The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread
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You'd also like to think fozzie has learned a bit since he left the Chiefs, hopefully Sunday will provide some evidence of this ability to learn
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@rotated said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
I think that is where we have to be prepared to cut Foster some slack though. If he has a strong conviction that Cane/Savea at 7/8 or Jordie on the right wing is a long term answer then he should be given at least the remainder of this year to persevere with that and see if it pays dividends.
That said when you drop Ioane after one test you clearly don't have much conviction - at least in the midfield.
I think we do have to cut Fozzie a little bit of slack, but only up until the Bledisloe goes west.
I think last weekend's selection was a safety selection. He wanted to get a win on the board, silence the critics, and build from there. But, it all went a bit wrong - not least because Beaudy got injured and he lost one of his trump cards (already having Retallick not in the mix).
This weekend he has Beaudy back (though I remain apprehensive of a late withdrawal - leaving Fozzie up the duff). So that's a plus, but significantly offset, I think, by losing Sam Whitelock.
I'm not really mystified by Rieko sliding to the bench. He provides plenty of attacking firepower, which is seductive, but he's still got training wheels on in defense. So, stick him on the bench and have the option to inject his obvious points scoring potential if and when it's needed.
What does mystify me is the revelation that Goodhue-ALB is better than ALB-Goodhue, when Fozzie has been coaching the All Black backs for 8 years. Now ALB's best position might be centre, but I've seen nothing to suggest that Jack's best position is 2nd five.
I guess he thinks he's being safe again playing Jordie on the wing, but I would have picked Sevu there for experience - it's a bit surprising that the apparent order of precedence among his wings is Bridge, Clarke, Jordan, Reece.
In the forwards - well, I'm glad that Hodgman has replaced Big Karl - it looked like we had the second coming of Billy Cavubati out there last Sunday.
Sam Whitelock is a huge loss. I thought he was one of our best last Sunday and he's being replaced by a guy who frankly I know almost nothing about. He might as well be Bryn Evans!
We are really going to need a few guys who've promised in Super rugby, but not really delivered massively in tests, to grab the bull by the horns.
Have to say, even though I'm heavily against playing two opensides - we've made our bed with Ardie at 8 for this game. He's one of our trump cards and we can't really afford to have him benched for a rookie, given the number of other relative rookies we've got running around.
I'm slightly concerned by Plumtree's assertion that if the ref doesn't control the Aussie's cheap-shotting, we'll have to have a crack ourselves. That's the sort of thing that leads to cards in test matches - and with both teams looking to assert themselves, card(s) won't surprise me.
The TAB says NZ$1.13; Oz $5.30.
There's a lot of believers in the Kaikoura fish and chip hoodoo.
I think Rennie will smell blood in the water and he won't have too much trouble getting his troops to believe. If nothing else, I reckon cards give a lie to those odds.
On the plus side, if we lose, the Bled is so far out the door that Fozzie might as well chuck out the bathwater and any babies that go with it - and pick his team of the future for the return tests.
Though his future might be pretty truncated!
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Wow.
Ted haha.
Asked to choose between Rennie and Foster, Graham Henry said he would pick the Wallabies coach as his man. "I talked in the media about this before and (was) asked who should coach the All Blacks and I was very vocal about Rennie," Henry said. "But Dave Rennie went to Glasgow and went and coached there after winning two Super titles with the Chiefs. "I think he's got it all and no disrespect to Fozzie, no disrespect, and New Zealand Rugby - this is some time ago, not recently - were meant to keep in contact with players and coaches who had a big influence with professional rugby in this country and went overseas and they didn't do that. If they had done that with Dave Rennie he would have applied for the All Black job. "I think we stuffed up quite frankly because he is a quality person and a quality coach and you've seen it straight away with the Wallabies. They will play for him, and that's no disrespect to Fozzie, that's just circumstantial, so I've answered the question." "Dave Rennie is a fabulous coach, no doubt. New Zealand Rugby c**ked that up. They should have been connecting with Dave and (Japan coach) Jamie Joseph and other people around the world to keep them involved in New Zealand Rugby. (But they) didn't contact Dave Rennie for three years, and Dave Rennie is fabulous, so he's going to do a great job with Australia. Whether they've got the personnel to be up there for the World Cup, I think they probably will with Dave Rennie. -
@KiwiMurph Wow - that is a serious crack at NZ Rugby - and probably deserved.
There has been plenty of sleeping on the job in terms of their competition structures over the past several years (we've just been discussing one of them) and things seem to have got significantly worse since Tew left.
Seems SGH thinks they've been sleeping on the job with their succession planning - and their negotiating on a new Super rugby structure appears to have been a fucking shambles.
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@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@KiwiMurph Wow - that is a serious crack at NZ Rugby - and probably deserved.
There has been plenty of sleeping on the job in terms of their competition structures over the past several years (we've just been discussing one of them) and things seem to have got significantly worse since Tew left.
something like 90 people working there - it's gone through the roof over the last few years
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@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@KiwiMurph Wow - that is a serious crack at NZ Rugby - and probably deserved.
There has been plenty of sleeping on the job in terms of their competition structures over the past several years (we've just been discussing one of them) and things seem to have got significantly worse since Tew left.
something like 90 people working there - it's gone through the roof over the last few years
AIG money. Can't buy competence obviously.
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@KiwiMurph said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Turns out these Henry comments come from the recent Wairarapa Bush Rugby Sports Awards where he looks a lot of wines deep haha.
he's earned it.
Won with Auckland, won with Wales, came back and won with Auckland again, took on the ABs, turned them round and rebuilt from the Mitchell horror show, built a great team, lost a RWC, dominated for 4 years, squeaked home in 2011 and retired to Waiheke a happy man.
Really, all that was left was giong full Martin Crowe and picking up Miss Universe ... but for a coach he's done it all
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@KiwiMurph said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Turns out these Henry comments come from the recent Wairarapa Bush Rugby Sports Awards where he looks a lot of wines deep haha.
He looked sloshed answering those questions. Go to 2:02:50 for Henry’s comments.
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@ACT-Crusader My cuzzie sis was there representing my mighty home club, lotsa Martinborough wine was consumed, so doesn't surprise me!
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@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Sam Whitelock is a huge loss. I thought he was one of our best last Sunday and he's being replaced by a guy who frankly I know almost nothing about. He might as well be Bryn Evans!
I've heard Ta$man has already signed him for next year.
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@ACT-Crusader the contrast with Foster coudln't be starker
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Hansen backed in Foster a while ago. I’d be genuinely interested in what the motivation was. Just as Henry backed in Hansen, there were doubts there too.
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@Nepia said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Chris-B said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Sam Whitelock is a huge loss. I thought he was one of our best last Sunday and he's being replaced by a guy who frankly I know almost nothing about. He might as well be Bryn Evans!
I've heard Ta$man has already signed him for next year.
Good!
Much as I hate to contemplate it - we need to start thinking about grooming a possible replacement for Alex Ainley - just in case he should retire prematurely!
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@ACT-Crusader said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Hansen backed in Foster a while ago. I’d be genuinely interested in what the motivation was. Just as Henry backed in Hansen, there were doubts there too.
Presumably you back your man regardless.
'New Zealand Rugby c**ked that up': Sir Graham Henry says Dave Rennie should be All Blacks coach
