@Frank said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

So now that I've had time to reflect on this, I'm even more angry at the government.

They took 100% of our rights away for more than a month while they implemented the most draconian lockdown in the world. We all went along with it for the greater good, and we got rid of Covid altogether.

And for what? If the virus spreads again, and based on what we are seeing it seems almost inevitable that it will, what then? We can't go back into lockdown. There was debate about whether the cure was worse than the disease with the first one, if we do it again that will almost certainly be the case.

So what was that lockdown for? What was their long term plan? Close the borders until an unlikely vaccine is created? But then if that was the plan, why are they granting exemptions when it only takes one person to spread it far and wide again?

Or are these politicians so hopelessly out of touch that they think they can just do the lockdown again if need be?

I don't see anything coherent around what our long term plan is for this.

Wonder what Baron is thinking?
Can we let him back on for one day just to read the blistering critique?

He wasn't banned, it was self isolation.

Fully vaccinated as of lunchtime.

Now to shorten my life expectancy with takeaways at Level 3 tomorrow...

Meanwhile in Brazil.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

None of this is ideal

Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down 😐

Do you mind not doing any more crystal ball gazing?

In a world full of change and uncertainty, it has been nice just to confirm one universal law. Once a halfback, always a halfback.

“The better team” never loses a game 19 - 3.

Worth a try

@delicatessen said in NZ Cricket 2022:

@Damo said in NZ Cricket 2022:

Mitchell gone. We did not need that. Need a decent partnership.

Latham in. Time for some runs.

Amen. Didn't need to take that risk, we have a pretty short tail with Santa at 8(?)

Think he's at 7, with Milne, Henry, Southee, and Ferg to follow. We seem to be very much a 5-out is all out team in white ball cricket so far this summer...

Mixed feelings, I think Guptill's exit is timed about right for his form... I'm just not sure if Allen is ready yet as a replacement though...

On Finn Allen's slog or perish approach:

Now Milne is an idiot on a damp field.

The Neesh has gone a long way from his century on Test debut. Struggling to score a run, rarely bowls internationally now, no NZ domestic or international contract. And then there's the comments under this Tweet...

Allen increasingly looks like a one-trick slogger...

Interesting question. Some random thoughts...

Captaincy
Well, there was little wrong with his captaincy. The Cane is a poor leader, Whitelock or Savea would be so much better calls look a little different after the hapless final ten minutes at Twickenham.

Though it's likely proof that there's little wrong with the captaincy of either Cane or Whitelock, and the All Blacks malaise runs deeper again...

Fitness
Will he be fit? I suspect he's now in the Dane Coles category of "theoretically fit, increasingly unavailable", so it may all be moot...

What should they do with Cane?
Once fit, he's still among the best loose forwards in the country to include in a squad of 30. Ideally, have him available, without the pressure of the captaincy (maybe co-captaincy?), injuries, and 'having' to start matches. He and Papalii are both quite handy to have available if the other one was injured...

Or a different role in the squad. Cane couldn't have done any worse off the bench onto the blindside than Frizzell did yesterday.

What will Foster probably do?
Put on a ton of pressure on, send the Blues fans nuclear, and make Cane captain and starting #7 again?

Will be interesting to see what Super rugby brings...

Best thing we can do about SKY is to keep him off strike...