All Blacks vs Springboks II
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The weirdest thing is… we were ahead at half time. Even the ref wasn’t that much of a factor. This one’s squarely on us.
@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
The weirdest thing is… we were ahead at half time. Even the ref wasn’t that much of a factor. This one’s squarely on us.
As soon as we lost the lead I had no confidence we would regain it.
Ive seen this movie before.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Jeez. How awful have we been on the 2nd half? Fuck
Thought your boys played bravely.
@Smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Jeez. How awful have we been on the 2nd half? Fuck
Thought your boys played bravely.
I assume it's not intended to but that reads as very patronising, that was one of the most cowardly AB performances on record. In the last 20 minutes they just gave up.
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Hard not to see this debacle as the last will and testament of the disastrous regime of Mark Robinson as CEO of NZR, who departs at the end of this calendar year. In fact, he should be clearing his desk right away. David Kirk, a business head I respect, should bring in a hard arse CEO willing to demand results or else. Razor, I think, is gone. He’s incompetent, utterly found out as a pretender. He’s incoherent, if nothing else and gives no indication that he has any idea whatsoever what he is trying to achieve. That incoherence is felt by the players, who look adrift. The easy decision would be to just f&&k off the assistants, but I think the pattern of these performances stems from a lack of coherent direction from the top. In short, he’s an idiot, a provincial showboater promoted way beyond his ability.
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Look out, here comes some ‘insight’ from Mils and Reado
@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Look out, here comes some ‘insight’ from Mils and Reado
At least Kieran stated the obvious: there's something wrong when the spine of an All Blacks team turns to jelly.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Only Roigard and Higgins can save us now
Love your irony.
I don’t have answers. I don’t know where to go from here.
Two words
Mark Hammett
@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Only Roigard and Higgins can save us now
Love your irony.
I don’t have answers. I don’t know where to go from here.
Two words
Mark Hammett
You could be on the money.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Also, fuck off Tony Brown. You could have been helping us, mate.
He's a massive fluffybunny.
I don't blame him for not wanting to work with the combover.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Also, fuck off Tony Brown. You could have been helping us, mate.
He's a massive fluffybunny.
I don't blame him for not wanting to work with the combover.
But don't coach our biggest rivals
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Ain't gonna happen after the way he and Foster were treated
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Ain't gonna happen after the way he and Foster were treated
Who needs to be fired to get him to come back?
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Reinach was superb. He’s a far better player than the alternative in the way he gets them moving forward.
Can’t stand losing to the Boks. The worst thing in rugby. They were superb in that second half and suffocated us. We made poor decisions but the pressure got to far too many ABs in that period.
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If they get rid of Roberston and Holland I fully expect Mark Robinson to replace them with Rob Penny and Matt Todd
@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
If they get rid of Roberston and Holland I fully expect Mark Robinson to replace them with Rob Penny and Matt Todd
Robertson is Robinson's boy. Too much invested in him.
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@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
If they get rid of Roberston and Holland I fully expect Mark Robinson to replace them with Rob Penny and Matt Todd
Robertson is Robinson's boy. Too much invested in him.
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
If they get rid of Roberston and Holland I fully expect Mark Robinson to replace them with Rob Penny and Matt Todd
Robertson is Robinson's boy. Too much invested in him.
When does Robinson F off?
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A few things i noticed
- Scrum has gone to pieces. Both starters and bench struggled aside from one penalty. Lineout fell apart when Brodie M came on
- We actually came out playing enterprising footy but that died a sudden death after about 25 minutes.
- Defensive highballs, we win maybe 30-40% at best. Then we started trying to do it, and there was barely an all black within 5m of the catcher, thats actually fucking absurd. We have absolutely no answer. How do we make it look so hard, and how does this tactic only flow one way
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@kidcalder said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Not hugely confident we beat the wallabies
At this rate we don’t have a chance.
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@kidcalder said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Not hugely confident we beat the wallabies
Completely down to the number of injuries in the Oz camp. If they have a fit side I think they roll us.
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Razor looks like he’s going to cry
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Second half slumps continue. The days of the ABs running teams down in the last 20 are done. The supposedly “bigger” Boks have finished the last 2 matches (and the 2 last year in SA) with all the momentum.
ABs have no ability to wrest control when they lose it. They play fine when they have control. Saw it against Argentina and now against Boks. Overplaying, poor decision making - call it what you will. But test match pressure is crushing the AB leaders and decision makers. Mistake upon mistake compounds and the pressure rises. Rather than reset and going back to basics, they try for the next Hail Mary….with obvious consequences they don’t work.
This is the nadir of the last few years. Some really big decisions need to be made.
