RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia
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At this point, Eddie seems to have totally lost the plot, if you're going to go gung ho and pick kids then bloody well stick to it, at least for a whole game. If you're not, then don't drop the experienced players before the tournament.
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Nothing between these teams at all. Wales for me by 6.
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@Dodge When did he appear to lose the plot with England? Was there some point at which the assistant coach turnover was just too much?
@Tim said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@Dodge When did he appear to lose the plot with England? Was there some point at which the assistant coach turnover was just too much?
I think the coaching situation was the biggest issue, no one wanted to work with him and he constantly recruited people with no experience of the game, who then didn't last very long. IMO over time, his style of management gets on everyone's nerves - coaches and players, kind of like Mourinho.
Timing wise, i think he benefitted from a decent base built by Lancaster and then picked some rogue grunt to build on top. It started to fall apart after 2019, he wouldn't trust new players and let them learn international rugby in the shirt. Hence we're stuck with Daly / May / Cole et al who probably weren't good enough at their peak and definitely aren't now (probably harsh on May at his peak)
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@voodoo hi mate, yep, thought I’d show my old, wrinkly, fat smug face again given that both England AND All Blacks are shit.
Lurker!
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@voodoo hi mate, yep, thought I’d show my old, wrinkly, fat smug face again given that both England AND All Blacks are shit.
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Why not put Carter as backup 10? Crazy or not, Eddie has cojones!
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Wallabies lineup: Angus Bell, David Porecki, James Slipper, Nick Frost, Richie Arnold, Rob Leota, Tom Hooper, Rob Valetini, Tate McDermott, Ben Donaldson, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Jordan Petaia, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Andrew Kellaway. Res: Matt Faessler, Blake Schoupp, Pone Fa’amausili, Matt Philip, Fraser McReight, Nic White, Carter Gordon, Suliasi Vunivalu.
Eddie has no fucking idea about what he is trying to achieve
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Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
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Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
wow, 27 and on the scrapheap!
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That’s a team capable of beating us
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That’s a team capable of beating us
@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
That’s a team capable of beating us
But you beat Fiji and..
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
wow, 27 and on the scrapheap!
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
wow, 27 and on the scrapheap!
In the Eddie zone...
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That’s a team capable of beating us
@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
That’s a team capable of beating us
More that "you've got a team capable of tripping over itself"
I'm interested to see what the selection of Donaldson does. If he goes down in the first half, we're fucked.
They should have put IFL on the bench instead of White tho
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Kellaway is still a good 15, no? Has he slipped in form?
Nah too old and too many caps
wow, 27 and on the scrapheap!
@nostrildamus Almost NZesque
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@Machpants Imagine if Oz win. It would be peak Eddie Jones!
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15 Liam Williams, 14 Louis Rees Zammit, 13 George North, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Jac Morgan (C), 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Gareth Thomas
Reserves: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Dafydd Jenkins, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 Rio Dyer
