Foster, Robertson etc

nzzp

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

so, it is after midday on the Wednesday

In a week of massive massive media and online speculation, has there been anything official out of HQ? Even a Labor "announcement about an announcement"?

Other than a poorly thought out bit of social media from one person who only poured fuel on the flames?

Supposedly there's a Board meeting today?

I thought there was a press conference at 3 or 330 this afternoon. That's the money shot if so

Donsteppa

@nzzp said in Foster must go:

@KiwiMurph said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

so, it is after midday on the Wednesday

In a week of massive massive media and online speculation, has there been anything official out of HQ? Even a Labor "announcement about an announcement"?

Other than a poorly thought out bit of social media from one person who only poured fuel on the flames?

Supposedly there's a Board meeting today?

I thought there was a press conference at 3 or 330 this afternoon. That's the money shot if so

So, soon....

Damo

Jamie Joseph went alright for a while too. He got the Highlanders and Japan playing better than the sum of their parts.

nostrildamus

@Billy-Tell said in Foster must go:

I find that media statement ridiculous. I don’t think anyone is out to shred foster the man to shreds. But claiming mental health is BS. That would be yet another reason to stand down and seek help (councillor, psychotherapist etc).

Well, he has enough good mental health to take criticism.
Or, he doesn't and shouldn't be coaching the national team.

nostrildamus

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

As a digression: under that model, Foster will still keep his job and apparently significant salary, propped up by a former Steamers coach and Tauranga Boys College Deputy Principal to save the day. And Sam Cane - a good Bay of Plenty lad, long time All Blacks servant, and Captain - will be the one thrown under the bus instead. So... @mariner4life ... if you don't feel some blue and yellow tinged outrage brewing by now...

oh i am on board.

The entire panel should have been cut
(sadly i can't keep Sam's job. he needs to do that himself if ever given the chance again)

We need to take lessons from the disciplined, consistent messaging of the Auckland TSF crew. Akira could park himself in a deckchair on halfway for the full 80 minutes and they would still challenge our eyesight if we dared mention his workrate.

Cane spent three tests trying to do his job and also the work of our MIA tight five in contact. Meanwhile Ardie scores a try running at centre, gets an unintended break for most of the second test, and then gets all the kudos for 'carrying the team on his back' after the third test.

(Cane might well be cooked after a decade at the top, some serious injuries, and then attempting to carry his tight five, plus a missing colleague in the second test, but if he gets to take the fall while Foster carries on essentially as before...)

Just going by the photo-evidence, they're drinking the wrong beer.

nostrildamus

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Foster must go:

I despise that Reason gimp but he wasn't wrong here:

New Zealand’s best active coaches are Scott Robertson, Dave Rennie, Wayne Smith, Leon MacDonald, Clayton McMillan and Joe Schmidt. I doubt if Foster would even make the top 20.

BTW what's Chris Boyd doing these days? He was great for the Canes. Much better Super record than Foster too but that's not saying much.

Should be back in NZ according to this article.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/127512789/kiwi-rugby-coach-chris-boyd-banned-for-two-games-in-england-for-disrespecting-referee

Following the match, he was quoted as saying: "He didn't have enough nuts, did he? I mean it was a clear hinge. There was only one side under pressure in that series of scrums."

Sounds like he'd be entertaining at the press conference and postmatch party. Bring some nuts.

MN5

@nostrildamus said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

As a digression: under that model, Foster will still keep his job and apparently significant salary, propped up by a former Steamers coach and Tauranga Boys College Deputy Principal to save the day. And Sam Cane - a good Bay of Plenty lad, long time All Blacks servant, and Captain - will be the one thrown under the bus instead. So... @mariner4life ... if you don't feel some blue and yellow tinged outrage brewing by now...

oh i am on board.

The entire panel should have been cut
(sadly i can't keep Sam's job. he needs to do that himself if ever given the chance again)

We need to take lessons from the disciplined, consistent messaging of the Auckland TSF crew. Akira could park himself in a deckchair on halfway for the full 80 minutes and they would still challenge our eyesight if we dared mention his workrate.

Cane spent three tests trying to do his job and also the work of our MIA tight five in contact. Meanwhile Ardie scores a try running at centre, gets an unintended break for most of the second test, and then gets all the kudos for 'carrying the team on his back' after the third test.

(Cane might well be cooked after a decade at the top, some serious injuries, and then attempting to carry his tight five, plus a missing colleague in the second test, but if he gets to take the fall while Foster carries on essentially as before...)

Just going by the photo-evidence, they're drinking the wrong beer.

Steinlager is never the right beer though to be fair

Machpants

@MN5 said in Foster must go:

@nostrildamus said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

As a digression: under that model, Foster will still keep his job and apparently significant salary, propped up by a former Steamers coach and Tauranga Boys College Deputy Principal to save the day. And Sam Cane - a good Bay of Plenty lad, long time All Blacks servant, and Captain - will be the one thrown under the bus instead. So... @mariner4life ... if you don't feel some blue and yellow tinged outrage brewing by now...

oh i am on board.

The entire panel should have been cut
(sadly i can't keep Sam's job. he needs to do that himself if ever given the chance again)

We need to take lessons from the disciplined, consistent messaging of the Auckland TSF crew. Akira could park himself in a deckchair on halfway for the full 80 minutes and they would still challenge our eyesight if we dared mention his workrate.

Cane spent three tests trying to do his job and also the work of our MIA tight five in contact. Meanwhile Ardie scores a try running at centre, gets an unintended break for most of the second test, and then gets all the kudos for 'carrying the team on his back' after the third test.

(Cane might well be cooked after a decade at the top, some serious injuries, and then attempting to carry his tight five, plus a missing colleague in the second test, but if he gets to take the fall while Foster carries on essentially as before...)

Just going by the photo-evidence, they're drinking the wrong beer.

Steinlager is never the right beer though to be fair

Looks about right, piss weak fizz for a piss weak coaching team

Kiwiwomble

@Machpants said in Foster must go:

@MN5 said in Foster must go:

@nostrildamus said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

As a digression: under that model, Foster will still keep his job and apparently significant salary, propped up by a former Steamers coach and Tauranga Boys College Deputy Principal to save the day. And Sam Cane - a good Bay of Plenty lad, long time All Blacks servant, and Captain - will be the one thrown under the bus instead. So... @mariner4life ... if you don't feel some blue and yellow tinged outrage brewing by now...

oh i am on board.

The entire panel should have been cut
(sadly i can't keep Sam's job. he needs to do that himself if ever given the chance again)

We need to take lessons from the disciplined, consistent messaging of the Auckland TSF crew. Akira could park himself in a deckchair on halfway for the full 80 minutes and they would still challenge our eyesight if we dared mention his workrate.

Cane spent three tests trying to do his job and also the work of our MIA tight five in contact. Meanwhile Ardie scores a try running at centre, gets an unintended break for most of the second test, and then gets all the kudos for 'carrying the team on his back' after the third test.

(Cane might well be cooked after a decade at the top, some serious injuries, and then attempting to carry his tight five, plus a missing colleague in the second test, but if he gets to take the fall while Foster carries on essentially as before...)

Just going by the photo-evidence, they're drinking the wrong beer.

Steinlager is never the right beer though to be fair

Looks about right, piss weak fizz for a piss weak coaching team

also leaves you feeling like shit for a couple of days after saturday

Chris B.

@dogmeat said in Foster must go:

@Chris-B Poor Colin Farrell consistently picked as worst AB ever - which I don't think he was.

He was a fan favourite for Akl carving it up from fullback. So he's picked as a running fullback (as a green 21 year old) and gets the ball once in two tests!!!

Ironically IIRC he wasn't a bad kicker for Akl but the AB's decided to use BeeGee (coz that worked well in SA)and Going.

The worse decision was picking Kit - I expect to score more off the field than on it - Fawcett in 76

Story of Colin's selection here...

Stats | allblacks.com

The impression you get of Kit from McLean's book is that he was a bit of a bumptious youngster, who was not well-liked by the old hands.

I think Christian Cullen might have married his daughter?

Both past of the decade long search post-Karam for a decent fullback.

KiwiMurph

@nzzp said in Foster must go:

@KiwiMurph said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

so, it is after midday on the Wednesday

In a week of massive massive media and online speculation, has there been anything official out of HQ? Even a Labor "announcement about an announcement"?

Other than a poorly thought out bit of social media from one person who only poured fuel on the flames?

Supposedly there's a Board meeting today?

I thought there was a press conference at 3 or 330 this afternoon. That's the money shot if so

it's probably been cancelled last minute without explanation.....

Machpants

@KiwiMurph said in Foster must go:

@nzzp said in Foster must go:

@KiwiMurph said in Foster must go:

@mariner4life said in Foster must go:

so, it is after midday on the Wednesday

In a week of massive massive media and online speculation, has there been anything official out of HQ? Even a Labor "announcement about an announcement"?

Other than a poorly thought out bit of social media from one person who only poured fuel on the flames?

Supposedly there's a Board meeting today?

I thought there was a press conference at 3 or 330 this afternoon. That's the money shot if so

it's probably been cancelled last minute without explanation.....

Got to think of the poor CEO who has to face up to the fact he's running NZR into the ground, and the press might (big might, cos they're sti soft) ask him about it

🙊🙉🙈

Bovidae

@Chris-B I remember hearing a few stories about Fawcett back when he was my PE teacher. He's had an eventful career since then.

Nepia

@MajorRage said in Foster must go:

@Billy-Tell it’s an opinion piece - he can write it as he wishes. Not the words I’d choose but hey ho.

I think the Maori / Pasifika thing is based on a well trodden line that they need to be coached differently … and Foster simply hasn’t got the goods for this.

Just a guess there. I completely disagree with Meldrew here, that it’s racism tho.

Just catching up on this thread. I don't think that Maori and PI are not flourishing under the current set up anymore than anyone else isn't flourishing. The team is has lots of Maori and PI players in a host of positions.

I don't know if it is a dog whistle or it's just Reason being thick as pig shit.

Nepia

@Bovidae said in Foster must go:

@Chris-B I remember hearing a few stories about Fawcett back when he was my PE teacher. He's had an eventful career since then.

Like many students at Waikato he was my landlord for a time. He was a prick of a landlord but if we wanted stuff done we'd get one of the girls to contact him.

Chris B.

@Bovidae I had Gilbert Enoka's brother for a PE teacher.

Nepia

@Donsteppa said in Foster must go:

. Akira could park himself in a deckchair on halfway for the full 80 minutes and they would still challenge our eyesight if we dared mention his workrate

I'm not one of the Auckland crew (I'm the fan of Akira from the provinces crew) but the anti Ioane crew assign him that deck chair every match despite what their eyes and the stats say.

As for Ardie, for the first and the third test he had an average first half and great second half - which just serves to highlight that I'm correct in stating he should be our impact reserve.

Nepia

@Chris-B said in Foster must go:

@Bovidae I had Gilbert Enoka's brother for a PE teacher.

Either Enoka is older than I thought or you're younger than I thought.

Chris B.

@Nepia Or he's got a much older brother.

But, it's the latter.

I played social cricket against Gilbert in my youth - and he's several years older than me. He was a gun volleyballer in those days - as was his brother Bernie.

KiwiMurph

Brilliant comms by NZR once again.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300641511/wait-for-all-blacks-coach-ian-fosters-fate-to-be-revealed-set-to-drag-on

New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) board was expected to meet Wednesday, but it’s understood no such meeting went ahead.

TV crews were camped outside NZR headquarters in Wellington on Wednesday morning, before being told by a NZR staffer the board was not meeting to decide All Blacks coach Foster’s fate.

It’s understood Foster met with NZR chief executive Mark Robinson on Tuesday, and is unlikely to be given the boot.

However, there could be significant changes to the coaching group, with former Ireland coach and All Blacks selector Joe Schmidt potentially coming on board in a caretaker type role.

The Silver Fern

Foster, Robertson etc