Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November
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@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Scott Barrett is due a big match I reckon.
Has he ever actually had one? He must be massively overdue
French series in 2018. But his form in Black since has been up and down in my view. His best work has probably been as an impact player off the bench. He needs to step it up.
Also against the boks that year
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@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Scott Barrett is due a big match I reckon.
Has he ever actually had one? He must be massively overdue
French series in 2018. But his form in Black since has been up and down in my view. His best work has probably been as an impact player off the bench.
Like in Albany in 2017 against the Boks. Ironically, at blindside when he replaced Squire. A long time ago...
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@Bovidae said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Scott Barrett is due a big match I reckon.
Has he ever actually had one? He must be massively overdue
French series in 2018. But his form in Black since has been up and down in my view. His best work has probably been as an impact player off the bench.
Like in Albany in 2017 against the Boks. Ironically, at blindside when he replaced Squire. A long time ago...
There's a reason Boks sacked their coach in early 2018.
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@KiwiMurph said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Bovidae said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Scott Barrett is due a big match I reckon.
Has he ever actually had one? He must be massively overdue
French series in 2018. But his form in Black since has been up and down in my view. His best work has probably been as an impact player off the bench.
Like in Albany in 2017 against the Boks. Ironically, at blindside when he replaced Squire. A long time ago...
There's a reason Boks sacked their coach in early 2018.
eh, he had some bad losses and was a political appointment. No way does NZR ever go down that rabbit hole.
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Exclusive Interview with Foster
Interviewer: Thanks for talking to us again, Ian.
Fozzie: No worries. My shout this time. How many Big Macs do you want?
Interviewer: What's changed in the camp since the defeat to Argentina?
Fozzie: We had a sit down and a good think about what went wrong and how we could improve. We even brought in a sports psychologist to help us.
Interviewer: How so?
Fozzie: She told us to be open and honest with our shortcomings as there's a natural tendency to hide things we're not good at - especially in a team environment. For example I admitted I had problems with numbers like 12, 13 & 14 at school, TJ owned up to having a fixation with chickens and Scooter has this weird thing called Xanthophilia.
Interviewer: What’s Xanthophilia?
Fozzie: A love of all things yellow, apparently.
Interviewer: There's been some criticism of your comments that things are going well on the training pitch but why are they not being transferred onto the playing field?
Fozzie: Fair question. Look, I can only say it how I see it. I understand the frustration from the supporters’ point of view. And Scotty & Plummy feel it too. For me as head coach it's worse. Way up there with getting to KFC at closing time and finding out you've missed out on the last Big Bucket.
Interviewer: There's been some criticism of the game plan against Argentina.
Fozzie: A lot of that criticism is unfair. We've taken loads of time to analyse and work on our game plan. Obviously, It’s a work in progress but we hope to share it with the players soon.
Interviewer: Are you looking at how to counter the rush defence?
Fozzie: We're working really hard on that and trying different variations on attack. We workshop things in the training sheds before trying it out on the practice paddock. We used my empty KFC Big Buckets to represent the opposition forward and the Big Mac boxes for the backs.
Interviewer: How did that go?
Fozzie: OK, but we had to stop using the Big Buckets though as they were triggering withdrawal symptoms in Asafo Aumua.
Interviewer: You've picked JB at 14 again. What is your thinking behind that?
Fozzie: He's played pretty well in SRA at 14 so he was the logical choice. He was particularly impressive in the game with the Hurricanes. I pretty much made up my mind about him then.
Interviewer: Didn't he play fullback for the Canes in that game?
Fozzie: I clearly recall discussing the 14 slot at the airport & Scotty McLeod saying "Well Jordan played bloody well in the Hurricanes - Crusader game" and I decided there and then he was in the squad at 14.
Interviewer: That was "Will Jordan went well "surely, and not "Well Jordie went well"?
Fozzie: Why wasn't I told about these things? Can you see the sort of ineptitude I have to put up with? People aren’t even able to get players names right.
Interviewer: What about the balance in the loose forwards? There’s been some comment that Ardie Savea is a bit too light at 8 and should be brought on as an impact player.
Fozzie: That’s a good point. But Ardie has the experience which is vital and we’ve been working on his physicality. He’s working really hard on bulking up.
Interviewer: He doesn’t seem to have bulked up much though. Is he working on it enough?
Fozzie: You should see the McDonalds loyalty cards I lent Ardie.
Interviewer: What do you say to some of the social media attacks by supporters on you and the team after the Argentina loss?
Fozzie: Just knock that crap off will you? Just because you're right, doesn't mean you can be abusive.
Interviewer: But can’t you see how supporters might feel with the way the All Blacks are playing?
Fozzie: I can certainly empathise with how they feel. It’s a bit of a shock when you lose twice in a row unexpectedly when you have a history of winning. The only thing I would say is that the shock does wear off after a few losses. Trust me on that.
Interviewer: Will you consider your future if you lose on Saturday?
Fozzie: I'm contracted until 2021. So we'll see after that. But you know, you never know, you know.
Interviewer: Thanks for talking with us
Fozzie: My pleasure. Do you want those fries?
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@booboo said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@booboo said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
I am wondering who Al Black is...
Otere's brother?
Whilst that post is vaguely amusing how did you get 7 up votes and I got none ... 🥶
I don't know the rules on that Boobs, people will do as they see fit.
I have given your post an upvote to make you feel better though. I'm in a good mood.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
His best work has probably been as an impact player off the bench.
He usually is off the bench even when he starts, just has a 10 minute spell and comes back.
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@nostrildamus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
If they pull Akira early or put Sotutu on with less than 30 minutes to go
Unless there are injuries one of those things will probably happen
Ioane has played 29mins in the last few weeks. He's the player they would've pencilled in to sub off around the hour mark.
Cane and Savea are more likely the 80min players in this game
I'd be surprised if they sub Savea for Sotutu
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Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
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@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
Or they’re knackered and got lotsa niggles and realise they can’t play the same team 3 weekends in a row after no rugby for months - they’re also aiming to beat Oz next game, that’ll be their A line up
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@Machpants said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
Or they’re knackered and got lotsa niggles and realise they can’t play the same team 3 weekends in a row after no rugby for months - they’re also aiming to beat Oz next game, that’ll be their A line up
Beat the all blacks and they looking good to win the rugby championship so this should be the must win game
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@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Machpants said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
Or they’re knackered and got lotsa niggles and realise they can’t play the same team 3 weekends in a row after no rugby for months - they’re also aiming to beat Oz next game, that’ll be their A line up
Beat the all blacks and they looking good to win the rugby championship so this should be the must win game
Next week seems to be the game they are targeting against Oz with a rested front line team.
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@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Machpants said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
Or they’re knackered and got lotsa niggles and realise they can’t play the same team 3 weekends in a row after no rugby for months - they’re also aiming to beat Oz next game, that’ll be their A line up
Beat the all blacks and they looking good to win the rugby championship so this should be the must win game
Next week seems to be the game they are targeting against Oz with a rested front line team.
Yeah. I think that they are taking the French 2011 approach - they won't beat the ABs twice. It is defeatist to me, but in this case probably wise.
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@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Machpants said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@family-man said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Argentina made 10 changes to their team from the team that played aus . Confidence must be high with them and strength in depth
Or they’re knackered and got lotsa niggles and realise they can’t play the same team 3 weekends in a row after no rugby for months - they’re also aiming to beat Oz next game, that’ll be their A line up
Beat the all blacks and they looking good to win the rugby championship so this should be the must win game
Next week seems to be the game they are targeting against Oz with a rested front line team.
Yeah. I think that they are taking the French 2011 approach - they won't beat the ABs twice. It is defeatist to me, but in this case probably wise.
Puts the team in an awkward position. A loss would be disastrous, but a close win is probably a bit of a failure as well. Par is what 20 points?
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I doubt the Argie give a shit about this game, they got their win and that's all that matters. An absolute hammering will be meaningless to them, and TBH meaningless to the ABs as well. We had to win the first game and we came up well short.
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@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan Yep, with a bonus point.
They are going to have to look the part, score tries, be aggressive and innovative to shut some of us up.
I don't care about innovative, just the basics done well is enough.
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@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan Yep, with a bonus point.
They are going to have to look the part, score tries, be aggressive and innovative to shut some of us up.
I don't care about innovative, just the basics done well is enough.
Fair call. Just don't want to see the same drivel dished out again without some sort of plan of attack.
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@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Snowy said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan Yep, with a bonus point.
They are going to have to look the part, score tries, be aggressive and innovative to shut some of us up.
I don't care about innovative, just the basics done well is enough.
Fair call. Just don't want to see the same drivel dished out again without some sort of plan of attack.
Testicle kicks are a plan (I miss Mexted)
