Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2
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Not to be negative...but what the actual f...does Fletcher Newell bring to the All Blacks??
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@Mattasaurus said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Job done
DeGroot, Carter and Clarke the best of the starters for me.
Dmac impact was noticeable and needed
The scrum was rubbish.
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Jet said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Lakai was non existent.
Disagree. Thought he was fine. Works hard. Consistent. Low error rate. Not the biggest player but he is powerful.
I thought Lakai was the pick of the loose forwards.
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@sparky said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Great to learn both that we won that and that the last 20 minutes were significantly better than what proceeded them.
Lots of work to do before Scotland next week.
Can I make a suggestion Sparky? Don’t tune in for the Scotland match. The ABs played better when you clocked off
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@Young-Hamiltons said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Not to be negative...but what the actual f...does Fletcher Newell bring to the All Blacks??
slightly better handling than last year ?
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@cgrant said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The attack lacks sharpness because BB receives the ball while standing still. DMac's arrival changed everything.
This
DMac's punch and skillset made a big difference
BB simply doesn't commit the defence which amplifys the rushed defense tactic
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@stodders said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
BoD speaking a lot of sense to Marshall post match
Ireland were crap and the ABs were less crap?
First half was a shower for both teams, ABs played better in the second half and took enough chances to win
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@hikastags said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Caleb Clarke said post-match that the squad put rugby aside for the week to "re-gather as a group after a long break"
Give me a break. This group is a circus.
more thoughts and vibes bullshit.
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@hikastags said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Caleb Clarke said post-match that the squad put rugby aside for the week to "re-gather as a group after a long break"
Give me a break. This group is a circus.
That's like going to a work conference and doing nothing but getting on the piss with colleagues instead of work stuff......
( shuffles off quietly )
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@His-Bobness said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@kev The Kiwi-born Ireland players demonstrating the tendency of eager-to-please recent immigrants to ape and magnify the worst aspects of the host culture - in this case being obnoxious, petulant whingers with a built-in victim mentality
I think deep down these guys carry a chip with nz because they never got a look in at higher honours and their satisfaction comes with trying to prove a point they were good enough.
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ABs pretty good last 20 minutes.
By god the modern game can be tedious though -
@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@kev said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Jet said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@ACT-Crusader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Overall a clunky game but always great to beat Ireland.
Fainga’anuku was very good. Plays direct and is hard to get to ground. The way Ireland defend you need that extra time on your feet to allow support players to arrive. Him and Clarke and also Quinn provide that.
Plenty of negative that no doubt will be highlighted, but happy to win and a shame we couldn’t get that last try.
I think we have to call it like it is. We are not very good. The coaching and selections are mental.
Mexteds infamous quote comes to mind.
We are like blind men in a brothel. Just groping.
It's not cohesive. Not authoritative. We dont have any players giving us 8/10 every week.
Someone always saves our arse.
Who are the bona fide world 15 players in the squad. Jordie (at a push)?
The lack of strong game plan is making us much poorer than we should be
I thought they created space and attacking opportunities in first half but poor passing and lineout execution cost them.
Failure to create phases up the middle, and the narrow field, meant almost everytime we went wide we lost it
I thought we lost a lot at restarts when on attack. Usually Codie throws well but we were picked off, knocked on coming down, not straight etc. Then we had a clear break and Jordan dummied and then threw a passs to Carter who has overrun him. I would hate to see visits to the 22 and points scored in the 1st half.
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@antipodean said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Nice post match interview by Holland. First answer and managed to get most of the cliches in.
Their forwards were thrashing out there like Windmollen but I put my finger in the dikes most likely to crumble and slowly we stopped leaking.
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@African-Monkey said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Jet said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Lakai was non existent.
Disagree. Thought he was fine. Works hard. Consistent. Low error rate. Not the biggest player but he is powerful.
Yup, he's needed out there. Someone in the loose has to do the dirty work.
I am willing to self reflect.
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@upthelanders said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Mattasaurus Two of the Barrett’s out for the next test so great
I don't think Jordie is that bad, he gets crap on here because of his brothers. Might not always be the best choice at 12 but he's a good player.
