Foster, Robertson, Rennie etc
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You know what fucks me off after a bit of a look at the last couple of games?
We look like a bad NRL team. Lots of one off hit ups, many with minimal support, then a bomb. Remember when we were the best team to watch on the planet?
And I say a bad NRL team because if you watched the Melbourne storm play this year, their attack was amazing, just set play after set play.
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@mariner4life said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
You know what fucks me off after a bit of a look at the last couple of games?
We look like a bad NRL team. Lots of one off hit ups, many with minimal support, then a bomb. Remember when we were the best team to watch on the planet?
And I say a bad NRL team because if you watched the Melbourne storm play this year, their attack was amazing, just set play after set play.
A new assistant coach emerges. Should fit right in
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I wonder what the 5 Super rugby coaches would come back with if the NZRU told them to propose the game plan they would use to beat Foster's ABs. What do they believe are the weaknesses inherent in the current game plan/systems? Which individual players would they target?
If the All Blacks are at the top of the rugby pyramid in NZ, why wouldn't the NZRU utilise the coaching and analysis expertise of the top level coaches sitting just below the All Blacks. It may also help the NZRU identify if the thinking in NZ rugby is too homogenous, which would allow them to challenge the way coaches see the game.
Surely this would be a positive for the ABs? It wouldn't work for all countries because of the different contracting systems in place around the world. But NZ and Ireland have similar models, so should use it to their advantage.
I understand that the AB coaches should be able to challenge each other within the AB set up, but an independent review by their peers (and SR coaches are their peers as it is the highest level of coaching in NZ) shouldn't be about ego. It should be about challenging the current coaches to be better so that the ABs are as good as they can be.
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If you can stomach a bit of reason, there was an interesting snippet
When you also consider that six of the lads entered the MIQ lottery to get off the tour – Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu were successful – then you wonder if this is the happy camp that is constantly being spoken of.
I didn't realize 6 individuals applied to get out early
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
I didn't realize 6 individuals applied to get out early
It wasn't just players, there were some NZR support staff that tried too. The tour party (players and management) was bloated once they arrived in Europe.
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
If you can stomach a bit of reason, there was an interesting snippet
When you also consider that six of the lads entered the MIQ lottery to get off the tour – Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu were successful – then you wonder if this is the happy camp that is constantly being spoken of.
I didn't realize 6 individuals applied to get out early
The uncharitable might even think that it is all part of a diabolical Foster plot to undermine Scott Robertson and the Crusaders ahead of the new seasonreally, is anyone actually thinking that except him?
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I reckon Razor is in an awkward situation. Let's say Foster keeps his spot until the RWC and then it's decided it's time to put him out to pasture. In the mean time the Crusaders haven't won the Super comp for a couple of years and the Blues have become the top ranked NZ side (judging by the squads a very real possibility). I wonder who will be the favourite to take the reigns then?
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@crazy-horse Must have been frustrating for him to miss out on the Lions assistant coach position because of covid.
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It's a shame Foster isn't more like Wayne Smith and reapplied for the job instead of pushing for an early rubber stamp (with people like Hanson being vocal in the media about getting on with it).
It would be good to see of Robertson had learned from his previous experience and was better prepared. Could have asked him how he would fix the current issues and to a comparsion between the two.
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@crazy-horse said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
I reckon Razor is in an awkward situation. Let's say Foster keeps his spot until the RWC and then it's decided it's time to put him out to pasture. In the mean time the Crusaders haven't won the Super comp for a couple of years and the Blues have become the top ranked NZ side (judging by the squads a very real possibility). I wonder who will be the favourite to take the reigns then?
This is unfair, but I would say fuck him. I'd bet my house that he was offered an assistant position, and I'll bet he could get one now, so if he bets and loses, too bad.
None of that is to say that I don't want him involved, but right now the legend of Scott Robertson is far above the reality.
My biggest issue with him is that he over plays key people and while that gets current results for the Saders, but he hasn't developed anyone below Taylor or Mo'unga (and Whitelock to a lesser extent) and without those three firing in Super rugby, the Saders look pretty beatable. I think there is reason to be worried for the future because for the first time in quite a while, the Saders are not stacked in key spine positions.
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Most I talk to, it is not the legend of Robinson bring inflated. It's foster is so average, he's worth a crack and at least would be innovative and a change from the same gamelan for half a dozen years. At least he has a good record as head coach, is young, and can turn an underperforming team around
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@machpants said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Most I talk to, it is not the legend of Robinson bring inflated. It's foster is so average, he's worth a crack and at least would be innovative and a change from the same gamelan for half a dozen years. At least he has a good record as head coach, is young, and can turn an underperforming team around
I think you get the impression Robertson would have a plan, would convey that plan to supporters and would bring in the best assistant coaches he could to implement that plan, no matter the nationality.
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Of all the things I've seen discussed, I think the ABs should be focused on their defensive system, ball retention and territorial kicking game. They win world cups. Focus on keeping teams at the right end of the pitch and squeezing them into mistakes. NZ have shown that they are still capable of capitalising on transitions. The talent is there.
Too many teams are scoring 25+ points against NZ these days. Below 20 and NZ are still looking ok.
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@kiwiwomble said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
If you can stomach a bit of reason, there was an interesting snippet
When you also consider that six of the lads entered the MIQ lottery to get off the tour – Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu were successful – then you wonder if this is the happy camp that is constantly being spoken of.
I didn't realize 6 individuals applied to get out early
The uncharitable might even think that it is all part of a diabolical Foster plot to undermine Scott Robertson and the Crusaders ahead of the new seasonreally, is anyone actually thinking that except him?
Jesus, I don't even think the Cantabs on here would come up with something as silly as that. We all missed a trick, we should have been journos and we could be getting paid for the bollocks we write on the Fern on a daily basis.
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@stodders said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Of all the things I've seen discussed, I think the ABs should be focused on their defensive system, ball retention and territorial kicking game. They win world cups. Focus on keeping teams at the right end of the pitch and squeezing them into mistakes. NZ have shown that they are still capable of capitalising on transitions. The talent is there.
Too many teams are scoring 25+ points against NZ these days. Below 20 and NZ are still looking ok.
Agreed.
As a general rule, if we keep other teams to less than 20 points, we are basically unbeatable ( I think I saw this stat somewhere).
Equally, if we are kept to less than 20 points, the loss percentage goes through the roof. If teams are taking their chances on penalties to maul, they can probably get above that number unless we do something about it.
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@gt12 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@stodders said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Of all the things I've seen discussed, I think the ABs should be focused on their defensive system, ball retention and territorial kicking game. They win world cups. Focus on keeping teams at the right end of the pitch and squeezing them into mistakes. NZ have shown that they are still capable of capitalising on transitions. The talent is there.
Too many teams are scoring 25+ points against NZ these days. Below 20 and NZ are still looking ok.
Agreed.
As a general rule, if we keep other teams to less than 20 points, we are basically unbeatable ( I think I saw this stat somewhere).
Equally, if we are kept to less than 20 points, the loss percentage goes through the roof. If teams are taking their chances on penalties to maul, they can probably get above that number unless we do something about it.
that was me!! Over the last however many years i looked at, if we got to 22 points, generally we were home.
That is not the case now
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@gt12 said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
@stodders said in Foster, Robertson, Other Options etc:
Of all the things I've seen discussed, I think the ABs should be focused on their defensive system, ball retention and territorial kicking game. They win world cups. Focus on keeping teams at the right end of the pitch and squeezing them into mistakes. NZ have shown that they are still capable of capitalising on transitions. The talent is there.
Too many teams are scoring 25+ points against NZ these days. Below 20 and NZ are still looking ok.
Agreed.
As a general rule, if we keep other teams to less than 20 points, we are basically unbeatable ( I think I saw this stat somewhere).
Equally, if we are kept to less than 20 points, the loss percentage goes through the roof. If teams are taking their chances on penalties to maul, they can probably get above that number unless we do something about it.
We can't stop anyone right now
