Foster, Robertson etc
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I still have hope Foster will be fired.
The performances are just so bad and look set to continue.But, will Razor still want the job???
Team is shit, passed over three times, senior players backing Foster, rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan and possible competing bigger offers overseas.
Fuckin tall order.(also hoping Robinson is shown the door)
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@Chester-Draws RA/Raelene tied Rennie up early - before NZR put out a call for applications. He was never a realistic option.
I also doubt Joseph was a realistic option. Pretty sure he'd be earning a mint coaching Japan.
You think that if Rennie had been given the same wink and a nod that he was going to be the next AB coach, the way Foster was lined up, that he would still have chosen Australia? Because I find that unbelievable.
I'm not sure Joseph was never a realistic option if the NZR was actually doing the process in an unbiased way. For a team needing to regain their harder edge he would have been a very good choice. If I had been appointing, I would have seriously considered him.
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@Chester-Draws RA/Raelene tied Rennie up early - before NZR put out a call for applications. He was never a realistic option.
I also doubt Joseph was a realistic option. Pretty sure he'd be earning a mint coaching Japan.
Yep, as others have said they were able to tie Rennie up as he knew he had no chance at the job. He'd gone through a process with the Canes previously and he knew he wasn't going to get the job despite being the best candidate and didn't want to do it all again.
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I still have hope Foster will be fired.
The performances are just so bad and look set to continue.But, will Razor still want the job???
Team is shit, passed over three times, senior players backing Foster, rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan and possible competing bigger offers overseas.
Fuckin tall order.(also hoping Robinson is shown the door)
What rumours?
By all accounts Razor was all lined up to take over 2 weeks ago if ABs had lost in Jo'Burg - I can't see him suddenly not wanting the job
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster:
rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan
That bit is true as,It only flared up after the first test in SA.
Not speaking presently more from Jason than Razor.
Razor was on the Sunshine Coast during test week in Chch.
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster:
rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan
That bit is true as,It only flared up after the first test in SA.
Not speaking presently more from Jason than Razor.
Razor was on the Sunshine Coast during test week in Chch.
Oh fuck, not another Crusaders coaches civil war.
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster:
rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan
That bit is true as,It only flared up after the first test in SA.
Not speaking presently more from Jason than Razor.
Razor was on the Sunshine Coast during test week in Chch.
Oh fuck, not another Crusaders coaches civil war.
It seems so lead by Jason not speaking to Razor.
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster:
rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan
That bit is true as,It only flared up after the first test in SA.
Not speaking presently more from Jason than Razor.
Razor was on the Sunshine Coast during test week in Chch.
Oh fuck, not another Crusaders coaches civil war.
It seems so lead by Jason not speaking to Razor.
Do you have the reasons why this one has kicked off?
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@KiwiMurph said in Foster:
rumors of a rift between him and Jason Ryan
That bit is true as,It only flared up after the first test in SA.
Not speaking presently more from Jason than Razor.
Razor was on the Sunshine Coast during test week in Chch.
Oh fuck, not another Crusaders coaches civil war.
It seems so lead by Jason not speaking to Razor.
Do you have the reasons why this one has kicked off?
No just a sauce from within the Crusaders environment.
How Razor has tried to contact Jason a few times over the last 3 weeks and has never received a call back. -
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’ on Foster’s incomprehensible single-minded devotion to helter-skelter play that pays little heed to what the opposition will bring to the game. We have seen this so many times now, it raises questions about the man’s intelligence:
“The Foster iteration of the All Blacks has no identity, and even when they show periods of high-quality international rugby, it is not maintained and this reversion to helter-skelter nonsense just repeats ad nauseam from a side that simply does not have the skillset to play the way the way they are pursuing. For mine, this ill-directed game plan has an inbuilt negative multiplier of poor selection, both in personnel and positions.”
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@Chester-Draws if Aus offered more money - sure. All else being equal he would obviously choose the ABs but all else is not equal.
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’ on Foster’s incomprehensible single-minded devotion to helter-skelter play that pays little heed to what the opposition will bring to the game. We have seen this so many times now, it raises questions about the man’s intelligence:
“The Foster iteration of the All Blacks has no identity, and even when they show periods of high-quality international rugby, it is not maintained and this reversion to helter-skelter nonsense just repeats ad nauseam from a side that simply does not have the skillset to play the way the way they are pursuing. For mine, this ill-directed game plan has an inbuilt negative multiplier of poor selection, both in personnel and positions.”
And a thought provoking quote in the comments -
"Was it just me [too many red wines] thinking that the AB backline was standing noticeably flatter this week than they were at Ellis Park. If I am right this must have been a coaching instruction from our new attack coach. During Schmidt’s time with Ireland it was a feature of their game that the backline had a very flat alignment. I thought the great strength of the ABs at Ellis Park was the extra depth of the backline enabling Mounga and Havili time to play to their strengths. I wonder if Schmidt is going to be the game changer for the ABs so many posters on here thought he would be. So far [and I know there has only been one game] the prospects don’t look promising. At the end of his time with Ireland they were being beaten by teams like Japan and the comment was being made that their game plan was very predictable. Some of the players subsequently made the point that Schmidt was extremely stubborn and refused to change. Sound familiar. Perhaps he and Foster were made for each other. It certainly looked so on Saturday night."
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’ on Foster’s incomprehensible single-minded devotion to helter-skelter play that pays little heed to what the opposition will bring to the game. We have seen this so many times now, it raises questions about the man’s intelligence:
“The Foster iteration of the All Blacks has no identity, and even when they show periods of high-quality international rugby, it is not maintained and this reversion to helter-skelter nonsense just repeats ad nauseam from a side that simply does not have the skillset to play the way the way they are pursuing. For mine, this ill-directed game plan has an inbuilt negative multiplier of poor selection, both in personnel and positions.”
And a thought provoking quote in the comments -
"Was it just me [too many red wines] thinking that the AB backline was standing noticeably flatter this week than they were at Ellis Park. If I am right this must have been a coaching instruction from our new attack coach. During Schmidt’s time with Ireland it was a feature of their game that the backline had a very flat alignment. I thought the great strength of the ABs at Ellis Park was the extra depth of the backline enabling Mounga and Havili time to play to their strengths. I wonder if Schmidt is going to be the game changer for the ABs so many posters on here thought he would be. So far [and I know there has only been one game] the prospects don’t look promising. At the end of his time with Ireland they were being beaten by teams like Japan and the comment was being made that their game plan was very predictable. Some of the players subsequently made the point that Schmidt was extremely stubborn and refused to change. Sound familiar. Perhaps he and Foster were made for each other. It certainly looked so on Saturday night."
Yep noticed that flat alignment and wondered why the change from what we achieved at Ellis Park.
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’
Why does a rugby pundit find it necessary to write under a moniker?
Some good points but Foster seemed as pissed off as anyone that Mounga put the kicking game away.
The biggest failure is the latitude given to players to play what is in front of them when they have shown time and time again that that arent very astute. -
@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’
Why does a rugby pundit find it necessary to write under a moniker?
Some good points but Foster seemed as pissed off as anyone that Mounga put the kicking game away.
The biggest failure is the latitude given to players to play what is in front of them when they have shown time and time again that that arent very astute.Who is it? I just assumed a normal forum name
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@Machpants said in Foster:
@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’
Why does a rugby pundit find it necessary to write under a moniker?
Some good points but Foster seemed as pissed off as anyone that Mounga put the kicking game away.
The biggest failure is the latitude given to players to play what is in front of them when they have shown time and time again that that arent very astute.Who is it? I just assumed a normal forum name
You may be correct. I don't know how the Roar works. Is it a combination of journalists and posters that think they are?
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@Machpants said in Foster:
@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’
Why does a rugby pundit find it necessary to write under a moniker?
Some good points but Foster seemed as pissed off as anyone that Mounga put the kicking game away.
The biggest failure is the latitude given to players to play what is in front of them when they have shown time and time again that that arent very astute.Who is it? I just assumed a normal forum name
You may be correct. I don't know how the Roar works. Is it a combination of journalists and posters that think they are?
Yeah I'm a GURU cos I've written an article, you submit and it can get published
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’ on Foster’s incomprehensible single-minded devotion to helter-skelter play that pays little heed to what the opposition will bring to the game. We have seen this so many times now, it raises questions about the man’s intelligence:
“The Foster iteration of the All Blacks has no identity, and even when they show periods of high-quality international rugby, it is not maintained and this reversion to helter-skelter nonsense just repeats ad nauseam from a side that simply does not have the skillset to play the way the way they are pursuing. For mine, this ill-directed game plan has an inbuilt negative multiplier of poor selection, both in personnel and positions.”
IMO that's a pretty ignorant analysis. In this interview Foster highlights that there were tactical options which ought to be adopted, the implication being that it was NOT the coaches' instruction to play 'helter-skelter'. All in all I think Foster makes cogent points and handled this presser well:
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’
Why does a rugby pundit find it necessary to write under a moniker?
Some good points but Foster seemed as pissed off as anyone that Mounga put the kicking game away.
The biggest failure is the latitude given to players to play what is in front of them when they have shown time and time again that that arent very astute.Its not a moniker. He was born at the end of 1986, his parents having had fun times after watching Lambert and Connery in action.
As a side note, the totally unsubstantiated rumours about Razor and Ryan falling out should be let go until there is actual confirmation. Razor seems to be constantly subjected to unsubstantiated rumour these days.
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@His-Bobness said in Foster:
Excellent analysis in the Roar by ‘Highlander’ on Foster’s incomprehensible single-minded devotion to helter-skelter play that pays little heed to what the opposition will bring to the game. We have seen this so many times now, it raises questions about the man’s intelligence:
“The Foster iteration of the All Blacks has no identity, and even when they show periods of high-quality international rugby, it is not maintained and this reversion to helter-skelter nonsense just repeats ad nauseam from a side that simply does not have the skillset to play the way the way they are pursuing. For mine, this ill-directed game plan has an inbuilt negative multiplier of poor selection, both in personnel and positions.”
IMO that's a pretty ignorant analysis. In this interview Foster highlights that there were tactical options which ought to be adopted, the implication being that it was NOT the coaches' instruction to play 'helter-skelter'. All in all I think Foster makes cogent points and handled this presser well:
The guy talks the talk but his results never match the dialogue.
