AB Test Team v France.
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@crucial Any AB 15 should be able to catch and pass and run support. The mistakes and poor decision making he brings is not suited to this level imo.
@chimoaus said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial Any AB 15 should be able to catch and pass and run support. The mistakes and poor decision making he brings is not suited to this level imo.
Looking forward to Dagg and J Barrett being available again.
DMac is one of those players who ends up being very average on balancing his brilliance vs gifting the ball away.
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@crucial the ref and the ABs deserve every bit of criticism they’ve received. It’s hard to know who of the two has been worse this half
@gunner said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial the ref and the ABs deserve every bit of criticism they’ve received. It’s hard to know who of the two has been worse this half
ABs this time, but they have already put the points up so have credit to eat away at. FFS, they will still win this comfortably.
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Fucken nice
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We are simply losing our cool out there.
The upshot is though that when we played well we made more points than we have given when making mistakes.
I know everyone will think I'm simply white knighting DMac but his good plays made more points than his errors gave away. That's a positive return.@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
I know everyone will think I'm simply white knighting DMac but his good plays made more points than his errors gave away. That's a positive return.
Leaving aside whatever the standard for a starting AB is.
There is a difference between being largely ineffective, but marginally positive and wildly hot and cold erring slightly on the positive side.
The game these days is built on capitalizing on those rare errors and it's tough carrying a guy when you know he is going to make four befuddling decisions per test (especially when we are carrying SBW who is good for one absolute boneheaded move).
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Listening to these two idiots is like watching 'Gogglebox'
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Listening to these two idiots is like watching 'Gogglebox'
@mikethesnow I would prefer listening to Gogglebox.
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@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
I know everyone will think I'm simply white knighting DMac but his good plays made more points than his errors gave away. That's a positive return.
Leaving aside whatever the standard for a starting AB is.
There is a difference between being largely ineffective, but marginally positive and wildly hot and cold erring slightly on the positive side.
The game these days is built on capitalizing on those rare errors and it's tough carrying a guy when you know he is going to make four befuddling decisions per test (especially when we are carrying SBW who is good for one absolute boneheaded move).
@rotated said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
I know everyone will think I'm simply white knighting DMac but his good plays made more points than his errors gave away. That's a positive return.
Leaving aside whatever the standard for a starting AB is.
There is a difference between being largely ineffective, but marginally positive and wildly hot and cold erring slightly on the positive side.
The game these days is built on capitalizing on those rare errors and it's tough carrying a guy when you know he is going to make four befuddling decisions per test (especially when we are carrying SBW who is good for one absolute boneheaded move).
You do know that he is filling in as best available option at the moment? If BFA or JB or Dagg were available he wouldn't be there?
You make it sound like he thinks he is in that 15 jersey from absolute merit when everyone knows the reality. -
@gunner said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial the ref and the ABs deserve every bit of criticism they’ve received. It’s hard to know who of the two has been worse this half
ABs this time, but they have already put the points up so have credit to eat away at. FFS, they will still win this comfortably.
@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
@gunner said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial the ref and the ABs deserve every bit of criticism they’ve received. It’s hard to know who of the two has been worse this half
ABs this time, but they have already put the points up so have credit to eat away at. FFS, they will still win this comfortably.
The All Blacks in second halves this year increasingly remind me of Taine Randall giggling at the All Blacks losing the second half to Scotland in the 1999 RWC quarter final...
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So we win by 20 in France and I'm fucking pissed off. This is just weird.
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Deserved try to Wise - he's been one of our best tonight.
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To be fair all France have managed this half are 2 soft penalties and a very dubious penalty try.
Despite A ton of posession and field position and that’s it. -
THat 10 minute period following SBW forgetting rugby vs league rules basically shaped this half, shame cos he had been playing well until then
