All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3
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Read seemed passable to me, just the same as Richie and Fitzy in the early days. Both had their Waterloo and became better captains out of it - the only worry for me is he doesn't have as many years left in his career as those two did.
Ben Smith and an established midfield was missed in terms of obvious on field leadership. But what can you do?
The only player who I thought had the personality and opportunity to really boss things a bit more as Aaron Smith. But he was fine, just maybe missed an opportunity for "the Aaron Smith" game - getting hooked at the end didn't help.
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I'm guessing behind closed doors the abs brains trust will accept this as a failure , (despite some of the positive spin shag put on it )
With the wc two years away , I don't mind that part , hopefully we will look back at it as a turning point .
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Whilst we are talking TMO, can they check if the player was actually out in the last sequence of play. I didn't see any replays to see if they were clearly out. I'm sure they were but maybe that was what he was waiting for at the end of the game, he may have been thinking of checking and then decided not too, no idea.
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Whilst we are talking TMO, can they check if the player was actually out in the last sequence of play. I didn't see any replays to see if they were clearly out. I'm sure they were but maybe that was what he was waiting for at the end of the game, he may have been thinking of checking and then decided not too, no idea.
@chimoaus said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Whilst we are talking TMO, can they check if the player was actually out in the last sequence of play. I didn't see any replays to see if they were clearly out. I'm sure they were but maybe that was what he was waiting for at the end of the game, he may have been thinking of checking and then decided not too, no idea.
They can't check that unless it's in the act of scoring.
That said, I thought Jordie was 100% out but somehow Peyper didn't put his flag up. You could tell he knew what was at stake. Even when TJ (I think?!?!) picked it up and was IMO clearly in touch he was very slow to act.
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Heard a tedious 20 minutes of radio in the car this morning - Mexted being interviewed on the DRS, and Mex spent about 95% of the time bleating about the refs & refereeing in general. Not a peep about the All Blacks skills levels beyond a brief mention of goalkicking. For someone involved at the level/type of coaching he is, I'd hoped for something more insightful about skills under pressure etc.
I know some miss him in the commentary box. I don't.
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Heard a tedious 20 minutes of radio in the car this morning - Mexted being interviewed on the DRS, and Mex spent about 95% of the time bleating about the refs & refereeing in general. Not a peep about the All Blacks skills levels beyond a brief mention of goalkicking. For someone involved at the level/type of coaching he is, I'd hoped for something more insightful about skills under pressure etc.
I know some miss him in the commentary box. I don't.
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Heard a tedious 20 minutes of radio in the car this morning - Mexted being interviewed on the DRS, and Mex spent about 95% of the time bleating about the refs & refereeing in general. Not a peep about the All Blacks skills levels beyond a brief mention of goalkicking. For someone involved at the level/type of coaching he is, I'd hoped for something better and more insightful.
I know some miss him in the commentary box. I don't.
I don't either.
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Heard a tedious 20 minutes of radio in the car this morning - Mexted being interviewed on the DRS, and Mex spent about 95% of the time bleating about the refs & refereeing in general. Not a peep about the All Blacks skills levels beyond a brief mention of goalkicking. For someone involved at the level/type of coaching he is, I'd hoped for something more insightful about skills under pressure etc.
I know some miss him in the commentary box. I don't.
@Donsteppa It was tedious and embarrassing. Have to say that I generally enjoy his weekly analysis on that show, but perhaps he should not be interviewed after an AB draw or loss.
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@DMX give me a kick in the groin over Meg!
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@DMX said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Give me Mex over Meg all day long.
Fark no.
I can handle the guy getting muddled by laws occasionally.
Couldn't stand mexted's parallel universe where the laws were to be ignored, coz they bummed out the vibe.
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Another thing under Ritchies reign was that the team would always stay composed in that pressure situation (The learnings from 2007 apparently)
It looks as though if we aren't smashing a team we are in panick mode a bit.
@Hooroo said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Another thing under Ritchies reign was that the team would always stay composed in that pressure situation (The learnings from 2007 apparently)
It looks as though if we aren't smashing a team we are in panick mode a bit.
I thought the ABs by and large composed themselves pretty well right after that 'accidental' offside incident. So much so that we dominated the Lions scrum and provided an excellent platform to attack from. However Perenara thought being a traffic cop was better than being a halfback ready to take advantage...
Some moments in a test are bigger than others because of the context in which they happen - and whilst our pack stepped up, unfortunately our halfback didn't and we lost possession and field position.
In terms of captaincy and lacking composure etc, not sure. But the two previous full-time AB captains have had their teething issues early on. I remember after the loss at Ellis Park in 04 that people were questioning Tana's play and captaincy. Richie in 2007 after a season and a half as captain. Mind you both of those captains had plenty of experience around them, as does Read.
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@broughie said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@KiwiMurph My Memory is that bad? Ok I guess I'll retract everything prior. Angus Gardiner is the guy I was thinking of. Thanks for helping out the old guy :-).
Sorry mate. Just a wee tetchy after the result.
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@Hooroo said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Another thing under Ritchies reign was that the team would always stay composed in that pressure situation (The learnings from 2007 apparently)
It looks as though if we aren't smashing a team we are in panick mode a bit.
I thought the ABs by and large composed themselves pretty well right after that 'accidental' offside incident. So much so that we dominated the Lions scrum and provided an excellent platform to attack from. However Perenara thought being a traffic cop was better than being a halfback ready to take advantage...
Some moments in a test are bigger than others because of the context in which they happen - and whilst our pack stepped up, unfortunately our halfback didn't and we lost possession and field position.
In terms of captaincy and lacking composure etc, not sure. But the two previous full-time AB captains have had their teething issues early on. I remember after the loss at Ellis Park in 04 that people were questioning Tana's play and captaincy. Richie in 2007 after a season and a half as captain. Mind you both of those captains had plenty of experience around them, as does Read.
@ACT-Crusader yeah TJP seems to have regressed considerably this year (for the ABs) unlike last year you wanted him to replace SMith, this year you want Smith to stay on!
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@ACT-Crusader yeah TJP seems to have regressed considerably this year (for the ABs) unlike last year you wanted him to replace SMith, this year you want Smith to stay on!
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@ACT-Crusader yeah TJP seems to have regressed considerably this year (for the ABs) unlike last year you wanted him to replace SMith, this year you want Smith to stay on!
I know it might seem that I'm making a run for TSF broken record award (although I've got a ways to go to oust gollum and the US politics thread), I watched the accidental offside thing about five times last night, so I got see the scrum thereafter five times. Still baffles me to think we lost the ball from a scrum going forwards and a Lions player was able to get it.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
That picture sums it up nicely... unless he thinks the rugby ball has suddenly eaten all the pies, he's not going to hold one that way.
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how about fucking no TJ? What the team was trying to do was completely irrelevant to you keeping your mind on the job. Your job is not yelling at the ref, your job is making sure we keep the ball. That's some bullshit lip service right there
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@ACT-Crusader yeah TJP seems to have regressed considerably this year (for the ABs) unlike last year you wanted him to replace SMith, this year you want Smith to stay on!
I know it might seem that I'm making a run for TSF broken record award (although I've got a ways to go to oust gollum and the US politics thread), I watched the accidental offside thing about five times last night, so I got see the scrum thereafter five times. Still baffles me to think we lost the ball from a scrum going forwards and a Lions player was able to get it.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@ACT-Crusader yeah TJP seems to have regressed considerably this year (for the ABs) unlike last year you wanted him to replace SMith, this year you want Smith to stay on!
I know it might seem that I'm making a run for TSF broken record award (although I've got a ways to go to oust gollum and the US politics thread), I watched the accidental offside thing about five times last night, so I got see the scrum thereafter five times. Still baffles me to think we lost the ball from a scrum going forwards and a Lions player was able to get it.
Seems weird to single out Gollum and not the other side in that thread, they matched him post for post with quadruple the numbers, and have carried on that way.
Yep, and it seemed to be the exact opposite of the previous scrum where the Lions won the penalty. Still TJ shouldn't have been flapping around and should have played the ball.
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Geez, time to take a chill pill for some! All this "TJ is shit" nonsense has now been repeated to death and is becoming boring. He wasn't great, but he also wasn't half as bad as you're saying. Aaron Smith also does the arm waving (and yelling); it just seems to annoy you more when TJ does it. He's easily the 2nd best NZ halfback at the moment, but it will be good to see Brad Weber (once returned to full fitness) challenge him for that spot. Pulu shouldn't be anywhere near the ABs ever again.
