Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November
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@nostrildamus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
On the Argies, I'd have to review our last game against them but their 9 then seemed to be the brains? Sanchez without him looked a little lost.
Probably just going backwards and getting hammered up front. Tough work for a 9 or 10 and we were all over them.
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@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
STOP KICKING THE FUCKING BALL AWAY YOU fluffybunnies
How far in are you? Do you know the ending?
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Halftime
And yes I know the score
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@mariner4life tbh i think it was more the kicking accuracy that was the issue.
Go back a few years and our kicks were always in the money, but in the past 18 months the accuracy hasn't been there so they are just wasted possession.
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the first couple of kicks were ok, then they thought how many times can we keep doing this before people catch on... if you are watching, and want a drinking game: how many times did Beauden kick to Jordie? Drink. How many times did that go nowhere? Drink again.
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@taniwharugby said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@mariner4life tbh i think it was more the kicking accuracy that was the issue.
Go back a few years and our kicks were always in the money, but in the past 18 months the accuracy hasn't been there so they are just wasted possession.
So fucking stop!!
Good half for most of the forwards. Impressed by the locks and the props. A Ioane is making this look easy. Not much for cane to do. Savea in the wrong position.
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I notice you left out the hooker.
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@mariner4life or practice more so they aren't wasting possession
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Jordie doesn't have the height for those cross kicks. Get Ardie out there ....
(no I'm not serious).
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@nostrildamus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
I notice you left out the hooker.
Well he's playing as a winger
Underthrew a lineout too. Scrummaging well though
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@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
STOP KICKING THE FUCKING BALL AWAY YOU fluffybunnies
To quote Karen Carpenter: it's only just begun...😄
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@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@nostrildamus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
I notice you left out the hooker.
Well he's playing as a winger
Underthrew a lineout too. Scrummaging well though
He kind of has to so that we have some punch on the right flank. The actual wing seems to be there only to contest and not win cross kicks.
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@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
STOP KICKING THE FUCKING BALL AWAY YOU fluffybunnies
@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Halftime
And yes I know the score
O.K. then I do think this was a tactic to combat what happened last time when we got smashed on the line. We turn them, make them retreat with early kicks. Create doubt in what is formidible defence. They weren't as keen to rush.
A few comments eary in the thread like yours, but I reckon it worked.
We did too much of it later, and the cross kicks were shit, but we did hold the ball for a lot of the match and it paid off.
It also helps when you get the best players on the field.
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@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
It also helps when you get the best players on the field.
And next year, hopefully, in their best positions!
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@Snowy yea I think the kicks were more often than not the right option, but didn't end up where they needed to be.
Is funny though how different we all see the game.
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Lol 3 mins in and we've bombed the same try 3 times
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@taniwharugby said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Snowy yea I think the kicks were more often than not the right option, but didn't end up where they needed to be.
Is funny though how different we all see the game.
I thought that I could see a plan. Which was probably the first time this year.
Execution is another thing of course, and yes some of them were shit, but I think it had the desired affect early on. Later on, no. A knackered defence, we should have been building phases.
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Funny, I was yelling at them to kick it to the Argies all night. With the game's defenses like they are these days, it is a liability to have the ball in your own half especially. The ABs still piss around with it too much in their own 22 and put pressure on themselves.
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Richie mo'unga you fucking suck
