Italy v All Blacks
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@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
If I change one sentence to "less able OR older player" will you turn off the pedant meter?
yes
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@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
If I change one sentence to "less able OR older player" will you turn off the pedant meter?
yes
Hooray 🎉
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re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
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@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
I half agree. A few young guns mixed in with most of the main team would suit me. I don't want to see a repeat of Fozzie in Dunedin again, that does not one any good
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@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
I half agree. A few noobs mixed in with most of the main team would suit me. I don't want to see a repeat of Fozzie in Dunedin again, that does not one any good
are their any realistic noobs to put in? the NZ A guys that came over don't strike me as realistic prospects except Holland.
Pretty much the only newbie i would like to see (who is there) is a new 12, as i am sadly resigned to the fact that ALB might be cooked (or reached that point in his career where he starts or doesn't play).
Maybe an outside back i guess. Love to 15 so Jordan can play wing, or a new wing who has actual wheels.Other than that it's wasting caps on guys who are miles down the ladder.
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@mariner4life my issue with the 'top team' is there is a glaring issue in the 23 jersey. In fact the only player in that spot who has added value this season was Love when he came on vs Japan and scored 2 tries.
I know they need certain cover but there's a real opportunity to look at adding more punch from the bench in the form of Love, Lam etc.
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@Number-10 said in New Zealand v Italy:
They could’ve at least timed it for 11:59pm NZT on THURSDAY 21 Nov
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I hope Love plays and touches down. So I can tell my Italian friends "hey, that's Amore!"
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@mariner4life said in Italy v All Blacks:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
I half agree. A few noobs mixed in with most of the main team would suit me. I don't want to see a repeat of Fozzie in Dunedin again, that does not one any good
are their any realistic noobs to put in? the NZ A guys that came over don't strike me as realistic prospects except Holland.
Pretty much the only newbie i would like to see (who is there) is a new 12, as i am sadly resigned to the fact that ALB might be cooked (or reached that point in his career where he starts or doesn't play).
Maybe an outside back i guess. Love to 15 so Jordan can play wing, or a new wing who has actual wheels.Other than that it's wasting caps on guys who are miles down the ladder.
Lam. We're very thin at 12.
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@mariner4life said in Italy v All Blacks:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
I half agree. A few noobs mixed in with most of the main team would suit me. I don't want to see a repeat of Fozzie in Dunedin again, that does not one any good
are their any realistic noobs to put in? the NZ A guys that came over don't strike me as realistic prospects except Holland.
Pretty much the only newbie i would like to see (who is there) is a new 12, as i am sadly resigned to the fact that ALB might be cooked (or reached that point in his career where he starts or doesn't play).
Maybe an outside back i guess. Love to 15 so Jordan can play wing, or a new wing who has actual wheels.Other than that it's wasting caps on guys who are miles down the ladder.
I did edit my post, clearly too late for you. Could have saved you the trouble of posting...
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@canefan said in Italy v All Blacks:
@mariner4life said in Italy v All Blacks:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@mariner4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
re: Selection, i would like to see the top team roll out again and just brutalise Italy so everyone goes in to Summer feeling pretty good.
A disjointed muddle that results in an easy scoreboard but ugly win full of tackle bag holders would not satisfy me.
I half agree. A few noobs mixed in with most of the main team would suit me. I don't want to see a repeat of Fozzie in Dunedin again, that does not one any good
are their any realistic noobs to put in? the NZ A guys that came over don't strike me as realistic prospects except Holland.
Pretty much the only newbie i would like to see (who is there) is a new 12, as i am sadly resigned to the fact that ALB might be cooked (or reached that point in his career where he starts or doesn't play).
Maybe an outside back i guess. Love to 15 so Jordan can play wing, or a new wing who has actual wheels.Other than that it's wasting caps on guys who are miles down the ladder.
I did edit my post, clearly too late for you. Could have saved you the trouble of posting...
the fuck else was i going to do? work?
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@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:
I hope Love plays and touches down. So I can tell my Italian friends "hey, that's Amore!"
Take a bow
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@reprobate said in Italy v All Blacks:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@Canes4life said in New Zealand v Italy:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Italy:
@Landers92 said in New Zealand v Italy:
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v Italy:
Back to their preferred loose forward trio. Reece doesn't deserve to start.
Or be in the 23 for that matter.
I'd play Clarke, Love, and Jordan. But I don't expect Razor to do that either. Just a lack of imagination
He'll likely play Reece again.
yup. I rewatched the intercept try. Reece was disgracefully slow, something is wrong with him, or he's out of gas
Clearly fatigued - the only thing that makes sense is to go back to a specialist winger - maybe even two of them - on the bench.
Someone like Lam can cover wing and MF, as could Proctor I reckon. If Richard Kahui could win a RWC medal doing it, surely almost all of the MF players with a little gas could fill in at wing. Could have moved Rieko out there and brought another MF on. Rassie would bloody do it
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@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:
I hope Love plays and touches down. So I can tell my Italian friends "hey, that's Amore!"
I love humour like that
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@MN5 said in Italy v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:
I hope Love plays and touches down. So I can tell my Italian friends "hey, that's Amore!"
I love humour like that
I don't think they will!
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@booboo said in Italy v All Blacks:
@pakman said in New Zealand v Italy:
I’d quite like to see:
EDG/Aumua/Newell/Paddy T/Vaa’i/RD/Barrett (S)/Sititi/Roigard/BB/Lam/ALB/Jordan/Rieko/Perofeta
Bench T’Mighty/Bell/Tosi/Lakai/Lord/Ratima/DMac/Love
Barrett at 6?
I see it as a chance to run three locks. Word is that Vaa'i might get run at 6. If Cane back then RD or Wally for 8.