Foster, Robertson etc
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@taniwharugby said in Foster must go:
@Crucial it's more the way JK is sticking his oar in, TBH I think he is approaching this taking the mental health of Fozzie into account more than the results.
As I said in one of the multiple Fozzie threads, I do feel for him, this cant be easy, and no doubt his family probably copping it form a small number of absolute fucktards, but by the same token, this is a pretty high powered job in NZ< it used to be said they were more important than the PM didnt it...so with that comes the responsibility and scrutiny, which will sadly be stressful, and draw the trolls too.
I am only talking about his comments regarding connection between coach and players. His talk about NZR throwing Foster under the bus and him being a good guy was in a different conversation. Here's what he said about coaching...
“I’ve never coached at that level but I was a bad coach,” Kirwan conceded.
“We couldn’t win a football game and it’s because I wasn’t good enough. I got reviewed and I had to change stuff and I still wasn’t good enough.
“The players were disconnected and there’s a disconnection in that team. I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
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@Billy-Tell said in Foster must go:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Foster must go:
But I don't understand. Rennie is a brilliant coach...
It’s also about your opponents. 16 of Rennie’s 23 games have been France, England, New Zealand and South Africa. Not much padding going on there,
@Catogrande said in Foster must go:
@Billy-Tell said in Foster must go:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Foster must go:
But I don't understand. Rennie is a brilliant coach...
It’s also about your opponents. 16 of Rennie’s 23 games have been France, England, lucky kiwi bastards hiding their decline momentarily
New Zealandand South Africa. Not much padding going on therefixed it there for you
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@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go:
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
Have you seen the show? You are commenting way out of context and placing emphasis on the wrong points. It was a brief comment, more about how how he thinks there is a disconnection similar to what he has experienced himself. The last few words simply mean 'If he was to stay, that needs fixing'.
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@taniwharugby said in Foster must go:
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
Have you seen the show? You are commenting way out of context and placing emphasis on the wrong points. It was a brief comment, more about how how he thinks there is a disconnection similar to what he has experienced himself. The last few words simply mean 'If he was to stay, that needs fixing'.
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
@taniwharugby said in Foster must go:
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
Have you seen the show? You are commenting way out of context and placing emphasis on the wrong points. It was a brief comment, more about how how he thinks there is a disconnection similar to what he has experienced himself. The last few words simply mean 'If he was to stay, that needs fixing'.
Pretty frank admission by JK. Great comment
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@taniwharugby said in Foster must go:
@Crucial said in Foster must go:
I don’t know it for certain but I feel a disconnection and Ian Foster has to sort that out somehow.”
how long would JK give for Foster to sort that out, extend his contract post RWC too? I mean he's only been in charge for coming up 3 years (was involved prior too) and the issues present now, were there previously (prior to him taking complete control) and havent shown signs of improvement.
Have you seen the show? You are commenting way out of context and placing emphasis on the wrong points. It was a brief comment, more about how how he thinks there is a disconnection similar to what he has experienced himself. The last few words simply mean 'If he was to stay, that needs fixing'.
@Crucial nope, but how is that relevant in here...seen soundbites and quotes, that's enough for outrage and making judgements.
Points remain relevant, how long do you give him?
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there is the old saying that goes something like "what makes great coaches? Great players"
Maybe, if we step back and take the black glasses off, this isn't all Ian's fault. Maybe, just maybe, NZ players aren't very good any more.
Our front row players range from adequate to definitely substandard (with one possible, but as yet unproven) exception
Our 2nd rowers are putting in a shift, but do they actually contribute anything meaningful?
In the loose forwards, on the weekend perhaps our 6 & 8 had points wins over their opposite (7 clearly did not) but that is only if you ignore the fact we lost the ruck battle, and the tackle battle.
Our halfback can't kick with accuracy or depth.
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Our 13 is a converted winger with limitless potential but still several key questionmarks
Win seems okay
Our fullback is good under the high ball, but not much good at anything else, and loves a poor optionAnd a big issue is, who do you swap these guys out for? No one else is bashing the door down.
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
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there is the old saying that goes something like "what makes great coaches? Great players"
Maybe, if we step back and take the black glasses off, this isn't all Ian's fault. Maybe, just maybe, NZ players aren't very good any more.
Our front row players range from adequate to definitely substandard (with one possible, but as yet unproven) exception
Our 2nd rowers are putting in a shift, but do they actually contribute anything meaningful?
In the loose forwards, on the weekend perhaps our 6 & 8 had points wins over their opposite (7 clearly did not) but that is only if you ignore the fact we lost the ruck battle, and the tackle battle.
Our halfback can't kick with accuracy or depth.
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Our 13 is a converted winger with limitless potential but still several key questionmarks
Win seems okay
Our fullback is good under the high ball, but not much good at anything else, and loves a poor optionAnd a big issue is, who do you swap these guys out for? No one else is bashing the door down.
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
@mariner4life yep, without a doubt, problems are not just Fozzie, they go above and below him, but Robinson aint gonna sack himself, Fozzie isnt gonna be able to attract some quality new assistants to help him.
Some work needs to be done on the development, the loss of players over the past 10 or so years now finally starting to hurt?
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there is the old saying that goes something like "what makes great coaches? Great players"
Maybe, if we step back and take the black glasses off, this isn't all Ian's fault. Maybe, just maybe, NZ players aren't very good any more.
Our front row players range from adequate to definitely substandard (with one possible, but as yet unproven) exception
Our 2nd rowers are putting in a shift, but do they actually contribute anything meaningful?
In the loose forwards, on the weekend perhaps our 6 & 8 had points wins over their opposite (7 clearly did not) but that is only if you ignore the fact we lost the ruck battle, and the tackle battle.
Our halfback can't kick with accuracy or depth.
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Our 13 is a converted winger with limitless potential but still several key questionmarks
Win seems okay
Our fullback is good under the high ball, but not much good at anything else, and loves a poor optionAnd a big issue is, who do you swap these guys out for? No one else is bashing the door down.
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Are there any genuinely large, fast, and powerful 12s in NZ? TUJ has potential but is almost always injured.
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@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Are there any genuinely large, fast, and powerful 12s in NZ? TUJ has potential but is almost always injured.
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Are there any genuinely large, fast, and powerful 12s in NZ? TUJ has potential but is almost always injured.
12 is a great microcosm of our current issue
In all reality you have 5 in teh country to choose from. Currently the Highlanders are so shit you would have to be amazing to be considered. So we are down to 4.
We picked 3 of them. Every single player selected is different. The coaches don't know what they want in a 12, so they just picked the best performing 3 (well 4, but one is also a centre).So a shallow talent pool playing a small number of systems (all very similar) and a selection committee not sold on what they want their 12 to be.
How does that create success?
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@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Are there any genuinely large, fast, and powerful 12s in NZ? TUJ has potential but is almost always injured.
12 is a great microcosm of our current issue
In all reality you have 5 in teh country to choose from. Currently the Highlanders are so shit you would have to be amazing to be considered. So we are down to 4.
We picked 3 of them. Every single player selected is different. The coaches don't know what they want in a 12, so they just picked the best performing 3 (well 4, but one is also a centre).So a shallow talent pool playing a small number of systems (all very similar) and a selection committee not sold on what they want their 12 to be.
How does that create success?
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@mariner4life Bring back the NPC! 10 NZ based teams, followed by knock out series against 7 Australian based teams.
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Bring back the NPC! 10 NZ based teams, followed by knock out series against 7 Australian based teams.
unfortunately this makes us even worse because we spread the talent even further, and our players slip in their development.
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@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Bring back the NPC! 10 NZ based teams, followed by knock out series against 7 Australian based teams.
unfortunately this makes us even worse because we spread the talent even further, and our players slip in their development.
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@mariner4life Coaches wouldn't be as good overall, but there would be more players getting game time, and more room for different styles of play.
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Coaches wouldn't be as good overall, but there would be more players getting game time, and more room for different styles of play.
who would Peter Russel of the central vikings choose between Fakatava or Smith? the other must stay & play for the Otago Stags
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@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Coaches wouldn't be as good overall, but there would be more players getting game time, and more room for different styles of play.
who would Peter Russel of the central vikings choose between Fakatava or Smith? the other must stay & play for the Otago Stags
@FakatavaAllBlack said in Foster must go:
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Coaches wouldn't be as good overall, but there would be more players getting game time, and more room for different styles of play.
who would Peter Russel of the central vikings choose between Fakatava or Smith? the other must stay & play for the Otago Stags
Someone ban this mofo please.
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there is the old saying that goes something like "what makes great coaches? Great players"
Maybe, if we step back and take the black glasses off, this isn't all Ian's fault. Maybe, just maybe, NZ players aren't very good any more.
Our front row players range from adequate to definitely substandard (with one possible, but as yet unproven) exception
Our 2nd rowers are putting in a shift, but do they actually contribute anything meaningful?
In the loose forwards, on the weekend perhaps our 6 & 8 had points wins over their opposite (7 clearly did not) but that is only if you ignore the fact we lost the ruck battle, and the tackle battle.
Our halfback can't kick with accuracy or depth.
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Our 13 is a converted winger with limitless potential but still several key questionmarks
Win seems okay
Our fullback is good under the high ball, but not much good at anything else, and loves a poor optionAnd a big issue is, who do you swap these guys out for? No one else is bashing the door down.
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
Stacking of talent doesn't help.
Beauden, Perofeta and Zarn at the Blues whilst Highlanders have to roll out Marty Banks at 10.
Same for Suafoa - Maori game 1 showed he has enough ability to be a regular Super Rugby 6 (and maybe more) but he only got 2.5 games this year.
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Foster must go:
@Tim said in Foster must go:
@mariner4life Coaches wouldn't be as good overall, but there would be more players getting game time, and more room for different styles of play.
who would Peter Russel of the central vikings choose between Fakatava or Smith? the other must stay & play for the Otago Stags
Someone ban this mofo please.
@Nepia we all know how much you loved the CV and thier orange jersies....
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@Nepia we all know how much you loved the CV and thier orange jersies....
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@taniwharugby An orange jersey is fine ... but only if worn by athletes from the Netherlands.
@Stargazer said in Foster must go:
@taniwharugby An orange jersey is fine ... but only if worn by athletes from the Netherlands.
nether regions is close enough...
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there is the old saying that goes something like "what makes great coaches? Great players"
Maybe, if we step back and take the black glasses off, this isn't all Ian's fault. Maybe, just maybe, NZ players aren't very good any more.
Our front row players range from adequate to definitely substandard (with one possible, but as yet unproven) exception
Our 2nd rowers are putting in a shift, but do they actually contribute anything meaningful?
In the loose forwards, on the weekend perhaps our 6 & 8 had points wins over their opposite (7 clearly did not) but that is only if you ignore the fact we lost the ruck battle, and the tackle battle.
Our halfback can't kick with accuracy or depth.
there is no 10 in the country who can calmly run a game, or kick well from hand.
We don't appear to have a 12 anywhere, though playing 12 outside our erratic and unpredictable 10s must be a fucking nightmare
Our 13 is a converted winger with limitless potential but still several key questionmarks
Win seems okay
Our fullback is good under the high ball, but not much good at anything else, and loves a poor optionAnd a big issue is, who do you swap these guys out for? No one else is bashing the door down.
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
@mariner4life said in Foster must go:
I'm just throwing it out there, maybe, just maybe, we lose to Ireland because they have better players than us now. And we, the NZ rugby fan, refuse to believe it because it has never been so.
Foster must be one of the most unlucky bastards ever to live then.
He must have had crap players at the Chiefs, only for Rennie to get lucky and have brilliant ones just as he left.
And then he takes a winning AB side, albeit with a couple of issues, and all the players turn to custard just at the same time! Players who lead Super sides well, only to be headless chooks when playing for him.
Rennie actually has that issue. But his sides still have some structure, whether winning or losing. The ABs don't even know what they are doing half the time.
Foster has done with the ABs exactly what those who watched the Chiefs carefully said would happen. We said he would have favourites that he would not drop, that his selections otherwise would be baffling, that his "game plan" is basically to spread it wide and hope. And worst of all, his teams would be poorly prepared mentally . They weren't lucky guesses.
