All Blacks 2023
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Wonder what input Wayne Smith has had on the team, did he give McLeod some advice?
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2023:
So how many of this squad either will play thier last game in black, or already have?
Coles, Whitelock, Retallick, Frizzel, Smith, Mounga, Beaudie...
Sure some may come back, but too often that never works.
Yeah, it's going to be really weird seeing the ABs without Whitelock, Retallick, Smith and BB.
I hate this part of the cycle. 4 guys all in the conversation for all-time AB 23s all going.
Fuuuck I hope they go out like the 2015 guys. But not everyone gets a fairytale.Sobs
As long as they don't believe they deserve a fairy tale ending, then they're in with a pretty good chance
Somehow I think, looking at body language, that thought isn't in anyone's heads
It was a dig at sexcovkwomble saying a quarter final exit is not what he deserved
Fuck no way! He actually said that?
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
That's typically my attitude, but I was there and it was clear it was as close to a friendly as you can get. Almost felt like being at the 7s - just a bit of fun on and off the field. I keep forgetting it happened.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
That's typically my attitude, but I was there and it was clear it was as close to a friendly as you can get. Almost felt like being at the 7s - just a bit of fun on and off the field. I keep forgetting it happened.
Even a friendly requires two teams to show up
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@taniwharugby Ryan likes Shannon, he might return.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2023:
So how many of this squad either will play thier last game in black, or already have?
Coles, Whitelock, Retallick, Frizzel, Smith, Mounga, Beaudie...
Sure some may come back, but too often that never works.
Yeah, it's going to be really weird seeing the ABs without Whitelock, Retallick, Smith and BB.
I hate this part of the cycle. 4 guys all in the conversation for all-time AB 23s all going.
Fuuuck I hope they go out like the 2015 guys. But not everyone gets a fairytale.Sobs
As long as they don't believe they deserve a fairy tale ending, then they're in with a pretty good chance
Somehow I think, looking at body language, that thought isn't in anyone's heads
It was a dig at sexcovkwomble saying a quarter final exit is not what he deserved
Fuck no way! He actually said that?
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
That's typically my attitude, but I was there and it was clear it was as close to a friendly as you can get. Almost felt like being at the 7s - just a bit of fun on and off the field. I keep forgetting it happened.
Even a friendly requires two teams to show up
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
That's typically my attitude, but I was there and it was clear it was as close to a friendly as you can get. Almost felt like being at the 7s - just a bit of fun on and off the field. I keep forgetting it happened.
Even a friendly requires two teams to show up
FIFY noob
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@mariner4life
I think it's a headspace improvement. Sure, Schmidt & Ryan have made a difference, but it's the focus that's improved so much for meBody language, demeanour and the ability to remain calm when under pressure is on another level.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
And the second half against England
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
I'm starting to think Ian Foster is a massive player and fucked your wives
Every time he did the wives gave him a cookie
A packet, surely?
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
No, fuck with knobs the administrators who scheduled a game which forced TWM to choose between beating Boks and winning RWC.
It’s a stain that will stay on the books for decades and only marginally reduced if we do the Boks in the Finale.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2023:
Does it mean that we have actually have had the cattle for the last 4 years, but the coaching hasn’t been up to it until the last 6 weeks?
In fairness, since Ryan and Schmidt took real power, barring that loss to Argentina at home, which even then was only just after they'd come in, we've been good results wise.
Apart from the record loss to SA, our worst loss ever
I mean sure, but that was a warmup game. It was a pure cash grab where neither side was seriously trying anything too dramatic.
Fuck that attitude, it was a test match versus the boks
That's typically my attitude, but I was there and it was clear it was as close to a friendly as you can get. Almost felt like being at the 7s - just a bit of fun on and off the field. I keep forgetting it happened.
Even a friendly requires two teams to show up
We did, but only for a half.
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@sparky welcome to Mondays chat.
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@mariner4life I hadn’t seen that one before. It’s the best of the lot.
