All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

[Grooter]

@number9 I'm no Ennor fan myself especially after his outing vs Italy, with that said Nankivell has apparently been sick lately hence why he's not even in the 23 for the Maori

[Machpants]

@number9 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Ennor has a shit season and he gets called into the team???? What the fuck Foster??? Nankivell was fantastic and Ennor gets the call. Just confirms that Foster is a moron.

He can't have been called in because he is familiar with the game plan, cos apparently foster had a new one to deal with aggressive rush defences. Something which especially effects our midfield....

[Victor Meldrew]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

You know you're getting old when AB Coaches look young.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Wouldn't be funny if Bridge was called up as cover and came on to drop a high kick or fail to beat a man.

Stop it.

[JK]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

[Crucial]

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

[nzzp]

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

Was pretty good. I just have little trust because of the historic selections and performance.

[Crucial]

@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

Was pretty good. I just have little trust because of the historic selections and performance.

A discussion for another thread but we have really veered into 'say it enough times and it's true' territory with the Foster period. It taints all genuine discussion and criticism.
If I was the lone selector my squad wouldn't be much different and I can assure you that it would be wrong.

[Crucial]

So far there's no new news around player availability which is hopefully a good thing.

[antipodean]

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

The larger All Black squad, or the best 23/ XV for the game?

[nzzp]

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

Was pretty good. I just have little trust because of the historic selections and performance.

A discussion for another thread but we have really veered into 'say it enough times and it's true' territory with the Foster period. It taints all genuine discussion and criticism.
If I was the lone selector my squad wouldn't be much different and I can assure you that it would be wrong.

I carry my grudge back to his involvement with Hansen and some of the selections back then. Rational is not the answer @Crucial , embrace the bitterness

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

The larger All Black squad, or the best 23/ XV for the game?

yeah, weren't too many surprises for e in the squad....im just concerned week to week we're going to see all the same names and the new blood wont get a proper run

[Crucial]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

The larger All Black squad, or the best 23/ XV for the game?

The comment I responded to said squad selection.

[Frank]

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@JK said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

Genuine question here. A couple of contentious decisions aside (well Karl T really) what is the squad selection issue? Apart from keyboard selectors having their own favourite players I thought the squad was pretty much what most people would pick.

The larger All Black squad, or the best 23/ XV for the game?

The comment I responded to said squad selection.

Selection has been okay..........the ways the ABs have played, including the first ever loss to Argentina, not so much.

People have fuck all confidence in him because he has won fuck all has a head coach and he was preferred to a clearly more talented coach (Razor).

If the ABs start playing well, I'll change my mind.

[Chris B.]

Will Jordan gone with covid!!!

Now it's getting serious!

[Tim]

Crusaders first five-eighth Richie Mo'unga was also absent from Tuesday training with a tummy bug. He may recover in time but, if not, Blues playmaker Stephen Perofeta could be called onto the bench to make his test debut.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-will-jordan-the-latest-all-blacks-star-to-test-positive-for-covid-19-ahead-of-ireland-test/BZJLFNMHC4FBI6KGWFHH4IXESM/

[Chris B.]

On the plus side - the stuff article says Jordan was one of only three ABs who hadn't already had covid - and they're taking extra precautions with the other two - so hopefully we're not going to lose a whole wave of players.

[KiwiMurph]

I'd much rather see Leicester on the bench than Ennor.

[Bovidae]

The players usually share a room too, so hopefully those already confirmed as positive are/were roommates.

[mariner4life]

if R Ioane goes down we are fucked. Proper fucked.

Unless there is this amazing new attacking pattern to unlock the ability of the lessor skilled backline members.