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All Blacks 2023

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  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

    @sparky welcome to Mondays chat.

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    @mariner4life I hadn’t seen that one before. It’s the best of the lot.

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      Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

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      • BonesB Bones

        Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

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        @Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

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        • BonesB Bones

          Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

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          @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

          Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

          If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

          A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

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          • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

            @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

            Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

            If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

            A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

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            @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

            @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

            Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

            If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

            A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

            When he was really reviled it was a fuck lot lower, everyone has agreed that this RWC run has been great. Just not worth the rest of the tenure.

            https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-what-the-stats-say-about-ian-fosters-all-blacks-tenure/DL6UK3H3WDVODFV426I4FATFYI/

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              If you drop his wins he's at like 0%

              #plowedyourwife

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              • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                If you drop his wins he's at like 0%

                #plowedyourwife

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                @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                If you drop his wins he's at like 0%

                #plowedyourwife

                You're a very strange guy. I hope you are hung like your avatar with your offer to plow (sic) my wife

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                  And you're weirdly obsessed. Everyone has their kinks I guess

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                    Jeez imagine talking about ABs coaches on a forum dedicated to rugby union in NZ, bizarre

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                      No, that's not it

                      Discussion? Fine
                      You don't discuss. You've set your stall put around Ian Foster. And you go on. And on. And on. And on. About how he sucks.

                      Good stuff? Luck, someone else, or the players overcoming their shit coach
                      Everything bad? "See?!! I told you you!"

                      It's weird.

                      Ian Foster has been disappointing me personally since 2004. I have Facebook memories annually telling me just how much I have been disappointed.
                      And yet here I am, 19 years later, able to admit maybe he knows a bit more than I gave him credit for.

                      I can't wait to read your posts if we manage to win next weekend

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                        Dude I have totally acknowledged that I am eating humble pie with how well we have done in the tournament. You're completely wrong. I had us out in the quarters, dead cert. He's done really well, pulled the team together. Not said anything else about this rwc, is been a very good campaign so far. But I refuse to call him anything else than a poor abs coach as RWC is not everything.

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                          Which loops me back to

                          A poor AB coach is a legend to nearly every other nation on earth.

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                          • StargazerS Stargazer

                            @Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

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                            @Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:

                            @Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

                            He's no Laurie Mains, but everyone's gotta have goals.

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                            • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                              Which loops me back to

                              A poor AB coach is a legend to nearly every other nation on earth.

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                              @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                              Which loops me back to

                              A poor AB coach is a legend to nearly every other nation on earth.

                              There's a reason why the abs are the greatest team ever, so yes

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                              • BonesB Bones

                                @Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:

                                @Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

                                He's no Laurie Mains, but everyone's gotta have goals.

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                                @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

                                @Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:

                                @Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

                                He's no Laurie Mains, but everyone's gotta have goals.

                                John Mitchell done so dirty by that graphic

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                                  @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                                  Which loops me back to

                                  A poor AB coach is a legend to nearly every other nation on earth.

                                  There's a reason why the abs are the greatest team ever, so yes

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                                  @Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:

                                  @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                                  Which loops me back to

                                  A poor AB coach is a legend to nearly every other nation on earth.

                                  There's a reason why the abs are the greatest team ever, so yes

                                  Isn't our historical mean 70%

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                                  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                    @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

                                    Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

                                    If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

                                    A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

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                                    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                                    @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

                                    Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

                                    If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

                                    A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

                                    Starting with the fact that his appointment was not well received at the time, I think the first series loss to Ireland and the first home loss to Argentina, along with the style of some of his teams' play (helter skelter was a term used a lot on the Fern) only served to hurt his reputation. Along with the assistant coaching firings, and his almost firing before that win in SA, his tenure has been tumultuous most would agree. But his numbers certainly compare more favourably with the greats than perhaps they would have 18 months or so ago

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                                      • A African Monkey

                                        @mariner4life It's not cool in this country to give him and Sam Cane credit.

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                                        @African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2023:

                                        @mariner4life It's not cool in this country to give him and Sam Cane credit.

                                        in fairness...they didnt get credit when we were loosing or they were injured...because it was undeserved, seen plenty of credit for both in the last 7-10 day because we're winning/playing well...its not rocket surgery

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                                        • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                          @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

                                          Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

                                          If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

                                          A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

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                                          @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:

                                          @Bones said in All Blacks 2023:

                                          Screenshot_2023-10-21-11-16-49-75_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg

                                          If ever there was a graphic that summed up AB supporters and our level of delusion it's this

                                          A guy universally reviled as the worst thing that ever happened to All Black rugby, has a winning percentage in excess of 70%

                                          Compare that to the guys around him though, it is significantly lower... and it is also propped up by the fact he avoided tough games right through 2020 and the start of 2021. No South Africa, then played Fiji and Tonga rather than an England/France etc. in that window. No end of year tour in that first year either.

                                          Now is not the time to bash Foster, but using these stats to support him is silly.

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