All Blacks v Argentina II
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I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
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I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear. -
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
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An ex player says something negative about a player and he gets the old fashioned 'fuck off'. Do we want honesty or not?
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
An ex player says something negative about a player and he gets the old fashioned 'fuck off'. Do we want honesty or not?
There needs to be some balance. Rieko was the only back 3 not to get carded.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend?
Agreed, both Rieko and Sevu sucked, and both have not developed any real skill under the high ball.
Jordan is a bit hot and cold, but offers way more in attack with his angled runs.
They could all improve.
I think there's a chance they revert back to Rieko at center. He's better there than wing despite his weak distribution skills.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend?
Agreed, both Rieko and Sevu sucked, and both have not developed any real skill under the high ball.
Jordan is a bit hot and cold, but offers way more in attack with his angled runs.
They could all improve.
I think there's a chance they revert back to Rieko at center. He's better there than wing despite his weak distribution skills.
@Frank said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend?
Agreed, both Rieko and Sevu sucked, and both have not developed any real skill under the high ball.
Jordan is a bit hot and cold, but offers way more in attack with his angled runs.
They could all improve.
I think there's a chance they revert back to Rieko at center. He's better there than wing despite his weak distribution skills.
Potentially a move back to 13, probably unlikely, but he would also likely be a better bench option than ALB.
The most disturbing thing is JB coming back from Leinster playing really well and then after a few games his good form crumbles away. There are some series issues with the attack and back line coaching.
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It used to be said that players got better and improved in the All Blacks environment.
But in recent years we've seen players get worse and even sometimes wilt in the All Blacks.
It's striking to hear players say they enjoy playing for their super franchises more than the ABs.
It suggests that something is very rotten indeed in the national team set-up.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
More from Dagg
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/israel-dagg-criticises-all-black-wingers-performance/
“You look at our chases at the moment, and Rieko, this isn’t a plot on him as a person, but he just can’t get up and chase and put pressure on the ball, like you look at him and he’s getting up and he’s kind of just half hearted into the into the jump,” Dagg said on Sport Nation’s Breakfast with Scotty & Izzy. “He’s not winning it, he’s not brave, he’s not courageous, and he’s not getting up and trying to put a knee in the bloke, like, that’s what you’ve got to do.” “It’s a 50-50 play, and right now it’s a 70-30 play, because opposition would have seen that and it’s gonna continue to come throughout the rest of the year and if we do not fix that, it’s gonna be a difficult season.” Dagg gives credit to Argentina whose kicks were accurate, and not too far that their chasers couldn’t get up and contest. “Argentina, they kicked really well, they weren’t kicking it too long, and I think that’s the problem at the moment. from our own kicks, we are kicking it too long and there’s not enough height on it. “So you’re not giving our chasers a genuine option to get up and disrupt, I’ve got to be completely honest, there’s only one bloke there at the back at the moment they can catch high ball, and you’re relying heavily on a Will Jordan to get up and and do what’s asked of him.”That just sounds like he has an axe to grind with Rieko. Jordan was poor as well and has never been great under the high ball, and Reece is even worse than Rieko but also throws in moronic brain explosions that cost us games, like going for a dumb ass one handed intercept just when we had the upper hand. Not even worth a mention? It was all just Rieko being lazy? Fuck off Dagg.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I don’t want to see Reece anywhere near Eden Park.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend?
Agreed, both Rieko and Sevu sucked, and both have not developed any real skill under the high ball.
Jordan is a bit hot and cold, but offers way more in attack with his angled runs.
They could all improve.
I think there's a chance they revert back to Rieko at center. He's better there than wing despite his weak distribution skills.
@Frank said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend?
Agreed, both Rieko and Sevu sucked, and both have not developed any real skill under the high ball.
Jordan is a bit hot and cold, but offers way more in attack with his angled runs.
They could all improve.
I think there's a chance they revert back to Rieko at center. He's better there than wing despite his weak distribution skills.
Rokocoko and Sivivatu got binned off in 2009 for not being able to catch a cold.
And their highs were much higher than Rieko's and Sevu's.
We owe these two chancers nothing.
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The best thing Rieko Ioane has done in an Allblack shirt in the last 5 or 6 years was to tell Jonny Sexton to "enjoy your retirement you kant". For that he will always be fondly remembered.
For now we need someone who can catch, kick and score the odd try.
Thanks for the memories xoxoxo.
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It used to be said that players got better and improved in the All Blacks environment.
But in recent years we've seen players get worse and even sometimes wilt in the All Blacks.
It's striking to hear players say they enjoy playing for their super franchises more than the ABs.
It suggests that something is very rotten indeed in the national team set-up.
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
It used to be said that players got better and improved in the All Blacks environment.
But in recent years we've seen players get worse and even sometimes wilt in the All Blacks.
It's striking to hear players say they enjoy playing for their super franchises more than the ABs.
It suggests that something is very rotten indeed in the national team set-up.
Dont forget Rieko essentially got dropped for the 2019 RWC only playing one pool game against Canada and scoring 1 try.
That was two years after his debut and when he still had "legs".
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
I'll give you Reece, but Jordan has serious credit in the bank being the only lad who can actually score tries these days and is soon to be the top scoring Allblack of all time barring a precipitous fall from grace.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
I'll give you Reece, but Jordan has serious credit in the bank being the only lad who can actually score tries these days and is soon to be the top scoring Allblack of all time barring a precipitous fall from grace.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
I'll give you Reece, but Jordan has serious credit in the bank being the only lad who can actually score tries these days and is soon to be the top scoring Allblack of all time barring a precipitous fall from grace.
Yeah he does, but still played his part in the loss too. Not talking about overall careers here.
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@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
I'll give you Reece, but Jordan has serious credit in the bank being the only lad who can actually score tries these days and is soon to be the top scoring Allblack of all time barring a precipitous fall from grace.
Yeah he does, but still played his part in the loss too. Not talking about overall careers here.
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only care if the criticism is valid.
Or do we now expect that the only time we appear to get honesty, they need to preside over the remaining match day 22 and conjure up experiences that clearly haven't changed over years?
He was talking about the issues with our back three, and singled out Rieko as the problem, Jordan as the apparent saviour despite his ongoing issues under the high ball, and then completely ignored the idiot that cost us the match in the final 10 (who also has a history of getting himself carded going for high balls!). Not saying his criticism wasn't valid, but the bias is next level, so pretty hard to take him seriously.
It comes back to former players never criticising players they were mates with or from their own province, have to take what they say with a giant grain of salt. Reece should have absolutely hung out to dry after that performance, if he gets picked against the Boks I will lose my shit.
I think it's completely valid that he points out Rieko has had this skill deficit for that long. And in context from the snippet I watched they were talking about the ability of wingers to contest and catch a high ball.
After all he did support Rieko in the spat with Sexton.
And I'm no stranger to the club in favour of replacing Reece. I've got the flag and scarf.
Dagg was correct in what he said.
people what ex players to speak out but when they do it upsets people because is not what they like to hear.And nobody has actually disputed his point. But why do you think he singled out Rieko, but ignored Sevu who is worse under the high ball and was atrocious on the weekend? I find it hard to take him seriously when he's discussing our problems with the back three but doesn't even mention the player that is objectively the worst of the three under the high ball. I reckon if you asked him to pick his back three, it'd exclude Rieko but still include Sevu.
I get that people are craving real analysis that is actually critical of our poor play, but this isn't really that. This is more Dagg feeling comfortable having a dig at a player he doesn't like, while ignoring or praising his own. The fact that people see this as good analysis just because someone finally said something critical shows just how bad things are in NZ media.
Yes you're dead right. Happy for the criticism towards Rieko, but ummmm......the other 2 that were there at the back? Where's their criticism? Cantabs for you, never criticise their own but rip everyone else to shreds.
I'll give you Reece, but Jordan has serious credit in the bank being the only lad who can actually score tries these days and is soon to be the top scoring Allblack of all time barring a precipitous fall from grace.
Yeah he does, but still played his part in the loss too. Not talking about overall careers here.
Im giving him the benefit of the doubt Dagg gave him, but accept that Dagg erroneously gave Reece a free pass too.
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The best thing Rieko Ioane has done in an Allblack shirt in the last 5 or 6 years was to tell Jonny Sexton to "enjoy your retirement you kant". For that he will always be fondly remembered.
For now we need someone who can catch, kick and score the odd try.
Thanks for the memories xoxoxo.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The best thing Rieko Ioane has done in an Allblack shirt in the last 5 or 6 years was to tell Jonny Sexton to "enjoy your retirement you kant". For that he will always be fondly remembered.
For now we need someone who can catch, kick and score the odd try.
Thanks for the memories xoxoxo.
I think you’re overdoing this
Has Rieko set the world alight at 13 or wing the last few years? Clearly no.
But he’s been given fuck all opportunity
He’s played at 13 outside a 12 that hasn’t put someone in space since 2008. Every time he touches the ball it’s a short crash ball or a pop pass from a JB tackle. For all the wanking on around here about how good JB is at 12, he does precisely nothing to set up his 13 or anyone further outside him. I can hardly remember a scenario when Rieko has been given the ball in even enough space to have to make a decision as to how to attack - it’s literally catch the short pass and crash into the defender right in front of you.
On the wing he’s seen the same quality of ball - that is to say, putrid
In the meantime he’s been exceptional on defense, very well organised and absolutely first-rate when scrambling. Saved our asses on a number of occasions
He sucked last weekend, and he’s shit in the air - and probably not the best chaser of kicks. But this weird revisionist crap that he’s been useless for years is just nonsense and has to go
