for redemption.
You're welcome.
- De Groot
- Taylor
- Lomax
- Darry
- Vaii (50/50 with Patrick)
- Finau
- Cane (or Paps, I don't really care)
- Ardie (hooked for Sititi early if not playing out of his skin)
- Ratima
- Dmac
- Clarke
- ALB
- Ioane
- Jordan
- Jordie B (yes sir)
Happy to have helped out guys, see you in a week.
The Redeem team, except where is our Kobe? Oh I see you’ve picked Cane….
Razor and Rangi, I know you lurk so get your skates on and pick this team
EdG, Taylor, Lomax, Darry, Vaa’i, Finau, Papali’i, Jacobson, Ratima, DMac, Clarke, ALB, Proctor, Ioane, Jordie
Aumua, Ofa, Williams, Lord, Sititi, Hotham, Beaudie, Jordan
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Frank said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Watched the Soctt Hansen interview.
I am not going to say - “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” -yet, but he doesn't give me that good down to earth feeling like say, Vern Cotter did. Too slick, too corporate, and too cocky. Apparently, it's all abpit "opportunities".What happened to just saying we screwed up and we feel ashamed?
There's too many coaches in this team, two of which (MacDonald and Holland) have no record to stand on to lay claim to be in the set up in the first place. This is reflected in the disjointed game plan.
And since Razor loves his assistants - perhaps we hire a how to exit out of our own half coach.
Hansen is a top bloke and a very smart coach he master minded a lot of the plans to combat teams in the Crusaders title play off games.
I had a lot to with Scott at club level down to earth dude.It's not how smart or down to earth he is at Club or SRP level, it's how good he is at Test level. As an armchair expert I'll give him a pass as our D hasn't regressed and has improved in some areas and adapted to opponents.
Unlike our forwards where Robertson really needs to get a grip. All over the place consistency-wise and bugger-all improvement.
Bit early to judge him at test level.
But not many. And certainly not Ardie
