Ireland vs All Blacks (2018)
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@raznomore said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
Great stuff Ireland. Played outstanding rugby and justly got the result. They are the bench mark. For now.
Read is old.
Box kicks suck and just turn over possession.
Ben Smith is the worlds best full back but lets play him on the wing..
Mckenzie is just above Jordie Barrett in suitability to test rugby...near enough isn't good
We seriously miss Cane and Id play both him and Ardie if the former wasnt injured.
Aaron Smith is not currently our best option. And has not been for a while.
Moody's absence is clearly a proplem.
The best midfielder we have didnt come on until 3 1/4s of the game was gone.
And Beuden Barrett is not a player deserving of a world player of the year nod. We were decidedly better organised once Mounga came on.I am not panicking and saying throw the baby out with the bathwater. But Read looks like 2019 might be a bridge too far. He needs one hell of an off season.
We need to stop using the box kick like its a high percentage play. It's fucking not anymore. We are simply giving the ball back to teams who are expecting the box kick now. We do not have a monopoly on aerial kick reception but we put up ineffectual kicks like we think we do.
I can not understand the selection of Mckenzie ahead of Smith other than future proofing. Mckenzie is often out of position on kick reception and he drops them at a fair clip. Mckenzie is an amazing player but he is not better than Smith and on that notion should not be selected ahead of him.
TJ is better suited to NH teams. He is more combative and does not get bullied as much as Smith does when the pack is going backwards. You can say it was a tiring Irish pack when TJ came on, maybe it was, but IMO TJ is edging Smith currently and would have been better for this game.
Savea was the pick of the forwards for me, closely followed by BBBR. But these guys need some help. With Read slowing down , Whitelock looking in similar shape and the second coming of Rueben Thorne we were easily out played by Stander and co. Same vs England. Cane is a huge loss and provided he gets back to full health I think the way forward is Ardie at 8, Cane 7 and Barrett at 6. Barrett is probably a stop gap. Squires shoukd just not be selected though. Hes woefully shit.
Our scrum has either been amazing or rubbish and no real inbetween. Moody being injured is hurting though and the big fulla is finding these NH scrums a bit tougher than the Argies, Wobblies and Boks.
BB is playing too flat footed and not giving any room to his outsides. Hes just so out of sorts as a play maker and yiu could only really see in structure in our play once Mounga came on. Not sure Mounga is ready to take over but he looked more in control than Barrett. Kicking boits are working though...
Biggest problem for me are the coaches selections. Yes they are 100% experimental and geared towards the WC but still frustrating to watch over the last 2 games. ALB is our best attacking midfielder and hes getting sweet fa in time on the field. just hurry the fuck up play goodhue and him fron start to finish.
Closely followed by BBBR? How many times did he drop the pill? I heart BBBR but he was dire today.
@rancid-schnitzel i must have missed a lot of those. I thought he tackled like a demon
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@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
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Not sure how many times we have to lose against Ireland before our forwards remember that they have to front up...
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@kiwiinmelb yes please lets not box kick so much, hold the ball more and see what our backs can actually do would be nice
@nevorian said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@kiwiinmelb yes please lets not box kick so much, hold the ball more and see what our backs can actually do would be nice
In the end I think that is what did us.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
They looked good to storm home in the last 20 but seemed to panic.
The ability to think under pressure and NOT panic seems to be quite fragile at the moment. It may or may not be a one-off but it's a bit worrying
@victor-meldrew said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
They looked good to storm home in the last 20 but seemed to panic.
The ability to think under pressure and NOT panic seems to be quite fragile at the moment. It may or may not be a one-off but it's a bit worrying
That's the most disappointing, because the game could have been won. The holes were appearing and Ireland were absolutely buggered. But too much pushing the pass and tricky shit.
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@victor-meldrew said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
They looked good to storm home in the last 20 but seemed to panic.
The ability to think under pressure and NOT panic seems to be quite fragile at the moment. It may or may not be a one-off but it's a bit worrying
That's the most disappointing, because the game could have been won. The holes were appearing and Ireland were absolutely buggered. But too much pushing the pass and tricky shit.
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@victor-meldrew said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
They looked good to storm home in the last 20 but seemed to panic.
The ability to think under pressure and NOT panic seems to be quite fragile at the moment. It may or may not be a one-off but it's a bit worrying
That's the most disappointing, because the game could have been won. The holes were appearing and Ireland were absolutely buggered. But too much pushing the pass and tricky shit.
Thinking clearly under pressure, or keeping a blue head, was McCaw's puppy.
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@victor-meldrew said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
They looked good to storm home in the last 20 but seemed to panic.
The ability to think under pressure and NOT panic seems to be quite fragile at the moment. It may or may not be a one-off but it's a bit worrying
That's the most disappointing, because the game could have been won. The holes were appearing and Ireland were absolutely buggered. But too much pushing the pass and tricky shit.
@rancid-schnitzel yep, game was there for the taking alright, but our poor tactics (kicking) panic mode and execution cost us dearly.
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@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
Laumape. Maybe Nonu but Crotty was good.
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@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
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@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Nonsence. There was no difference. The only difference was the game inevitably opening up and the ABs having more ball. There wasn't suddenly room in the midfield.
I also lost count of the number of times BB was the one who scrambled at the back to save our arses.
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@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
Laumape. Maybe Nonu but Crotty was good.
@snowy said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@crazy-horse said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@westcoastie his 'traditional' game is not good enough. Watch how flat footed he is and how laboured his passing is. Make it almost impossible for those outside him to get going.
When Mo'unga ran onto the ball and passed crisply the ABs started getting quick ruck ball and there was room in the midfield. Coincidence?
Maybe a bit, but we had started to get a roll on before Mounga came on, and also, we lost momentum when Mounga came on (last 10min were much more even)
I've posted this already, but BB needs someone in the midfield to take a crash ball up, but there were no forwards getting that done, and hes not just going to dump Crotty into contact.
Coaches need to put their goddam hats on and sort out breaking down Rush D.We don't have the midfield destroyer at the moment. SBW was meant to be that guy
Laumape. Maybe Nonu but Crotty was good.
He was good. But for balance we can't have too Conrad Smith types. Nonu was brilliant, incisive and brought the necessary scare factor
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@kidcalder said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@canefan Laumape?
otherwise Nonu return will be very interestingNot sure he's ready. Will he be like Nonu or Slamming Sam Tuitupou?
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@kidcalder said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@canefan Laumape?
otherwise Nonu return will be very interestingYou think that he isn't a midfield destroyer? That is what I was replying to.
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@donsteppa hopefully only twice....
@taniwharugby said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@donsteppa hopefully only twice....
Yep. Once is careless. Twice is soft. A third time would be time to polish the CV’s and begone...
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We will gain no satisfaction next week. It will be a Summer of soul searching, which may not be a bad thing if we can come back with a renewed clarity about how we need to play
@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
We will gain no satisfaction next week. It will be a Summer of soul searching, which may not be a bad thing if we can come back with a renewed clarity about how we need to play
A lot of this team probably won't be playing next week. But maybe this loss, and more importantly performance, will cause the coaches to reassess the team that plays Italy.
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@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
We will gain no satisfaction next week. It will be a Summer of soul searching, which may not be a bad thing if we can come back with a renewed clarity about how we need to play
A lot of this team probably won't be playing next week. But maybe this loss, and more importantly performance, will cause the coaches to reassess the team that plays Italy.
@bovidae said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@canefan said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
We will gain no satisfaction next week. It will be a Summer of soul searching, which may not be a bad thing if we can come back with a renewed clarity about how we need to play
A lot of this team probably won't be playing next week. But maybe this loss, and more importantly performance, will cause the coaches to reassess the team that plays Italy.
I'd make the useless fluffybunnies do it again and redeem themselves. Fuck I hate losing.
