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[2018 Rugby Championship] Round 4: New Zealand v South Africa (15/09/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Steeler" data-source="post: 915425" data-attributes="member: 78506"><p>alright I might get some bad press for this one but here it goes;</p><p></p><p>all this stuff "happy the All Blacks lost" stuff is bullcrap, especially from new zealanders! we are no where near that good that we can be considered near unbeatable and haven't appeared that way for a few years now, the last time I think we deserve that status/fear was 2015 and this sickly mindset from fellow new zealanders about it being "good we lost" has got to go - the all blacks didn't get where they were today with that crap - not onyl that it's condesceding, arrogant and delusional </p><p></p><p>i personally think we have become one of the most inconsistent (and at times complacent) teams in world rugby, we will trounce a team 57-0 in one game, then follow that up playing crap and nearly lose or even worse - lose.</p><p></p><p>we have lost games to Ireland, South Africa, Australia, the Lions, drew one with the Lions and nearly lost games to Scotland and SA and nearly lost the Bledisloe cup last season, we played crap vs France when they had 14 players by playing crap and defending bad</p><p></p><p>we have also avoided playing the top teams regulary for awhile now, only 2 series vs Ireland in 2016 and non against England when they were 2nd has masked our soft underbelly</p><p></p><p>routinely spanking the Aussies isn't a big deal, who have lost their test series in a whitewash to England and then again to Ireland on home soil, Scotland also managed a win there then going on to lose to Fiji</p><p></p><p>the lions series proved Hansen and Foster are having some selection issues and coughed up our fair share of other issues;</p><p></p><p>-the midfield being a problem defensively and selection wise, a lot of chopping and changing here, Crotty and Goodhue was an obvious paring this weekend</p><p></p><p>-first V kicking issues, it's more than twice Barrett has left points on the park that has directly caused us to lose a test match/series. for me this is easily fixed, you can fix this by bringing on McKenzie at fullback and put Smith on the wing if you don't wanna pick Naholo or a specialist 14</p><p></p><p>-lack of confidence in specialist winger at 14 - Naholo seems banished, other form players won't be selected from SR, only an injured NMS getting a run?</p><p></p><p>-lack of plan b is Barrett is not getting space at 10, Carter was able to put the ball inbehind teams and play a smart terroritry game, Barrett hasn't got that in the locker and we become cramp and under pressure</p><p></p><p></p><p>less than 10 games out from a world cup, lets get moving and sort out these issues</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steeler, post: 915425, member: 78506"] alright I might get some bad press for this one but here it goes; all this stuff "happy the All Blacks lost" stuff is bullcrap, especially from new zealanders! we are no where near that good that we can be considered near unbeatable and haven't appeared that way for a few years now, the last time I think we deserve that status/fear was 2015 and this sickly mindset from fellow new zealanders about it being "good we lost" has got to go - the all blacks didn't get where they were today with that crap - not onyl that it's condesceding, arrogant and delusional i personally think we have become one of the most inconsistent (and at times complacent) teams in world rugby, we will trounce a team 57-0 in one game, then follow that up playing crap and nearly lose or even worse - lose. we have lost games to Ireland, South Africa, Australia, the Lions, drew one with the Lions and nearly lost games to Scotland and SA and nearly lost the Bledisloe cup last season, we played crap vs France when they had 14 players by playing crap and defending bad we have also avoided playing the top teams regulary for awhile now, only 2 series vs Ireland in 2016 and non against England when they were 2nd has masked our soft underbelly routinely spanking the Aussies isn't a big deal, who have lost their test series in a whitewash to England and then again to Ireland on home soil, Scotland also managed a win there then going on to lose to Fiji the lions series proved Hansen and Foster are having some selection issues and coughed up our fair share of other issues; -the midfield being a problem defensively and selection wise, a lot of chopping and changing here, Crotty and Goodhue was an obvious paring this weekend -first V kicking issues, it's more than twice Barrett has left points on the park that has directly caused us to lose a test match/series. for me this is easily fixed, you can fix this by bringing on McKenzie at fullback and put Smith on the wing if you don't wanna pick Naholo or a specialist 14 -lack of confidence in specialist winger at 14 - Naholo seems banished, other form players won't be selected from SR, only an injured NMS getting a run? -lack of plan b is Barrett is not getting space at 10, Carter was able to put the ball inbehind teams and play a smart terroritry game, Barrett hasn't got that in the locker and we become cramp and under pressure less than 10 games out from a world cup, lets get moving and sort out these issues [/QUOTE]
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