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I just want to see the AB's play with a discernable game-plan and with more composure.
My main gripe was that when we couldn't make hard yards up the middle we'd either pass it wide (were there was no space and we'd go backward) or do a silly short kick with an absent chase that would give away possession.
Either double down on taking it up the guts and retain possession of the ball at least, or kick it long so we can play in the right area's of the field.
We would panic a lot - either with the ball when we weren't going forward or on defense where we got penalized and sent off the field. A lot of penalties we gave away were people trying to get turnovers when they were in a poor position to do so, as we saw against the Irish in the 1/4 final a lot can be said for simply making your tackles and reforming the line without sticking your hands in the ruck all the time - unfortunately we saw precious little of this level of composure in the 3 years preceding that.
And consistency of selection - in that players in good form get selected and given a chance and players out of form aren't pedantically stuck to.
I hope it's not too much to ask.
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what's really funny is
the last 3 games of the world cup we did pretty much exactly what you were asking. I was impressed and fucked off at the same time.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
what's really funny is
the last 3 games of the world cup we did pretty much exactly what you were asking. I was impressed and fucked off at the same time.
i think we TRIED to do it for the last 3 games, succeeded against Ireland but didnt execute well enough against SA...which kind of makes sense if you change the game play so late in the piece...i mean we needed to as the helter skelter approach wasn't going to cut it...but was just a but late to perfect it
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones I'd just play EB on his own, play 6, 7 and 8 at the same time, no need for anyone else.
You are going to suffer the wrath of canes fans though.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024:
I don't think of Papalii as a traditional no.7, which is what Robertson seems to like in his teams.
Yeah, reminds e a bit of Ireland's O'Brien. Thing is though, I think Papalii can play a more traditional role if required. I think he's actually quite similar to Ardie, just not as light on his feet.
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I think we are now pretty much there, composure-wise. The difference between the 2019 RWC and this one was stark. There has been a slow but steady improvement in the last 2 years (with obvious road-bumps).
Agree on picking in-form players, but also pick players to suit your game-plan and give them time to develop - e.g. Frizzell. Fine balance here and NZR need to make sure SR & Robertson are working together on this.
Robertson has a solid core to work with, plenty of time to evolve and develop game plans and players once he's comfortable with things, and develop some depth. If there are a few embarrassing losses on the way, so be it - that's the reality of Test rugby these days.
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@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
Jesus man. It doesn't take 4 years to change your game plan. Your Foster defence is perking up again.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
Jesus man. It doesn't take 4 years to change your game plan. Your Foster defence is perking up again.
Your point would be valid if I was talking about game-plans. I wasn't.
Comprehension dear boy, comprehension...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
Jesus man. It doesn't take 4 years to change your game plan. Your Foster defence is perking up again.
Your point would be valid if I was talking about game-plans. I wasn't.
Comprehension dear boy, comprehension...
So the culture was the issue and it took 4 years to turn that around? The culture of a team where many of the leaders were all time greats and had been ridiculously successful?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
Nah. They just changed the assistants who were far better coaches than the previous ones. Foster was always a non entity.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024:
@Windows97 said in All Blacks 2024:
Exactly!! Why weren't we playing that brand of rugby in the years prior??
Time? Turning around team culture/composure isn't as simple as flicking a switch.
Nah. They just changed the assistants who were far better coaches than the previous ones. Foster was always a non entity.
What on earth have Foster's assistants to do with generally accepted timescales to change culture in a team or organisation?
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https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6440/all-blacks-2024-no-interminable-foster-arguments/
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