All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III
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@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@bones said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@gt12 in case it wasn't clear, I was the being the opposite of completely serious.
Thanks for the stats though, interesting to see such a high count for Ta'avao, seems to have a high workrate - to the point where he got out of the ruck too quick and made himself a target!
I was just getting in before @Kirwan came and decided to swing the ban hammer
I figured you were probably the piss but I was also trying to think of when and where those tackles were missed, so went for a squiz at ESPN (who are also bad, but not as bad as Rugbypass).
I'd love to know what a license to the Opta stats (or a better service with ruck attendance etc. ) costs. Just trying to figure about how to fold that into a grant proposal.
me mate the coach, says while they had Opta at both his last gigs, they only used them for very generic stuff, and always trusted their own analyst much more - they also tracked a whole heap of stuff that Opta wasn't able to provide.
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@bones said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@billy-tell said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@frank said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@hydro11 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@duluth said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Current standings:
12 Akira Ioane
10 Sam Whitelock
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 David Havili
6 Luke Jacobson
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
3 Codie Taylor
3 Richie Mo'unga
2 Sevu Reece
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Damian McKenzie
1 Ethan BlackadderImagine the scenes if Akira actually wins this.
Who actually doesn't want him in the team anymore?
dude you know there is a whole cohort just waiting for a mistake so they can pile back in about attitude and workrate and other madeup stuff. Same for his brother.
Yep, it's notable a couple of previous critics on here that can't even compliment him (many have to be fair).
The most pleasing thing for me last night was Akira's breaks were in the backend of the game. Puts to bed any fitness or workrate bullshit.
Reading your posts there Kirwan you seem to take the Akira thing personally. There will always be differences of opinion on an anonymous internet forum, can't spend spend your life waiting to feel "justified" with your viewpoints. Well you could I suppose, but it'll be never ending.
No, I just enjoy arguing on a .... looks around .... discussion forum.
Not sure why so many people struggle with that concept.
Like you didn't adopt yourself as their mum a couple of years ago!
Difference is, unlike Stargazer, I'm not pretending I don't have favourites.
Might be time for a new Avatar, been a while.
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@bayimports said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Perhaps he didnt get 10 out of 10 because he missed a couple of tackles?, rugby pass has a couple more stats. In the context of the game, he was on another level to most
Interestingly I hear Scott Barrett our top tackler???
Fake news, unless of course you can produce a fancy graphic that has an action shot of Scott and large bolded numbers with his stats
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@nepia said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
and now he’s starting to put a couple of games together
Now this a disingenuous comment from Fozzie ... if you and your former co-fatty in charge had actually selected him earlier he would have had a chance to put a couple of games together.
To be fair to Foster, he could hardly overrule Shag on team selection. It's under Foster that Akira has been given the chance to lock-in the 6 jersey and he deserves some credit for that.
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@nepia said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
and now he’s starting to put a couple of games together
Now this a disingenuous comment from Fozzie ... if you and your former co-fatty in charge had actually selected him earlier he would have had a chance to put a couple of games together.
To be fair to Foster, he could hardly overrule Shag on team selection. It's under Foster that Akira has been given the chance to lock-in the 6 jersey and he deserves some credit for that.
Under Shag, Cane got left out of the starting line-up of a WC semi-final.
Foster says 'meet the new captain'
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@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Under Shag, Cane got left out of the starting line-up of a WC semi-final.
Yeah, the one bloke who would have caused England serious problems from the word go.
That loss still rankles with me - and not just for the Cane omission. Some of the dumbest play I've seen from an AB team for years, mainly from the senior players
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@duluth said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Current standings:
12 Akira Ioane
10 Sam Whitelock
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 David Havili
6 Luke Jacobson
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
3 Codie Taylor
3 Richie Mo'unga
2 Sevu Reece
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Damian McKenzie
1 Ethan BlackadderSam Whitelock-very impressive to still be up there (second) when he didn't play all 3-Perhaps points should be averaged over games?
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@nepia said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
and now he’s starting to put a couple of games together
Now this a disingenuous comment from Fozzie ... if you and your former co-fatty in charge had actually selected him earlier he would have had a chance to put a couple of games together.
To be fair to Foster, he could hardly overrule Shag on team selection. It's under Foster that Akira has been given the chance to lock-in the 6 jersey and he deserves some credit for that.
But I thought Shag said coaching was 51-49 to 49-51 him then Foster? Plus let us face it Foster preferred Shannon F ... or has he called Akira "family" lately?
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Under Shag, Cane got left out of the starting line-up of a WC semi-final.
Yeah, the one bloke who would have caused England serious problems from the word go.
That loss still rankles with me - and not just for the Cane omission. Some of the dumbest play I've seen from an AB team for years, mainly from the senior players
I was at the game and I'm still fucking wild about it. Those fucking coaches and their cute selections.
The performance of some senior leaders on that day still fucks me off and I think really lessens Read's influence as a 'great' All Black.
Retallick was a non-entity and Scott Barrett didn't help the line-out at all, but slowed us down around the filed against a team with two turnover specialist. Nice.
Sam Whitelock was fucking average (with one terrible penalty), although he somewhat gets a pass for the line-out steal against SA in 2015.
We got fuck all help up front and played Ofa on the wrong side off the bench (with fucking Ta'avao off the bench too FFS), while Sam Cane sat there for 40 minutes watching us lose.
We started Bridge, and a midfield who hardly knew each other, kicked the ball away constantly, without purpose, and ah fuck it, time for some Scotch.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@duluth said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Current standings:
12 Akira Ioane
10 Sam Whitelock
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 David Havili
6 Luke Jacobson
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
3 Codie Taylor
3 Richie Mo'unga
2 Sevu Reece
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Damian McKenzie
1 Ethan BlackadderSam Whitelock-very impressive to still be up there (second) when he didn't play all 3-Perhaps points should be averaged over games?
Doesn't this include Tonga and Fiji too?
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@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
The performance of some senior leaders on that day still fucks me off and I think really lessens Read's influence as a 'great' All Black.
That wild-eyed stare of his still haunts me...
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@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@gt12 said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Under Shag, Cane got left out of the starting line-up of a WC semi-final.
Yeah, the one bloke who would have caused England serious problems from the word go.
That loss still rankles with me - and not just for the Cane omission. Some of the dumbest play I've seen from an AB team for years, mainly from the senior players
I was at the game and I'm still fucking wild about it. Those fucking coaches and their cute selections.
The performance of some senior leaders on that day still fucks me off and I think really lessens Read's influence as a 'great' All Black.
Retallick was a non-entity and Scott Barrett didn't help the line-out at all, but slowed us down around the filed against a team with two turnover specialist. Nice.
Sam Whitelock was fucking average (with one terrible penalty), although he somewhat gets a pass for the line-out steal against SA in 2015.
We got fuck all help up front and played Ofa on the wrong side off the bench (with fucking Ta'avao off the bench too FFS), while Sam Cane sat there for 40 minutes watching us lose.
We started Bridge, and a midfield who hardly knew each other, kicked the ball away constantly, without purpose, and ah fuck it, time for some Scotch.
Not wanting to rehash old pain, but the worst thing for me was the boys coming out of the sheds and playing the same way. Shows that the coaches shat the bed as much as the players did
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@nepia said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
and now he’s starting to put a couple of games together
Now this a disingenuous comment from Fozzie ... if you and your former co-fatty in charge had actually selected him earlier he would have had a chance to put a couple of games together.
yeah that is a bit crap.
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@booboo said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@duluth said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Current standings:
12 Akira Ioane
10 Sam Whitelock
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 David Havili
6 Luke Jacobson
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
3 Codie Taylor
3 Richie Mo'unga
2 Sevu Reece
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Damian McKenzie
1 Ethan BlackadderSam Whitelock-very impressive to still be up there (second) when he didn't play all 3-Perhaps points should be averaged over games?
Doesn't this uncle Tonga and Fiji too?
Include? Did not know, perhaps it is mentioned in the thread somewhere but did not see it...
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@booboo said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
@duluth said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus III:
Current standings:
12 Akira Ioane
10 Sam Whitelock
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 David Havili
6 Luke Jacobson
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
3 Codie Taylor
3 Richie Mo'unga
2 Sevu Reece
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Damian McKenzie
1 Ethan BlackadderSam Whitelock-very impressive to still be up there (second) when he didn't play all 3-Perhaps points should be averaged over games?
Doesn't this uncle Tonga and Fiji too?
Include? Did not know, perhaps it is mentioned in the thread somewhere but did not see it...
Yep. Bloody autocorrect
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