All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
why won't people from Wellington just pop and go to the game FFS?
I drove 4+ hours down the coast just to watch the fucking Warriors and the Chiefs lose. You can drive 6 to watch the ABs retain the Bledisloe
Kiwis and "distance" crack me up. It's a what, 45 minute flight?
surely you werent expecting the warriors to win? :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
depending on which Chiefs era then warriors comment could also still apply
@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
why won't people from Wellington just pop and go to the game FFS?
I drove 4+ hours down the coast just to watch the fucking Warriors and the Chiefs lose. You can drive 6 to watch the ABs retain the Bledisloe
Kiwis and "distance" crack me up. It's a what, 45 minute flight?
surely you werent expecting the warriors to win? :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
depending on which Chiefs era then warriors comment could also still apply
they fucking should have if Jazz wasn't such a dumb hopeless prick, and The Hammer didn't score a ripper of a runaway try.
And then DMac happened on the Saturday night... fuck Townsville
Yeah, i went to a shit hole like Townsville, you can go to Auckland.
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@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
why won't people from Wellington just pop and go to the game FFS?
I drove 4+ hours down the coast just to watch the fucking Warriors and the Chiefs lose. You can drive 6 to watch the ABs retain the Bledisloe
Kiwis and "distance" crack me up. It's a what, 45 minute flight?
surely you werent expecting the warriors to win? :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
depending on which Chiefs era then warriors comment could also still apply
they fucking should have if Jazz wasn't such a dumb hopeless prick, and The Hammer didn't score a ripper of a runaway try.
And then DMac happened on the Saturday night... fuck Townsville
Yeah, i went to a shit hole like Townsville, you can go to Auckland.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
why won't people from Wellington just pop and go to the game FFS?
I drove 4+ hours down the coast just to watch the fucking Warriors and the Chiefs lose. You can drive 6 to watch the ABs retain the Bledisloe
Kiwis and "distance" crack me up. It's a what, 45 minute flight?
surely you werent expecting the warriors to win? :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
depending on which Chiefs era then warriors comment could also still apply
they fucking should have if Jazz wasn't such a dumb hopeless prick, and The Hammer didn't score a ripper of a runaway try.
And then DMac happened on the Saturday night... fuck Townsville
Yeah, i went to a shit hole like Townsville, you can go to Auckland.
lol, i cant go anywhere, except to my TV and my beer fridge
..I do hope a few NZ based ferners go to the ABs game though, except any that tend to curse ABs by turning up..
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@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
I watch Wanted Down Under, I know $199 is even less relatively than £100, so should I say less than £100?
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@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
I watch Wanted Down Under, I know $199 is even less relatively than £100, so should I say less than £100?
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
I watch Wanted Down Under, I know $199 is even less relatively than £100, so should I say less than £100?
What is Wanted Down Under?
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
I watch Wanted Down Under, I know $199 is even less relatively than £100, so should I say less than £100?
What is Wanted Down Under?
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@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
What is Wanted Down Under?
A show about why @bones is in the U.K?
@snowy said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
What is Wanted Down Under?
A show about why @bones is in the U.K?
Not all of us have the luxury of being able to flee in one's own plane.
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@junior said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kiwimurph this is symptomatic of inexperienced players and new combinations. But we saw on Saturday when they changed things in that middle part of the game, the pressure went on the Aussies and points came pretty freely. Was very good to watch.
I think it's also part of the problem of having "dual play makers" - the guy playing at 10 constantly gets caught in two minds due to the constant stream of "its on out wide" or similar from the guy playing full back who only sees the acres of space directly in front of him and not the crowded midfield and rushing defenders in front of the guy playing 10. It's also horrible for a guy who's relatively new to the team and has been asked to run the cutter to constantly have that chat from a more experienced player outside him.
In short, ditch the dual play maker system and move Jordie to fullback.
Between Aaron Smith saying it's the tens job to make the calls, this post, and watching DMac charge around like a crab, I think I know where the blame for the crazy'let's go wide whatever' calls in the first half lays
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@junior said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kiwimurph this is symptomatic of inexperienced players and new combinations. But we saw on Saturday when they changed things in that middle part of the game, the pressure went on the Aussies and points came pretty freely. Was very good to watch.
I think it's also part of the problem of having "dual play makers" - the guy playing at 10 constantly gets caught in two minds due to the constant stream of "its on out wide" or similar from the guy playing full back who only sees the acres of space directly in front of him and not the crowded midfield and rushing defenders in front of the guy playing 10. It's also horrible for a guy who's relatively new to the team and has been asked to run the cutter to constantly have that chat from a more experienced player outside him.
In short, ditch the dual play maker system and move Jordie to fullback.
Between Aaron Smith saying it's the tens job to make the calls, this post, and watching DMac charge around like a crab, I think I know where the blame for the crazy'let's go wide whatever' calls in the first half lays
In fairness to D Mac, it can be and has been just as bad when BB has been at fullback in the dual playmaker system
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@act-crusader but it is also symptomatic of the halfback. We like his quick delivery but he needs to direct the forwards more. He makes the decision to spin it wide vs organizing the pack.
@broughie said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@act-crusader but it is also symptomatic of the halfback. We like his quick delivery but he needs to direct the forwards more. He makes the decision to spin it wide vs organizing the pack.
Fair call that - I think he probably got too used to just being the guy who provides quick services rather than a conductor. He was able to do this for a long time when he was not a senior leader in the team and his job was just to give DC some quick ball and when our backline was generally operating with a lot more space. With this team and all the issues going on both inside and outside him he really needs to ply more like a Fourie du Preez type halfback conducting the orchestra (which he already does very well for the Highlanders)
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I drove 9 hours to sydney in 2014 to sit in the rain and watch the Allblacks draw with Wallabies 12 all in a shit game .
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
I drove 9 hours to sydney in 2014 to sit in the rain and watch the Allblacks draw with Wallabies 12 all in a shit game .
Made me think, if I had the option to jump in a car tonight, and drive somewhere to watch an ABs game and have a night out with mates, what's the line on kms I'd be prepared to travel?
Right now, I think I'd set the line at about 10,000kms.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
why won't people from Wellington just pop and go to the game FFS?
I drove 4+ hours down the coast just to watch the fucking Warriors and the Chiefs lose. You can drive 6 to watch the ABs retain the Bledisloe
Kiwis and "distance" crack me up. It's a what, 45 minute flight?
surely you werent expecting the warriors to win? :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
depending on which Chiefs era then warriors comment could also still apply
they fucking should have if Jazz wasn't such a dumb hopeless prick, and The Hammer didn't score a ripper of a runaway try.
And then DMac happened on the Saturday night... fuck Townsville
Yeah, i went to a shit hole like Townsville, you can go to Auckland.
lol, i cant go anywhere, except to my TV and my beer fridge
..I do hope a few NZ based ferners go to the ABs game though, except any that tend to curse ABs by turning up..
@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
..I do hope a few NZ based ferners go to the ABs game though, except any that tend to curse ABs by turning up..
Don't worry, I live on the other side of the world in Cornwall, England...
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@mariner4life yeah it's odd, completely different mindset in NZ. Sent that tweet to my mates and they were "fuck that".
£100 for flights and a ticket to the game! Fuck those fluffybunnies.
I've noticed you do this a couple of times, it's not really, fuck how do I make the pound symbol?, 100 quid. You can't just convert it to your powerful currency. Not that this has any relevance to the thread, just an observation - I'd fully pay the $190 AUD if I lived in NZ.
I watch Wanted Down Under, I know $199 is even less relatively than £100, so should I say less than £100?
What is Wanted Down Under?
@nepia said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
What is Wanted Down Under?
A new AB Coach?
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It's pleasing the players are making the right noises
“We had a plan around how we wanted to exit and get our forwards in the game early,” Smith told The Breakdown on Sky on Monday evening. “But there was just so many opportunities. We fell into that trap of, ‘we could go on here, it’s hot here, we could do this’. “But, we should have really got our forwards into the game, getting our loose forwards carrying early, cleaning rucks fast. “And as you saw the first plays after halftime were direct, at them, we’re coming. “That sets our game up. Our game drivers won’t do that again.”“We’re taught to play what’s in front of us, and we tried that, but we were just trying a bit too much,” said Papalii when asked about the messy start. “We need to stick to our basics and our system, which we went away from, and as you see when we roll our sleeves up and get direct we can do some damage. “But we’ve got to stick to that and trust our game-drivers.”@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
It's pleasing the players are making the right noises
Yeah, it's good they are analysing for themselves what's going right and what's not, and taking collective responsibility for their performance. Great to see the senior players like Nugget standing up.
Some of the new combinations should be a little more settled as well which could mean a much better performance all round.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
I drove 9 hours to sydney in 2014 to sit in the rain and watch the Allblacks draw with Wallabies 12 all in a shit game .
Made me think, if I had the option to jump in a car tonight, and drive somewhere to watch an ABs game and have a night out with mates, what's the line on kms I'd be prepared to travel?
Right now, I think I'd set the line at about 10,000kms.
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Here's Knowler's selection predictions
Given the comments this week from Plumtree etc I'm not expecting many
