All Blacks 2023
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the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan the problem for Akira is he couldn't replicate his form vs Aussie when he played the Boks.
That is the thread myth, yes. He's not alone there, should we drop all those players? How about the ones that struggled against Ireland in a similar way?
Or we could pick the player with the best upside, IMHO AKira, and develop him? He's 90% there, unlike the others.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan the problem for Akira is he couldn't replicate his form vs Aussie when he played the Boks.
That is the thread myth, yes. He's not alone there, should we drop all those players? How about the ones that struggled against Ireland in a similar way?
Or we could pick the player with the best upside, IMHO AKira, and develop him? He's 90% there, unlike the others.
lol, i want him to be the guy as much as anyone but this just isn't even remotely true, no matter how many times you say it.
Anyway you are all wrong, Finau is the guy.
you know, once he is fit enough.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan the problem for Akira is he couldn't replicate his form vs Aussie when he played the Boks.
That is the thread myth, yes. He's not alone there, should we drop all those players? How about the ones that struggled against Ireland in a similar way?
Or we could pick the player with the best upside, IMHO AKira, and develop him? He's 90% there, unlike the others.
lol, i want him to be the guy as much as anyone but this just isn't even remotely true, no matter how many times you say it.
Anyway you are all wrong, Finau is the guy.
you know, once he is fit enough.
@mariner4life obviously I disagree. Ignoring the obvious positives, like his speed out wide, he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle, unlike Frizzell actually attends rucks and moves bodies, and is a very good lineout option.
Previous big issue with him was fitness, that was solved a long time ago. Just look at 80min performance two games back from a long injury.
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@mariner4life obviously I disagree. Ignoring the obvious positives, like his speed out wide, he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle, unlike Frizzell actually attends rucks and moves bodies, and is a very good lineout option.
Previous big issue with him was fitness, that was solved a long time ago. Just look at 80min performance two games back from a long injury.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle,
actually he wrestles. He's an upper body scragger. Which works at Super level but not so much at test level. At the next level he still reminds me of the guy who's been the biggest and strongest his whole career
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle,
actually he wrestles. He's an upper body scragger. Which works at Super level but not so much at test level. At the next level he still reminds me of the guy who's been the biggest and strongest his whole career
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle,
actually he wrestles. He's an upper body scragger. Which works at Super level but not so much at test level. At the next level he still reminds me of the guy who's been the biggest and strongest his whole career
He really doesn’t.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
he's one of the few at 6 that drives people back in the tackle,
actually he wrestles. He's an upper body scragger. Which works at Super level but not so much at test level. At the next level he still reminds me of the guy who's been the biggest and strongest his whole career
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There are only four serious options for the World Cup at 6.
Front runner is Scott Barrett, who I think is our best lock, at worst the second best and should be playing there.
Frizzel is next in Fosters eyes, and aside from being a cowardly worm that assaults women, he goes missing at Test level (and SR level this year). A non entity.
Akira, for the reasons stated above.
And Ethan, who I believe is a seven and is also too similar to Cane and Ardie. It would be a very Australian style loose forward trio and get steamrollered by the bigger backs. Ethan on the bench for me.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
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Not sure how to approach this with being labelled deranged or accused of projecting but these aspects of Akira's game have been noted often by many and various.
No one is saying that the guy isn't a good code player at all, just that these aspects of using upper body strength over leg drive or whole body (in both attack and defence) are what make him less impactful against big, and more accurate, sides. The ones we need to beat. -
@mariner4life And when he starts with Savea you now have two loose forwards who look to hold players up and drive them backwards. Need at least two players who tackle with their shoulder in the loose trio imo.
@Toddy said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life And when he starts with Savea you now have two loose forwards who look to hold players up and drive them backwards. Need at least two players who tackle with their shoulder in the loose trio imo.
Just need to watch the game last week to see him doing exactly that. Was just smashing people.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
Cane > Dalton on current form.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
Cane > Dalton on current form.
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
Cane > Dalton on current form.
Said the Chiefs fan (since this all about bias apparently). Tell me more about how Jacobson hasn’t failed at Test level.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
i have said repeatedly that DP's performance v ENgland was the best in an AB7 shirt in years
But it takes blinkers to not think Cane is having an enormous season for the Chiefs, contesting the ball more, better in the carry, and still whacking in defence. And he's the captain.
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Not sure how to approach this with being labelled deranged or accused of projecting but these aspects of Akira's game have been noted often by many and various.
No one is saying that the guy isn't a good code player at all, just that these aspects of using upper body strength over leg drive or whole body (in both attack and defence) are what make him less impactful against big, and more accurate, sides. The ones we need to beat.@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
Not sure how to approach this with being labelled deranged or accused of projecting but these aspects of Akira's game have been noted often by many and various.
No one is saying that the guy isn't a good code player at all, just that these aspects of using upper body strength over leg drive or whole body (in both attack and defence) are what make him less impactful against big, and more accurate, sides. The ones we need to beat.The first step to curing IBDS is recognising you have IBDS.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
Cane > Dalton on current form.
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the biggest problem at 6 isn't even who we have to choose from. The biggest problem is the guys locked in to 7 and 8, their strengths and weaknesses, and thus the specific type of player you need to make that trio work.
Solved with Akira, Ardie and Dalton.
i just love how the solution to the ABs not winning is to bring more Blues players in. Players who have won 5/8 of fuck all.
Are you actually John Kirwan?
Instead of crying bias, explain how Cane is playing better than Dalton over the past two years? Not just Blues fans thinking that.
Cane > Dalton on current form.
As a Blues fan I agree.
Still the pointy end of the season to go mind you.
It's great for the ABs that Cane is playing so well this year.
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Actually, think about Ethan, if we want a smaller 6 that is actually effective we could look at Choat.
Having a storming Super season, and just smashing into everything.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
Actually, think about Ethan, if we want a smaller 6 that is actually effective we could look at Choat.
Having a storming Super season, and just smashing into everything.
that's just a trifle too stinky
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i'm just pissed we can't get Hoskins Sotutu, the guy i consider the best all-round loose forward in the country, in to the side
