RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia

[NTA]

[NTA]

@antipodean said in RWC Week 2: Australia v Fiji:

Apparently Max Jorgensen is out of the RWC with a broken leg.

Turned up injured. Left injured.

[Machpants]

@NTA said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

Well let's see how Eddie goes

[antipodean]

@NTA said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

For
Fucks
Sake

Entirely predictable. Carter would be a nervous wreck now, prone to compounding error on error.

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@NTA said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

For
Fucks
Sake

Entirely predictable. Carter would be a nervous wreck now, prone to compounding error on error.

Jeez, I wonder how that could happen, throwing a young guy in without support and then hooking him - which made fuck all difference as the team was already set up to fail.

[chimoaus]

Jesus, what a rabble, maybe he is thinking the last Donald at 10 won the World Cup, so let’s roll the dice.

How is this bloke better than Gordon?

[Bovidae]

The Wallabies better hope they don't need a last minute kick at goal to win.

[mariner4life]

Hey Eddie, who doesn't know anything about rugby?

What a complete shitshow

[Tim]

Fark me, Donaldson at ten is a huge gamble. He was so bad there for the Waratahs.

[Jailbreak7]

Ugh... can I change my vote

[Kirwan]

How to fuck up a young player in three short weeks. Jones is clueless

[Dodge]

At this point, Eddie seems to have totally lost the plot, if you're going to go gung ho and pick kids then bloody well stick to it, at least for a whole game. If you're not, then don't drop the experienced players before the tournament.

[Tim]

@Dodge When did he appear to lose the plot with England? Was there some point at which the assistant coach turnover was just too much?

[MiketheSnow]

[voodoo]

@Dodge dodge?? That you old mate? Or an imposter?!

[The Irishman]

Nothing between these teams at all. Wales for me by 6.

[Dodge]

@Tim said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@Dodge When did he appear to lose the plot with England? Was there some point at which the assistant coach turnover was just too much?

I think the coaching situation was the biggest issue, no one wanted to work with him and he constantly recruited people with no experience of the game, who then didn't last very long. IMO over time, his style of management gets on everyone's nerves - coaches and players, kind of like Mourinho.

Timing wise, i think he benefitted from a decent base built by Lancaster and then picked some rogue grunt to build on top. It started to fall apart after 2019, he wouldn't trust new players and let them learn international rugby in the shirt. Hence we're stuck with Daly / May / Cole et al who probably weren't good enough at their peak and definitely aren't now (probably harsh on May at his peak)

[Dodge]

@voodoo hi mate, yep, thought I’d show my old, wrinkly, fat smug face again given that both England AND All Blacks are shit. 😉

[MN5]

@Bovidae said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

The Wallabies better hope they don't need a last minute kick at goal to win.

Unfortunately Matt Dunning has long retired

[Catogrande]

@Dodge

Lurker!