Foster, Robertson, Rennie etc
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Good interview with Steve Devine. Unlike some of our ex players who are nothing more than AB cheerleaders, he calls it the way it is. Very critical of Fozzie.
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@akan004 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Good interview with Steve Devine. Unlike some of our ex players who are nothing more than AB cheerleaders, he calls it the way it is. Very critical of Fozzie.
“I haven’t seen any progress”: Devine worried about All Blacks under Foster
Back-to-back defeats in Europe.
“I wasn’t exactly joyous about his coaching,” says Devine. “It was quite loose and unorganized as nobody really knew their role. I look at the team now and it’s exactly what I'm seeing.”that sounds familiar.
I thought about it and I decided we can give him some slack.
SA and Australia are also wilting a little and I think COVID/the tour is having an effect.
But the game plan is not changing, adjusting and some players are actually going backwards. I don't believe this isn't just the effect of COVID, touring, quarantine etc.
Rather than test new players as a matter of choice we do so as a matter of emergency. And the same winning strategy against us has become a go to by the competitors. -
@nostrildamus I can understand the fatigue factor and will cut them a bit of slack for that, but it doesn't excuse the fact that they are still running the same playbook from a few years ago. It doesn't excuse the fact that our defensive linespeed is so passive and it doesn't excuse the fact that they are continuously selecting players who are only SR level players like Havilli, DMac, Angus T, Bridge etc and hoping that they will somehow develop into quality test players when they clearly won't.
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You gotta hope the end of year review has significant outside input, as Foster and his crew (and possibly the players) think they are on the right track. I gave the benefit of the doubt in the lead up to the RWC, but that has long gone. All the Coived shit doesn’t help, but it doesn;t help any team - pathetic excuse. There is no progress, only stagnation. Sadly we won’t see him getting fired, but fuck me it is what is needed
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Regardless of public opinion changes will only come from NZRU after the review of this season.
It has been mentioned in an article (Hinton?) that there are quite robust 360 degree feedback sessions done and what we aren't party to are the KPIs in his contract or how the contract is structured.
The biggest problem is the complication of COVID and the performances being at the end of a very long tour where team personnel had to be juggled all the time. This will be in the list of 'reasons' behind the idea that the team was flat not that the strategies are wrong.
Player feedback will likely be positive regarding the environment. By most accounts Foster has been very good at managing the team environment and personal side of things, keeping the players happy and looked after. What will be interesting is if/when the players are asked if they believe that the coaches have them performing at their best and/or if they trust that they are on the right path. If the players don't believe in the coaches you are on a hiding to nothing. The best way to build belief in the coaches is for the plans to work and wins on the board. Problem is that these players have been brought up to be fully accountable for their own performances so they will likely take the blame themselves.
Should the feedback be that the players have lost some belief then it is obvious that a new voice is needed and I believe that NZRU will lean on Foster to do the right thing. He will have the option to fall on his sword with dignity and do the right thing for the team. If he feels the wind change I think he is honorable enough to do that without waiting for the review to complete.
I don't think he will be stubborn and dig his toes in but if the players take the blame, the COVID factors are seen as an understandable complication and the players say they have faith in the long term plan then he will still be there until the RWC.
The only other factor is that the right replacement team needs to be ready and available with a good obvious plan to rejig the playing style to cope with where the NH teams have gone. Razor would be the obvious choice as he is contracted and in place waiting. Does he have plans to counter the defences? I don't know. Does he have a different style up his sleeve for test rugby? If the ABs play like the Crusaders then that doesn't solve our problems. Even having Gatland involved won't bring the innovative thinking that we need.
Someone mentioned that we keep kicking the ball away, and we do.Kicking is one way to keep the rush D thinking but it has to be accurate kicks that provide opportunity for us to create pressure. Rugby 101 says to pop the ball into spaces behind the defence and have them turn and scramble with the forwards being made to run back. Put pressure on a few times and the rush D will be hesitant. You then control the game more. Our trouble is that we don't have a 10 that executes this skill very well and our 9s are taught to box kick endlessly.
Waffle waffle waffle .......and we pay flat footed! Why does no one ever steam onto the ball? And why are our backs running lines so predictable? Bodies in motion is what we need badly
Now breath.
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@akan004 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@nostrildamus I can understand the fatigue factor and will cut them a bit of slack for that, but it doesn't excuse the fact that they are running the same playbook from a few years ago. It doesn't excuse the fact that our defensive linespeed is so passive and it doesn't excuse the fact that they are continuously selecting players who are only SR level players like Havilli, DMac, Angus T, Bridge etc and hoping that they will somehow develop into quality test players when they clearly won't.
its so weird, im on another rugby forum thats more NH focused and they talk about DMac and BB in the same breath as DC....its really unnerving
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Interesting to read the comments and where people are talking up or down a player. My two questions are:
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How many different 9-10-12-13 combinations you used this year in 15 tests where injury was NOT a factor. If then answer is in double figures, well how the fuck is anyone meant to settle into that and make a team look good?
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Is the AB game plan on attack anything different to "Let's all stand wide and just beat someone eventually and rely on natural skill to score tries because NZ rugby uz choice bro!". Fuck it looks good when it works, but not when you're getting tackled repeatedly behind the A-line.
You know what? Just recycle my last long-winded post about poor tactics and coaching and dry powder etc.
The AB pack looked good on the weekend just after halftime when they finally realised giving it to the backs was only going to end up in a shit show of rush defence nailing your regulation spacing with no subtlety. That youngish French pack was there for the taking, and their scramble defence was probably the only thing that saved them a few more blushes.
In short, if I was an AB fan I'd be saying: FUCK the backs - they'll get a turn later. But mostly: fuck your coaches. And fuck grey/white jerseys, while we're here.
Now, as an Aussie: please keep Foster and carry on like this through to ... well, forever?
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@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@akan004 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@nostrildamus I can understand the fatigue factor and will cut them a bit of slack for that, but it doesn't excuse the fact that they are running the same playbook from a few years ago. It doesn't excuse the fact that our defensive linespeed is so passive and it doesn't excuse the fact that they are continuously selecting players who are only SR level players like Havilli, DMac, Angus T, Bridge etc and hoping that they will somehow develop into quality test players when they clearly won't.
its so weird, im on another rugby forum thats more NH focused and they talk about DMac and BB in the same breath as DC....its really unnerving
Highlight reel fans
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@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@akan004 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@nostrildamus I can understand the fatigue factor and will cut them a bit of slack for that, but it doesn't excuse the fact that they are running the same playbook from a few years ago. It doesn't excuse the fact that our defensive linespeed is so passive and it doesn't excuse the fact that they are continuously selecting players who are only SR level players like Havilli, DMac, Angus T, Bridge etc and hoping that they will somehow develop into quality test players when they clearly won't.
its so weird, im on another rugby forum thats more NH focused and they talk about DMac and BB in the same breath as DC....its really unnerving
cheater
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@machpants its the kiwi on that forum that thinks Laumape is as good as nonu and smith is overrated with nothing but a fast pass that im struggling with
@voodoo ....i was on there first...so you're all the "other forum" actually
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@nta said in Depth at 10:
Interesting to read the comments and where people are talking up or down a player. My two questions are:
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How many different 9-10-12-13 combinations you used this year in 15 tests where injury was NOT a factor. If then answer is in double figures, well how the fuck is anyone meant to settle into that and make a team look good?
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Is the AB game plan on attack anything different to "Let's all stand wide and just beat someone eventually and rely on natural skill to score tries because NZ rugby uz choice bro!". Fuck it looks good when it works, but not when you're getting tackled repeatedly behind the A-line.
You know what? Just recycle my last long-winded post about poor tactics and coaching and dry powder etc.
The AB pack looked good on the weekend just after halftime when they finally realised giving it to the backs was only going to end up in a shit show of rush defence nailing your regulation spacing with no subtlety. That youngish French pack was there for the taking, and their scramble defence was probably the only thing that saved them a few more blushes.
In short, if I was an AB fan I'd be saying: FUCK the backs - they'll get a turn later. But mostly: fuck your coaches. And fuck grey/white jerseys, while we're here.
Now, as an Aussie: please keep Foster and carry on like this through to ... well, forever?
This ^^^ except the last bit
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@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@machpants its the kiwi on that forum that thinks Laumape is as good as nonu and smith is overrated with nothing but a fast pass that im struggling with
@voodoo ....i was on there first...so you're all the "other forum" actually
ah ok, that's fine then - we are far more suited here to the role of slutty mistress than jilted wife
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@voodoo said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@machpants its the kiwi on that forum that thinks Laumape is as good as nonu and smith is overrated with nothing but a fast pass that im struggling with
@voodoo ....i was on there first...so you're all the "other forum" actually
ah ok, that's fine then - we are far more suited here to the role of slutty mistress than jilted wife
only found this place because i was looking for hot swedish chicks
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@nostrildamus said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@akan004 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Good interview with Steve Devine. Unlike some of our ex players who are nothing more than AB cheerleaders, he calls it the way it is. Very critical of Fozzie.
“I haven’t seen any progress”: Devine worried about All Blacks under Foster
Back-to-back defeats in Europe.
“I wasn’t exactly joyous about his coaching,” says Devine. “It was quite loose and unorganized as nobody really knew their role. I look at the team now and it’s exactly what I'm seeing.”that sounds familiar.
I thought about it and I decided we can give him some slack.
SA and Australia are also wilting a little and I think COVID/the tour is having an effect.
But the game plan is not changing, adjusting and some players are actually going backwards. I don't believe this isn't just the effect of COVID, touring, quarantine etc.
Rather than test new players as a matter of choice we do so as a matter of emergency. And the same winning strategy against us has become a go to by the competitors.Thats what I am seeing a disorganised team with no game plan and structure.Devine confirms my thinking having played under Foster he knows more than most.
Time for a change anyone has to better as HC,I have a bad feeling we will waste 4 years under this Coaching framework.And have to correct a lot of damage.How many years will it take to get us back on track after 2023,2 more years of this stuff will be horrendous. -
@chris kind of backs up the idea he thinks he can just stick 15 of the best players out there and one of them will do something special to win it
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@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@chris kind of backs up the idea he thinks he can just stick 15 of the best players out there and one of them will do something special to win it
It seems that is what is happening doesn't it.Geez we can't keep going on like this.
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@nta said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Now, as an Aussie: please keep Foster and carry on like this through to ... well, forever?
Pretty sure this is the opinion of the entire rugby world outside of New Zealand.
Interesting that Devine played under him and has such a low opinion of him. Have to wonder if some of the ABs are having the same thoughts.
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The other Southern Hemisphere teams all cleaned out their Northern opposition easily and consistently in the Northern series so the long away season and covid restrictions on players joining and leaving squad clearly is just an excuse from the Foster apologists. ABs should at least have an unbeaten record this year like the other 4 or 5 teams everyone knows have passed them. Any half decently coached team should be able to play well on the road as the players have less distractions too. And no point in rotating players or easing up. The whole point is to win by as much as possible and hammer the opposition for the whole 87.5 minutes with your best 15 to maintain the aura buit up over 100+ years.
Time to bring in Razor and save him the indignity of ever having his team lose again to the likes of the Highlanders and Chiefs when that was clearly only due to the heinous decision not to promote him. That will instantly transform George Bridge Richie Mounga Baydon Ennor and David Havili back into motivated world beaters and maestros of scintillating international backplay.
Just don't suffer him the indignity of asking him to join the AB's as an Assistant coach as the rot there now would surely impact him.
It is all so clear and obvious when you read and recycle what the acclaimed experts and passionate AB fans like Mark Reason Stephen Jones and Chris Rattue have to say and then you can quickly get confirmation from so many ferners that nobody in NZ disagrees with that expert analysis.
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@arhs
You realise you are making excuses for a guy who has zero credentials and also lost back to back to Argentina (for the first time) and the Wallabies.There are never any actual positive claims made about Foster, just excuses and strawmen that an alternative coach (with an objectively better CV) might also not be up to it.
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@kiwi_expat said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
I do wonder was Razor even over the heads of some of the decision-makers in this process? I don’t mean that in a pejorative way, but he thinks fresh and he thinks different.
Maybe that scared some folk."This!
