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@Stargazer said in Bledisloe #1:

Ah, another TSF meltdown. Everyone completely overreacting as usual.

If you don’t meltdown after nearly conceding 50 in a Bledisloe game something is wrong with you

@KiwiMurph said in Argentina One: Parramatta, 14 November:

@akan004 said in Argentina One: Parramatta, 14 November:

Akira must be feeling great right now. Poor guy.

this has pre-meditated change written all over it - Frizell was always coming back

Conservative selection group, perfect game to test Akira out in with the top team. Frizzell's had three goes and been adequate at best.

Akira had 29 mins against a fired up Aussie side and had an excellent performance. Would make more sense to see if he could sustain it.

At six , is absolutely clear that Akira is now ahead of Frizzel.

@Godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Level 3 lets more people go to work, but it's hardly a huge improvement on level 4 in terms of the cage doors opening.

However, in good news, apparently, not only is our curve flattening, it's exponentially reducing - halving every 5 days. At this rate, we are probably looking at a total of 6-8 weeks at levels 3&4 (so another 2-4 weeks) and then back to level 2.

The rest of the world is rightly envious of that, because they're generally looking at months of the equivalent of level 3+. 4 weeks seems a bit early to be rolling out the civil liberties flag - human rights and civil liberties are critically important to the NZ democracy, but the most important right is the right to life because the rest are not much use to dead people.

And a cratered economy is a damn sight harder on people on the other side.

This is exactly the sort of scare mongering that drove that poll result.

The original justification for this lockdown was not to eliminate the disease but to prevent our health system from being overwhelmed. That has been achieved and over the last four weeks process and capacity has been added to help even more with that.

So let’s move down the levels fast, test appropriately, contain regional reoccurrence, and get back to normalise life.

Even today Cindy was downplaying the huge impact this is having on the economy. “Doing in tough” is not even close to what’s coming IMO.

So who would have though James Fucking O’Conner would have completely outplayed an All Black ten?

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

@Winger said in US Politics:

This is becoming a weird election. I just can't see the Democrats even getting close unless they cheat.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/07/the-democrats-embarrass-themselves-again.php

We are approaching a very weird election in which one of our major parties is taking a stand in favor of rioting, looting, arson, destruction of federal property, and violent attacks on law enforcement. The Democrats seem to think that this is a winning formula. If it is, our republic is doomed. While we may be in deep trouble, I don’t think we are that far gone yet.

I agree with this last bit. But who knows

Of course it's going to be close. You are a prime example of why, people have picked Team A or Team B and no matter what their team does they will vote for it.

Somewhere on cyberspace there is a poster called Fullback that posting as fervently as you are about Biden/Hillary/Bernie.

Helps with disappointment that a quality bloke is lifting the trophy

Nah, you lose the ability for a Japan vs SA or Ireland upset if you do that.

I like the alternative of the plate competition I saw mentioned the other day, so there is more to play for after the top two pool spots.

@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@steven-harris he stayed on for 25 minutes after that try though. And it looked like he was still able to get up to full speed when he needed to. They were certainly working on his calf earlier in the game.

Weirdly he seemed to be able to sprint more freely than jog or walk. Good attitude to play through and kept busy.

@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:

do we really need another zombie film? I know I'll watch though.

If it is done properly, always yes

@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Has anyone even finished The Walking Dead series, and should I? I stopped at 7 I think.

Not I, there is a thread on here dedicated to TWD, think all bar @shark bailed on TWD several seasons ago.

I bailed when Negan arrived.

@dogmeat One thing I can't understand is the whole country not going to L3. As you point out there are alot of people heading out when it's announced.

It's not like there is a wall/moat preventing people from leaving.

We are a small country and don't restrict people's movement so surely a nationwide lockdown is the safest option to prevent community transmission.

As others have mentioned, we appear to rely on luck to stop the spread.

@frank Taxinda is still bleating on about being kind, so no enforcement, nothing that would make her unpopular.

For example, she has announced lockdowns twice now after letting large LGBT events go forward. Always conveniently the day after.

@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes v Blues:

wonder what Reiko said to Laumape early on, Laumape kept mouthing something and giving the old nod for a good 30 sec after.

Not keeping your cool after some verbals is another tick in not ready for Test match column

@dice sounds pretty mature for a 25 year old.

@winger said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@tim said in Hurricanes v Blues:

The second Hansen era was mostly a disaster, but perhaps the weirdest thing about it was the regular selection of Fifita, a player who at best had all the flaws that Ioane was criticised for, when Hansen wouldn't have a bar of Akira Ioane - who was always significantly better than Fifita.

The psychology and failings of Hansen were really strange.

Wasn't Akira dropped from the starting lineup by the Blues just last year? And Fifita was hardly a regular selection

Nope, they were getting him fit and his head right after the tough year he had previously. Leon talked about it often and the way they used him showed it was the right approach.

But back to Hansen, he singled out Akira while selecting player with worse flaws and lower ceilings. 2020 showed how wrong he was.

@gunner said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@tim Since when are commentators paid to promote the game? They're paid to provide commentary.

I kinda get that, but it’s a bit naive if you truely believe it.

They’re paid by Sky, Sky need to sell as many subscriptions as possible, Sky will want their commentators promoting the game.

It’s why when Nisbett does all his complaints about scrums he’s actually harming how rugby is perceived. Save that shit for an analysis show.

@tim said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@kirwan Especially when they're paid to promote the game. A lot of very mediocre people in NZ rugby.

At least it wasn’t Tony Johnson

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues:

@kirwan

Not a BP win

Oops too much sun for me today