All Blacks MOTM - RWC Final
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@Nepia said in All Blacks MOTM - RWC Final:
Must confess I'm confused by the Mo and JB love, both had a number of errors balanced out with their good stuff.
You could say the same about the locks. Lineout was fucking awful for 20 minutes or so. Scooter makes the calls doesn't he? The movement was like pinball and seemed counterproductive. Much better when we decided to revert to basics.
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@dogmeat said in All Blacks MOTM - RWC Final:
The movement was like pinball and seemed counterproductive
yeah that was awful to start and appeared to cost us at least 2 lineouts in prime attacking position, and then of course the sliding doors about the red card had we managed to get points off one of them.
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Telea, Savea, Tight-5
My personal gripe with the Barrett backs division is their tendency to hesitate once they're on the ball (in unstructured play). It makes it difficult for others to play instinctually off them since they chew up valuable milliseconds and put their own team-mates in two-minds about what their intention is.
On the rare occasion it pays off (BB chip n chase vs Ireland) but too often it ends up in a crap-shoot (e.g. JB knock-on after getting whacked by Du Toit while he considered his options) and our momentum dies in an instant.
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@maxwell said in All Blacks MOTM - RWC Final:
Telea, Savea, Tight-5
My personal gripe with the Barrett backs division is their tendency to hesitate once they're on the ball (in unstructured play). It makes it difficult for others to play instinctually off them since they chew up valuable milliseconds and put their own team-mates in two-minds about what their intention is.
On the rare occasion it pays off (BB chip n chase vs Ireland) but too often it ends up in a crap-shoot (e.g. JB knock-on after getting whacked by Du Toit while he considered his options) and our momentum dies in an instant.
Interesting, DMac seemed to have the same problem but has lessened it, do you think JB can as well?
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@nostrildamus I'm hopeful JB can given how physically gifted he is. It just feels like a curse they carry around due to being so damn competitive
To me, it's like they feel they HAVE to be the one to make the big play out of nothing (hence BB's "golden balls" moniker courtesy of Shag) but the team would be better served if they let the ball go earlier or played in the moment vs trying to get too many steps ahead.
The movements at 00:55s (JB hesitation) and 01.59s (BB hesitation) of this clip are perfect examples...
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