The Silver Fern

@Chris said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

@canefan said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

O'Rourke was out in that second innings too, so it was just Henry and the spinners. (Mitchell too I guess). Described as 'stiffness' so hopefully precautionary and he'll be a go for the second match.

He's a Kiwi quick looking useful. It'll be a stress fracture.

We have pretty average form in terms of keeping our young quicks injury free

We do. @Chris can probably give us an idea why. Training? Lack of match play? Or maybe, with our limited depth we notice it more.

A tough one the pulling back of bowling loads was being used as a training tool,this seems to lead to more back problems.
In the QLD under age rep programs we are more building up loads safely to get the body stronger.It seems to be working with less problems developing,
You can not train for a marathon by doing sprint training is the thinking.You need a decent amount of load work to build strength.
I think NZ are still working on the less work theory.

I also think NZ at under age level are not working enough on things like over rotation of hips and shoulders which leads to back problems and proper alignment when the player is young then you have less problems latter.

Some players with poor nutrition when young also leads to structural problems within the back.

Different era of course but I don’t remember the Windies quicks aside from Ian Bishop ever having injury problems. They just rolled in and decimated teams. If one had an off day the other three generally did the business…..and Bishop himself still took 161 at 24.27. Amazing stats.

@sparky said in Southland v Otago:

How did CL-W go?

Added a lot of value. Really smart play both side of the ball.

From a both sides perspective.

Jack Taylor. Was absolutely everywhere. Did his core role really well and then made some top draw plays.

Hastie: was the primary playmaker for Otago. Was a real workhorse through the game. Will make a massive impact in Australia.

Stodart: probably one of his best top grade games. Played the big strong tough bastard role well.

Gilbert: just looks a quality player at this level.

Manson: looked more involved. From what I could see, not too many poor reads defensively.

Mika Muliaina: Some nice touches in his short stint. That floating plass on the right handside was quality. Thought Byron Smith was good too.

The intensity: the two sides went bloody hard at eachother.

Bad:

Cam Millar. Was quite a frustrating performance. Did was he was meant to have done well, poorly at time. It was a heck of a bomb from Manson, but you'd expect a Super quality player to catch those every day of the week.

Southland front five: normally a strength. They struggled at times.

On the whole both teams gave it a good go. Neither look like they will be pushing Ta$man, Canterbury or Taranaki but hopefully Otago could give it a nudge towards the top 8. Which will be a nice change.

Ferner you'd most like to have $48 whiskeys with: @mariner4life .

@Duluth said in Auckland MOTM v Waikato:

Segner & XTH. Funaki had some good touches particularly his kicking.. I’ll ignore the defence when he was forced onto the wing

That's what I went for.

Silver Fern is only tipping I ever go in. Have to miss this one as I maybe away for a part, and just find it too hard to do tips when I not home.

@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:

@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

I gave Once upon a time in Hollywood another watch.

Probably 4-5 times in total now.

Gee whiz it’s the hardest Tarantino movie to rate in my opinion.

Leo is fucken cool and Brad is even cooler. Their chemistry is awesome. Margot Robbie is lovely to look at. It is full of snappy dialogue ( of course ). The period is captured brilliantly. The Spahn ranch scene and finale are awesomely violent.

BUT…..

There is heaps of pointless filler, it really, really drags at times. I really drifted off in some scenes. There is fuck all in terms of actual storyline

I still can’t decide where it ranks overall, at its absolute best it’s well up there……but at its worst it’s down there……

So it’s probably about 5th out of 10 ( assuming you rank Kill Bill as two films )

What’s really impressive about it is it’s stacked cast of unknowns at the time…
Austin Butler, Mikey Madison, Sydney Sweeney, Margaret Qualley. Maya Hawke
All pretty big now (pun intended re Sydney Sweeney)
And of course it wouldn’t be a Tarantino movie without feet

How THE FUCK did I miss her !?!?!?

She’s about the hottest chick in Hollywood at the moment.

Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Reservoir Dogs
OUATIH
Jackie Brown
KB2
H8ful 8
KB 1
Death Proof

Even then I’m not sure how accurate this list is ( I haven’t watched Pulp Fiction in years, is it still number one ? Django improves every time I see it, Jackie Brown is great but others have surpassed it etc ) the only sure thing is the one that sits last and even that has some awesome moments.

@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:

I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.

I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.

Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.

Yeah I do apologize as you did start the thread. I was going to start a while back, but saw you had the same interest and thought I'll come in and be a dick and blend in and join you.

I do hope you make a full recovery and hope you can make it back on the roads again. You were making some really good progress with your times.

@Kirwan said in Fern Outage:

@delicatessen said in Fern Outage:

huh. been googling it most days and just found it now.
how long was it down for?

Three days? Something like that.

Well it was up if you knew the IP Address

Felt like a lot longer than that....