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Bovidae

@Unco Yeah I vaguely remember Hansen saying something along those lines. I'm hoping common sense prevails closer to the time.

mariner4life

I'm bandwagon jumping/knee-jerking early and calling for an ALB/Ioane midfield. Defend that you fuckers.

booboo

@mariner4life said in B&I Lions 2017:

I'm bandwagon jumping/knee-jerking early and calling for an ALB/Ioane midfield. Defend that you fuckers.

SBW / Crotty

(Actually I like the idea of ALB/Ioane)

Hooroo

I don't know what it is but I have a weird inside icky feeling when I think of SBW making the AB's ahead of anyone else

Tim

@Hooroo Pretty sure that's called repressed homosexuality.

taniwharugby

@hooroo yeah I get a bit annoyed that he has made the ABs over me so many times, I have always been way more committed to NZ Rugby than him, aside from talent, what else does he have over me?

Hooroo

@Tim said in B&I Lions 2017:

@Hooroo Pretty sure that's called repressed homosexuality.

That's fair

Tim

@Hooroo It was a harsh burn, but you walked right into it.

gollum

@mariner4life said in B&I Lions 2017:

I'm bandwagon jumping/knee-jerking early and calling for an ALB/Ioane midfield. Defend that you fuckers.

I'd be more c oncerned the other way, as ALB & Ioane both went "have we met? who were you taking again? & Savea goes "Crotty or Conrad usually tells me where to stand"" as the Lions run straight through our midfield.

kiwiinmelb

The midfield will be an interesting one ,

too early for me to pick , I guess we dont know how SBW is going to come back yet,

Would SBW ALB work ?

Would not surprise me to see hardly anybody picking Crotty , but he ends up in there , unfashionable , meat and potatoes type , but is pretty dependable

mariner4life

@gollum for someone so bombastic, you don't have much of a sense of adventure do you?

I'm bored with winning all the time, i want to be excited! It's a "cut myself to feel something" kinda thing

Frye

@mariner4life said in B&I Lions 2017:

@gollum for someone so bombastic, you don't have much of a sense of adventure do you?

I'm bored with winning all the time, i want to be excited! It's a "cut myself to feel something" kinda thing

Totally agree.

Which is why we should copy the selection policy of 2005. In the first test we went for the conservative options in MacDonald, Howlett and Marshall. And after being too clinical and too efficient in the first test, we then made a raft of unforced changes in the backline. Mils, Gear and Kelleher started the 2nd test, with Nonu on the bench. Completely changing the dynamic and not giving the Lions any chance whatsoever to settle into their opponents.

taniwharugby

@mariner4life we could do a backline of fullbacks....

10 DMac
12 Jordie Barrett (stretch I know...)
11 NMS
13 Ben Smith
14 Dagg
15 BB

mariner4life

@taniwharugby some would say you have Dagg and DMac in their wrong spots...

taniwharugby

@mariner4life well I did start with Dagg at 10, but figured at least DMac has some experience there....

dK

@Tim said in B&I Lions 2017:

@Hooroo It was a harsh burn, but you walked right ~~into~~ onto it.

Lack of lubricant?

gollum

@mariner4life said in B&I Lions 2017:

@gollum for someone so bombastic, you don't have much of a sense of adventure do you?

I'm bored with winning all the time, i want to be excited! It's a "cut myself to feel something" kinda thing

We lost once last year & once the year before. Thats enough of a rollercoaster for me.

@Frye said in B&I Lions 2017:

Totally agree.

Which is why we should copy the selection policy of 2005. In the first test we went for the conservative options in MacDonald, Howlett and Marshall. And after being too clinical and too efficient in the first test, we then made a raft of unforced changes in the backline. Mils, Gear and Kelleher started the 2nd test, with Nonu on the bench. Completely changing the dynamic and not giving the Lions any chance whatsoever to settle into their opponents.

And it worked so well we rolled it out again in the 2007 world cup.

MiketheSnow

If the backs were being picked this morning

Hogg (Scotland)
North (Wales)
Joseph (England)
Farrell (England)
L Williams (Wales)
Ford (England)
Webb (Wales)

Subs
Youngs (England), Sexton (Ireland), Halfpenny (Wales)

Bones

@MiketheSnow No love for the Scottish halves (if not injured)?

MiketheSnow

@Bones said in B&I Lions 2017:

@MiketheSnow No love for the Scottish halves (if not injured)?

Laidlaw mid-week scrum half and quite possibly captain if fit.

The Silver Fern

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