Has Hansen gone stale?
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@kiwiinmelb said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
If we go into next season in a WC year as number 2 ,
it certainly is new territory ,
Going to be an interesting season ,
12 months is a long time and plenty can change in that time ,
Not panicking yet, but have concerns we are not so much sliding , but have plateaued
Cough, cough, 2003
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@catogrande said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@kiwiinmelb said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
If we go into next season in a WC year as number 2 ,
it certainly is new territory ,
Going to be an interesting season ,
12 months is a long time and plenty can change in that time ,
Not panicking yet, but have concerns we are not so much sliding , but have plateaued
Cough, cough, 2003
Cough, cough 1999. (so close to the horrible 5 on the bounce losses of 1998)
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@nzzp said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@catogrande said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@kiwiinmelb said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
If we go into next season in a WC year as number 2 ,
it certainly is new territory ,
Going to be an interesting season ,
12 months is a long time and plenty can change in that time ,
Not panicking yet, but have concerns we are not so much sliding , but have plateaued
Cough, cough, 2003
Cough, cough 1999. (so close to the horrible 5 on the bounce losses of 1998)
So not new territory?
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The reaction to losing at home to a much lower ranked SA side should have really had a more negative reaction than losing away to a number 2 (at the time) ranked Ireland. Because of the long-standing rivalry being reignited, many people (including me) were happy to let the Saffas have their win without properly acknowledging that that it signified something very negative about the level the ABs are playing at.
SA will be targeting our pool game to avoid Ireland in the quarters.
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@rotated said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Absolutely reject the idea of them foxing/keeping the powder dry. What exactly did they keep on ice in 2015? Aside from the droppies in the semi and what exactly where the tactical masterstrokes they had to hold back? I don't doubt they have some strike plays off set piece up their sleeve - but little else.
They destroyed a French side and dominated the final. Had BFA not been given the world's softest YC the Wallabies would've been humped.
The masterstrokes is how they create and exploit space on the field. Often multiphase to achieve the desired effect.
Hansen has been a remarkably successful coach for a long time. I'm prepared to give him some rope.
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We'll be asking this on the All Blacks Edition on Wednesday night 8pm.
But is Hansen hiding some tricks that he doesn't want to show before the Rugby World Cup? I think it's all about winning there not this year.
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@catogrande said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@kiwiinmelb said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
If we go into next season in a WC year as number 2 ,
it certainly is new territory ,
Going to be an interesting season ,
12 months is a long time and plenty can change in that time ,
Not panicking yet, but have concerns we are not so much sliding , but have plateaued
Cough, cough, 2003
For these players
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@drivingmaul said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
But is Hansen hiding some tricks that he doesn't want to show before the Rugby World Cup? I think it's all about winning there not this year.
I guess that is what we are all hoping.
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@snowy said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@drivingmaul said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
But is Hansen hiding some tricks that he doesn't want to show before the Rugby World Cup? I think it's all about winning there not this year.
I guess that is what we are all hoping.
Ireland and other sides are probably also holding back.
It's not just the ABs that have some super secret tactics. -
on the positive side, this could be the most interesting rugby week on the Fern in years. We just had a loss people care about.
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
on the positive side, this could be the most interesting rugby week on the Fern in years. We just had a loss people care about.
Hell yeah - would love to see the traffic from a typical week to this week!
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@nzzp said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
on the positive side, this could be the most interesting rugby week on the Fern in years. We just had a loss people care about.
Hell yeah - would love to see the traffic from a typical week to this week!
we might not even need to make up rando topics in the middle of threads to entertain ourselves
will it be tomorrow or wednesday when the fingers start getting pointed across provincial lines?
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
will it be tomorrow or wednesday when the fingers start getting pointed across provincial lines?
I'd start it now but they were pretty universally shit.
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@snowy said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
will it be tomorrow or wednesday when the fingers start getting pointed across provincial lines?
I'd start it now but they were pretty universally shit.
you can start with players who weren't present....
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@mariner4life Nonu, Richie, Conrad?
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nzzp said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
on the positive side, this could be the most interesting rugby week on the Fern in years. We just had a loss people care about.
Hell yeah - would love to see the traffic from a typical week to this week!
we might not even need to make up rando topics in the middle of threads to entertain ourselves
will it be tomorrow or wednesday when the fingers start getting pointed across provincial lines?
You mean no more dick pick threads?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@nzzp said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
on the positive side, this could be the most interesting rugby week on the Fern in years. We just had a loss people care about.
Hell yeah - would love to see the traffic from a typical week to this week!
we might not even need to make up rando topics in the middle of threads to entertain ourselves
will it be tomorrow or wednesday when the fingers start getting pointed across provincial lines?
You mean no more dick pick threads?
hey hey hey, let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Epic threads are welcome at any time. Especially at a time of mourning and recrimination
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The “we were holding something back” argument is always nice wishful thinking, but often bollocks.
I can’t easily remember the last time a team suddenly pulled off a triple scissors esque move for the first time ever in an RWC knockout game.
If we were holding any cards close to our chest this weekend then we’ve been doing so for about 15 months. Perhaps we’ve been holding back having a kicking game that isn’t pedestrian/custard footed. Maybe some of our forwards won’t play in leaden shoes or won’t butter their fingers next year.
The hopeful comparisons with the 2015 pool games are all well and good, except this time they all had the Japan game off.
