Olympics Thread
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<p>My expectation was a bronze medal, maybe a silver with a kind draw. BUT if you don't win your pool you risk playing one of the favourites in a QF. </p>
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<p>I haven't seen either game today but it will be interesting to hear the spin by NZR. A catastrophe like this should force NZR to make some tough decisions regarding the coaching and training structure of the sevens programme. If nothing changes we won't see any improvement.</p> -
<p>I listened to the game on the radio, and to me it sounded like Fiji had the ball about 5/7 mins in the 2nd half, a few 50/50s that didn't go our way, but when you are down, luck does not fall your way either.</p>
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<p>Oh well, have NZH revised their medal predictions recently from what they were pre-Olympics?</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Don Frye" data-cid="604812" data-time="1470860727"><p>I think his bro was worse. And I've been a big advocate of his. Not working anywhere near hard enough.</p></blockquote>
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Yup Rieko had a terrible tournament - barely beat a defender in 4 games.<br><br>
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<p>I listened to the game on the radio, and to me it sounded like Fiji had the ball about 5/7 mins in the 2nd half, a few 50/50s that didn't go our way, but when you are down, luck does not fall your way either.</p>
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<p>Oh well, have NZH revised their medal predictions recently from what they were pre-Olympics?</p>
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<p>NZH predicted a bronze for NZ, which is not completely out of the picture yet, however unlikely it seems.</p>
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<p>What is the strike rate on this so far?</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418</a></p>
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<p>As far as I can tell most of our predicted medals are still yet to be played out.</p> -
<p>While it is disappointing it is only 7s and I wouldn't want to see Super rugby or god forbid the All Blacks sacrificed for it so not sure how much of a rethink can be had other than a new coach and allowing our superstars to jet in when they have a window.</p>
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<p>It might actually be a good thing and teach Akira Ioane not to be such a dickhead and he might be able to make the All Blacks.</p>
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<p>Worse part is the shocking decision a few seasons back to allow these teams to be called the All Blacks. Kind of flew under the radar at the time but it could end up hurting our reputation and losing us a bit of money in sponsors.</p> -
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<p>NZH predicted a bronze for NZ, which is not completely out of the picture yet, however unlikely it seems.</p>
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<p>What is the strike rate on this so far?</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418</a></p>
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<p>As far as I can tell most of our predicted medals are still yet to be played out.</p>
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<p>It's gone. We just lost the quarter final.</p> -
<p>Seems Sir Clive Woodward has been laughing it up on the BBC coverage which alot of other countrys pick up and really hammering home 'The All Blacks' lost to Japan, 'The All Blacks' are out at the quarter finals, 'The All Blacks' only won 1 out of 4 games .</p>
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<p>It's gone. We just lost the quarter final.</p>
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<p>As for the strike rate, of the gold medal hopes, Villumsen and the women's double sculls cannot medal. Lauren Boyle is well off her best and is unlikely to get a medal at all. Women's 8 and lightweight double sculls are unlikely to get a bronze.</p>
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<p>Honestly, those predictions are terrible though. Ko may be favourite in golf but she still has a very low chance of actually winning it. Villumsen was never going to be the favourite given the time trial course had a big climb in it.</p> -
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<p>NZH predicted a bronze for NZ, which is not completely out of the picture yet, however unlikely it seems.</p>
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<p>What is the strike rate on this so far?</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418</a></p>
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<p>As far as I can tell most of our predicted medals are still yet to be played out.</p>
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<p>we just lost, so Bronze is gone</p> -
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<p>Japan vs Fiji in the semi. Wouldn't be surprised to see Japan make the final. They've been very good.</p>
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<p>As I said above, I listened on the radio, but it sounded like they came out with a plan to basically avoid contact with NZ and simply starve them of possession rather than all out attack which is their natural game.</p> -
Recorded the NZ vs GB game and watched that this morning. That first half was a total disgrace. Reiko didn't even try to tackle in a couple of GB tries. There was no sense of urgency and even when we came back in the second half and got over the try line there seemed little interest in at least trying to get under the post to improve conversion chances. For our last try why didn't Kaka just rush the kick we still needed a try to win anyway just so many valuable seconds wasted. Also why with 20 seconds on the clock did we kick it long? Surely we should have at least tried to get possession back? We were slow and predictable and it just seemed like we didn't care.
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<p>Well this is abysmal. No sense of urgency or commitment and just taking the exact wrong option every time. I can't blame titch for this. R Ioane is a waste, constantly looking for contact, not what you're there for dummy.</p>
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<p>Interesting that when playing for the Blues in 15s he was able to exploit the limited space very effectively. But when playing in the 7s he goes looking for contact. I smell a shitty game plan. In fact I don't just smell it, I see it on the field and in Titch's interviews when all he talks about is "winning the contact".</p> -
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<p>Seems Sir Clive Woodward has been laughing it up on the BBC coverage which alot of other countrys pick up and really hammering home 'The All Blacks' lost to Japan, 'The All Blacks' are out at the quarter finals, 'The All Blacks' only won 1 out of 4 games .</p>
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Bundled out in the quarter finals? Keep the coach for the next four years and win the next two Olympics!
