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    @Bones said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @voodoo wait what? Oh we're playing them last year? Well let's go with last years results then....

    Yeah, I'm comparing AB squad against the SA team from last year, i don't have anything else to go on and they were the standard

    also, fuck my formatting is a disgrace

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    @voodoo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @Bones said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @voodoo wait what? Oh we're playing them last year? Well let's go with last years results then....

    Yeah, I'm comparing AB squad against the SA team from last year, i don't have anything else to go on and they were the standard

    also, fuck my formatting is a disgrace

    Ok so you're not serious, understood.

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    @voodoo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @Bones said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @voodoo wait what? Oh we're playing them last year? Well let's go with last years results then....

    Yeah, I'm comparing AB squad against the SA team from last year, i don't have anything else to go on and they were the standard

    also, fuck my formatting is a disgrace

    Don't be so hard on yourself. That's a more thought out post than anything I've managed in 14 or so years on here

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    @shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @booboo Who insisted on a Goodhue / Ennor midfield? Not I. But don't let the truth get in the way of another Ferner trying to perpetuate a bad stereotype.

    Not you specifically.

    You Crusaders.

    What's got into the water in this thread.

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    replied to voodoo on last edited by taniwharugby
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    @voodoo You belong in the ultimate NPC threads with that thinking πŸ˜‰

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    Peter Umaga Jensen should be the second-five.

    Actually has played there and has real size.

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    @pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @DMX said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    I think half the problem is, up until the start of last year, the ABs thought they were perfectly positioned. And then they got muddled in their thinking, panicked, and left us in a mess. And a few chickens came home to roost as well with regards to developmental processes.

    Lost faith in their senior players who fell off a cliff, didn't keep experience on the paddock, had terrible luck with injuries, missed a strong leader, and you get the volatile performances that wind up in a semifinal spanking.

    In a world cup year it's a bit much to
    change your back 3
    constantly shuffle your midfield
    change your 10
    change your thinking at 6. twice.

    In my mind way simpler than that, our three workhorses Rettallick, Whitelock and Read all came up empty. Read probably stuck around 2 years too long, Rettalick underdone and Whitelock nothing left in the tank.

    that was massive for us. But i can only blame the coaches for 1 of those. And in reality, those were the "development" things i was talking about, we did not have a back up 8 or lock of any substance.

    There is also the overseas money. Hard to keep a capped player who is set to ride the pine when there’s huge bucks available. Assuming Read was recognised as having just taken too much damage β€” back in particular β€” Steve Luatua would have been great to have had in squad. Charlie F, too.

    Add to that anxiety related issues for Squire and Iaone, the cupboard was pretty bare. They tried to get Fritzell up to speed but just to early.

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    @DMX said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @DMX said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    I think half the problem is, up until the start of last year, the ABs thought they were perfectly positioned. And then they got muddled in their thinking, panicked, and left us in a mess. And a few chickens came home to roost as well with regards to developmental processes.

    Lost faith in their senior players who fell off a cliff, didn't keep experience on the paddock, had terrible luck with injuries, missed a strong leader, and you get the volatile performances that wind up in a semifinal spanking.

    In a world cup year it's a bit much to
    change your back 3
    constantly shuffle your midfield
    change your 10
    change your thinking at 6. twice.

    In my mind way simpler than that, our three workhorses Rettallick, Whitelock and Read all came up empty. Read probably stuck around 2 years too long, Rettalick underdone and Whitelock nothing left in the tank.

    that was massive for us. But i can only blame the coaches for 1 of those. And in reality, those were the "development" things i was talking about, we did not have a back up 8 or lock of any substance.

    There is also the overseas money. Hard to keep a capped player who is set to ride the pine when there’s huge bucks available. Assuming Read was recognised as having just taken too much damage β€” back in particular β€” Steve Luatua would have been great to have had in squad. Charlie F, too.

    Add to that anxiety related issues for Squire and Iaone, the cupboard was pretty bare. They tried to get Fritzell up to speed but just to early.

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    @pakman How about Scott Barrett and Josh Goodhue in the midfield?? 😝

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    @pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @Frank said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    Peter Umaga Jensen should be the second-five.

    Actually has played there and has real size.

    PUJ 12/Jack G 13 would be interesting.

    EDIT: Thanks, Shark!

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    @voodoo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    So....when is the team named?

    After the opposition is named.

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    By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.

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    @voodoo said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @No-Quarter you'd imagine it still haunts Hanson and co!

    mate, stop triggering me.

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    @shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.

    In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,

    its got that feel about it

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    @kiwiinmelb said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.

    In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,

    its got that feel about it

    Like a league first team. One for the record books

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    @kiwiinmelb said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    @shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.

    In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,

    its got that feel about it

    We should be getting in 4 games against the Aussies though - I can see that scenario coming up very quickly.

    Otherwise, this will be a Mitre10 for the ages!

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    @nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

    Otherwise, this will be a Mitre10 for the ages!

    It would make a nice break from the repetition.

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    Only if the ABs aren't pulled out for camps to prep for fictitious tests....

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