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That was the most disappointing part from the match. Lots of guys in the squad are capable of playing with twice as much intensity but mentally they just aren't there. I can live with losing to the All Blacks because we can't compete with there skill, accuracy and execution (it's expected) -...

Agreed. All this talk about dropping Kuridrani, how poor Gits was, Foley's shocker. My focus is on the forwards lack of effort and aggression.

The consistent mis-matches of NZ backs and AUS Forwards in the line was a real issue too. Which was probably a big contributor for so many missed tackles. Not sure if that is poor tactics or poor work off the ball. Probably both.

That's the issue isn't it, Cooper & Kerevi given they perform solidly won't have much of an impact on the outcome of the game with the other 12 players on the field playing like powder puffs conceeding the breakdown and missing shit loads of tackles. How to fix the forwards? I think we at...

Is Carter fit?

Umm Pocock is still your first picked player.. then Folau. Don't really care about the rest now... Pick whoever you want because they are either out-of-form, Past their prime, Not lived up to potential, complete rookies, or just plain shit-house.

His first miss on Crotty was a poor one too which led to the try. Easily handed off by Crotty.

who plays wing then? Mitchell? No way am I expecting him to be fit enough. I think Kerevi will be the better option at 13. Although I think Kuridrani might be hard done by given he made 13/13 tackles and no 13 in the country could have shined in last nights game.

If you look at Larkham's coaching resume he should be the future world rugby coach. Played under successful coaches Connelly, Eddie Jones. Played in successful RWC campaigns and won super rugby comps. Coached under World Cup winning coach Jake White in successful super rugby seasons. Now...

We might as well bring George Smith into camp as well, maybe he can teach everyone bar Pocock what the hell to do at a breakdown. He seemed to have an effect on England's breakdown work. Who knows, he might even end up playing.

We should do the same for the backs like bring in someone with absolute and enormous backs cred, one of the best international rugby backs modern rugby has ever seen and, at least according to the Brumbies/ARU, showing coaching skills in some form. Oh wait - that's Stephen Larkham and look how...

If Bryne can work his magic on Phipps over the next 12 months and fix his passing Phipps will be a very very good test quality halfback.

Doesn't look like we'll be scoring another try then unless some big changes in attitude, tactics and probably players happen.

Still not a playmaker. Great fullback though.

I can live with keeping him for continuity and not panicking with wholesale changes but I wouldn't mind seeing Coleman in action. Coleman and Arnold are the future. I think if there is one change, and one change only that needs to be made it is going to be dropping the Pooper so we can have...

Captaincy is Slipper or Poey. Both have Captained before so i don't see it as being a huge issue. Moore has been on his "final warning" for 4 or 5 games now.

We do not need Simmons. England test 2 when we had no Simmons proved we do not need him for a good line-out. In fact the line-out was worse when Simmons was on the field. Tonight he did nothing for the line-out either. The theory that Simmons is key for our line-out is done-and-dusted. I...

Forward pack: 1. Slipper 2. TPN 3. Kepu 4. Coleman 5. Douglas 6. Fardy 7. Pocock 8. Timani maybe McCalman Slipper is in better form then Sio. TPN will add bite in the contact area and Moore needs a kick up the ass. Kepu is the only option. Letting Holmes go early was a mistake. Coleman...

First thing to do before you even look at the backs is fix the forwards. Fix the aggression in the tackle, work off the ball which will be all about attitude. Maybe dropping the consistently soft players like Simmons and now Moore. Fix the set-piece. Line-out is a huge liability. Team...

At least 50% of us want Quade. To be fair, last night he could not have done anything to turn around that performance. At best, reduced the margin by a try or two. Eg. No kick charged down and maybe set-up a try.