2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo)
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@act-crusader said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bovidae said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Laidlaw's team for the final highlighted his lack of ambition. Time for a cleanout now with some young blood.
I don’t begrudge Laidlaw going with some of the faithful to the Olympics, but now will provide an opportunity for a refresh.
The question for me was that the best available squad? It's inexplicable that Webber kept getting starts after making so many errors in every game.
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Congratulations to Fiji , really well deserved and given what the country is going through , it will be the perfect tonic for many of their people
From a NZ piece ,
Hope we don’t hear all the palava about having the best rugby players being available, there’s very good rugby players and there is specialist 7s players .
I think many of these players in this group are coming to an end and have been great servants to NZ Sevens, I am a bit disappointed that the coaching staff did not start with a couple of youngsters , on saying that during this tournament we have been rocks diamonds and the defence was found wanting when it really counted .. -
@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bones said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Ugo Monye is a fucken moron.
NZ has won the world 7s series more than anyone so why can they not convert that to the Olympics?
Oh yeah it's the Olympics 7s series is it you dick?
Was that the clown commentating? He should get a medal for the achievement of being worse than TJ.
Oh nah he was a pundit on BBC. That commentator usually does the 7s circuit too, he's also a fluffybunny.
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@bovidae said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@act-crusader I was referring mainly to Warbrick missing out to Baker in the 12.
100% this.
Warbrick provides a point of difference.
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@antipodean Very much the worst of the BBC's Rugby pundits, apart from the strange troll
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The real life result will be seen in two weeks or so then
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@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bones said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Ugo Monye is a fucken moron.
NZ has won the world 7s series more than anyone so why can they not convert that to the Olympics?
Oh yeah it's the Olympics 7s series is it you dick?
Was that the clown commentating? He should get a medal for the achievement of being worse than TJ.
I think the clown is Rupert Cox maybe.
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@stargazer it worked though didn't it? We did waaaaay better than last time around...
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bones Yeah, but not because of him! (More despite him).
But imagine how shit we would have been if he cut it.
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Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
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@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
What on earth is wrong with that? Apart from population being 5mm now.
Totally fair for me.
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@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@act-crusader said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bovidae said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Laidlaw's team for the final highlighted his lack of ambition. Time for a cleanout now with some young blood.
I don’t begrudge Laidlaw going with some of the faithful to the Olympics, but now will provide an opportunity for a refresh.
The question for me was that the best available squad? It's inexplicable that Webber kept getting starts after making so many errors in every game.
Did Webber average at least a strip per game? The one that led to Fiji's first try got us off to the worst possible start
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Well done NZ Sevens. Great effort and silver well deserved. Fiji brought so much pressure to bear we were always up against it. But the players still threw themselves about throughout.
Curry was brilliant. Most players had their moments during the 6 matches.
I was surprised MGB did not start ahead of Webber. He was underutilised just like Warbrick. But those are my only quibbles. Thanks for the great memories guys. Hope the girls go one better now. -
@arhs said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Well done NZ Sevens. Great effort and silver well deserved. Fiji brought so much pressure to bear we were always up against it. But the players still threw themselves about throughout.
Curry was brilliant. Most players had their moments during the 6 matches.
I was surprised MGB did not start ahead of Webber. He was underutilised just like Warbrick. But those are my only quibbles. Thanks for the great memories guys. Hope the girls go one better now.When does the women's comp start?
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@canefan said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@act-crusader said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bovidae said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Laidlaw's team for the final highlighted his lack of ambition. Time for a cleanout now with some young blood.
I don’t begrudge Laidlaw going with some of the faithful to the Olympics, but now will provide an opportunity for a refresh.
The question for me was that the best available squad? It's inexplicable that Webber kept getting starts after making so many errors in every game.
Did Webber average at least a strip per game? The one that led to Fiji's first try got us off to the worst possible start
He was rubbish all tournament how he kept starting is beyond me everything he did cost turnovers and as for breaking the line he would struggle to break the skin of a rice pudding.
