Foster, Robertson etc
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@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew Peter Stringers seagull impression appealing for penalties at pretty much every ruck or maul used to grate me no end.
@stodders not sure Havili qualifies as an x-factor player.
Goodhue, Havili, ALB are all more in the technical mould than x-factor, and when fit I reckon one of these definitely starts.
For other positions I agree, we are picking players and have a gameplan that seems to rely on x-factor or a moreso a moment of brilliance to open the game up.
In MF I still feel the mix isn't right. Our greatest midfield pairs of my lifetime had one strong man (Nonu, who ended up being a very good distributor, and Bunce) and a distributor type (Snake, Little). Maybe RTS can be the direct runner with his league background?
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@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew Peter Stringers seagull impression appealing for penalties at pretty much every ruck or maul used to grate me no end.
@stodders not sure Havili qualifies as an x-factor player.
Goodhue, Havili, ALB are all more in the technical mould than x-factor, and when fit I reckon one of these definitely starts.
For other positions I agree, we are picking players and have a gameplan that seems to rely on x-factor or a moreso a moment of brilliance to open the game up.
In MF I still feel the mix isn't right. Our greatest midfield pairs of my lifetime had one strong man (Nonu, who ended up being a very good distributor, and Bunce) and a distributor type (Snake, Little). Maybe RTS can be the direct runner with his league background?
Reiko is pretty direct when he wants to be.
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@MN5 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew Peter Stringers seagull impression appealing for penalties at pretty much every ruck or maul used to grate me no end.
@stodders not sure Havili qualifies as an x-factor player.
Goodhue, Havili, ALB are all more in the technical mould than x-factor, and when fit I reckon one of these definitely starts.
For other positions I agree, we are picking players and have a gameplan that seems to rely on x-factor or a moreso a moment of brilliance to open the game up.
In MF I still feel the mix isn't right. Our greatest midfield pairs of my lifetime had one strong man (Nonu, who ended up being a very good distributor, and Bunce) and a distributor type (Snake, Little). Maybe RTS can be the direct runner with his league background?
Reiko is pretty direct when he wants to be.
Might just need a backs coach who can actually make a gameplan to exploit him
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@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@MN5 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew Peter Stringers seagull impression appealing for penalties at pretty much every ruck or maul used to grate me no end.
@stodders not sure Havili qualifies as an x-factor player.
Goodhue, Havili, ALB are all more in the technical mould than x-factor, and when fit I reckon one of these definitely starts.
For other positions I agree, we are picking players and have a gameplan that seems to rely on x-factor or a moreso a moment of brilliance to open the game up.
In MF I still feel the mix isn't right. Our greatest midfield pairs of my lifetime had one strong man (Nonu, who ended up being a very good distributor, and Bunce) and a distributor type (Snake, Little). Maybe RTS can be the direct runner with his league background?
Reiko is pretty direct when he wants to be.
Might just need a backs coach who can actually make a gameplan to exploit him
Steady on, that’s asking a lot.
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@MN5 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@MN5 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew Peter Stringers seagull impression appealing for penalties at pretty much every ruck or maul used to grate me no end.
@stodders not sure Havili qualifies as an x-factor player.
Goodhue, Havili, ALB are all more in the technical mould than x-factor, and when fit I reckon one of these definitely starts.
For other positions I agree, we are picking players and have a gameplan that seems to rely on x-factor or a moreso a moment of brilliance to open the game up.
In MF I still feel the mix isn't right. Our greatest midfield pairs of my lifetime had one strong man (Nonu, who ended up being a very good distributor, and Bunce) and a distributor type (Snake, Little). Maybe RTS can be the direct runner with his league background?
Reiko is pretty direct when he wants to be.
Might just need a backs coach who can actually make a gameplan to exploit him
Steady on, that’s asking a lot.
Right now it's asking a hell of a lot
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I'm now wondering who our 3rd 10 is. Are they relying on DMac to come back all test ready?
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@broughie said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan I really think he’s too small for second five. He needs space to operate and I really don’t see him being successful at second five.
We need to replace Nonu. Most of our guys strike me as being the finesse player in the MF partnership. I think ALB has to be one of the guys and we need to find the right partner for him
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@canefan would the closest be Leicester then? Quinn is kind of half-half.
Of course we could just reprise the midfield pairing of Reece at 12 and Tupaea at 13
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/125552811/how-new-all-blacks-midfielder-quinn-tupaea-was-nearly-lost-to-the-loose-forwardsAchieving the rare feat of breaking into the school’s 1st XV in Year 11, Tupaea lined up at centre to form one heck of a midfield, with the dynamic Sevu Reece inside him at No 12, having been shifted from the wing for his final year. -
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@broughie said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan I really think he’s too small for second five. He needs space to operate and I really don’t see him being successful at second five.
We need to replace Nonu. Most of our guys strike me as being the finesse player in the MF partnership. I think ALB has to be one of the guys and we need to find the right partner for him
ALB at 2nd V would be ideal if he hadn't been fucked around for so long. He has (had) a good offload game and was pretty strong around the tackle,. That would cause issues at the Chiefs though, as arguably our best midfield would be QT/ALB.
Likely we should have kept Sullivan and tried ALB/Sullivan with QT off the bench. I understand why we kept Nanvikell, but as has been seen, Sullivan is class and needed game time.
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@gt12 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@broughie said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan I really think he’s too small for second five. He needs space to operate and I really don’t see him being successful at second five.
We need to replace Nonu. Most of our guys strike me as being the finesse player in the MF partnership. I think ALB has to be one of the guys and we need to find the right partner for him
ALB at 2nd V would be ideal if he hadn't been fucked around for so long. He has (had) a good offload game and was pretty strong around the tackle,. That would cause issues at the Chiefs though, as arguably our best midfield would be QT/ALB.
Likely we should have kept Sullivan and tried ALB/Sullivan with QT off the bench. I understand why we kept Nanvikell, but as has been seen, Sullivan is class and needed game time.
How bout one of those Umaga Jensens ? They seem pretty big strong and fast.
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Thing is, Nonu, as he was those last couple of years was a generational player, we may not see the likes of him again in Black, but unfortunately he, like Richie, DC, Conrad et al may not come our way again anytime soon, if at all.
So we need to look at the ones we have and learn how to use thier talents.
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@gt12 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
ALB at 2nd V would be ideal if he hadn't been fucked around for so long.
The way he was buggered about by Hansen it's amazing he stuck with NZR rather than bugger off overseas for some serious moolah
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Frank said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Foster is a problem and Razor would be a better coach. I am not sure why you are doubting this.
I admire your absolute certainty, I really do. He's a great coach at SR level, but think about where we'd be if Robertson repeats his U20 record with the AB's.
What record are you speaking of exactly?
His 93% win-record across 2015/16 seasons
despite being only 40 & 41 at the time, and only having 2 years of head coaching experience at that stage, Robertson is 48 next month and has now had 11 years of experience as a head coach, in contrast Rennie was already 47 and was already a seasoned coach with 9 years of head coaching experience when he coached the NZ U20's, meanwhile Razor was just starting out & still holds the 2nd best record for long-term NZ U20 coaches, a record a lot better than Chris Boyd (60%) and others.Consider how much better of a coach Razor is now? Coaches typically peak around their late 40's until their mid 50's.
Robertson is a student of the game who's in dialogue with Eddie Jones, Craig Bellamy, Wayne Smith, O'Gara, etc..
He's always looking to improve & seeking alternative viewpoints from NH coaches, learnt & from the best and has genuinely honed his craft since starting off at Sumner. He's at least 3x times a better coach now than he was back in 2016.
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@kiwi_expat said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Frank said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Foster is a problem and Razor would be a better coach. I am not sure why you are doubting this.
I admire your absolute certainty, I really do. He's a great coach at SR level, but think about where we'd be if Robertson repeats his U20 record with the AB's.
What record are you speaking of exactly?
His 93% win record across 2015/16
despite being only 40 & 41 at the time, and only having 2 years of head coaching experience at that stage, Robertson is 48 next month and has now had 11 years of experience as a head coach, in contrast Rennie was already 46 and was already a seasoned coach with 9 years of head coaching experience when he coached the NZ U20's, meanwhile Razor was just starting out & still holds the 2nd best record for long-term NZ U20 coaches, a record a lot better than Chris Boyd and others.Consider how much better of a coach Razor is now? Coaches typically peak around their late 40's until their mid 50's.
Robertson is a student of the game who's in dialogue with Eddie Jones, Craig Bellamy, Wayne Smith, O'Gara, etc..
He's always looking to improve & seeking alternative viewpoints from NH coaches, learnt & from the best and has genuinely honed his craft since starting off at Sumner. He's at least 3x times a better coach now than he was back in 2016.
2 u/20 World Cups won 1 out of 2 not the worst record.
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@MN5 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@gt12 said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@broughie said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@canefan I really think he’s too small for second five. He needs space to operate and I really don’t see him being successful at second five.
We need to replace Nonu. Most of our guys strike me as being the finesse player in the MF partnership. I think ALB has to be one of the guys and we need to find the right partner for him
ALB at 2nd V would be ideal if he hadn't been fucked around for so long. He has (had) a good offload game and was pretty strong around the tackle,. That would cause issues at the Chiefs though, as arguably our best midfield would be QT/ALB.
Likely we should have kept Sullivan and tried ALB/Sullivan with QT off the bench. I understand why we kept Nanvikell, but as has been seen, Sullivan is class and needed game time.
How bout one of those Umaga Jensens ? They seem pretty big strong and fast.
One is regularly injured one doesn't seem to be a fave with his coaches and hardly gets to play (at 13 anyway).
That said, I think they're good! Not 25 until the end of the year so they have some time left. -
@Chris said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@kiwi_expat said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
@Frank said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Foster is a problem and Razor would be a better coach. I am not sure why you are doubting this.
I admire your absolute certainty, I really do. He's a great coach at SR level, but think about where we'd be if Robertson repeats his U20 record with the AB's.
What record are you speaking of exactly?
His 93% win record across 2015/16
despite being only 40 & 41 at the time, and only having 2 years of head coaching experience at that stage, Robertson is 48 next month and has now had 11 years of experience as a head coach, in contrast Rennie was already 46 and was already a seasoned coach with 9 years of head coaching experience when he coached the NZ U20's, meanwhile Razor was just starting out & still holds the 2nd best record for long-term NZ U20 coaches, a record a lot better than Chris Boyd and others.Consider how much better of a coach Razor is now? Coaches typically peak around their late 40's until their mid 50's.
Robertson is a student of the game who's in dialogue with Eddie Jones, Craig Bellamy, Wayne Smith, O'Gara, etc..
He's always looking to improve & seeking alternative viewpoints from NH coaches, learnt & from the best and has genuinely honed his craft since starting off at Sumner. He's at least 3x times a better coach now than he was back in 2016.
2 u/20 World Cups won 1 out of 2 not the worst record.
And of course u/2os depends on the cycle of players you have year to year.Hardly sane for Victor Meldrew to judge Razor based solely on his results as a 40 year old with 2 years of professional coaching experience, fucking Lol...
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Old misery guts Meldrew (his did choose his name and avatar btw) is over thinking this entirely. Even Blind Freddie can see that Razor is comfortably better than Foster. Yes there are wider issues within NZR rugby, but if you take the ABs in isolation then there are a number of improvements to be made with a more capable person as head coach, especially one who is regarded as arguably the best coach in the world (I’m not sure if that is true btw) and the hottest coaching ticket in town.
Effectively, Foster has 2 games to save his job (based on Robinsons comments). Win both games and he gets a stay of execution. Lose both and he is out. Has to be.
It is now or never for Foster. He has to pull out every ounce of his coaching ability to keep him in a job
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@DaGrubster said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Old misery guts Meldrew (his did choose his name and avatar btw) is over thinking this entirely. Even Blind Freddie can see that Razor is comfortably better than Foster. Yes there are wider issues within NZR rugby, but if you take the ABs in isolation then there are a number of improvements to be made with a more capable person as head coach, especially one who is regarded as arguably the best coach in the world (I’m not sure if that is true btw) and the hottest coaching ticket in town.
Effectively, Foster has 2 games to save his job (based on Robinsons comments). Win both games and he gets a stay of execution. Lose both and he is out. Has to be.
It is now or never for Foster. He has to pull out every ounce of his coaching ability to keep him in a job
The thing about Robertson is he just seems to simplify things. His players are well drilled, they know their roles well, but there is still space to express themselves without being at the total expense of the team pattern. So no headless chook stuff
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@DaGrubster said in Foster must go / Assistant Coach changes:
Old misery guts Meldrew (his did choose his name and avatar btw) is over thinking this entirely. Even Blind Freddie can see that Razor is comfortably better than Foster. Yes there are wider issues within NZR rugby, but if you take the ABs in isolation then there are a number of improvements to be made with a more capable person as head coach, especially one who is regarded as arguably the best coach in the world (I’m not sure if that is true btw) and the hottest coaching ticket in town.
Effectively, Foster has 2 games to save his job (based on Robinsons comments). Win both games and he gets a stay of execution. Lose both and he is out. Has to be.
It is now or never for Foster. He has to pull out every ounce of his coaching ability to keep him in a job
Let’s set up a poll - I don’t know why, but I think he’s going to win them both.
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