Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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It's all been said but absolutely baffled. The only place they've departed from their "plan" is to further fuck around in the midfield, with yet another untried option. Blaming Roane for the option taking is an absolute fucking cop out.
Aoane straight to starting 8 when Savea heads to the hospital.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
wasn't Rush there to help with the transition of the culture away from the boozy boys club Mitchell and Deans had allowed to fester?
The guy who pissed in a bar in Auckland? Well, the other guy, as I think Mils did as well.
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@chimoaus do we kick more v Aus?
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@chimoaus do we kick more v Aus?
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@booboo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kiap said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Relax, guys. Our blokes' best chance is at Suncorp and then perhaps still having a shot in the dead rubber in Sydney.
ABs by two tries at Eden Park, cementing Foster in place for years to come.
Aussie venues the other way around. Sydders first 31/10, Brissie 7/11
Good point.
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@nzzp said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@chimoaus do we kick more v Aus?
I could watch that all day...
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The Giraffe selection is still baffling and the tight 5 looks inexperienced, though arguably stocks are pretty thin there right now. One thing's for sure, we need Pat T is have a big game.
On the plus side, Fozzie is sticking to his guns and not panicking. He's also put our 2 best midfielders on the sheet along with Caleb Clarke. (But I can't help wondering if the lack of panic is actually a rabbit searching for a headlight)
Only other plus is if the Fozzie-led TWM turn out to be utter crap, better we find out now in 2020 rather than 2022 or 2023.
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@Tim said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Our lineout looks pretty vulnerable. A skinny rookie lock, no targets at 7 or 8, and an unproven six (is he any good as a target?).
Sotutu should be starting at 8, and would give an option.
Frizzel? Yeah, he goes fine.
Him and Parkinson were the Highlanders two main targets - Frizz was fourth in comp for lineouts won, Parkinson 2nd.
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@Kiap said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@booboo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kiap said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Relax, guys. Our blokes' best chance is at Suncorp and then perhaps still having a shot in the dead rubber in Sydney.
ABs by two tries at Eden Park, cementing Foster in place for years to come.
Aussie venues the other way around. Sydders first 31/10, Brissie 7/11
Good point.
Well I hope I'm right coz have shelled out several month's disposable income to go to the Brissy test
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Fozzie is sticking to his guns and not panicking. He's also put our 2 best midfielders on the sheet
Does not compute....he's not panicking, he's just broken up the midfield after one go and dropped the guy that had the most impact, while blaming him for option taking. But "sticking to his guns" by playing them both out of position. Makes complete sense.
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"I think we do have to cut Fozzie a little bit of slack, but only up until the Bledisloe goes west."
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Fozzie is sticking to his guns and not panicking. He's also put our 2 best midfielders on the sheet
Does not compute....he's not panicking, he's just broken up the midfield after one go and dropped the guy that had the most impact, while blaming him for option taking. But "sticking to his guns" by playing them both out of position. Makes complete sense.
I reckon the panic is coming from the collective Fern! First game up and a draw and we are in complete meltdown mode. I reckon over the las 40 years or so the first up game of the year ABs have often underperformed. How about we see how they respond.
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@DMX I agree, which is why I'm disappointed in the dropping of Roane. Before Clarke came on he was the biggest attacking threat. Why not persist with him and let him settle in so he can address deficiencies in defence? Even more so as if anyone has to atone for last week it's him.
I didn't necessarily agree with him starting at centre last week but now Foster has taken a bite and spat it out.
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@DMX I agree, which is why I'm disappointed in the dropping of Roane. Before Clarke came on he was the biggest attacking threat. Why not persist with him and let him settle in so he can address deficiencies in defence? Even more so as if anyone has to atone for last week it's him.
I didn't necessarily agree with him starting at centre last week but now Foster has taken a bite and spat it out.
Absolutely fair points Bones. Personally I called for him to be dropped immediately after the game, I thought they should go with ALB and Goodhue for the first test and frankly I was relieved when Reiko was pulled. The defensive deficiencies , not linking with his outsides and throw in showboating for good measure he had to go IMHO. He should still have a chance to redeem himself off the bench. This team was almost what I picked For the 2nd test with the exception of Coles and Whitelock.
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@DMX oh don't get me wrong, pretty sure I called for wholesale changes immediately after! I've been pounding the drum that the best bench is TJP, Beauden/Mounga, Roane.
Once the dust settled I felt if Foster is going down this path I'd like to see if his "plans" can come to fruition. If he's successful at least it might ease a lot of the widespread confusion.
