Italy v All Blacks

[ARHS]

Was disappointed by Rieko again. Just not aware or creative enough. Thought BB, Jordan and Roigard all had mixed efforts too.
Our scrum was pretty good though, and Cane and Sititi were busy and effective. Not too much glow outside that.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[DMX]

@Machpants

Exactly, no subtlety , no deception from any of them. ALB, Reiko or Jordan look like they could not set up anyone outside them all day long. No offloads , and just bad options all the time. Telea not much better and Barrett reminds me why two previous coaches also had him at fullback instead of 10. I put a lot of it on Razor. In what world will Barrett take us to the next World Cup? I know that Proctor and Jordie not available but in what world would that be inferior to Reiko and anyone?

[SBW1]

[nostrildamus]

@SBW1 said in Italy v All Blacks:

it's a bit rude to point out the obvious but why does his mo look more like nostril hair? And what are those UFOs reflected in his pupils? No wonder the Alsatian looks spooked.

But as for the stats, stats stats stats, scrums and lineouts don't look great, and for all those metres, not so many points!

[nostrildamus]

@DMX said in Italy v All Blacks:

@Machpants

Exactly, no subtlety , no deception from any of them.

Speaking of subtlety:

ALB, RIEKO or Jordan look like they could not set up anyone outside them all day long. No offloads , and just bad options all the time. Telea not much better and Barrett reminds me why two previous coaches also had him at fullback instead of 10. I put a lot of it on Razor. In what world will Barrett take us to the next World Cup? I know that Proctor and Jordie not available but in what world would that be inferior to RIEKO and anyone?

[Kruse]

@SBW1 said in Italy v All Blacks:

Sorry if that is you or a mate of yours - but if I had the option of blocking a youtube channel from ever appearing in my awareness ever again - that channel would be on the list.
Misleading title.
Zero real analysis. Unnecessary constant close-up of face. 90% wrong. Just... yeah, nah.

[nostrildamus]

@Kruse said in Italy v All Blacks:

Misleading title.
Zero real analysis.
Unnecessary constant close-up of face
90% wrong
Just... yeah, nah.

If ever the Fern went to podcasting, vlogging, this could be the intro.

[Kruse]

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

@Kruse said in Italy v All Blacks:

Misleading title.
Zero real analysis.
Unnecessary constant close-up of face
90% wrong
Just... yeah, nah.

If ever the Fern went to podcasting, vlogging, this could be the intro.

Yeah - as I was writing that, I was thinking of the Fern motto, and ... "I could just copy/paste that - and... I guess that means the vid actually fits in quite well - it's the Gen-Z self-aggrandizing vlog love-my-own-face version of TSF"

[Stag]

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[Kruse]

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[sparky]

Forwards went okay, but one of the worst performances by an All Blacks backline in a long time.

[SBW1]

I believe he is an actor in the States, his accent is bit of Aussie, American and Kiwi. There is another guy I follow who is based in Mexico. This is Razor at the press conference.

[BerniesCorner]

@canefan said in Italy v All Blacks:

@BorderJB said in Italy v All Blacks:

Couple points from the game:

1. Pretty much sums up our season under Razor.
2. That stadium is great, we need more like that in NZ!! Puts the crowd on top of the players.

It's a football stadium isn't it? The production at Stade de France and Turin was top notch IMHO

As a ground connoisseur Stade de France and the Millennium Stadium are the best I've been to.
Strand Park Petone in a southerly the worst.

[Bones]

@BerniesCorner said in Italy v All Blacks:

@canefan said in Italy v All Blacks:

@BorderJB said in Italy v All Blacks:

Couple points from the game:

1. Pretty much sums up our season under Razor.
2. That stadium is great, we need more like that in NZ!! Puts the crowd on top of the players.

It's a football stadium isn't it? The production at Stade de France and Turin was top notch IMHO

As a ground connoisseur Stade de France and the Millennium Stadium are the best I've been to.
Strand Park Petone in a southerly the worst.

Strand is behind HVHS? And have you never played at the Polo?

[BerniesCorner]

We are going to do alright in 2025 because our forwards have come on well.
Our backs don't cut the mustard. Was obvious watching in the Stade de France and this game also.
In my view DMac is the first five end of. We need fast wingers and it's time for more Hurricane infusion in the backline. Higgins, Love, Proctor. There's no point waiting at the beginning of next season. Try them out.

[voodoo]

Thought Cane put in a great shift in tonight.

Thanks for everything Sam, you’ve been a fucken warrior

Likewise TJ, different role of course, but no less courageous and enthusiastic about your tasks…

Go well lads

On the game - well it wasn’t easy watching…

We were very inaccurate and average, as were the Italians in attack thank Christ!

Where the Italians were good though was on D, I thought they did a great job of wrapping the ball in every tackle , they slowed us up at every change.

I also didn’t hear about this apparent new rule where you don’t have to release the tackled player anymore before you try to jackal.

Good times

[voodoo]

Meant to add - the genius of using Havili at first receiver was so totally unexpected

Pure

[Jailbreak7]

Well. A little more calm this morning. But. So many work ons. And it does feel like we've regressed since the WC. TBF the forwards went pretty well this tour. But. The backs. And the attack plan / game management for the most part was non-existent. I could not see for the life of me what they were trying to achieve last night. When they were just hammering away at the Italian line but constantly over running or shelling the last pass, it looked pretty clueless and rudderless out there. No-one seemed willing to step up and take responsibility to seize the game by the scruff. Headless chickens. Leadership group? Where the fuck were they? A leader would be a good start. Think this will spell the end of some careers for sure.

[brodean]

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

What happened to Levi Aumua, by the way, was he a one trick pony or just not well used at the Crusaders?

He looked 10kg overweight at the Crusaders.