All Blacks 2022
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:
@Chris Yeah - unfortunately, we're no longer the rugby Master Race, so losing 3 or 4 would just about be par, regardless of who was coach.
5 would be a poor season. 6 they might start thinking about a sacking...
Going by Fern soothsaying he will beat everybody in a show of tactical genius.
The Fern is great at throwing shit at players and coaches without any great knowledge of what their plans/fitness/whatever is only to be wiping away egg the next week and pretending it never happened. -
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
Reece was unreal on Friday and now I'm all in on him playing and being given a license.
Is there a way we can fit all of Reece, Jordan, Jordie and Clarke in the 23?
Reece has gotten better this season. He’s cut down his error rate without it affecting his instinctual play. People point to Jordan’s play and it has taken a step up also, but I think Reece has been our best back.
There is a way to fit all of them into a starting XV 😉
I've said before i am down with that. At least we'll be fun to watch.
I would normally say that perhaps selecting all 4 of those blokes (and possible having them on the field at the same time) might be a bit high-risk and perhaps, for balance, we need a couple of "safer" options elsewhere in the backline. However, when your "safe" options are guys like Havili and Bridge, you have nothing to lose by taking selections risks.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:
@broughie said in All Blacks 2022:
@Chris-B probably what he is saying is that it is extraordinary that Foster still thinks he is a 12 when most of us don’t. I understand your rational for Fosters thinking but that highlights Fosters weakness as a coach for a position he never deserved.
Doesn't Razor select him at 12 as well? Must be as dumb as Fozzie.
Actually Razor selected him there first and still reckons he should be AB 12, Just don't tell the Razor fan club he thinks the same as Fozzie.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
@broughie said in All Blacks 2022:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:
@broughie said in All Blacks 2022:
@Chris-B I didn’t really care if we lose as long as we are moving in the right direction. It’s not happening under Fozzy though.
To be fair, we haven't seen Fozzie's team this year yet - and me second-guessing what he's thinking is quite a bit different to what he's really thinking.
I think we're making some progress in the right direction. I'm of the opinion that we were probably running out of gas by the time we hit Ireland and France last year, so this series will be a good indicator of whether that's true - or if we've really fallen behind.
I hope we don't lose any more key players in the next couple of weeks.
@Chris-B True and Fozzie might land on his feet but he is still crap. Sorry but I have never appreciated his abilities. As mariner said he hoped we lose in a perverse way because it will be the final nail in Fozzies coffin.
i did?
Well if you did, (and really hope broughie just making shit up) I wouldn't expect you or anyone who does try and tell me they ABs supporters.
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@cgrant said in All Blacks 2022:
Uncapped players who could be selected for the squad :
Mikaele-Tu'u ?
Sowakula ?
Thomas Umaga-Jensen ?
Perofeta ?
Moorby ?
B. Sullivan ?
Fainganu'uku ?
Fakatava ?Only maybe Fakatava and Sowakula (ok maybe Mikaele-Tu'u)
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@mariner4life nah I think it was more the fireworks you said you'd enjoy if Foster selected a backline that included Mounga, Havili, Goodhue and bridge.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
The argument for RTS would be the cohesion argument of 10 Beaudy 12 RTS 13 Rieko
Isn't that the same argument for 10 Mo'unga, 12 Havili & 13 Goodhue/Ennor?
Yes, but with the minor differences of talent and impact.
That was my point.
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@cgrant said in All Blacks 2022:
Uncapped players who could be selected for the squad :
Mikaele-Tu'u
Perofeta
Fainganu'uku
FakatavaThese would be mine. I'd give Sullivan the Maori AB 13 jersey and unleash him in the 2 midweek games vs Ireland.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:
But, that is very thin on experience - if Rieko does his hammy in Test 1!!!
Which is why I think Goodhue is a certainty in the 23.
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@Victor-Meldrew although it seems he's been about for years, Goodhue has only played 19 tests...would be much more if not for his injuries.
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@taniwharugby Our midfield and injuries seem to go hand in hand since 2015.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
@cgrant said in All Blacks 2022:
Uncapped players who could be selected for the squad :
Mikaele-Tu'u
Perofeta
Fainganu'uku
FakatavaThese would be mine. I'd give Sullivan the Maori AB 13 jersey and unleash him in the 2 midweek games vs Ireland.
Vice who, in a smaller squad? Not saying I disagree, but there are some log jams, esp loose forward.
Fakatava for TJ and?
EDIT: Oh Perofeta vice DMac
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
@cgrant said in All Blacks 2022:
Uncapped players who could be selected for the squad :
Mikaele-Tu'u
Perofeta
Fainganu'uku
FakatavaThese would be mine. I'd give Sullivan the Maori AB 13 jersey and unleash him in the 2 midweek games vs Ireland.
Vice who, in a smaller squad? Not saying I disagree, but there are some log jams, esp loose forward.
Fakatava for TJ and?
EDIT: Oh Perofeta vice DMac
MMT for Frizell/Jacobson (depending on how many loosies you have and Jacobson would be good cover for Blackadder and/or Dalton). Leicester for Ennor, Fakatava for TJ and Perofeta for DMac.
I'd probably include RTS somehow as a non-playing extra or apprentice or something - I think time in the AB environment will only enhance his development which has already come a long way in 10 games or so.
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@KiwiMurph Yeah there is the problem that you need to take two out for every one you put in, as the squad is going to be much smaller this year
6 loosies, maybe 7?
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@KiwiMurph when is Cane due back?
With Dalts return not yet known, I think Jacobsons stocks rose as a 7.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@taniwharugby Our midfield and injuries seem to go hand in hand since 2015.
That, along with not developing depth at Test level.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph Yeah there is the problem that you need to take two out for every one you put in, as the squad is going to be much smaller this year
Well there's versatility there - Perofeta covers 10/15, Leicester covers 13/wing and MMT covers 6/8.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph Yeah there is the problem that you need to take two out for every one you put in, as the squad is going to be much smaller this year
Well there's versatility there - Perofeta covers 10/15, Leicester covers 13/wing and MMT covers 6/8.
I agree I just think it ain't going to happen. Cos Foster is as conservative as fuck, with almost no new ideas, and picked as a continuity coach who has carried on the hard as fuck to get in, but even harder to get ditched selection process
