All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour
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@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
This is a combination of bad coaching, low period of talent and nz domestic style not preparing them for proper test rugby.
I don't buy this low period talent thing.
Ignoring McCaw and Carter for a moment (who were special from the start), other legends from that vintage had their ups and downs. Nonu burst onto the scene, then was dropped to go work on his game. Conrad Smith was deemed to be too slight of frame. Mealamu couldn't throw. Kaino was a brilliant athlete but was inconsistent and would go missing in tight games.
It took time for them to become the players they did. There are players with similar talents now. It requires clear coaching. Which is where things don't seem to be great.
This is a worse take than how badly the AB the ABs played in the first half.
Not at the beginning of his career when first made it to ABs. He was an athlete, but nothing like the powerful blindside he would become. I recall him being dropped from the squad to work in his game, i.e. it wasn't there from day 1. That was the point
Fair enough, you probably should have specified that you were talking about before he became a regular.
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
This is a combination of bad coaching, low period of talent and nz domestic style not preparing them for proper test rugby.
I don't buy this low period talent thing.
Ignoring McCaw and Carter for a moment (who were special from the start), other legends from that vintage had their ups and downs. Nonu burst onto the scene, then was dropped to go work on his game. Conrad Smith was deemed to be too slight of frame. Mealamu couldn't throw. Kaino was a brilliant athlete but was inconsistent and would go missing in tight games.
It took time for them to become the players they did. There are players with similar talents now. It requires clear coaching. Which is where things don't seem to be great.
This is a worse take than how badly the AB the ABs played in the first half.
Not at the beginning of his career when first made it to ABs. He was an athlete, but nothing like the powerful blindside he would become. I recall him being dropped from the squad to work in his game, i.e. it wasn't there from day 1. That was the point
Fair enough, you probably should have specified that you were talking about before he became a regular.
Fair point. I certainly wasn't referring to peak-Kaino
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Season breakdown...
- need to get props that do more than just scrum. what happened to the Joe Moody who tore it up at RWC15?
- Hookers - we're ok here. Have options. Sami T. is a beast. Coles will always compete. If Cody Taylor can find his form
- Locks... Retallick hasn't been the same since the injury prior to RWC'19 - Need to back in a young aggressive lock - Tupou, Josh Lord, whoever.
- Loosie mix all kinda fucked, what was once an area of strength, is confused, muddled and unsure who our best 3 and bench is.
- Aaron Smith... and then... who? Finlay, Brad W., Fakatava?
- Beaudy & Richie can lead us to RWC glory, but not if the forwards don't lay a platform. BB does a bit better, RM has regressed under Foster - here's hoping he can rebuild in Super Rugby
- Need some wingers - Caleb Clarke might be useful as a power wing if he can rediscover some form.
- ALB needs to be at 12. I don't rate Goodhue, but maybe we are actually missing him? Rieko should be 13. and 14. He's a weapon and has to be on the field. I think Will Jordan should definitely be one wing.
- Jordie is our 15.
- Players I don't ever want to see in big AB games again - Damien McKenzie, David Haviili, TJ Perenara.
- Coaching & coaching succession is fucked. Has been since SBW got the red card in the second Lions test. We showed the template in Game 1. and never went back to it. Everything off 9. Much like the French just played us tonight.
Posted it before, good news is South Africa showed things can be changed in 12months, bad news is I don't believe Foster can do it.
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@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
This is a combination of bad coaching, low period of talent and nz domestic style not preparing them for proper test rugby.
I don't buy this low period talent thing.
Ignoring McCaw and Carter for a moment (who were special from the start), other legends from that vintage had their ups and downs. Nonu burst onto the scene, then was dropped to go work on his game. Conrad Smith was deemed to be too slight of frame. Mealamu couldn't throw. Kaino was a brilliant athlete but was inconsistent and would go missing in tight games.
It took time for them to become the players they did. There are players with similar talents now. It requires clear coaching. Which is where things don't seem to be great.
This is a worse take than how badly the AB the ABs played in the first half.
Not at the beginning of his career when first made it to ABs. He was an athlete, but nothing like the powerful blindside he would become. I recall him being dropped from the squad to work in his game, i.e. it wasn't there from day 1. That was the point
Fair enough, you probably should have specified that you were talking about before he became a regular.
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nepia said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
This is a combination of bad coaching, low period of talent and nz domestic style not preparing them for proper test rugby.
I don't buy this low period talent thing.
Ignoring McCaw and Carter for a moment (who were special from the start), other legends from that vintage had their ups and downs. Nonu burst onto the scene, then was dropped to go work on his game. Conrad Smith was deemed to be too slight of frame. Mealamu couldn't throw. Kaino was a brilliant athlete but was inconsistent and would go missing in tight games.
It took time for them to become the players they did. There are players with similar talents now. It requires clear coaching. Which is where things don't seem to be great.
This is a worse take than how badly the AB the ABs played in the first half.
Not at the beginning of his career when first made it to ABs. He was an athlete, but nothing like the powerful blindside he would become. I recall him being dropped from the squad to work in his game, i.e. it wasn't there from day 1. That was the point
Fair enough, you probably should have specified that you were talking about before he became a regular.
Even I got what what Stodders was referring to!
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@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
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@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
Why has Samisoni played so few minutes considering everyone loves him, does he have fitness issues?
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@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
I saw something different at beginning of 2nd half against France.
I saw consistently poor tactical kicking and aerial bombs, poor ball retention and cleanouts. Aaron Smith's pass is a thing of beauty, but even that struggled to fire a backline that looks v disjointed (albeit one that showed signs of promise in 2nd half).
Scrum ok. Lineout ok. No real strike moves off either that are manipulating defences and creating opportunities. Something I've always expected from AB sides.
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@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
I saw something different at beginning of 2nd half against France.
I saw consistently poor tactical kicking and aerial bombs, poor ball retention and cleanouts. Aaron Smith's pass is a thing of beauty, but even that struggled to fire a backline that looks v disjointed (albeit one that showed signs of promise in 2nd half).
Scrum ok. Lineout ok. No real strike moves off either that are manipulating defences and creating opportunities. Something I've always expected from AB sides.
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
I saw something different at beginning of 2nd half against France.
I saw consistently poor tactical kicking and aerial bombs, poor ball retention and cleanouts. Aaron Smith's pass is a thing of beauty, but even that struggled to fire a backline that looks v disjointed (albeit one that showed signs of promise in 2nd half).
Scrum ok. Lineout ok. No real strike moves off either that are manipulating defences and creating opportunities. Something I've always expected from AB sides.
Smith's passing did seem shorter and slower than usual to me, I wondered why.
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Why has Samisoni played so few minutes considering everyone loves him, does he have fitness issues?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Why has Samisoni played so few minutes considering everyone loves him, does he have fitness issues?
guessing that he has been groomed with experenced players around him and not overloaded. only made team because of injures.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Why has Samisoni played so few minutes considering everyone loves him, does he have fitness issues?
guessing that he has been groomed with experenced players around him and not overloaded. only made team because of injures.
@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Why has Samisoni played so few minutes considering everyone loves him, does he have fitness issues?
guessing that he has been groomed with experenced players around him and not overloaded. only made team because of injures.
No need to groom him anymore. He's arrived.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
I saw something different at beginning of 2nd half against France.
I saw consistently poor tactical kicking and aerial bombs, poor ball retention and cleanouts. Aaron Smith's pass is a thing of beauty, but even that struggled to fire a backline that looks v disjointed (albeit one that showed signs of promise in 2nd half).
Scrum ok. Lineout ok. No real strike moves off either that are manipulating defences and creating opportunities. Something I've always expected from AB sides.
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@pakman said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
it may surprise all on here but I am not a fan of our coaching tactics. But I don't think we should get personally nasty.
I still think our players are better than the way they played this season or the results, but we don't have the players of yore and the competition has got better. We just have to live with it and probably another poor 2 years.The really frustrating thing is that in parts tonite - 40-60 mins - they were great. But once things started to go wrong, so many players seemed to fall apart and they weren't the newer players either.
Discipline when they have momentum with them is really fragile which makes me wonder if there's a team mentality issue.
My sense is that the players are mentally stale. Quite a few games. Being in bubble. Vibe of the set up. Players coming and going.
Trying to rouse themselves (which they did) when running on fumes.
Contrast the Boks who seem pretty focussed and hungry, still.
Difficult season with Covid restrictions but not a good reflection on management.
Yeah - remember when Henry said it's hard to play well in tests for three weeks in a row. These guys have had two sets of five on this tour. Jordie, who was previously excellent, I think probably symptomatic that the gas in the tank is largely burned up.
I'm not really going to bag Foster for his selections, because I don't think he's got too many wrong. This week I think he saw the necessity of hitting the refresh button and most of his changes were relatively good. Coles and Samisoni for Taylor. Cane at 7. Smith at 9. Tupaea at 12. Akira and Bridge went well enough.
Little Richie had a bit of a shocker, especially in the second half where things got progressively worse for him. Poor old Dave Havili - when your luck's not in... I need to have another look, but I suspect the French wing made a 14 point play. We looked to have plenty of firepower to the left if Havili can make a fast transfer.
Sliding doors moment - Jordan's calf muscle - we still had his obligatory try up our sleeves when he hobbled off.
Bigger one was the kick-chase that ended in Ardie going to the bin.On the plus side, we've got Scott Barrett, Tuipolotu, Blackadder, PapaliĆ, Jacobson, Sotutu, Fakatava (probably), Beauden, ALB, Goodhue, and Clarke all in the wings to potentially play roles in the top team next year.
Fozzie's not going to get sacked for the fade at the end of a tough tour. I doubt he and his team are the guys to win us a RWC - or give us our best chance - but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I'm not going to bag foster for his selections either, it's the fact or gamelan had no depth, innovation, improvement, or even change since 2015!
It doesn't feel like the gameplan for this group of players. I saw Eddie Jones say earlier that he changes the England gameplan based on the players he has to work with. That's good coaching.
you didnt see any different game plans from tests to test from the all blacks?
I saw something different at beginning of 2nd half against France.
I saw consistently poor tactical kicking and aerial bombs, poor ball retention and cleanouts. Aaron Smith's pass is a thing of beauty, but even that struggled to fire a backline that looks v disjointed (albeit one that showed signs of promise in 2nd half).
Scrum ok. Lineout ok. No real strike moves off either that are manipulating defences and creating opportunities. Something I've always expected from AB sides.
ok
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That didn't hurt as much because it was absolutely predictable. We get the shit beaten out of us the first half, start to muscle up and play more direct in the second, expend a herculean amount of energy getting back into the game, take a breath, other team gets back into it and we're done.
It's like letting someone in a race get way ahead of you to preserve energy but then blowing your load catching up and not having enough in the tank to finish it off.
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Good game!! Enjoyed it immensely. Both teams had a fucking go, some really good hits, some really good play, and a deserved win for the team that nailed their opportunities.
Yeah we lost, it's a bit shit, but there was some good stuff. Forwards were good. Set piece was good. Backs had some bright moments. George fucking Bridge played bloody well.
What killed us was individual errors, lots and lots of individual errors. And France turning errors in to points.
And a huge issue was our 10 and 15 had absolute stinkers, and the 23 is quite shit. Jordie has a bad day, but us a good player. Mounga is just not a good test match 10, he has no idea what to do against test match level defence. And is an absolute liability on defence. Havili is just not up to it either.
Also, please, pretty please, can this be the death of ardie savea at 8? He is just not good enough, not physical enough, and his ruck work is actually appalling.
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That didn't hurt as much because it was absolutely predictable. We get the shit beaten out of us the first half, start to muscle up and play more direct in the second, expend a herculean amount of energy getting back into the game, take a breath, other team gets back into it and we're done.
It's like letting someone in a race get way ahead of you to preserve energy but then blowing your load catching up and not having enough in the tank to finish it off.
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
That didn't hurt as much because it was absolutely predictable. We get the shit beaten out of us the first half, start to muscle up and play more direct in the second, expend a herculean amount of energy getting back into the game, take a breath, other team gets back into it and we're done.
It's like letting someone in a race get way ahead of you to preserve energy but then blowing your load catching up and not having enough in the tank to finish it off.
Very Warriors-esque
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It's funny watching Stuff and the Herald trying to headline it as a "shock" loss. The last two weeks have been many things, but they've been completely unsurprising...
@donsteppa said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
It's funny watching Stuff and the Herald trying to headline it as a "shock" loss. The last two weeks have been many things, but they've been completely unsurprising...
This week, for the first time ever I tipped the opposition against the ABs in a tipping comp.
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Good game!! Enjoyed it immensely. Both teams had a fucking go, some really good hits, some really good play, and a deserved win for the team that nailed their opportunities.
Yeah we lost, it's a bit shit, but there was some good stuff. Forwards were good. Set piece was good. Backs had some bright moments. George fucking Bridge played bloody well.
What killed us was individual errors, lots and lots of individual errors. And France turning errors in to points.
And a huge issue was our 10 and 15 had absolute stinkers, and the 23 is quite shit. Jordie has a bad day, but us a good player. Mounga is just not a good test match 10, he has no idea what to do against test match level defence. And is an absolute liability on defence. Havili is just not up to it either.
Also, please, pretty please, can this be the death of ardie savea at 8? He is just not good enough, not physical enough, and his ruck work is actually appalling.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Good game!! Enjoyed it immensely. Both teams had a fucking go, some really good hits, some really good play, and a deserved win for the team that nailed their opportunities.
Yeah we lost, it's a bit shit, but there was some good stuff. Forwards were good. Set piece was good. Backs had some bright moments. George fucking Bridge played bloody well.
What killed us was individual errors, lots and lots of individual errors. And France turning errors in to points.
And a huge issue was our 10 and 15 had absolute stinkers, and the 23 is quite shit. Jordie has a bad day, but us a good player. Mounga is just not a good test match 10, he has no idea what to do against test match level defence. And is an absolute liability on defence. Havili is just not up to it either.
Also, please, pretty please, can this be the death of ardie savea at 8? He is just not good enough, not physical enough, and his ruck work is actually appalling.
I must have
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@donsteppa said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
It's funny watching Stuff and the Herald trying to headline it as a "shock" loss. The last two weeks have been many things, but they've been completely unsurprising...
This week, for the first time ever I tipped the opposition against the ABs in a tipping comp.
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@donsteppa said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
It's funny watching Stuff and the Herald trying to headline it as a "shock" loss. The last two weeks have been many things, but they've been completely unsurprising...
This week, for the first time ever I tipped the opposition against the ABs in a tipping comp.
Hand in your passport!
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That didn't hurt as much because it was absolutely predictable. We get the shit beaten out of us the first half, start to muscle up and play more direct in the second, expend a herculean amount of energy getting back into the game, take a breath, other team gets back into it and we're done.
It's like letting someone in a race get way ahead of you to preserve energy but then blowing your load catching up and not having enough in the tank to finish it off.
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
That didn't hurt as much because it was absolutely predictable. We get the shit beaten out of us the first half, start to muscle up and play more direct in the second, expend a herculean amount of energy getting back into the game, take a breath, other team gets back into it and we're done.
It's like letting someone in a race get way ahead of you to preserve energy but then blowing your load catching up and not having enough in the tank to finish it off.
I'd be keen to know if the second half change in tactics was explicitly instructed to the players by the coaching team at half-time, or if the players made the decision themselves.
