Bledisloe 1
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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe 1:
@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe 1:
Hmmm. I see the akira is awesome posts again. Bloody well show us please akira with a dominant display off the bench rather than an ok-ish one.
TBF there’s only one poster dying on that hill.
He’s a good player no doubt but the fact is that it’s not just Foster but Ryan as well that can see that he doesn’t match the desire for a straight running charger. They want someone that tackles with their shoulder more than their arms and drives with their legs in contact rather than trying to step.
No, just one that can be bothered arguing with the usual suspects about it.
Everything you wrote up there describes Akira's game. FFS.
We must have our players mixed up then 😀
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe 1:
@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe 1:
Hmmm. I see the akira is awesome posts again. Bloody well show us please akira with a dominant display off the bench rather than an ok-ish one.
TBF there’s only one poster dying on that hill.
He’s a good player no doubt but the fact is that it’s not just Foster but Ryan as well that can see that he doesn’t match the desire for a straight running charger. They want someone that tackles with their shoulder more than their arms and drives with their legs in contact rather than trying to step.
No, just one that can be bothered arguing with the usual suspects about it.
Everything you wrote up there describes Akira's game. FFS.
We must have our players mixed up then 😀
No, just that you are pretty wrong (as usual) about how he plays.
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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe 1:
@booboo Some players seem to be above criticism, WJ is one of them. Hasn't been playing well.
you can admit he hasn't been playing well whilst also acknowledging he's spent a lot of time on the end of a dysfunctioning backline (at times) and is potentially a much better 15 than 14, and its hard to say if he's better at 15 than JB if he never gets a run
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe 1:
@booboo Some players seem to be above criticism, WJ is one of them. Hasn't been playing well.
you can admit he hasn't been playing well whilst also acknowledging he's spent a lot of time on the end of a dysfunctioning backline (at times) and is potentially a much better 15 than 14, and its hard to say if he's better at 15 than JB if he never gets a run
His kicking when covering back has been poor, so quite far from getting ahead of JB on that aspect alone.
Reece has made a lot of attacking impact this year, and drastically improved his defence. Has been unlucky.
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@Kirwan not arguing reece hasn't been unlucky, was trying to work out how to get him in there, just dont like players being judged too harshly when playing out of their prefered position, hence why i would give him a run, if he doesn't look much better then the decision is that much easier
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kirwan not arguing reece hasn't been unlucky, was trying to work out how to get him in there, just dont like players being judged too harshly when playing out of their prefered position, hence why i would give him a run, if he doesn't look much better then the decision is that much easier
If he's just a fullback then even more reason to play Reece.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
he's spent a lot of time on the end of a dysfunctioning backline
Is that the same backline where Reece has looked excellent on the end of?
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@Bones yes...and i was talking about putting reece back at the end of it...have said nothing other than reece is better at 14 than jordan
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bones yes...and i was talking about putting reece back at the end of it...have said nothing other than reece is better at 14 than jordan
How much rugby did Jordan play on the wing last year? He seemed to be rather highly rated for a world player of the year nominee playing out of position.
Smith seemed to cope bloody well in a similar situation and he had nothing like the pace Jordan has (or had).
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@Bones i dont feel anything other than admitting WJ should be hung from the crossbar is going to be an acceptable answer...but i'll try
yes, reece is very unlucky and looked much better at 14, i would have him there again
WJ has not achieved the same levels at 14 as we've seen previously, either his own or other 15's we've played at 14
JW should perform or lose his spot
....i was just suggesting giving him a run in a position he might play better in before writing him off...even if to get his confidence back up -
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
i dont feel anything other than admitting WJ should be hung from the crossbar is going to be an acceptable answer.
Yeah good one!
In response to the rest of your post - any idea how often he's played fullback at test level? I haven't, but I get the feeling he's spent the majority of his career on the wing. Surely he should be pretty damn comfortable there?
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@Chris said in Bledisloe 1:
Maybe
ClarkeJordan should make way for Reece.
ClarkeJordan has been weak on defence and has made a few mistakes.Reece has a much higher work rate thanClarkeJordan who makes a couple of Runs in a game and not much else as far as work rate..I know right 😉
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@voodoo said in Bledisloe 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe 1:
I’m ok with the team except I would have brought Reece back. Not sure what he did to get dropped tbh other than play pretty well against Ireland.
Sotutu needs to take his opportunity. It’s entirely in his hands.
While I really hope he does step up, it seems a little rough to pass total judgement on a guy who has been completely ignored by selectors for weeks and as a result has played fuck-all rugby for an age.
Life is tough at the top. If he doesn’t play well he won’t be in the mix for the next test.
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@Bones but hes obviously not or at least not as comfortable as reece....
you seem to not want WJ on the wing...but also not want him anywhere else?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bones but hes obviously not or at least not as comfortable as reece....
you seem to not want WJ on the wing...but also not want him anywhere else?
Or he's just not as good!
Nah, not really interested in him elsewhere unless required, if he can't perform on the wing. No idea what's going on with him, but he looks disinterested a lot of the time - that will be shown up tenfold at fullback.
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@Chris said in Bledisloe 1:
Maybe Clarke should make way for Reece.
Clarke has been weak on defence and has made a few mistakes.Reece has a much higher work rate than Clarke who makes a couple of Runs in a game and not much else as far as work rate..I think Clarke's power is a nice point of difference that we didn't have last year. With finally getting consistent footy he's showing improvement week on week.
