Players to build the team around?
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@pakman said in Players to build the team around?:
It's very frustrating. First few games of SRA he was looking like the beast we thought he'd be. But seemed to lose impact over course of SRA. hasn't really regained that early SRA form for ABs?
It doesn't look like Tuitpulotu is 100%
From memory, he had an injury after the North/South match and missed the opening rounds of the NPC.
They were going to put him straight into the Bledisloe match and he said he wasn't ready and requested to play in round 3 of the NPC.
Then he pulled out of the last Bledisloe on match day with an illnessNot massive issues but I do question if he would be playing if the other locking options weren't a rookie and a retard.
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@Duluth said in Players to build the team around?:
Not massive issues but I do question if he would be playing if the other locking options weren't a rookie and a retard.
quality
Top 5 locks for a squad then would be (when fit and playing)
- BBBR
- SW
- Daylight... but PT
- Va'ai
- Scott of the B's (or maybe PPP or A N Other)
damn, looks so thin right now
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surely there is someone standing out at lock in the NPC
not to come straight in or anything, but to watch in next years SR
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@Kiwiwomble said in Players to build the team around?:
surely there is someone standing out at lock in the NPC
Jacob Pierce is easily the next best
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The way Romano is playing I think he deserves another opportunity
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@family-man 34 is pretty late for a second shot though isn't it
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@Kiwiwomble said in Players to build the team around?:
@family-man 34 is pretty late for a second shot though isn't it
that's before you mention he was barely to standard in his prime. Hugely overrated.
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NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
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i thought clarke has still only put one step wrong, the kick from the mark on the weekend
hes been solid under both attacking and defensive high ball and hasn't shied away for graft, the only think he hasn't done is some rampaging run but we havent really given him the ball to do that so not his fault
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@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
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@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
And some would say Whitelock. But for me they are a level below Carter, McCaw and Brodie. We have the young one coming through but they are not in the team yet. Clarke might make it but maybe he's inconsistent
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@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
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@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
i think he is, the more i think about it more surprised im am he hasn't really been mentioned for World Player of the year
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@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
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@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
Could be some of that respect was flushed down the (disabled) toilet.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
Could be some of that respect was flushed down the (disabled) toilet.
why?
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@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
Could be some of that respect was flushed down the (disabled) toilet.
why?
Christ it was a joke man. I think he's awesome. Wish Bachop had hung around because he's the only one I reckon compares with him. But again, that's based on one incredible year (1995).
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
Could be some of that respect was flushed down the (disabled) toilet.
why?
Christ it was a joke man. I think he's awesome. Wish Bachop had hung around because he's the only one I reckon compares with him. But again, that's based on one incredible year (1995).
I’m going Chris Laidlaw, part of this was cos he came to my wedding.
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@MN5 said in Players to build the team around?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Players to build the team around?:
@mariner4life said in Players to build the team around?:
@nzzp said in Players to build the team around?:
@nostrildamus said in Players to build the team around?:
@Winger said in Players to build the team around?:
NZ haven't great player now. Clarke looked promising but only for one match
We were spoiled in the recent past. Starting with Carter and McCaw. But add in Brodie Allan Retallick and the likes of Nonu and Smith etc. Also Coles at his best. I'm sure they will come but not yet
Aaron Smith is a great player.
Greatest ever 9 for us? I think so looking at the list below:
greatest for us?
i would go a step further and say i have seen very few who were better for ANYONE
A Smith is weirdly underrated in a way, in that he has probably been our best and most important player for about 5 years, and yet still doesn't get the respect he deserves. And it's not like his body of work before that was already top drawer.
Could be some of that respect was flushed down the (disabled) toilet.
why?
Christ it was a joke man. I think he's awesome. Wish Bachop had hung around because he's the only one I reckon compares with him. But again, that's based on one incredible year (1995).
I’m going Chris Laidlaw, part of this was cos he came to my wedding.
I once had a conversation with John Dugan, but that doesn't make him the greatest ever flyhalf.