All Blacks 2025
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@KiwiInLondon said in All Blacks 2025:
Foster was a disaster. There was no game plan or accuracy. You think Robertson was going to be able to turn a turd into gold in one season?
I'm reall not interested in Foster in 2025 nor fixated by him as you seem to be - he left 2 seasons ago. I'm interested in how the current coaching set up is going to improve things moving forward and win stuff like the Rugby Championship. It isn't going to do that by Robertson wasting time banging his head against NZR's eligibility criteria.
And calling a team which lost to the RWC to Sth Africa by 1 point with 14 men "a turd", doesn't speak well of your rugby acumen and your respect of the players themselves.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiInLondon said in All Blacks 2025:
Foster was a disaster. There was no game plan or accuracy. You think Robertson was going to be able to turn a turd into gold in one season?
I'm reall not interested in Foster in 2025 nor fixated by him as you seem to be - he left 2 seasons ago. I'm interested in how the current coaching set up is going to improve things moving forward and win stuff like the Rugby Championship. It isn't going to do that by Robertson wasting time banging his head against NZR's eligibility criteria.
And calling a team which lost to the RWC to Sth Africa by 1 point with 14 men "a turd", doesn't speak well of your rugby acumen and your respect of the players themselves.
I responded to a comment, I didn’t bring foster up. It’s a reoccurring theme right down the thread.
The team over that four year period was a turd. I respect them as much as I’d respect any professional doing their job, by their performance. A lot of it didn’t deserve much respect.
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@KiwiInLondon said in All Blacks 2025:
I responded to a comment, I didn’t bring foster up.
The discussion was whether we should have stuck with Foster and/or maintained continuity with Schmidt - a perfectly valid point when considering Will Jordan's comments on the RWC performance and what we saw last year.
Your response was posting a highly-original comment on how shit Foster was.
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@KiwiInLondon largely agree on Sotutu and Plummer but in what world has Mo'unga ever shown himself to be 'head and shoulders' above McKenzie at international level? McKenzie's already shown as much potential at 10 for NZ as Mo'unga did over four years, even without taking the Ireland game into consideration.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Fair to say this is a huge year for Razor. No more mucking around, his reputation as a coach is on the line, he has to show big improvement in selection, development, and tactics
He needs to be more adventurous. Hopefully he feels a bit more confident and take some risks. He has a solid tight 5, good halfback options and experience in the backs to fall back on - it's a pretty good foundation to work from.
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I'm quite interested to see what kind of year Reiko Ioane has.
Previous coaches have had no issue giving the boot to speedsters who lose their edge even if only by a small margin although unlike them ( well, Umaga ) he broke the norm and shifted positions VERY early.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
But never mind. Let's ignore the lessons of what went right and why we managed to almost win RWC2023 with 14 men, and console ourselves with Foster this and Foster that, eh?
Oh you're going on about Foster again.
But I agree adaptability has been a problem with the ABs for some time. And bench timing. I thought our first test against England (I think) was a good use of the bench but then it went back to the meh timing of earlier years. -
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm quite interested to see what kind of year Reiko Ioane has.
Not sure about Reiko, but Rieko Ioane has some competition and needs to show some attacking flair and fire (he is lucky Proctor is injured perhaps).
Previous coaches have had no issue giving the boot to speedsters who lose their edge even if only by a small margin although unlike them ( well, Umaga ) he broke the norm and shifted positions VERY early.
I think Reece (who was never an out and out speedster) is slowing. If Jordan has lost a bit of pace that is a concern too.
Strategically it would be nice to see some fresh and unexpected talent in the outside backs.
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@dogmeat said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia Where are Silver Lake based ...
"Silicon Valley and New York, and has offices in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore"
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm quite interested to see what kind of year Reiko Ioane has.
Not sure about Reiko, but Rieko Ioane has some competition and needs to show some attacking flair and fire (he is lucky Proctor is injured perhaps).
Previous coaches have had no issue giving the boot to speedsters who lose their edge even if only by a small margin although unlike them ( well, Umaga ) he broke the norm and shifted positions VERY early.
I think Reece (who was never an out and out speedster) is slowing. If Jordan has lost a bit of pace that is a concern too.
Strategically it would be nice to see some fresh and unexpected talent in the outsoode backs.
Yeah I made a joke about that last year as a matter of fact.
As for the spelling I haven't had that much of a problem since Ciaran Reed was captain.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
As for the spelling I haven't had that much of a problem since Ciaran Reed was captain.
<< Leaves quickly before Crusaders fans pile on >>
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm quite interested to see what kind of year Reiko Ioane has.
I just don't know if he's stopped growing as a 13 or the game plan needs to be built more around him, but I think he really needs to kick on this year.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
Joey Manu appears to have signed with a French club for next year? Does this make him any closer to getting into the All Blacks or is it just about money?
it makes him about 10,000km further away from making the ABs
Something he was never doing anyway. Stop this
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm quite interested to see what kind of year Reiko Ioane has.
I just don't know if he's stopped growing as a 13 or the game plan needs to be built more around him, but I think he really needs to kick on this year.
He decided he was a centre and the coaches said ok. Really he should have been told stick to wing, as he has never been great tin the midfield regularly. He should've kicked on a couple of years ago, but he'll keep his position cos experience, I reckon.
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tbf I think the way the coaches (Fozzie, Cotter and Razor) are.trying to play with him at 13 does nothing to utilise his pace.
With the right 12 beside him, he would be lethal.
