Foster, Robertson etc
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@Tim Interesting part about the players' perspectives. Not a happy camp.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack There's also whispers that Plumtree is not rated by the players.
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@mariner4life yeah I mentioned that in one of my hundred posts yesterday...if they move, it needs to be now to give the new coach a chance to select thier TRC squad.
Post TRC will just damage things further.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Foster must go:
@Tim Interesting part about the players' perspectives. Not a happy camp.
Quick summary? I can’t usually handle that guy’s voice.
I assume unhappy players?
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@gt12 Players are told to go away and work on things only to get back into camp and things have changed. Everything vague.
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@gt12 Players getting work-ons that they succeed in developing, but those are then discarded when they return to camp - no clear plan/direction.
Also a good point that the coaches, who condescend to media with the "you don't know what we know" line, may be the ones who don't know what they're talking about - Aki and Lowe as cases in point.
My comment: Lowe being publicly described as lacking the skills for international rugby, while Bridge was viewed as a key player, shows how inept they were. Post-2015 Hansen really was an arrogant buffoon.
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@Crucial said in Foster must go:
Just a question. That initial squad was for the Ireland series only wasn't it? When does the new squad get announced considering that they are meant to fly out soon?
I can't see NZR making a change before SA, which by extension may mean the TRC. Foster's career may hinge on those results.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Foster must go:
@gt12 Players are told to go away and work on things only to get back into camp and things have changed. Everything vague.
If that is true, and it does appear to match with the lost play of the team, its time for them all to go.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Foster must go:
@gt12 Players are told to go away and work on things only to get back into camp and things have changed. Everything vague.
That was the biggest take out from his comments. Say what you like about his style but McOnie does make friends among the players so gets some insights that we aren't party to.
Maybe it's time for Cane to show some real captaincy of the ABs (as opposed to the team) and have a quiet chat with NZR. If what McOnie says is true then the clear message is that Foster and his assistants have lost the changing room and although no one likes a dobber, it is time that the big bosses knew that. -
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@gt12 Players getting work-ons that they succeed in developing, but those are then discarded when they return to camp - no clear plan/direction.
Also a good point that the coaches, who condescend to media with the "you don't know what we know" line, may be the ones who don't know what they're talking about - Aki and Lowe as cases in point.
My comment: Lowe being publicly described as lacking the skills for international rugby, while Bridge was viewed as a key player, shows how inept they were. Post-2015 Hansen really was an arrogant buffoon.
NZRU really did drink their own cool aid.
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@antipodean said in Foster must go:
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
Just a question. That initial squad was for the Ireland series only wasn't it? When does the new squad get announced considering that they are meant to fly out soon?
I can't see NZR making a change before SA, which by extension may mean the TRC. Foster's career may hinge on those results.
well, last year we hammered the Pumas, pretty much hammered the Aussies, split the games with SA then got curb-stomped in the two meaningful games up North.
So my point is. Even if we ride blissfully through the RC, in my eyes nothing has changed at all. It just means we are happy competing with teams below the best
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@Tim said in Foster must go:
Also a good point that the coaches, who condescend to media with the "you don't know what we know" line, may be the ones who don't know what they're talking about - Aki and Lowe as cases in point
the communications from teh ABs have been shit for years, it was jut hidden because we won heaps and heaps and heaps.
We, the public, who they supposedly represent (though with the ABs now no longer really a rep team, maybe they don't see it that way) getting given absolutely fucking nothing. And this is helped by a compliant media who broadcast nothing but propaganda (or editorial hit pieces).
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@Crucial said in Foster must go:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Foster must go:
@gt12 Players are told to go away and work on things only to get back into camp and things have changed. Everything vague.
That was the biggest take out from his comments. Say what you like about his style but McOnie does make friends among the players so gets some insights that we aren't party to.
Maybe it's time for Cane to show some real captaincy of the ABs (as opposed to the team) and have a quiet chat with NZR. If what McOnie says is true then the clear message is that Foster and his assistants have lost the changing room and although no one likes a dobber, it is time that the big bosses knew that.With clown Robinson in charge, that would be a death knell to his career in New Zealand.
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How Bellamy could help solve the All Blacks’ defensive woes
“He’s already got a relationship with the All Blacks, get him in during the off-season.”
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I'm sick of the condescending BS from Foster and NZR.
If they don't pull their collective heads out of their collective arses this week, then come 6pm August 14, I suspect they will be looking at the single worst season of all Blacks rugby and will be needing to start getting the Bledisloe ready to be taken back...
I just feel NZR will bandaid fix this and will lurch further towards mediocrity
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@Crucial are the players able to truly be honest in these feedbacks, or are the questions not designed to get to the heart of the problem?
I know this is NPC, but I hear the same sorts of stuff coming out of Northland and people I know in and around players, with players unhappy with similar stuff to the ABs', thier messaging, tactics etc, yet come end of year reviews, they get renewed.
Seems a disconnect there??
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@Tim said in Foster must go:
How Bellamy could help solve the All Blacks’ defensive woes
“He’s already got a relationship with the All Blacks, get him in during the off-season.”
Haven't read the article, but before I saw this post it did cross my mind about looking to league for some answers. And Bellamy crossed my mind, especially given Razor and him seem to have developed a bit of a connection.
One can only dream, but Farrell has shown crossing between League and Union can be done successfully.
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@Crazy-Horse According to Dagg he has worked with the ABs before too.
