All Blacks vs England I

[ACT Crusader]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England I:

Had we played Tonga and won by 70 we would be none the wiser.

We tonked world No.1, Ireland in the 1st Test in 2022 and no one complained. Worked out well...

Oh yeah I remember that test match because that’s the one where we had Whitelock, Retallick, Aaron Smith, Sam Cane playing. Handy bit of experience to call upon….

[Tim]

@Machpants A poor game plan wouldn't show that. It just makes all the players, Blues included, look bad.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

You have to wonder if people are suffering from collective amnesia. I'm 45 and the ABs have generally served up shite in the 1st test in every one of those years.
No need to panic just yet.

[Machpants]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

@chucknz waaaaa

Robertson is inexperienced at international level and it showed. They had a shit game plan and wer almost beaten.

You do want razor to fail, to prove he should've picked Sotutu and Akira tho, admit it

Tbf the Blues back row would have been an improvement on tonight for me.

Yeah, it wasn't great. Finau was a no show, and Ardie was still in Japan mode. Paps not exactly shining either

[chimoaus]

I wonder if Finau has a bit more hype around him than is justified? Does he have the work rate? I think we all want him to be the next Kaino but I’m not convinced yet.

[MiketheSnow]

England should start Baby Face Nelson (ranga prop), Spencer and Finn Smith next week

[Machpants]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs England I:

You have to wonder if people are suffering from collective amnesia. I'm 45 and the ABs have generally served up shite in the 1st test in every one of those years.
No need to panic just yet.

2022 was not that long ago

[Victor Meldrew]

@MadGav said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Victor-Meldrew if Dmac had nailed his we would have won by more
If, but, maybe
Why is this forum so negative
England are a GOOD TEAM

Don't think people are being negative about England but focussing on individual players and one sides tactics.

[Winger]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

Reece was excellent and Pat T

Reece was only average in the first half. But stepped up in the
2nd

PT kind of the opposite

[Victor Meldrew]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Yuck, didn't see anything encouraging in that performance.

First time out so hard to see anything new I guess

[chimoaus]

It’s our inability to deal with static ball and rush defence which leads to chip kicks or losing territory. This is the major issue they need to address. And the lineout.

[KiwiMurph]

@chucknz said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Tim you must be gutted that we won, seems to be the result blues fans are wanting

Me as a Blues fan is confused as fuck by this comment.

I'm stoked at the W

[Tim]

@KiwiMurph Yes, I am very relieved we won. I've been having a great week, a loss would have ruined it.

[Chris]

@Winger said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

Reece was excellent and Pat T

Reece was only average in the first half. But stepped up in the
2nd

PT kind of the opposite

He finished the kick pass with a try.

Produced a great 50/22 from a turn and kick under pressure hardly average.
Amongst tidy up some other shit.

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Yuck, didn't see anything encouraging in that performance.

First time out so hard to see anything new I guess

That doesn't make sense.

It's a brand new coaching group, how could there not be anything new?

[Tim]

@Chris Yeah, Reece did all he could in first half. Very good game.

[Chris]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris Yeah, Reece did all he could in first half. Very good game.

Fucked if I know what some people are looking at.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

@chucknz waaaaa

Robertson is inexperienced at international level and it showed. They had a shit game plan and wer almost beaten.

You do want razor to fail, to prove he should've picked Sotutu and Akira tho, admit it - let it out, you'll feel better

As a complete SR neutral, I thought our 6-7-8 were completely outplayed tonight. Some serious thinking is needed.

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Yuck, didn't see anything encouraging in that performance.

First time out so hard to see anything new I guess

That doesn't make sense.

It's a brand new coaching group, how could there not be anything new?

[Tim]

@Chris It's not like he could fix the cleanout in centre field or the tactics!