Ireland vs All Blacks (2018)

[ACT Crusader]

@derm-mccrum said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

POM - motm

Legend.

Congrats Derm.

[taniwharugby]

@jc said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@taniwharugby said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

Irish passion got past Kiwi, erm, ingenuity...

COngrats to Ireland, thoroughly deserved.

You spelt mediocrity wrong

enga, inga, inja....mediocrity?

[jegga]

@derm-mccrum said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

Commiserations lads.

What A Game!

Totally called it yesterday.

Twas a leprechaust to be sure.

[hydro11]

@sparky said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@hydro11

Ian Foster's attack plans not good enough against the modern, super organised, super committed defences.

Our attack is fine. We had the opportunities to score points, we just didn't get over the line. That is on the players not the coaches.

[akan004]

@act-crusader said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

We started to look good, in the 78th minute.

Retallick argghhhhhhh. We had players out wide too.

Well done Ireland.

Not too concerned. It all has a familiar feel to 2014 to me.

We started to look good in the 50th minute but fucked it up with our continuous kicking. Had we been more patient, we would have scored.

[Stargazer]

Some of the subs came on too late and for the wrong players.

Particularly, Mo'unga should have come on sooner; Todd, too and should have replaced Read.

[Siam]

Well done Ireland, matchwinning commitment throughout.
Really played their game plan well.
Too good

[kev]

@rotated this was about physical contact rugby. Cane would have made a huge difference. Ardie is a different player and to me just doesn’t have that impact.

The tactics this year of kicking have let us down. We are not working on passing and running. When we need to the skills are not there.

Great Irish performance. Clinical.

[rotated]

Can't say enough about Ireland that was a clinical, replicable performance.

Ireland are building like the champion England team IMO. Taking the required scalps one at a time and will enter the tournament with every reason to believe they can win it.

[canefan]

@damo said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

We were pretty dreadful in that game. What has happened to our ability to penetrate and score tries?

It was our inability to go forward, silly mistakes that cost us momentum, made everyone look bad. Only Ardie and S Barrett can hold their heads up high

[westcoastie]

Wow.
Ireland clearly betterer today.
Tactics odd.
50-65min mark we were coming, then stopped. Maybe should've pushed for the corner instead of taking the penalty.
Retallick - that wasn't one of his best was it?
Read - is he cooked?
Whitelock
I think Perenara should've started - hes in better form than A.Smith.
We need something different in midfield - we're not making any metres there (even when SBW plays)

[Crazy Horse]

We need to seriously consider Mo'unga now. Teams have worked out Barrett. Can Barrett adapt?

[ACT Crusader]

@kiwiinmelb said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

In a weird way I’m glad we lost , these narrow out of jail wins put band aids on our weaknesses

Does it? You must know something the rest of us don’t.

[akan004]

Looks like Moody was a much bigger loss than many on here thought. Karl still has a lot of work ons.

[canefan]

@westcoastie said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

Wow.
Ireland clearly betterer today.
Tactics odd.
50-65min mark we were coming, then stopped. Maybe should've pushed for the corner instead of taking the penalty.
Retallick - that wasn't one of his best was it?
Read - is he cooked?
Whitelock
I think Perenara should've started - hes in better form than A.Smith.
We need something different in midfield - we're not making any metres there (even when SBW plays)

If Nonu is serious about making a tilt, and he's 85% as good as 2015 or better, he'll walk in

[kev]

@hydro11 our kicking is clearly fucked. Not regaining possession. Being the first option with front foot running ball means it is in the headspace of the players. Got to sort that shit out.

[kiwiinmelb]

@act-crusader said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@kiwiinmelb said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

In a weird way I’m glad we lost , these narrow out of jail wins put band aids on our weaknesses

Does it? You must know something the rest of us don’t.

Graeme Henry himself said nothing brings you back down to earth like a loss

[No Quarter]

@akan004 said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

@act-crusader said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:

We started to look good, in the 78th minute.

Retallick argghhhhhhh. We had players out wide too.

Well done Ireland.

Not too concerned. It all has a familiar feel to 2014 to me.

We started to look good in the 50th minute but fucked it up with our continuous kicking. Had we been more patient, we would have scored.

Yeah, we did start to open it up but lacked composure when it mattered. Disappointing as we have generally been very clinical in that regard in previous seasons.

[Machpants]

So Vs those tight suffocating teams we need Mo'unga at ten, Beaudy not upto it. He's great in an open game, get him at fifteen already

AND HOLD ONTO THE FUCKING BALL

Something I've been yelling at the screen since 2016

[JC]

@taniwharugby yep, nailed it that time. We were pretty average weren’t we? Apart from line outs it’s hard to see any area where we had an edge.