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All Blacks squad named tomorrow. Who Will make it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 434297" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>1, Mealmu did less work at the breakdown than Messam, touched the ball 5 times for 18 meters (6 for 30 for messam), same number of tackles but Mealamu Missed 3 tackles Messam missed 0 Yes Mealamu is an established All Black but he had a below average game. Messam was better all round. Yes Mealamu is a hooker and Messam an 8 but you would expect Kevin to have a stronger game in at least one area of the stats but he was behind messam in all of them.</p><p></p><p>2, Messam had a very good game against scotland last year, he had a busy game and setup two trys. If anything Messam was solid and mistake free against the boks. Good contributions from Vito? The last test he played he made a major stuff up which let Aussie score a try...</p><p></p><p>3, Statements like that are always bulldust, for example how many test caps, and years in and out of the all blacks did it take Kaino to establish himself. People said the same thing about him early in his carrier.</p><p></p><p>4. you would rather have a guy guy that gave away 4 penalties and won 0 turnovers? For the record Messam Arrived at more breakdowns than Thompson as per the stats no turnovers for himself but he played a big role in at least one counterruck and one maul turnover. he made some good cleanouts and at one stage made a good tackle to sack a rolling maul.</p><p></p><p>Honestly if it was messam who had given away 4 penalties 2-3 of those kicked for points and one that cost the All Blacks a prime attacking chance infront of the boks posts I would be the first one to agree he should be dropped. But it wasn't messam it was thompson. And Thompson did nothing better than messam did to justify all his penalties, the type of penalties that will lose tight games. Just topping the tackle count isn't enough, kinda expect that from an openside who plays 80min.</p><p></p><p>I just think it's rough to ask a guy to sit on the sidelines for weeks and then come on as part of a makeshift team to play for his position, he has a good game, not a great one but gets dropped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 434297, member: 43875"] 1, Mealmu did less work at the breakdown than Messam, touched the ball 5 times for 18 meters (6 for 30 for messam), same number of tackles but Mealamu Missed 3 tackles Messam missed 0 Yes Mealamu is an established All Black but he had a below average game. Messam was better all round. Yes Mealamu is a hooker and Messam an 8 but you would expect Kevin to have a stronger game in at least one area of the stats but he was behind messam in all of them. 2, Messam had a very good game against scotland last year, he had a busy game and setup two trys. If anything Messam was solid and mistake free against the boks. Good contributions from Vito? The last test he played he made a major stuff up which let Aussie score a try... 3, Statements like that are always bulldust, for example how many test caps, and years in and out of the all blacks did it take Kaino to establish himself. People said the same thing about him early in his carrier. 4. you would rather have a guy guy that gave away 4 penalties and won 0 turnovers? For the record Messam Arrived at more breakdowns than Thompson as per the stats no turnovers for himself but he played a big role in at least one counterruck and one maul turnover. he made some good cleanouts and at one stage made a good tackle to sack a rolling maul. Honestly if it was messam who had given away 4 penalties 2-3 of those kicked for points and one that cost the All Blacks a prime attacking chance infront of the boks posts I would be the first one to agree he should be dropped. But it wasn't messam it was thompson. And Thompson did nothing better than messam did to justify all his penalties, the type of penalties that will lose tight games. Just topping the tackle count isn't enough, kinda expect that from an openside who plays 80min. I just think it's rough to ask a guy to sit on the sidelines for weeks and then come on as part of a makeshift team to play for his position, he has a good game, not a great one but gets dropped. [/QUOTE]
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