RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay
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Foster is clearly conservative, loyal to his players, and stubborn. Perhaps lenient to his players as well (would rather reward them with permanent places than make them compete for their spots). Not a problem when they're on top, and would help with player loyalty, but a problem when they are on the slide, stale, and predictable. Bridge, JB on the wing, and a fading BB at 15/10 when there were arguably better options there.. Perhaps we are lucky in a way that DH, Ennor, Cane, hooker and props were injured and he had to try new players. Seems to me players have to display great and long dips in form to be replaced or have their place threatened. It is what it is, we can only hope the required changes in players and whatever the new assistants have/will bring will be enough. And Foster has improved (arguably) Lomax and Bower (remember him?) And finally saw the light on his assistants, JB at 12, Roigard, DMac off bench (although maybe that was a long-term plan) etc.
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Foster is clearly conservative, loyal to his players, and stubborn. Perhaps lenient to his players as well (would rather reward them with permanent places than make them compete for their spots). Not a problem when they're on top, and would help with player loyalty, but a problem when they are on the slide, stale, and predictable. Bridge, JB on the wing, and a fading BB at 15/10 when there were arguably better options there.. Perhaps we are lucky in a way that DH, Ennor, Cane, hooker and props were injured and he had to try new players. Seems to me players have to display great and long dips in form to be replaced or have their place threatened. It is what it is, we can only hope the required changes in players and whatever the new assistants have/will bring will be enough. And Foster has improved (arguably) Lomax and Bower (remember him?) And finally saw the light on his assistants, JB at 12, Roigard, DMac off bench (although maybe that was a long-term plan) etc.
Original. None of us have heard this sort of stuff before.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Original. None of us have heard this sort of stuff before.
Unlike your sarcasm and defending of Foster through calling Razor a messiah...
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Original. None of us have heard this sort of stuff before.
Unlike your sarcasm and defending of Foster through calling Razor a messiah...
Wrong thread. But you're still doubly wrong.
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@mariner4life said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Foster could have bought more time to develop depth by winning. He ran out of time last year after all those losses yet continued to change the team.
wait, can you say that again
Foster could have bought the grace time to make changes and develop depth by winning. But instead, because he lost a few, he made changes to develop depth?
If he was a winning coach, didn't lose to Argentina, Ireland, France, SA, almost to Japan, Scotland etc, he would have been in a better position to make changes. He made changes anyways and continued to lose games, series, record firsts
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Foster could have bought more time to develop depth by winning. He ran out of time last year after all those losses yet continued to change the team.
So it's Foster's fault he didn't develop depth because he lost a few, but it's also his fault as he changed a losing team. Thanks for clarifying that.
No one listens to you. You wanted Foster to change the team in each an every subsequent test to find and develop 2-3 backups up to the QF after JB seemingly had cemented his position at 12 after one test.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@reprobate said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
This year still conservative: Christie unjustifiably in the top 23 on form but picked in the top team, hence slow on giving Roigard opportunities.
Roigard was selected on form and made his debut in the third of those games in a key Test (Bledisloe opener) and will have played in the majority of AB games this year (5/9). He's starting tomorrow against Uruguay to give him experience with the preferred Test 10 leading up to the knock-out stage.
I think it's a bit ridiculous to say Foster has been slow to give Roigard opportunities.
Its 100% dead on balls accurate. 90% of NZ was calling for Roigard over FinChrist.
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Yes, I agree.
Roigard is very inexperienced and he has been in the all Blsck environment for 3 months.
I think he has been managed pretty well so far.
His performances so far would suggest they have got it right in how they have introduced him to test rugby
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And it has happened.
Roigard has been brought in slowly as he gets used to ABs and test rugby. Let’s not forget that he only has about 25 super rugby caps.
I think his performances so far shows that he has been handled pretty well.
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@DaGrubster said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
I think his performances so far shows that he has been handled pretty well.
My only concern/criticism is he's an unknown quantity in a tight or pressure game. Might not matter as he looks as confident as fuck and is now clearly comfortable in a black shirt and ahead of Christie.
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
90% of NZ was calling for Roigard over FinChrist
Sorry. Couldn't resist...
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CT and Kapa
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Careless on the floor there
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
That´s a lot of bandage going on Lomax´ knee.
Yep, that is a concern.
