The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread
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I was glad Foster gave a few different guys a run tonight, but he loses all those points for completely mismanaging the substitutions. So bad it was like he was deliberately sabotaging the team by not subbing guys who were not playing up to AB standards.
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@ACT-Crusader said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
It’s brilliant how we have this thread all set up for us after a loss or poor performance 😀
It was busier after we won two in a row!
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Yup bad bench timing all on him.
Seems a very conservative coach under pressure and not in a good way. -
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Can see why he tired new-ish players in Bled 4 - dead game so a good time to do it.
Seemed to learn from Bled 1 so waiting to see what he learns from this loss. But am reserving judgement until after the 2 Argie games
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@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Can see why he tired new-ish players in Bled 4 - dead game so a good time to do it.
Seemed to learn from Bled 1 so waiting to see what he learns from this loss. But am reserving judgement until after the 2 Argie games
Thing is, you would have hoped he'd learned by now that wholesale changes very rarely work and most often turn to absolute shit. Isn't that supposed to be a benefit of continuity?
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Good point.
But it's a pretty new squad with a lot of retirements and we don't know how much say he had in team-building under Shag - particularly with the focus on RWC2019.
He got brownie points for the right selection for Bleds 2 & 3 so the jury is out for me
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@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Good point.
But it's a pretty new squad with a lot of retirements and we don't know how much say he had in team-building under Shag - particularly with the focus on RWC2019.
He got brownie points for the right selection for Bleds 2 & 3 so the jury is out for me
I don't see how that addresses and excuses wholesale changes? No problem with tinkering.
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@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Good point.
But it's a pretty new squad with a lot of retirements and we don't know how much say he had in team-building under Shag - particularly with the focus on RWC2019.
He got brownie points for the right selection for Bleds 2 & 3 so the jury is out for me
I don't see how that addresses and excuses wholesale changes? No problem with tinkering.
nah, I'm not going to slam him for changes. The schedule is a bit tough too - 2 weeks playing at home, a week off, three weeks in a row, a week off, and then the final game.
Playing five tests in six weekends is gruelling - you have to change sometime.
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@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Good point.
But it's a pretty new squad with a lot of retirements and we don't know how much say he had in team-building under Shag - particularly with the focus on RWC2019.
He got brownie points for the right selection for Bleds 2 & 3 so the jury is out for me
I don't see how that addresses and excuses wholesale changes? No problem with tinkering.
nah, I'm not going to slam him for changes. The schedule is a bit tough too - 2 weeks playing at home, a week off, three weeks in a row, a week off, and then the final game.
Playing five tests in six weekends is gruelling - you have to change sometime.
Right... and that's a reason to have someone different in every backline position than the previous week? The whole fucken backline! Including 8!
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I dunno. Perhaps he saw it as a chance to do a lot of tinkering in one hit. If there'd been fewer brain-farts and we'd won, would we be saying he was a genius who can make wholesale changes and still win?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
a lot of tinkering in one hit
Ummm... you mean wholesale changes? 😁
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@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Good point.
But it's a pretty new squad with a lot of retirements and we don't know how much say he had in team-building under Shag - particularly with the focus on RWC2019.
He got brownie points for the right selection for Bleds 2 & 3 so the jury is out for me
I don't see how that addresses and excuses wholesale changes? No problem with tinkering.
nah, I'm not going to slam him for changes. The schedule is a bit tough too - 2 weeks playing at home, a week off, three weeks in a row, a week off, and then the final game.
Playing five tests in six weekends is gruelling - you have to change sometime.
Right... and that's a reason to have someone different in every backline position than the previous week? The whole fucken backline! Including 8!
Yes, but a Canes 9-10-12-15 combo, with ALB and a couple of wings. I thought they could go well if TJP could dish ou tsome good ball. Backline selections are hard though - having too many playmakers seems tough.
Laumape was really disappointing considering how good he was at Super. It's a real shame.
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@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Chris said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
He’s is going Shiiiiit still
Yeah that too
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@Victor-Meldrew We don't have dead rubbers where the ABs are concerned. Every single game counts and they are expected to go out and win each and every time they take the field no matter what. Never give a sucker an even break so the saying goes. Has Mark Robinson accepted his resignation offer yet?
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But many on the Fern wanted Akira starting, Jordie at 15, Laumape at 12, Reiko on the wing and BB at 10 to see how he went.
He Listened. They lost. We blame Fozzie....
