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[November Tests 2016 EOYT] Ireland vs. New Zealand (05/11/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 823265" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>Thats kinda a narrow minded view IMO. Its not panicking, Ireland did beat us fair and square and I/we would be panicking if it was our strongest side... But it wasn't.</p><p>If anything the coaches under estimated Ireland. They tinkered with the side too much considering the changes also forced through injury.</p><p>Missing the two best locks in the world and our 3rd & 5th lock as well.</p><p>Playing a flanker at lock, simply failed. Losing 4 lineouts to the Irish in the first half put us under huge pressure.I even think that starting Luatua would have been a better option. A form player with experience at lock and he has like 15-20 caps.</p><p>Dagg & ALB were rested. You would think Italy would have been the game to rest them.</p><p>Naholo & Savea is a bad wing combination. I hope the coaches see that now. And also see how inconsistent Julian Savea is.</p><p>Smith starting after his personal issues.</p><p>Starting Perenara now would not be a Knee-jerk reaction. The reality is Perenara is just in better form right now, hes in the form of his life while Smith has been inconsistent.</p><p>One would also think Not having Crockett on the bench was a mistake as well, sure Ofa was there to get experience but the way it played out we could have really used Crockett and he has been in great form, arguably the best form of his career.</p><p></p><p>The injuries during the match also put us in a very tricky situation, the team handled it ok till Moala got injured, despite it all we still looked like winning at that stage but when moala got injured we completely lost our shape with a hooker playing flanker, a flanker out in the backline. two 10's, a #8 at lock. You would never in your wildest dreams expect that combination of players on the park. We got put into one of those strange injury/replacement situations you maybe only see once every 3-5 years or so.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I expect key players will be rested against Italy and our top team with no exceptions to run out in Dublin</p><p>Crotty will be missed in midfield, other than that we should be good.</p><p></p><p>Team #Blacklash</p><p></p><p>1, Moody</p><p>2, Coles</p><p>3, Franks</p><p>4, Whitelock</p><p>5, Retalick</p><p>6, Kaino</p><p>7, Cane</p><p>8, Read</p><p>9, Perenara</p><p>10, Barrett</p><p>11, Naholo</p><p>12, ALB</p><p>13, Fekitoa</p><p>14, Dagg</p><p>15, Smith</p><p></p><p>16, Taylor</p><p>17, Crockett</p><p>18, Faumuina</p><p>19, S.Barrett</p><p>20, A Savea/Todd</p><p>21, Cuden</p><p>22, Smith/TKB</p><p>23, Tamanivalu</p><p></p><p>I think fatigue is an issue for us right now. I mentioned it weeks back that we were overworking our #1 side by ditching rotation all together - we basically ran mostly the same team through the whole June series and RC.</p><p>Ive said it in the past, I think selection and tactical mistakes have been made by this coaching setup but we have been good enough to keep winning despite those mistakes. The important thing is to learn from these mistakes. They have all been very humble with this loss. But behind the scenes they need to get hard and honest on themselves and find some fire for Dublin.</p><p>Ive also said as good as this side is we haven't been really tested enough to really push forward and get closer to potential and we wont improve much more unless we lose a game or two.</p><p></p><p>I dont want to sound harsh on our coaches though, the All Blacks are the most analyzed side in the world by a large margin. maintaining this amazing strike rate requires constantly evolving to not become predictable while having a gameplan to deal with a wide array of opposition tactics conventional and otherwise. There is a tendency for us to get a bit predictable on EoY tours the last few years as we try to blood new players and keep winning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 823265, member: 43875"] Thats kinda a narrow minded view IMO. Its not panicking, Ireland did beat us fair and square and I/we would be panicking if it was our strongest side... But it wasn't. If anything the coaches under estimated Ireland. They tinkered with the side too much considering the changes also forced through injury. Missing the two best locks in the world and our 3rd & 5th lock as well. Playing a flanker at lock, simply failed. Losing 4 lineouts to the Irish in the first half put us under huge pressure.I even think that starting Luatua would have been a better option. A form player with experience at lock and he has like 15-20 caps. Dagg & ALB were rested. You would think Italy would have been the game to rest them. Naholo & Savea is a bad wing combination. I hope the coaches see that now. And also see how inconsistent Julian Savea is. Smith starting after his personal issues. Starting Perenara now would not be a Knee-jerk reaction. The reality is Perenara is just in better form right now, hes in the form of his life while Smith has been inconsistent. One would also think Not having Crockett on the bench was a mistake as well, sure Ofa was there to get experience but the way it played out we could have really used Crockett and he has been in great form, arguably the best form of his career. The injuries during the match also put us in a very tricky situation, the team handled it ok till Moala got injured, despite it all we still looked like winning at that stage but when moala got injured we completely lost our shape with a hooker playing flanker, a flanker out in the backline. two 10's, a #8 at lock. You would never in your wildest dreams expect that combination of players on the park. We got put into one of those strange injury/replacement situations you maybe only see once every 3-5 years or so. I expect key players will be rested against Italy and our top team with no exceptions to run out in Dublin Crotty will be missed in midfield, other than that we should be good. Team #Blacklash 1, Moody 2, Coles 3, Franks 4, Whitelock 5, Retalick 6, Kaino 7, Cane 8, Read 9, Perenara 10, Barrett 11, Naholo 12, ALB 13, Fekitoa 14, Dagg 15, Smith 16, Taylor 17, Crockett 18, Faumuina 19, S.Barrett 20, A Savea/Todd 21, Cuden 22, Smith/TKB 23, Tamanivalu I think fatigue is an issue for us right now. I mentioned it weeks back that we were overworking our #1 side by ditching rotation all together - we basically ran mostly the same team through the whole June series and RC. Ive said it in the past, I think selection and tactical mistakes have been made by this coaching setup but we have been good enough to keep winning despite those mistakes. The important thing is to learn from these mistakes. They have all been very humble with this loss. But behind the scenes they need to get hard and honest on themselves and find some fire for Dublin. Ive also said as good as this side is we haven't been really tested enough to really push forward and get closer to potential and we wont improve much more unless we lose a game or two. I dont want to sound harsh on our coaches though, the All Blacks are the most analyzed side in the world by a large margin. maintaining this amazing strike rate requires constantly evolving to not become predictable while having a gameplan to deal with a wide array of opposition tactics conventional and otherwise. There is a tendency for us to get a bit predictable on EoY tours the last few years as we try to blood new players and keep winning. [/QUOTE]
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