The only difference between their tackling percentages is that Giteau's success rate is higher.
How much of a goose is Robbie?
FUCK!
I wish I knew that stupid Robbie has got JOC (James O'Connor) kicking goals before I put my tips in. I'm on the Wobs by 5, but not having a proper goal-kicker is about a -6 value. How much of a goose is Robbie? There's no fucking end to the ways he can piss me off.
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I hope you are right from our point of view. I saw Traille play some comic games at flyhalf for Biarritz last season - or maybe it was the season before. He looked like a cow playing the piano. He didn't embarrass himself against Argentina so let's see how he goes. He is certainly not a ball player but he may be handy to boot the ball 50 metres every time if it is raining or snowing.
It was a strange choice wasn't it? I know that Trinh-Duc was injured and Skrela hears voices, but others could have been used. I'm not sure who else is iinjured but Boyet, Wiznieski (is he fit now ?), Beauxis and Courrent would have been better than Traille. I'd even use Yachilli there first. The coach has a long game going which I don't understand. What do the French press say about it?
As I mentioned before: Rougerie has played 13 for Clermont a bit this year but he's always been a winger for France before last weekend. What are the French opinions about his playing him at 13?
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I think that Lièvremont is using the inexperienced wingers, and Rougerie at 13, simply as an experiment against Oz as his medium term aim is the 6N. ........
Maybe Lièvremont is trying to outdo Deans in the puzzling selections department
Yeesh that ball to Mitchell was a dog, That's one of the reasons I'm ambivalent about seeing him there ...
Don't get me wrong, I've been a Barnes Booster since he was a Bronco, but this tour has not been an opportunity taken. Not that deans has given him a lot of opportunity. He has been at best servicable ball in hand, and often less than. For all of the strengths in his game.
I reckon Lee has hit the nail on the head. The Frogs have the rest of their domestic season to tweak the Tricolours. Plenty of time to experiment with combinations in the buildup. Lièvremont's selections are cromulent given these circumstances.
Conversely this is really it for Dingo. Following their return to our fair shores after the EOYT and their xmas break, RWC finalisation mode kicks in for the Wobs. The next games played by the Wobs will be RWC11 preparatory ones. No time for fartarsing around. This time it will be for real.
I reckon Lee has hit the nail on the head. The Frogs have the rest of their domestic season to tweak the Tricolours. Plenty of time to experiment with combinations in the buildup. Lièvremont's selections are cromulent given these circumstances.
Do you feel they will embiggen their chances of winning the 6N, these selections?
I don’t think this is about embiggening the Garlic Munchers tilt at the 6N, quite the opposite in fact. One could almost consider this a 6N disembiggermentarianism move by Lièvremont. Experimentation by Lièvremont - yes, but I feel it is a horses for courses selection by him. He has decided that the schwerpunkt is Quade Cooper and has selected a team of big ugly bastards to achieve that.
If he can get schadenfreude by targeting QC (Quade Cooper) with his monsters, then he will unmotivate Dingo to keep him in the RWC11 Squad. As our mercurial gamebreaker, if Lièvremont can get QC (Quade Cooper) disincluded in the Wobs RWC squad, then it will be to the betterment of all RWC teams less the Wobs. As an unpredictable player, QC (Quade Cooper) poses danger and presents discertainty for opposition coaches, making it harder for them to develop their game plans.
Weak inside backs are not characteristic of 6N, but the Garlic Munchers are likely to come up against these at RWC. Lièvremont is simply trying to experiment with his cattle to give him more options and flexibility in his RWC11 squad. The likely opposition and NZ conditions suggest that a capability grab bag approach will be needed in the squad to give the selectors and coaches the flexibility and options they will need.
And if the Frogs beat us by less than 15 points, with the Poms winning by less than 15, the Frogs go to 5th and we stay 2nd.
IRB ratings for 2-5 are extremely fickle at the moment.