All Blacks 2024
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If razor is looking for excuses for sub par performances , he would be better off saying we have some great young talent but they aren’t test match hardened yet .
I mean the players that left aren’t that great anyway , and we do have some young talent that isn’t necessarily inferior.
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I am trying to work out what's gone so wrong with our backline.
These are my guesses.
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Aging players are kept in the squad when once upon a time two bad performances would have led to the selectors hitting the ejector seat button.
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Some of our backs ain't fast enough.
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Our backs ain't spending enough time together on the training paddock working on combinations, attacking angles and the timing of passes.
I'd welcome other suggestions.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
I am trying to work out what's gone so wrong with our backline.
These are my guesses.
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Aging players are kept in the squad when once upon a time two bad performances would have led to the selectors hitting the ejector seat button.
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Some of our backs ain't fast enough.
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Our backs ain't speeding enough time together on the training paddock working on combinations, attacking angles and the timing of passes.
I'd welcome other suggestions.
- Some guys just aren’t as good as the selectors think they are
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
The overseas eligibility rule is only for a handful of players. Wonder if he is also considering BBR.
That's how it starts.
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2024:
Quote from the article.
“You cannot replace Test experience – that’s one thing I’ve learned. Hence why Sam Cane has been so valuable. That’s the consistency that South Africa have at the moment."
I question his intelligence. Look at how many players Rassie has used this year. How does this dipshit think players get Test experience without playing?
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:
Robertson to up ante on selecting overseas players for All Blacks
The All Blacks coach, reflecting on his first year in charge, said he will make a submission to the NZ Rugby board about changing the selection criteria.
I think I've been had. I'm already very bearish on next season if that's how he feels. Perhaps the SuperCoach should just select good players and coach, instead of fapping over guys that chose to leave?
Fuck no I am dead against picking overseas players.It will be the death nail of our competitions imo.
If players want to come back no problems but play in our competitions to be selected.
It sounds like Razor wants to keep Cane ffs.
Stupid idea Razor get your shit together and promote the players we have playing locally and players who return to play locally.Imagine the state of Super Rugby if it happened.
We'd be having the likes of Peter Umaga-Jensen, Dallas McLeod and Angus Ta'avao as our headline acts for the comp.
It would ruin all our competitions and probably effect revenue massively.
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So Dmac is in the Dream World Team of the Year and the ABs get "Dinky Kicks " at pivot.....
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024:
So Dmac is in the Dream World Team of the Year and the ABs get "Dinky Kicks " at pivot.....
And Lomax and Jordan are in that named team.
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Interestingly I was talking to a mate about Razor, and he has a mate (haha yeah I know, mate of mate) with significant first hand experience of Razor in a professional capacity. He doesn't rate his vaunted coaching ability or his man management skills. It's one person's opinion of course, but it feels quite plausible based on this season's events. He had the whole buffet that is NZs top rugby talent to fuse into a quality team, and we got what we got, a pupu platter of inconsistency. I believe we can do better
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
I am trying to work out what's gone so wrong with our backline.
These are my guesses.
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Aging players are kept in the squad when once upon a time two bad performances would have led to the selectors hitting the ejector seat button.
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Some of our backs ain't fast enough.
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Our backs ain't spending enough time together on the training paddock working on combinations, attacking angles and the timing of passes.
I'd welcome other suggestions.
The attack pattern is rubbish.
Too many tight forwards involved with crappy backdoor passing and the inside backs running sideways.
How many times did we see Jordie on the crash ball this year?
He was very effective in that role when he an Ioane first started working together but it's not part of the current game plan.
There's virtually zero players running straight and drawing and passing. This is a basic fundamental of the game which is excluded from the current attack plan
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i feel like every coach, when they first get an International gig, tries the old flat backline. And then rissoles it after a year when they realise they can't make it work.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
i feel like every coach, when they first get an International gig, tries the old flat backline. And then rissoles it after a year when they realise they can't make it work.
Is it Sir Wayne Smiths influence? He seems like an idealist. He said he despises mauls and he's the head of performance and Razor's mentor. There's nothing pragmatic about our current attack and it's very predictable.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:
The All Blacks coach, reflecting on his first year in charge, said he will make a submission to the NZ Rugby board about changing the selection criteria.
I think I've been had. I'm already very bearish on next season if that's how he feels. Perhaps the SuperCoach should just select good players and coach, instead of fapping over guys that chose to leave?
Fuck no I am dead against picking overseas players.It will be the death nail of our competitions imo.
If players want to come back no problems but play in our competitions to be selected.
It sounds like Razor wants to keep Cane ffs.
Stupid idea Razor get your shit together and promote the players we have playing locally and players who return to play locally.Imagine the state of Super Rugby if it happened.
We'd be having the likes of Peter Umaga-Jensen, Dallas McLeod and Angus Ta'avao as our headline acts for the comp.
It would ruin all our competitions and probably effect revenue massively.
Yet fans on social media will applaud the decision to let overseas players play for the ABs, then moan about the lack of big names playing super rugby.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
i feel like every coach, when they first get an International gig, tries the old flat backline. And then rissoles it after a year when they realise they can't make it work.
Is it Sir Wayne Smiths influence? He seems like an idealist. He said he despises mauls and he's the head of performance and Razor's mentor. There's nothing pragmatic about our current attack and it's very predictable.
Yeah I think it is if you read Wayne Smiths comments he has been driving this fast skill set all over the place game instead of doing some hard yards.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
i feel like every coach, when they first get an International gig, tries the old flat backline. And then rissoles it after a year when they realise they can't make it work.
Is it Sir Wayne Smiths influence? He seems like an idealist. He said he despises mauls and he's the head of performance and Razor's mentor. There's nothing pragmatic about our current attack and it's very predictable.
Yeah I think it is if you read Wayne Smiths comments he has been driving this fast skill set all over the place game instead of doing some hard yards.
He's past it, like many of the players
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
i feel like every coach, when they first get an International gig, tries the old flat backline. And then rissoles it after a year when they realise they can't make it work.
Is it Sir Wayne Smiths influence? He seems like an idealist. He said he despises mauls and he's the head of performance and Razor's mentor. There's nothing pragmatic about our current attack and it's very predictable.
Yeah I think it is if you read Wayne Smiths comments he has been driving this fast skill set all over the place game instead of doing some hard yards.
He's past it, like many of the players
I agree. Teams only need to mess up the breakdown for it to become ineffective.
You're relying heavily on succeeding with it by doing it off set phase.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
I wouldn't be totally against letting two or three overseas-based players play for the ABs in a World Cup year to boost the squad strength a little bit and cover injuries, but anything north of that is not necessary.
im not convinced we need to go overseas just yet, we havent see what a squad picked purely on form can achieve, seems like we dont have the depth IMO because we've still mostly seen the same people getting picked....plus people like BB, Cane and Savea were constant starters this year and were playing in japan earlier in the year...maybe if we stuck to the best combinations from super rugby (9-10, 12-13, front row, 4-5)....we might see more cohesion
