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All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour

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  • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

    @broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

    @dan54 Give Rennie time. Remember his team beat the Boks twice, it’s his first year coaching an international team unlike Foster and is their depth better than ours?

    didnt rennie get appointed last year? ie this is his second year

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    @kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

    @broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

    @dan54 Give Rennie time. Remember his team beat the Boks twice, it’s his first year coaching an international team unlike Foster and is their depth better than ours?

    didnt rennie get appointed last year? ie this is his second year

    He was appointed in late 2019 after the Wallabies EOYT ahead of the 2020 season.

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    • ACT CrusaderA ACT Crusader

      @kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

      @broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

      @dan54 Give Rennie time. Remember his team beat the Boks twice, it’s his first year coaching an international team unlike Foster and is their depth better than ours?

      didnt rennie get appointed last year? ie this is his second year

      He was appointed in late 2019 after the Wallabies EOYT ahead of the 2020 season.

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      @act-crusader and its 2021 isn't it? so hes had 2020 and 2021...admittedly a couple of pretty messed up seasons

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      • ACT CrusaderA ACT Crusader

        @crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @bones said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @stodders no sarcasm. It'll be amazing how much easier it is to get the team moving forward when the team are actually being passed to.

        It's a big part of the problem, for sure. TJP just isn't cutting for me - particularly in the starting line-up

        Christie has stepped up and doesn't look out of place at Test level and I'd like to see him & Weber get more game time.

        NZR are apparently pulling out all stops to get Fakatava's eligibility sorted. That indicates to me that they aren't convinced at all on the current options below Smith.

        Rupeni part 2….

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        @act-crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @bones said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

        @stodders no sarcasm. It'll be amazing how much easier it is to get the team moving forward when the team are actually being passed to.

        It's a big part of the problem, for sure. TJP just isn't cutting for me - particularly in the starting line-up

        Christie has stepped up and doesn't look out of place at Test level and I'd like to see him & Weber get more game time.

        NZR are apparently pulling out all stops to get Fakatava's eligibility sorted. That indicates to me that they aren't convinced at all on the current options below Smith.

        Rupeni part 2….

        An anomaly with eligibility laws at this particular moment in time. If he wasn't injured he'd be an AB now, but because he's injured he has to wait extra time.

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          #1396

          This site has some deep stats for the game, and others up north.

          https://autumnnationsseries.com/report/ireland-make-history-again-with-victory-over-all-blacks-in-dublin#match-stats

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          • M Machpants

            This site has some deep stats for the game, and others up north.

            https://autumnnationsseries.com/report/ireland-make-history-again-with-victory-over-all-blacks-in-dublin#match-stats

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            @machpants Irish missed more tackles than us, despite us having to make twice as many.

            TBH I think plenty of those stats are not surprising, when you look at some of our matches over the years, but we kicked away twice as much and passed half as much, Rucks won - Ireland 132, NZ 57

            We had twice as many linebreaks and more off loads, yet alot was ineffective.

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              Jesus, they're living in their own dream world confirmation bubble. Don't expect any real growth in the ABs until post world cup

              Prop Joe Moody backed the side's game plan for the Ireland test, saying that they just failed to take the right options at key times.
              "Watching the review this morning, we're still creating the opportunities, we're just - at that final hurdle - choosing the wrong option and not quite executing. I don't feel like it's a game plan thing."

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              https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-how-all-blacks-plan-to-bounce-back-after-ireland-review/6MYCMX4AF5BWIOWATI354M2A6M/?c_id=80&objectid=12486165&ref=rss

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              • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

                @machpants Irish missed more tackles than us, despite us having to make twice as many.

                TBH I think plenty of those stats are not surprising, when you look at some of our matches over the years, but we kicked away twice as much and passed half as much, Rucks won - Ireland 132, NZ 57

                We had twice as many linebreaks and more off loads, yet alot was ineffective.

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                @taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                @machpants Irish missed more tackles than us, despite us having to make twice as many.

                TBH I think plenty of those stats are not surprising, when you look at some of our matches over the years, but we kicked away twice as much and passed half as much, Rucks won - Ireland 132, NZ 57

                We had twice as many linebreaks and more off loads, yet alot was ineffective.

                I guess we generally do more with less ball. Sometimes I'd like to see us grind down an opposition

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                • M Machpants

                  Jesus, they're living in their own dream world confirmation bubble. Don't expect any real growth in the ABs until post world cup

                  Prop Joe Moody backed the side's game plan for the Ireland test, saying that they just failed to take the right options at key times.
                  "Watching the review this morning, we're still creating the opportunities, we're just - at that final hurdle - choosing the wrong option and not quite executing. I don't feel like it's a game plan thing."

                  @Stargazer
                  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-how-all-blacks-plan-to-bounce-back-after-ireland-review/6MYCMX4AF5BWIOWATI354M2A6M/?c_id=80&objectid=12486165&ref=rss

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                  @machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                  Jesus, they're living in their own dream world confirmation bubble. Don't expect any real growth in the ABs until post world cup

                  Prop Joe Moody backed the side's game plan for the Ireland test, saying that they just failed to take the right options at key times.
                  "Watching the review this morning, we're still creating the opportunities, we're just - at that final hurdle - choosing the wrong option and not quite executing. I don't feel like it's a game plan thing."

                  @Stargazer
                  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-how-all-blacks-plan-to-bounce-back-after-ireland-review/6MYCMX4AF5BWIOWATI354M2A6M/?c_id=80&objectid=12486165&ref=rss

                  I suppose he can’t say much else if they have just come out of a review with the coache’s.They must have lead the way with that stuff in the review and the players have to come out and back it up.
                  Really he might want to have said the game plan and the coaching staff are shit can we please dump them. As I am sick of listening to their BS.
                  But that’s not good for the pay packet.

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                    well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

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                    • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                      well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

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                      @mariner4life when you look at the stats form the article above, which many I dont think vary greatly form previous years good wins, so a couple more chances taken, an ounce of luck and result could have been very different, so I guess there is that glimmer....

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                        those repeated goal line stands were heroic and almost game saving.

                        Severely taxing though.

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                        • Victor MeldrewV Victor Meldrew

                          @mencey said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                          @stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                          @victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

                          I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

                          OK. Very fair points. But what if the problems aren't Foster or aren't just Foster? What if we get Robertson in and things don't improve that much? What do we do then?

                          You're dead right on the mid-field, but we've had 6 years - six fucking years - to sort out some stability which takes into account injuries, and yet our options for the France game are now down to two inexperienced tyros in Ennor & Tupaea, an out-of-form Havili and/or Reiko who's a great wing but lacks goods at 13 at Test level.

                          That's not all down to Foster (I actually give him credit for at least trying to fix the issue) - that's down to NZRFU taking their eye off the ball on ensuring long-term player development.

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                          @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                          @mencey said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                          @stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                          @victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

                          I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

                          OK. Very fair points. But what if the problems aren't Foster or aren't just Foster? What if we get Robertson in and things don't improve that much? What do we do then?

                          But they are all down to Foster. So trying to fix them some other way isn't going to work.

                          Those of us who follow the Chiefs knows how this goes -- there will be some false dawns where improvement appears to happen, followed soon after by ever more awful outcomes. Foster doesn't get better over time, that we know.

                          The "what happens if Robertson sucks argument" is lame. Do we keep Foster on for the next 50 years, just in case the next guy is worse? Which, in Robertson's case, he definitely isn't.

                          You're dead right on the mid-field, but we've had 6 years - six fucking years - to sort out some stability which takes into account injuries, and yet our options for the France game are now down to two inexperienced tyros in Ennor & Tupaea, an out-of-form Havili and/or Reiko who's a great wing but lacks goods at 13 at Test level.

                          When did Foster join the AB set-up. Would it be about six fucking years ago?

                          That's not all down to Foster (I actually give him credit for at least trying to fix the issue) - that's down to NZRFU taking their eye off the ball on ensuring long-term player development.

                          Bull. Hansen tried things. The "dual playmaker" gambit didn't work, but he did try something new.

                          What innovation is Foster delivering to the team? Be specific.

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                          • Chester DrawsC Chester Draws

                            @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                            @mencey said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                            @stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                            @victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

                            I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

                            OK. Very fair points. But what if the problems aren't Foster or aren't just Foster? What if we get Robertson in and things don't improve that much? What do we do then?

                            But they are all down to Foster. So trying to fix them some other way isn't going to work.

                            Those of us who follow the Chiefs knows how this goes -- there will be some false dawns where improvement appears to happen, followed soon after by ever more awful outcomes. Foster doesn't get better over time, that we know.

                            The "what happens if Robertson sucks argument" is lame. Do we keep Foster on for the next 50 years, just in case the next guy is worse? Which, in Robertson's case, he definitely isn't.

                            You're dead right on the mid-field, but we've had 6 years - six fucking years - to sort out some stability which takes into account injuries, and yet our options for the France game are now down to two inexperienced tyros in Ennor & Tupaea, an out-of-form Havili and/or Reiko who's a great wing but lacks goods at 13 at Test level.

                            When did Foster join the AB set-up. Would it be about six fucking years ago?

                            That's not all down to Foster (I actually give him credit for at least trying to fix the issue) - that's down to NZRFU taking their eye off the ball on ensuring long-term player development.

                            Bull. Hansen tried things. The "dual playmaker" gambit didn't work, but he did try something new.

                            What innovation is Foster delivering to the team? Be specific.

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                            @chester-draws TBF, IIRC we had 25 tests in a row where we didnt start the same mid-field combo in consecutive games before Nonu-Smith became the encumbants (Mauger, McAlister, Nonu, Smith and were a couple others I think)

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                            • Chester DrawsC Chester Draws

                              @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @mencey said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

                              I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

                              OK. Very fair points. But what if the problems aren't Foster or aren't just Foster? What if we get Robertson in and things don't improve that much? What do we do then?

                              But they are all down to Foster. So trying to fix them some other way isn't going to work.

                              Those of us who follow the Chiefs knows how this goes -- there will be some false dawns where improvement appears to happen, followed soon after by ever more awful outcomes. Foster doesn't get better over time, that we know.

                              The "what happens if Robertson sucks argument" is lame. Do we keep Foster on for the next 50 years, just in case the next guy is worse? Which, in Robertson's case, he definitely isn't.

                              You're dead right on the mid-field, but we've had 6 years - six fucking years - to sort out some stability which takes into account injuries, and yet our options for the France game are now down to two inexperienced tyros in Ennor & Tupaea, an out-of-form Havili and/or Reiko who's a great wing but lacks goods at 13 at Test level.

                              When did Foster join the AB set-up. Would it be about six fucking years ago?

                              That's not all down to Foster (I actually give him credit for at least trying to fix the issue) - that's down to NZRFU taking their eye off the ball on ensuring long-term player development.

                              Bull. Hansen tried things. The "dual playmaker" gambit didn't work, but he did try something new.

                              What innovation is Foster delivering to the team? Be specific.

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                              @chester-draws said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @mencey said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                              @victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

                              I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

                              OK. Very fair points. But what if the problems aren't Foster or aren't just Foster? What if we get Robertson in and things don't improve that much? What do we do then?

                              But they are all down to Foster. So trying to fix them some other way isn't going to work.

                              Those of us who follow the Chiefs knows how this goes -- there will be some false dawns where improvement appears to happen, followed soon after by ever more awful outcomes. Foster doesn't get better over time, that we know.

                              The "what happens if Robertson sucks argument" is lame. Do we keep Foster on for the next 50 years, just in case the next guy is worse? Which, in Robertson's case, he definitely isn't.

                              You're dead right on the mid-field, but we've had 6 years - six fucking years - to sort out some stability which takes into account injuries, and yet our options for the France game are now down to two inexperienced tyros in Ennor & Tupaea, an out-of-form Havili and/or Reiko who's a great wing but lacks goods at 13 at Test level.

                              When did Foster join the AB set-up. Would it be about six fucking years ago?

                              That's not all down to Foster (I actually give him credit for at least trying to fix the issue) - that's down to NZRFU taking their eye off the ball on ensuring long-term player development.

                              Bull. Hansen tried things. The "dual playmaker" gambit didn't work, but he did try something new.

                              What innovation is Foster delivering to the team? Be specific.

                              Foster has been in the ABs coaching set up for 9 years he started in 2012

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                              • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

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                                @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                The counterpoint is we've heard this tune before.

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                                • antipodeanA antipodean

                                  @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                  well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                  The counterpoint is we've heard this tune before.

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                                  @antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                  @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                  well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                  The counterpoint is we've heard this tune before.

                                  look, agreed. i wasn't really excusing them.

                                  If they really came out of that review feeling good then we are proper fucked.

                                  alt text

                                  Yes, proper fucked

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                                  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                    well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

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                                    @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                    well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                    Maybe so, but the way the game was played wasn't great. I didn't feel we were in control of the game much at all

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                                      @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                      well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                      Maybe so, but the way the game was played wasn't great. I didn't feel we were in control of the game much at all

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                                      @canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                      @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                      well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                      Maybe so, but the way the game was played wasn't great. I didn't feel we were in control of the game much at all

                                      devils advocate

                                      of course we weren't. But the game isn't about being in control, ultimately the game is about scoring more points than the opposition

                                      Perhaps these dudes know the limitations we have, pick a bunch of guys who will keep the score close by tackling and scrambling like dervishes, and then ruthlessly exploit the 3 or 4 opportunities we are given.

                                      I'm not saying it's a great plan. And it's not one I'm a fan of. But, it is a plan, and, if i think about our players, it's not a stupid idea.

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                                        Jesus, they're living in their own dream world confirmation bubble. Don't expect any real growth in the ABs until post world cup

                                        Prop Joe Moody backed the side's game plan for the Ireland test, saying that they just failed to take the right options at key times.
                                        "Watching the review this morning, we're still creating the opportunities, we're just - at that final hurdle - choosing the wrong option and not quite executing. I don't feel like it's a game plan thing."

                                        @Stargazer
                                        https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-how-all-blacks-plan-to-bounce-back-after-ireland-review/6MYCMX4AF5BWIOWATI354M2A6M/?c_id=80&objectid=12486165&ref=rss

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                                        @machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                        Jesus, they're living in their own dream world confirmation bubble. Don't expect any real growth in the ABs until post world cup

                                        Prop Joe Moody backed the side's game plan for the Ireland test, saying that they just failed to take the right options at key times.
                                        "Watching the review this morning, we're still creating the opportunities, we're just - at that final hurdle - choosing the wrong option and not quite executing. I don't feel like it's a game plan thing."

                                        @Stargazer
                                        https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-how-all-blacks-plan-to-bounce-back-after-ireland-review/6MYCMX4AF5BWIOWATI354M2A6M/?c_id=80&objectid=12486165&ref=rss

                                        Living in their own little world certainly makes sense when you consider the Frizzell selection.

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                                        • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                          @canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                          @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                          well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                          Maybe so, but the way the game was played wasn't great. I didn't feel we were in control of the game much at all

                                          devils advocate

                                          of course we weren't. But the game isn't about being in control, ultimately the game is about scoring more points than the opposition

                                          Perhaps these dudes know the limitations we have, pick a bunch of guys who will keep the score close by tackling and scrambling like dervishes, and then ruthlessly exploit the 3 or 4 opportunities we are given.

                                          I'm not saying it's a great plan. And it's not one I'm a fan of. But, it is a plan, and, if i think about our players, it's not a stupid idea.

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                                          @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                          @canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                          @mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

                                          well, to be fair, we were one very slight decision away from winning the game. Despite getting flogged in every single metric. So he sorta has a point

                                          Maybe so, but the way the game was played wasn't great. I didn't feel we were in control of the game much at all

                                          devils advocate

                                          of course we weren't. But the game isn't about being in control, ultimately the game is about scoring more points than the opposition

                                          Perhaps these dudes know the limitations we have, pick a bunch of guys who will keep the score close by tackling and scrambling like dervishes, and then ruthlessly exploit the 3 or 4 opportunities we are given.

                                          I'm not saying it's a great plan. And it's not one I'm a fan of. But, it is a plan, and, if i think about our players, it's not a stupid idea.

                                          I know youre playing devils advocate, but in context it isnt one, loss, we still lost to Arge, SA, Aus and Ireland in close to a year.

                                          I am going to suggest the game plan hasnt changed for over a decade, it feels like it was built around the GOAT (which I can understand), however I cant remember us dominating turnovers or retaining ball to consistently to give us enough opportunites consistently to win against the top teams, since we were doing it with Ritchie around.

                                          So is 3 or 4 enough? Sometimes it is I guess and we have results to prove it, however I supect a lot now think it isnt good enough any longer.

                                          I am going to go to suggest we do have the cattle, even the ones that leave show that playing us. We have a few things to fix which have already been mentioned but the inferior version of Hansen ball just makes it worse.

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