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I think Bernie has developed as a coach to a degree, at least from a Brumbies perspective, it's hard to judge from an international perspective given we don't know how much control or lack thereof he has. Although ironcially, I think Bernie is a better head coach then an attack coach, the...

Not even that. He's better suited to Super XV or carving up the international minnows like USA or Baa Baa's. Not exactly damaging against Teir 1 teams. I wish we'd given Gill more game-time instead of him. How bloody handy would he be right about now.

DHP gets skinned on the wing just as much as Folau. Remember he is a fulltime fullback too.

Errrr okay? I think you completely missed the points of my posts. Simply being, do not get false hope from the second half, and be realistic to acknowledge our many shortcomings. NZ are not unbeatable. But anyone who does not acknowledge that there is a very very good possibility that NZ...

The Force coach is out of a job, I think he will make a better coach. Jake White would be handy right now too.

Coleman. If you can call that improvement, maybe it's just finally getting exposed. :( Actually, I will say Beale has improved.

Is Jono Lance still injured or something?

We lifted. They dropped. Pretty simple really. Don't expect the All Blacks to drop next time.

I completely disagree. It's like winning the third game in a 3 match series, a dead rubber. Even though we would all like to believe every player plays each test match with 100% commitment, it just isn't not true. Maybe its a subconscious thing, but teams switch off without even realising...

Compelling evidence they were in a habit of doing that? To be fair, they were put in a position they had never been in before - up 50 points to one of there biggest rivals in rugby history before half time. So they don't switch off after 20+ points like most teams, we learnt it takes 50+...

No. Because New Zealand let us.

Like mentioned before, even if we deserved them, we still don't deserve to take anything out of the second half. The positives are out-done by the dismal first half performance and the fact that the All Blacks knew they had already won and switched off. If we think our attack is good based on...

I feel bad for Kerevi, There is still so much potential there. but I haven't seen a lot of improvement the last 2 years. If he can get his defence sorted, there is no reason he can't be a world class Centre at either 12 or 13. Just imagine how good Kerevi would be if he had been in the All...

Either way it's a moot point. Holding onto the second half efforts is still false-hope.

At least there forward passes were marginal. Foley's was miles forward, then there was the scuffle with Folau/Kuridrani - come on mate that was a gift! Also the Barret/Foley grounding was also a gift - Barrett scored IMO. Sure we were better in the second half, but IMO it's false hope. The All...

3. Coleman 2. Kuridrani 1. Beale

Cheika style of coaching includes: "Tackle harder" "Get in there faces" "Win the collision" "Play harder" Ok, great it's nice to tell the players these things but what can they actually take out of that? Nothing. Telling a player to simply "play harder" isn't exactly coaching. He's more...

Horrible coaching 101. No accountability, No accepting of realities. You can't grow unless your acknowledge realities.

I'm a Speight fan. he wasn't the worst but he missed his fair share. Beale was actually the player who I thought was better then expected (but still not great), and even so he is far from a defensive backline manager - there is none in the backline. We need a Lilo, Gits, To'omua, Fainga maybe...

It's a combination of both. Poor systems and poor selections. Kerevi a stand-out poor performer, but that is surely magnified by selecting a poor defender inside and outside him. Kerevi would have surely looked better if he had either Gits, Lilo inside him - players who can manage a defensive...