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  • MN5M Offline
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    @Jet said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Regardless of who is in the right , I love the ruthlessness.

    This is what we have been lacking since 2015.

    If It’s not working. Something has to change.

    As I always say…

    The crest on the front is bigger than any name on the back.

    Now move Will Jordan to fullback post haste you floppy haired surf nonce.

    Just gonna tag @Bones so he comes along and prepares to be outraged

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    @Jet said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Machpants said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Jet said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Now move Will Jordan to fullback post haste you floppy haired surf nonce.

    Did you watch the last game? He sucked at fullback as much as he was good on the wing

    Yeah he was pants. But the whole team was. The second half was a non event. Surely he is to be given more of a chance than that?

    Like full test week prep knowing he is the 15.

    The whole back line was reshuffled when Jordan moved to 15. Rieko went to the wing.

    They need time in the saddle to get the comms right. The back 3 working the pendulum etc.

    Nope his IQ from the back is not there, he's a great winger that's all we need. A fullback type winger and a power winger (Clarke)

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    Hearing the new attack coach is Eddy Jones. He’s gonna attack every journalist prick who dares ask him a question.

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    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

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    replied to Victor Meldrew on last edited by
    #134

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    No he doesn’t. He says “Kia ora”.

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    darylmitchell
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    https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/rugby_league/worth-a-phone-call-wallabies-urged-to-swoop-after-all-blacks-coaching-bust-up/ar-AA1peMfo?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=869ae34f4fe54c9ea7afa0473677b3b2&ei=11

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    replied to MN5 on last edited by
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    @MN5 said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Jet said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Regardless of who is in the right , I love the ruthlessness.

    This is what we have been lacking since 2015.

    If It’s not working. Something has to change.

    As I always say…

    The crest on the front is bigger than any name on the back.

    Now move Will Jordan to fullback post haste you floppy haired surf nonce.

    Just gonna tag @Bones so he comes along and prepares to be outraged

    @Machpants has it covered. When he's actually cemented himself as a wing that has vision outside himself then I'd be comfortable with him at fullback. Or against Fiji.

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    Unlike your best mate Foster who had changes forced upon him long after it was apparent from both player feedback and the fuckin results that his assistants sucked.

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    replied to Frank on last edited by Victor Meldrew
    #138

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    Unlike your best mate Foster who had changes forced upon him long after it was apparent from both player feedback and the fuckin results that his assistants sucked.

    So Robertson sacked McDonald because of poor results and player feedback?

    Has that been confirmed?

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    #139

    Refreshingly honest with dignity. You can't ask for any more than that.

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    Unlike your best mate Foster who had changes forced upon him long after it was apparent from both player feedback and the fuckin results that his assistants sucked.

    So Robertson sacked McDonald because of poor results and player feedback?

    Has that been confirmed?

    Nope. When asked why, Razor preferred to focus on the fact that Leon was a top bloke, and that they just didn't click. Pretty classy response

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    nostrildamus
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    I wonder if the AB performance during Argie test 1 was a major reason for this.

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    replied to Victor Meldrew on last edited by
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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    Unlike your best mate Foster who had changes forced upon him long after it was apparent from both player feedback and the fuckin results that his assistants sucked.

    So Robertson sacked McDonald because of poor results and player feedback?

    Has that been confirmed?

    What???
    I never said that.
    I said Razor is being proactive, whereas Foster wasn't.

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    replied to Frank on last edited by Victor Meldrew
    #143

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @Frank said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    Great to see Razor is constantly looking to improve and isn't too stubborn.

    David Havili says: "Hi"

    Unlike your best mate Foster who had changes forced upon him long after it was apparent from both player feedback and the fuckin results that his assistants sucked.

    So Robertson sacked McDonald because of poor results and player feedback?

    Has that been confirmed?

    What???
    I never said that.

    I never said you did. I simply asked if it had been confirmed that Robertson was actually or really being proactive and sacked McDonald for poor results and player feedback

    I said Razor is being proactive, whereas Foster wasn't.

    So has it been confirmed McDonald was sacked by Robertson? From what I've read it was a difference in approach, a mutual agreement to depart and nothing to do with poor results and player feedback - though happy to be corrected.

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    #144

    Two things I'm curious about this.

    1. The timing. Why didn't MacDonald stay on until the end of the SA tour or the Rugby Championship?

    2. We've only so far heard the NZR and Scott Robinson version of events. It would interesting to hear from Leon MacDonald himself about why he quit.

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    Bloke on Twitter reckons he saw Dave Rennie in AB coaching box?

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    #146

    @pakman Do we have any better sauces than that?

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  • Crazy HorseC Offline
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    replied to sparky on last edited by
    #147

    @sparky said in Leon MacDonald Quits:

    @pakman Do we have any better sauces than that?

    A guy at the pub said the same thing.

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    ploughboy
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    #148

    taxi driver said same

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  • canefanC Online
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    canefan
    wrote on last edited by
    #149

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350387822/it-just-didnt-click-scott-robertson-reveals-reason-leon-macdonald-coaching-exit

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