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Well, WJ, you have a point about defence. The Wallabies used to have a brick wall defence. When Robbie came in and started tinkering, we gave away more points immediately. At the time I said - give it time. Because he was trying to put in place a system where defence becomes attack. But for...

I don't think it helps to promote a skipper too soon. Him or Genia will be skipper one day, but give them time to mature into it.

TPN would go close to a World XV. Palu not a million miles off. Genia in the mix. A good 10 is hard to find - Cooper in the mix. None of the rest of the backs would get close.

Douglas will be playing in about 6 weeks, then.

Cooper in attack was fantastic, given that the irish loosies were obsessed with shutting him down. In defence ... Barnes would have done better. Peter Hewat would have done better.

Did Horne touch the ball? Giteau ran almost straight towards the sideline whenever he got the ball.

And I'm putting this in a separate post: In my opinion, Burgess was most effective when doing the little steps and offloading. His passes to Cooper (or to no-one at all) were truly abysmal.

Postives: 1. At least we're not talking about the scrum. 2. Lineout - thank Fanger and Mumm for that. 3. We beat Ireland by about the same margin we always beat them by. Of the negatives (i.e., everyting else), I would prioritise: 1. Only got parity with Ireland's pack, which is a...

Pocock Fanger Kwayde

I reckon his passing off the deck was pretty random tonight as well. I've played 10 a few times, and I would be spewing if I had to leap for the ball as much as Cooper has to. Except for those times he gets it on the half-volley.

It doesn't help that our coach believs in giving everyone in Australia a run. Edmonds? Chis? Reknowned soft-arses. What did this prove to anyone about anything? How can the players believe in the jersey when the coach is developing for 2015?

Not unless the hair product is a crate of dubbin.

That's the TsingTao talking.

Is this sometimes called a grandfather collar? Anyway Kim - a little plug for your business won't kill anyone. Go ahead.

The guys from Rugby Heaven try to explain the fans' resentment: http://media.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-heaven/wallabies-now-the-underdogs-1633505.html It's jealousy about his income. Maybe. Also - I note that Robbie is looking at left and right hand side kickers. Fantastic idea Robbie, but you...

Should I sticky a 'Giteau Watch' thread. Keep on eye on his mental state? A couple more crap performances from him and it's my mental state I'll be worried about.

Timani? Oh fuck, Hickey really has no clue does he? No offence to the young bloke personally, but he is not a lock's arse. And Tom - you're my friend on MySpace aren't you?

I'd go further - I think we need to dump Polota-Nau and Pocock now!. We need to blood new talent. We need to expose the next tier to top level rugby. We need to build depth and good ideas and fresh approaches for the future. Slipper might hang around until 2011 but then get rid of him. I saw a...

Lillee > Giteau

If I'm picturing this correctly, that would certainly put some strain on the rod.