The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread
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Sotutu is so clearly the leading #8.
Akira was clearly the superior 6.
JB is so clearly not in the top 2,3,4,5(?) of the wingers in the country..And his bench replacements are so effin obviously badly timed..
As to overall team strategies and discipline..
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@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Perhaps we need to start acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, our players just aren't that great?
Our props are nothing above average. At lock we've had 2 great ones in 25 years. And we let one leave, and cooked the other. At loose forward we are committed to playing a 7 at 8. Our 7 is good. The rest are in the "hopefully one day" pile.
We have 1 great halfback. Our options at 10 are a rookie yet to show he can do more than run the ball at shit defences, and a veteran who is the same. In the midfield ALB is good, those around varying levels of "meh". Wings are a couple of exciting talents who aren't allowed to start there, and a young 15. At 15 we have one of those earlier mentioned 10s, and his talented but erratic little brother.
This squad needs some serious coaching.
Honestly how many players from the Australian or Argentinian teams would you actually take in the All Blacks?
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@hydro11 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Perhaps we need to start acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, our players just aren't that great?
Our props are nothing above average. At lock we've had 2 great ones in 25 years. And we let one leave, and cooked the other. At loose forward we are committed to playing a 7 at 8. Our 7 is good. The rest are in the "hopefully one day" pile.
We have 1 great halfback. Our options at 10 are a rookie yet to show he can do more than run the ball at shit defences, and a veteran who is the same. In the midfield ALB is good, those around varying levels of "meh". Wings are a couple of exciting talents who aren't allowed to start there, and a young 15. At 15 we have one of those earlier mentioned 10s, and his talented but erratic little brother.
This squad needs some serious coaching.
Honestly how many players from the Australian or Argentinian teams would you actually take in the All Blacks?
Hi Fitzy, welcome to the fern
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@hydro11 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Perhaps we need to start acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, our players just aren't that great?
Our props are nothing above average. At lock we've had 2 great ones in 25 years. And we let one leave, and cooked the other. At loose forward we are committed to playing a 7 at 8. Our 7 is good. The rest are in the "hopefully one day" pile.
We have 1 great halfback. Our options at 10 are a rookie yet to show he can do more than run the ball at shit defences, and a veteran who is the same. In the midfield ALB is good, those around varying levels of "meh". Wings are a couple of exciting talents who aren't allowed to start there, and a young 15. At 15 we have one of those earlier mentioned 10s, and his talented but erratic little brother.
This squad needs some serious coaching.
Honestly how many players from the Australian or Argentinian teams would you actually take in the All Blacks?
Is this part of our problem? It's great having the 15 best players in your team but if they cannot work together and beat a team full of lesser players then perhaps, they aren't as good as we think?
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@chimoaus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
if they cannot work together and beat a team full of lesser players then perhaps, they aren't as good as we think?
Or perhaps the mental side of the game is missing and they aren't being coached on that side of things well enough.
They're good players, we have all seen that at times. The concerning bit is the "at times".
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@hydro11 Tupou, Slipper , Wilson, Philip would be upgrades to your pack imo. White has been playing better than TJ and Weber, outside of Sydney. Id take Toomua over Goodhue or Laumape at 12. Petaia will be better than ALB though id probably still start ALB at this point.
i said it jokingly but Jordie Barrett really is just a shittier slower version of Hodge.
Our best team is right there with the All Blacks imo, depth and consistency are our issues.
Edit: also Matera is my first name on any teamsheet of the three countries as Captain.
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@Derpus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
White has been playing better than TJ and Weber
I was going to say that we have a "no dickheads policy" so White wouldn't make it.
Then I saw who we have, then I realised that you still need a halfback. So that policy is completely screwed (although White is an exceptional dickhead).
Maybe we get Coles for free?
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@Derpus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Matera is my first name on any teamsheet of the three countries as Captain.
he is awesome, thier 7, Kremer? was awesome last night too
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@nostrildamus nah liability
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I have been reading all of this dribble and utter bullshit about poor culture. What a bunch of bloody PC friggin' dickheads !!! If you think this way , you all need to "man the hell up".
The boys are talented, our issue is with the top 4 inches possessed by the Coaching Team. Poor game plan, poor selection choices and the most frustrating thing is poor game day management when it comes to using the bench. There is a hesitation to make to bring on the bench at the right time.
What is said at half-time? Why have we stopped committing players to the breakdown and bringing some damn mongrel into the game? Not the shit brain explosions we see from Coles but hit the breakdown and damn well clean them out.
I don't give a crap about the Aussie result, but losing to the Argies was embarrassing.
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@Machpants said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@number9 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
our issue is with the top 4 inches possessed by the Coaching Team
AKA culture. Welcome to the 21st century dude. Man the hell up, yeah that works 🙄
Yes man the hell up, top 4 inches has nothing to do with culture it has everything to do with strategy. And yes the suicide rates in the 21sr Century are disgusting because no one man's up like they use to. Too much blame shifting and tagging everything with a damn label.
When we all came from the islands we all "manned the hell up".
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@number9 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Machpants said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@number9 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
our issue is with the top 4 inches possessed by the Coaching Team
AKA culture. Welcome to the 21st century dude. Man the hell up, yeah that works 🙄
Yes man the hell up, top 4 inches has nothing to do with culture it has everything to do with strategy. And yes the suicide rates in the 21sr Century are disgusting because no one man's up like they use to. Too much blame shifting and tagging everything with a damn label.
When we all came from the islands we all "manned the hell up".
Haha I hear you PC BS drives me nuts.Say it like it is .
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@Snowy said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Or perhaps the mental side of the game is missing and they aren't being coached on that side of things well enough.
I think the mental state - esp. under pressure - has been a problem for several years. Can't blame Foster for that, but has he the tools to fix it?
May be just me, but there seems to be a lack of inner passion in the team. We don't seem to see the BBBT fist pumps or Carter's yelling after a drop kick much anymore. All looks flat.
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Its very, very seldom that the ABs lose two matches in a row, so I waded through a great number of your 600+ and counting comments. The emotion in the immediate aftermath is to be expected however distance gives a slightly different perspective.
First the comments show the NZ public is passionate and knowledgeable. A good base to work from.
Second a number of valid points have been raised. In particular gt12's "just choose". This would generate tremendous competition for a number of places in the team and incredible performances would result. The battles for 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 in particular would show off more talent than is available anywhere else in the world.
Third. There are some weaknesses and its unrealistic to think there would never be at least some. Depth at lock is clearly an issue. A weakness that needs a lot of good coaching for sure. But a weakness non-the less, not a disaster.
Fourth a poser for me. The ABs have been brilliant at scrambling wins, often in the dying moments when many facets of the game have not been working. Why, then, do they collapse when they loose a player? A loss last year was understandable but not the extent of the drubbing. And this year against rookie Wallabies and when they even enjoyed a 10 min numerical advantage???
And just stepping back a bit. The draw. How different if Rico had grounded the ball. Against Argentina. If Rico (again, but I do believe he is a very fine player) had caught that second half pass and Also HS passing with the line at his mercy? So close to 3 wins from 4 and very different emotions I suggest... -
@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Perhaps we need to start acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, our players just aren't that great?
Our props are nothing above average. At lock we've had 2 great ones in 25 years. And we let one leave, and cooked the other. At loose forward we are committed to playing a 7 at 8. Our 7 is good. The rest are in the "hopefully one day" pile.
We have 1 great halfback. Our options at 10 are a rookie yet to show he can do more than run the ball at shit defences, and a veteran who is the same. In the midfield ALB is good, those around varying levels of "meh". Wings are a couple of exciting talents who aren't allowed to start there, and a young 15. At 15 we have one of those earlier mentioned 10s, and his talented but erratic little brother.
This squad needs some serious coaching.
We have a very small core of senior guys who are "world class", without being the best in the world in their positions. We also have what appears to be a very, very talented but equally inexperienced crop of guys who could reach that world class bracket with proper coaching and if given the chance to get there (unfortunately they all appear to be loose forwards, midfielders and outside backs).
It's middle band of guys that are the issue, as I see it. We've got way too way guys in that 20-50 test range (some have more) who would struggle to make the teams of our closest rivals.
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@canefan said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
Perhaps we need to start acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, our players just aren't that great?
Our props are nothing above average. At lock we've had 2 great ones in 25 years. And we let one leave, and cooked the other. At loose forward we are committed to playing a 7 at 8. Our 7 is good. The rest are in the "hopefully one day" pile.
We have 1 great halfback. Our options at 10 are a rookie yet to show he can do more than run the ball at shit defences, and a veteran who is the same. In the midfield ALB is good, those around varying levels of "meh". Wings are a couple of exciting talents who aren't allowed to start there, and a young 15. At 15 we have one of those earlier mentioned 10s, and his talented but erratic little brother.
This squad needs some serious coaching.
So probably not the best time to install a guy who has never won anything, never been head coach of a test side, just so we don't rock the boat of the outgoing coach?
So you reckon Gatland should have got the job?
