The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread
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@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@taniwharugby of course I have read the article but I have found some of the comments on here fairly distasteful after the weekend.
Awful analysis, incorrect conclusions, zero insight
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@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Bones said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@taniwharugby of course I have read the article but I have found some of the comments on here fairly distasteful after the weekend.
Awful analysis, incorrect conclusions, zero insight
Wrong about pretty much everythingBut right about Foster since late 2003 - BoP Mafia
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@Donsteppa maybe Foster has made a number of changes to thier structure (that is not visible to the naked eye...) and the team is struggling to execute?
Outside of that, I got nuffink
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@chimoaus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
I guess from a glass is half full standpoint, at least we have some interesting years ahead seeing how we adapt and hopefully overcome these issues. I bet nobody thought the last Argie game would have so much riding on it. I really hope the Argies turn up again and bring the same game plan to see if our coaching staff produce a counter. I would hate for them to fall apart like the Wallabies did in Sydney which would tell us nothing.
Funnily enough, I doubt we'll learn anything from the next Argie game; they'll likely still be enjoying their first win and will be on week 3 of tests each weekend, while our guys will be playing for their places (in some cases).
The ABs generally respond very strongly to shock losses too, so we'll see plenty of passion, a greater intensity, and may even see a big win.
However, these types of responses are to be expected - it's the shock losses that comes from poor preparation, bad selecting, and a weak game plan that are the root causes. This game won't tell us shit about those.
In fact. if we put 50 points on the Argies it could be the worse thing for us, as it is likely to hide the ongoing issues.
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@taniwharugby said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Donsteppa maybe Foster has made a number of changes to thier structure (that is not visible to the naked eye...) and the team is struggling to execute?
Outside of that, I got nuffink
It's the cattle. World's best first five excepted of course :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:
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@gt12 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@taniwharugby said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Donsteppa maybe Foster has made a number of changes to thier structure (that is not visible to the naked eye...) and the team is struggling to execute?
Outside of that, I got nuffink
It's the cattle. World's best first five excepted of course :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:
It's funny because I don't think anyone would argue our cattle is superior to what Australia and Argentina had available, yet we only won 40% of the time. I suspect the farmers of the inferior cattle knew a thing or two about farming.
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@chimoaus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@gt12 said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@taniwharugby said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@Donsteppa maybe Foster has made a number of changes to thier structure (that is not visible to the naked eye...) and the team is struggling to execute?
Outside of that, I got nuffink
It's the cattle. World's best first five excepted of course :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:
It's funny because I don't think anyone would argue our cattle is superior to what Australia and Argentina had available, yet we only won 40% of the time. I suspect the farmers of the inferior cattle knew a thing or two about farming.
I don't understand.
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In that article Sam Cane says fans don't see what is going on behind the scenes but at the same time apparently players had tunnel vision and did not see opportunities around them.
Conclusion: everyone in NZ is farkin blind but the ABs are fantastic at training. In the dark.
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@nostrildamus said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
In that article Sam Cane says fans don't see what is going on behind the scenes but at the same time apparently players had tunnel vision and did not see opportunities around them.
Conclusion: everyone in NZ is farkin blind but the ABs are fantastic at training. In the dark.
He may be correct. Remember 2004...
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That article is loser talk 101.
"training really hard" is something i heard from teams like the Wallabies year after year. And it reminds me of the "best prepared Warriors team ever".
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@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
That article is loser talk 101.
"training really hard" is something i heard from teams like the Wallabies year after year. And it reminds me of the "best prepared Warriors team ever".
the great lies:
'best offseason ever''fittest we've ever been' '
'I'll still love you in the morning'
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Also Sam, it's a bit rich we only seem to know fuck all about rugby when you are losing. When ABs are getting sucked off on line despite being no better than average in a good win, i bet you think they know a heap then.
As for "not seeing what goes on during the week" perhaps if professional sporting organisations did a bit more than sit in front of sponsor backdrops and spew out meaningless cliche after meaningless cliche in a poor attempt at PR maybe we would be a little more informed? Oh look, you've had a honest video session. A great week of prep. Boys have been training the house down. Awesome. New and different this week then?
Oh, okay, maybe i'll learn a bit more from an instagram post of a prop lifting weights #mondaymahi
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@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
That article is loser talk 101.
"training really hard" is something i heard from teams like the Wallabies year after year. And it reminds me of the "best prepared Warriors team ever".
Was the Blues mantra for a long time.
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@nzzp said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
@mariner4life said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
That article is loser talk 101.
"training really hard" is something i heard from teams like the Wallabies year after year. And it reminds me of the "best prepared Warriors team ever".
the great lies:
'best offseason ever''fittest we've ever been' '
'I'll still love you in the morning'
"The cheque is in the mail" (Now "I sent the transfer yesterday")
"I promise I won't cum in your mouth".
It's all crap and I'm disappointed to hear Sam say those sorts of things.
@Chris Heaps.
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@Chris said in The 'How is Fozzie going?' thread:
All part of Razor's Coaching philosophy.
I rate Razor as a coach, but I agree with the NZR panel - he needs to get out of the monoculture he's coached and played in his whole career, and get stuck in other locations.
Would I take him over Foster? Probably
Would I take him over Rennie or JJ? Probably not
Would I take him over Gats? Probably not (not trolling - I reckon Gats could be a really good AB coach; that Lions team he brought here absolutely hummed on a short turnaround)
Either way, he's young, and I reckon heading overseas for a stint will be good for him.
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@mariner4life you forgot Laumape benching 170kg!
According to the FB/IG posts, this means he could have busted open the Argies defence last weekend!
