All Blacks v Argentina II
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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
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@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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
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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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say. -
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
Yep you can I am not defending so much Dagg as his right to say it.
You can say what you like like he can and anyone can comment on it. -
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
Yep you can I am not defending so much Dagg as his right to say it.
You can say what you like like he can and anyone can comment on it.@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
Yep you can I am not defending so much Dagg as his right to say it.
You can say what you like like he can and anyone can comment on it.If you go back over the posts on this I don't think anyone has claimed Dagg can't say what he said, so I don't think you need to defend his right to say it.
Being criticised for what he said (and didn't say) is different than not being allowed to say it.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
Yep you can I am not defending so much Dagg as his right to say it.
You can say what you like like he can and anyone can comment on it.If you go back over the posts on this I don't think anyone has claimed Dagg can't say what he said, so I don't think you need to defend his right to say it.
Being criticised for what he said (and didn't say) is different than not being allowed to say it.
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia 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.The hypocrisy is the issue, not the speaking out, if he'd levelled the exact same deserved criticism at Reece then this wouldn't even be an issue and you lot wouldn't need to be defending him.
lol I don’t need to defend anyone they live or die by their actions.
Dogg is allowed an opinion like everyone else you can’t please everyone with comments and you shouldn’t have to .
Fuck em,Smowflakes people with their weak feelings.and little hurt egos because they don’t like what someone says.
You can disagree sure but you can’t control what people say.And anyone else can call out his opinion as being hypocritical B/S - and we are, an opinion than some on here clearly don't like by how quickly they're jumping in to defend him.
Yep you can I am not defending so much Dagg as his right to say it.
You can say what you like like he can and anyone can comment on it.If you go back over the posts on this I don't think anyone has claimed Dagg can't say what he said, so I don't think you need to defend his right to say it.
Being criticised for what he said (and didn't say) is different than not being allowed to say it.
The way I read it I felt I did.
Whether I agree with it is different.
If you go back and read my posts about the game I have stated both wingers should be moved on so I don’t really totally agree with Dagg as both wingers were shit and have been for the last few tests,
Jordan didn’t go well but has been good in the other tests.
Jordan didn’t get much support from the wingers they did not look interested in attacking the high ball.
You need the whole back 3 nullifying those high kicks not one they have to work as a unit. -
@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
@voodoo therein lies the problem, how we have used Ioane for the past 4 or 5 years since his move to centre as well.
Like the frustrations we express over BB's kicking, its clear that they are ticking whatever boxes the coaches want cos they keep fucking selecting them, so the problem lies in the game plan that has not been based around utilising one of the quickest players around, instead using him like a limited player we let go.
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@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".
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@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".
No he was carrying an injury, sucks as he was in his prime and the world's best 11 leading up to that cup and would have made a huge difference. Instead we had to endure Bridge.
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If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
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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?
Yes, we do but the just another example of a media guy not wanting to piss off his Crusaders mates Reece and Jordan. So, he singles out the Aucklander and the guy who waltzed into his team as a 19-year old and probably to some extent changed the balance and approach to the back 3 that resulted in Dagg not having a place in the team anymore.
So, no problem with Dagg's comments per se, but he's got to grow a pair and call out his mates too.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
Clearly the coaches want to play that way. But I can't help but wonder how Plummer would have gone. A guy who did the fundamentals well, and could pass to his outsides early to give them space to move would have been interesting
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
What ?
He’s single handedly bringing the World Cup back to NZ last I heard
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@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
What ?
He’s single handedly bringing the World Cup back to NZ last I heard
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
If Ioane's problems are all due to Jordie Barrett, then how come:
a) he was actually good at the last WC;
b) he has hardly been carving it up for the Blues, with Jordie Barrett at times being literally on the other side of the world.We will have the same problems if we keep picking the likes of Mo'unga, Barrett, and Mckenzie. They all crab sideways and its rubbish ball for everyone outside of them. Their games are simply not good for test rugby backlines. They create for themselves more than others.
What ?
He’s single handedly bringing the World Cup back to NZ last I heard
Razor be like
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It feels like every year or so there is a different whipping boy in the ABs , probably more so on social media than on here , and all the sheep pile on and repeat exactly the same narrative .
The part I do find amusing with reiko at centre , getting rid of him and replacing him with proctor was going to solve all the problems, and I’ve got nothing against proctor , except this time they got their wish and it didn’t .
More recent whipping boys before reiko, cane at 7 , ardie should be 7 and captain .
Beaudie when he was 15 , it should be shaun Stevenson .
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It feels like every year or so there is a different whipping boy in the ABs , probably more so on social media than on here , and all the sheep pile on and repeat exactly the same narrative .
The part I do find amusing with reiko at centre , getting rid of him and replacing him with proctor was going to solve all the problems, and I’ve got nothing against proctor , except this time they got their wish and it didn’t .
More recent whipping boys before reiko, cane at 7 , ardie should be 7 and captain .
Beaudie when he was 15 , it should be shaun Stevenson .
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
It feels like every year or so there is a different whipping boy in the ABs , probably more so on social media than on here , and all the sheep pile on and repeat exactly the same narrative .
The part I do find amusing with reiko at centre , getting rid of him and replacing him with proctor was going to solve all the problems, and I’ve got nothing against proctor , except this time they got their wish and it didn’t .
More recent whipping boys before reiko, cane at 7 , ardie should be 7 and captain .
Beaudie when he was 15 , it should be shaun Stevenson .
Can anyone who watches lots of Super Rugby ( and isn’t @Canes4life, I’d like a more balanced view
) tell me if Proctor is really the goods ? I’ve gotta say he’s been found wanting so far in the black jersey.
