All Blacks v Argentina II

[Bones]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Also: way to take a very young guy, throw him in late to a losing side out of position and then drop him. Great management

Who?

There's only two guys dropped! Surely you can figure that out?

[booboo]

@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Also: way to take a very young guy, throw him in late to a losing side out of position and then drop him. Great management

Who?

There's only two guys dropped! Surely you can figure that out?

Telea or Reece?

[Bones]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Also: way to take a very young guy, throw him in late to a losing side out of position and then drop him. Great management

Who?

There's only two guys dropped! Surely you can figure that out?

Telea or Reece?

Telea is on the bench.

[Dan54]

Reece was named by Ryan as doing something dumb and was subbed off straight after halftime last week, so was always missing out.

[KiwiMurph]

Both Rugby Championship games this weekend are looking to be wet weather games.

Perhaps more scrums this week

[No Quarter]

The management of Finau and Sititi has been absolutely awful to date. What the hell were they thinking putting Sititi on at 6 in a test we were battling in. He's a rookie and doesn't normally play there. That's one of the dumbest substitutions I can think of in AB history, and just to top it off they drop him after he completely unsurprisingly didn't go very well just to fuck with his confidence.

Picking Finau and Sititi and leaving out Akira and Sotutu was always a huge risk for those two young players, they really should be learning their trade in the squad and from the bench (in their preferred positions!). I was concerned their confidence would get ruined, and that is coming to pass with the way they are being managed. The coaches desperation to not pick the Blues boys is not only hurting us on the field, it is fucking around with the form and confidence of two players that we hope will be mainstays in the black jersey down the track.

[sparky]

Maybe that is slightly better than last week's side. But I'm hardly filled with confidence.

A great chance for Argentina to notch up a second consecutive away win against the ABs.

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Maybe that is slightly better than last week's side. But I'm hardly filled with confidence.

A great chance for Argentina to notch up a second consecutive away win against the ABs.

If that happens then you really do have problems

[canefan]

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Cane confirmed in the interview he was covering 8 if Ardie goes down.

I mean I like Cane and we need his starch but Sotutu must be sick as a parrot.

Oh god, the All Blacks really are going backwards.

Not only Sotutu, but Sititi, Iose and even Renton must be choking on their cornflakes.

Weetbix probably

[canefan]

Whoever the Sith Lord was that convinced Fossie to devalue the ABs has found another apprentice

[BerniesCorner]

Huge match this one. Big pressure.
I would have started Ratima and Proctor.

[Dan54]

No worries fells we got this one!

[Bones]

Where's Foster.

[Chris]

@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Where's Foster.

At KFC ?

[Duluth]

@Chris with Ryan?

[Chris]

@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Chris with Ryan?

Sharing together

[Kiwiwomble]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Chris with Ryan?

Sharing together

do those guys look like they share?

[antipodean]

@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

I'll say this for Razor; he could teach some politicians a thing or two about noncommittal answers. 10 mins and we learnt nothing.

And as expected; 'an opportunity for redemption'.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

Lol Perenara

it makes me feel like im missing something obvious...what im looking for in players seems very very different to what paid professionals are looking for or they see things i dont...doesnt help my connection with the team

It can only be experience. Theres definitely nothing else

If Ratima et al cant get in now, after a loss, against Argentina at home, you would draw the inference that they wouldnt be thrown in against the Boks in their back garden.

So the likes of TJP and Beaudy are here to stay for the foreseeable?

I would have thought Robertson would be looking at longer-term changes at 9 & 15 by now. Maybe last week's loss means he doesn't feel confident to do that yet.

[Chris]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

@Chris with Ryan?

Sharing together

do those guys look like they share?

Good point, I was hopeful of a coming together.