Name Your AB Team
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@sparky
Yeah it wasn't so long ago we couldn't find a prop, flanker, mid field.Having Savea , Sotutu and Sititi competing for 8 is ludicrous.
Roigard-DMac would give Dupont-Ntamack a good run for your money.@BerniesCorner said in Name Your AB Team:
Having Savea , Sotutu and Sititi competing for 8 is ludicrous.
No. It's fucking great.
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@MN5 said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@MN5 said in Name Your AB Team:
1 De Groot
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Vai’i
5 Barrett S
6 Finau
7 Papalii
8 Savea
9 Ratima
10 McKenzie
11 Telea
12 Barrett J
13 Ioane
14 Reece
15 Barrett B16 Aumua
17 Newell
18 Williams
19 a lock who I know nothing about
20 Jacobsen
21 Proctor
22 Clarke
23 LoveMcKenzie covering halfback? There's that razor innovation.
Yeah we’ll go with that.
Anyone but that Scots ranga.
Can see TJP starting in 1st Test on experience. Ratima hopefully starts 2nd Test. Havili over Love on basis Robertson knows him and experience.
Agree on Christie. Time to roll the dice at 9.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
Can see TJP starting in 1st Test on experience.
Can see him putting in terrible kicks, mouthing off at the ref instead of clearing the ball, and just stinking up the place. He's shit at test level, and has had some really bad games for the Hurricanes recently. He was awful against the Chiefs. Missed a lot of tackles, and was very slow.
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@Victor-Meldrew tough to figure out the logic on selecting a guy who's inexperienced at playing recently, let alone playing fullback at any level...over a guy who shines there right now.
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew tough to figure out the logic on selecting a guy who's inexperienced at playing recently, let alone playing fullback at any level...over a guy who shines there right now.
Not what I want. What I think will happen - at least for first few Tests
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
Can see TJP starting in 1st Test on experience.
Can see him putting in terrible kicks, mouthing off at the ref instead of clearing the ball, and just stinking up the place. He's shit at test level, and has had some really bad games for the Hurricanes recently. He was awful against the Chiefs. Missed a lot of tackles, and was very slow.
@Tim said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
Can see TJP starting in 1st Test on experience.
Can see him putting in terrible kicks, mouthing off at the ref instead of clearing the ball, and just stinking up the place. He's shit at test level, and has had some really bad games for the Hurricanes recently. He was awful against the Chiefs. Missed a lot of tackles, and was very slow.
Would like the dice rolled, but think caution will be the name of the game for Robertson's 1st few games. Be pissed off it we haven't settled the 9 slots by the RC.
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@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew tough to figure out the logic on selecting a guy who's inexperienced at playing recently, let alone playing fullback at any level...over a guy who shines there right now.
Not what I want. What I think will happen - at least for first few Tests
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew tough to figure out the logic on selecting a guy who's inexperienced at playing recently, let alone playing fullback at any level...over a guy who shines there right now.
Not what I want. What I think will happen - at least for first few Tests
Yeah and I'm saying that would be even more bizarre logic than the last coach. Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Yeah nah.
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De groot
Aumua
Lomax
Barrett
Vai’i
Finau
Savea
Sotutu
Ratima
McKenzie
Clarke
Barrett
Ioane
Reece
LoveReplacements
Numia
Taylor
Newell
Darry
Popoali’i
Perenara
Plummer
Telea -
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew tough to figure out the logic on selecting a guy who's inexperienced at playing recently, let alone playing fullback at any level...over a guy who shines there right now.
Not what I want. What I think will happen - at least for first few Tests
Yeah and I'm saying that would be even more bizarre logic than the last coach. Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Yeah nah.
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
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@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
Still can't see the logic in selecting a 2nd five to cover fullback.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
Still can't see the logic in selecting a 2nd five to cover fullback.
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
Still can't see the logic in selecting a 2nd five to cover fullback.
Think Robertson may see DH as a utility back who can cover 10, 12 & 15 at a pinch. He's clearly in his headlights for the squad with his playing at 10 in SR.
If he wants experience then it'd be ALB, at least.
Agreed.
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@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
Still can't see the logic in selecting a 2nd five to cover fullback.
Think Robertson may see DH as a utility back who can cover 10, 12 & 15 at a pinch. He's clearly in his headlights for the squad with his playing at 10 in SR.
If he wants experience then it'd be ALB, at least.
Agreed.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Name Your AB Team:
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
Havili has hardly played this season, so he's going to select him in a position I can't recall him playing in years at SR level, let alone test level?
Are we at cross-purposes? I'm suggesting DH might be at 23 over Love.
Still can't see the logic in selecting a 2nd five to cover fullback.
Think Robertson may see DH as a utility back who can cover 10, 12 & 15 at a pinch. He's clearly in his headlights for the squad with his playing at 10 in SR.
If he wants experience then it'd be ALB, at least.
Agreed.
I would think he'd see Jordie as at least equally capable. If he doesn't, then he's a stubborn moron. Sounds familiar...
Oh wait I see where this is going...
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BA Baracus.
Oh wait. The AB team.
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Jesus, I find it disturbing the number of people picking Perenara in the side. It would be a terrible backward looking selection. He's just been comprehensively outplayed by Ratima in a knock-out game: a performance which would have looked far worse if he had been rightly carded during the match.
Do we really have to be so conservative? Haven't we just seen with Roigard that the correct approach is to pick the guy who plays better? Who happens to also be the guy with a ready-made combination with the presumptive 10? -
Jesus, I find it disturbing the number of people picking Perenara in the side. It would be a terrible backward looking selection. He's just been comprehensively outplayed by Ratima in a knock-out game: a performance which would have looked far worse if he had been rightly carded during the match.
Do we really have to be so conservative? Haven't we just seen with Roigard that the correct approach is to pick the guy who plays better? Who happens to also be the guy with a ready-made combination with the presumptive 10?@reprobate said in Name Your AB Team:
Jesus, I find it disturbing the number of people picking Perenara in the side. It would be a terrible backward looking selection. He's just been comprehensively outplayed by Ratima in a knock-out game: a performance which would have looked far worse if he had been rightly carded during the match.
Do we really have to be so conservative? Haven't we just seen with Roigard that the correct approach is to pick the guy who plays better? Who happens to also be the guy with a ready-made combination with the presumptive 10?Just reiterating my comment from a month ago...
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
If Perenara is selected to start at 9, there's zero doubt in my mind that everyone on here will be complaining endlessly when he's inevitably giving the backline terrible service in July.
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A possible scenario that I hope doesn't play-out:
Robertson's squad to have some absolute shockers in it, and the team loses the first test after a red card. If he loses at Eden Park then it's all out war to have him removed.
Imagine this pack running out onto Forsyth Barr Stadium:
1 Bower
2 Taylor
3 Newell
4 Barrett
5 Strange
6 Grace
7 Blackadder
8 Savea -
De Groot
Taylor
Newell
SBarrett
Vai’i
Blackadder
Papali’i
Savea
Ratima
DMac
Clarke
JBarrett
Ioane
Tele'a
BBarrettAumua
Williams
Lomax
Darry
Finau
Christie
ALB
Love -
@mariner4life I won't mind too much if it goes the other way - and by the end of the season it may. But, one of those guys went to the RWC and the other didn't and Jason Ryan helped pick both those teams.
More sneaky is that I'm picking Newell to start and Lomax on the bench. Tyrel looked short of a gallop to me on Saturday, while Fletch has smashed everyone in a vain effort.
As regards hobbits - I'm not unhappy that Taylor and Aumua are in cotton wool this weekend!
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@BerniesCorner Weird to think that at least one of Sotutu or Sititi won't be in the 23.
@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@BerniesCorner Weird to think that at least one of Sotutu or Sititi won't be in the 23.
Unless you're planning on dropping Ardie, one of them (probably Sititi) won't even make the squad.
If they only pick five loosies, it's quite likely Sotutu doesn't make it either, because Ardie is locked in and Hoskins doesn't have the same utility value as others.
