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<blockquote data-quote="Horacito" data-source="post: 1151694" data-attributes="member: 71745"><p>I don't think there's any question about the quality of the players, the staff or the plan they have in mind. Honestly, it seems mostly psychological. </p><p>The other day I heard an interesting conversation about how the Pumas team from 07 would've defeated England in the opening match, not because the players were better, but because they were used to playing the sort of rugby England displayed: rough, closed, psychologically demanding. To be honest, I agree with that, because for many many years that's the rugby played by our teams, mainly because we didn't have that many weapons at our disposal. It seems this generation of players is yet unable to process failure (I mean, unable to cope when things don't go their way). In other words, they are immature. </p><p>If we were to play Wales tomorrow, we'd lose. I just don't think we have it in us to defeat a team as experienced as the current Welsh team. I personally don't think they have anything over us in terms of rugby, but they just have tons more experience and they all push in one direction, and we don't. </p><p>Our only hope is the potential growth of the team in the remaining two matches, mostly the Japan game, which I see as winable. </p><p></p><p>We'll see. This will be the end of Matera's cycle, which I've always thought was a tumoltous one for many reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horacito, post: 1151694, member: 71745"] I don't think there's any question about the quality of the players, the staff or the plan they have in mind. Honestly, it seems mostly psychological. The other day I heard an interesting conversation about how the Pumas team from 07 would've defeated England in the opening match, not because the players were better, but because they were used to playing the sort of rugby England displayed: rough, closed, psychologically demanding. To be honest, I agree with that, because for many many years that's the rugby played by our teams, mainly because we didn't have that many weapons at our disposal. It seems this generation of players is yet unable to process failure (I mean, unable to cope when things don't go their way). In other words, they are immature. If we were to play Wales tomorrow, we'd lose. I just don't think we have it in us to defeat a team as experienced as the current Welsh team. I personally don't think they have anything over us in terms of rugby, but they just have tons more experience and they all push in one direction, and we don't. Our only hope is the potential growth of the team in the remaining two matches, mostly the Japan game, which I see as winable. We'll see. This will be the end of Matera's cycle, which I've always thought was a tumoltous one for many reasons. [/QUOTE]
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