All Blacks 2024
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@DaGrubster I gave examples on all 3 scenarios. Taylor's game went up another level after a call up, Harris was just meh, and Aumua wasn't ready and needed a few years to become the complete player he is now.
7 years for Aumua to get to play like he is after the ab project player call up
Harris bit of a nonentity.
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
You could argue that bringing them in early didn’t really do much for them.
Not sure it would be convincing.
It would be more convincing than George Bell in an Ab squad this year
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I get the argument for developing "project players", but in this part of the cycle I'm more interested in winning an inbound Test series and rewarding form displayed in SR.
Especially in a position where you're only carrying one spare in the likelihood one of your others gets injured. Then all of a sudden we're facing the prospect of playing a Test with Bell throwing into a defensive lineout to win the game...
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Monday can’t come soon enough
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
If only we had some of that Dune technology to fold space-time and get rid of the rest of today.... and tomorrow!
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
If only we had some of that Dune technology to fold space-time and get rid of the rest of today.... and tomorrow!
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
If only we had some of that Dune technology to fold space-time and get rid of the rest of today.... and tomorrow!
GF, it's the weekend
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
If only we had some of that Dune technology to fold space-time and get rid of the rest of today.... and tomorrow!
GF, it's the weekend
@Machpants A weird one though.
I keep feeling like I've lost my phone or my wallet!
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I am shocked.
To the core.
Crusaders don't make the SR final so their fans decide the weekend it's happening just shouldn't even occur.
Guess I shouldn't be though when it doesn't even exist to the AB coach.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
I expect lots of "He may have been shit in the past, but Razor has a track record of getting the best out of players..." comments.
The period from 2019 (or earlier) to 2023 may have ended some promising careers. I do wonder how some players might have performed in a more progressive environment.
We'll never know. But it's going to be different and wonderful now eh?
Akira comes to mind esp. since Cotter seems to have him looking like he is tailor-made for test rugby.
Akira looked tailor-made for Test rugby almost every season of SR he played. Hansen clearly had an issue with him but IMHO he had plenty of opportunities from 2019 to progress and never quite grabbed them.
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Monday can’t come soon enough
I expect lots of "He may have been shit in the past, but Razor has a track record of getting the best out of players..." comments.
The period from 2019 (or earlier) to 2023 may have ended some promising careers. I do wonder how some players might have performed in a more progressive environment.
We'll never know. But it's going to be different and wonderful now eh?
Akira comes to mind esp. since Cotter seems to have him looking like he is tailor-made for test rugby.
Akira looked tailor-made for Test rugby almost every season of SR he played. Hansen clearly had an issue with him but IMHO he had plenty of opportunities from 2019 to progress and never quite grabbed them.
He grabbed them as equal (as little) as both Frizell and Blackadder yet the shit human and the walking injury were favoured. That's the way it goes, coaches have their favourites, that tubby guy who is still there now favoured those latter two.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster I gave examples on all 3 scenarios. Taylor's game went up another level after a call up, Harris was just meh, and Aumua wasn't ready and needed a few years to become the complete player he is now.
Harris was looking good until an ankle injury in 2015 effectively ended his career.
Your point stands, but I think any (pre-emptive) frustrations would stem from the fact that Bell is a Crusaders player. If a young and unproven hooker gets selected from any of the other teams, I think there'd be far less criticism (and, chances are, they'd have had a better season than Bell too).
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@DaGrubster I gave examples on all 3 scenarios. Taylor's game went up another level after a call up, Harris was just meh, and Aumua wasn't ready and needed a few years to become the complete player he is now.
Harris was looking good until an ankle injury in 2015 effectively ended his career.
Your point stands, but I think any (pre-emptive) frustrations would stem from the fact that Bell is a Crusaders player. If a young and unproven hooker gets selected from any of the other teams, I think there'd be far less criticism (and, chances are, they'd have had a better season than Bell too).
This is the key point, Bell was shit, he's not being questioned because he's young, unproven and a Cantab, it's those things and shit season.
To give some perspective there were lots of complaints about Coles when he first made the ABs, and his Super form was always pretty decent.
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No Hoskins in the squad
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
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@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
Let me guess the overrated Cullen Grace gets selected instead? Ffs. I’m not even the biggest Sotutu fan either but he’s definitely more deserving.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
Let me guess the overrated Cullen Grace gets selected instead? Ffs. I’m not even the biggest Sotutu fan either but he’s definitely more deserving.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
Let me guess the overrated Cullen Grace gets selected instead? Ffs.
I would not think so.
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Feel bad for Sotutu if true, esp if he plays a good tight game today.
Sounds like Ardie at 8 and a new prospect at 8 then IMO hope it isn't a floating old utility player.. -
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No Hoskins in the squad
Another meltdown coming on the fern.
Let me guess the overrated Cullen Grace gets selected instead? Ffs. I’m not even the biggest Sotutu fan either but he’s definitely more deserving.
@Canes4life I don’t know the answer to that. But I do know Sititi is in.
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@Canes4life I don’t know the answer to that. But I do know Sititi is in.
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life I don’t know the answer to that. But I do know Sititi is in.
Fair play to Sititi, would be a little awkward if Sotutu smokes him tonight though.
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@Tim Haha, was thinking the same thing.
