AB Test Team v France.
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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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THat 10 minute period following SBW forgetting rugby vs league rules basically shaped this half, shame cos he had been playing well until then
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Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
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@jc Worst 40mins of AB rugby I've seen since RWC2007 v France
Except we'll likely win this one
@victor-meldrew said in AB Test Team v France.:
@jc Worst 40mins of AB rugby I've seen since RWC2007 v France
Not even close. We strung together possession wonderfully for the first 30 mins and the Rodders try was the result of a long passage of strong play.
Both halves of any of the losses in 2009 were worse than this - especially the Dunedin test, but both tests in the republic with Donald at 10 were stinkers too.
