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Why not? The games future in this country relies on the Wallabies and this kid has the potential to be an elite player We can’t bitch and moan about “not having the cattle” and then wallet watch and complain about someone else’s money as soon as we get some good cattle

I agree in principle, but it depends on his and other players attitude towards playing for their country. Maybe I'm just clouded by his seeming negativity to being named captain of his country but I'm not certain how desperate he is to win for his country. And that matters

I'm not writing anyone off, I just don't think he's beyond criticism I don't know about you, but I roll my eyes when I hear the words "green shoots" and "improvements" after a 20 point loss to a team we almost beat the week before

I'm with Michael Hooper, player coming in need to be ready to commit 100% or it's pointless Letting him walk in whenever he's not too busy playing club rugby isn't a great way to go about things

I agree Eddie was a failure, but you're proving my point by downplaying Eddie's previous success and defending Schmidt's losing

Only makes sense if he's 100% committed

Don't agree with this at all. If this was his intention he would have just kept the status quo and made his life a hell of a lot easier He was right in thinking we needed to develop the new players, but he gambled and it backfired on him in a major way. I think people let their personal...

A wider game, play more in space. We have a smaller forward pack what Schmidt seem determined to use in one off the ruck runs directly into traffic as soon as we enter the attacking half. We have 2 of the best ball carrying props in the world and yet we don't find ways to put them in space, one...

It feels like an adaptability problem. Rennie was a smart coach but seemed to have no plan B when things didn't go right. Eddie tried changing things way too fast and then bailed as soon as it didn't work And my concern with Schmidt is whether he is capable of adapting his style to suit the...

Because they didn't rack up over $20 million in debt like morons Look, I wish the Rebels were still around, but the blame falls squarely on Baden Stevenson and co as to why they aren't

Equally? Haha absolutely not

That's great and all, but Eddie Jones also won 3 Six Nations, a Grand Slam, World Rugby coach of the year and over 70% of his tests over there too, so it may not be the best gauge of performance as Wallaby coach

We are building foundations on sand with the current backline And honestly, what progress? We just went 1 from 6 in the Rugby Championship ending with a -106 point differential and conceded the most points we ever have in a game

To be honest, how much weaker can we get? I don’t really see the downside of trying him there. And no, Paisami would not be at 13. The idea is to replace him as he’s had many chances by multiple coaches and never looked like the business I’ll say it again, Josh Flook was impressive in the...

Donaldson at 12? He and Noah defending next to each other would be tantamount to running past a couple of traffic cones Leaning into our strengths? How is starving our best ball player and tackle breaker by making him play outside a bumbling 12 playing into our strengths?

We don’t have any good crash ballers, so it’s irrelevant. Moving Ikitau to 12 would be an option for the Wallabies because he’s got good footwork into contact, an elite passing game and one of the best kicks in the team Problem with keeping him at 13 is that he is nullified by the fact our 10 &...

It can’t. As long as ol’ bucket hat is there demanding this rubbish we are cooked. I think Schmidt may have bought a lemon as his defence coach. We can only hope he can figure it out before it’s too late

Hopefully they took the learnings

It’s probably a bit of both. Either way it shows we do have the players but for whatever reason be it training methods or our acceptance of losing here we can’t maximise many of them

Because our players aren't trained hard enough. Every time they go overseas and get into proper professional environments they vastly improve