Jason Allen is the CEO.
Four second rowers in the pack, a pushover try beckons.
And if the front row fail with this much grunt, lord help us.
Ben Mowen hasn't played lock.
I know that I continue to have a very illuminating dialogue with myself, but I believe that the problems with the scrum and at the breakdown could be resolved if we went back to focussing on serious, as in heavy, strength training. In the years when we were consistently competitive we had a very different emphasis in our S & C.
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What, something like the All Blacks do? Why bother, it's not like it has gotten them anywhere.I know that I continue to have a very illuminating dialogue with myself, but I believe that the problems with the scrum and at the breakdown could be resolved if we went back to focussing on serious, as in heavy, strength training. In the years when we were consistently competitive we had a very different emphasis in our S & C.
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The Tahs fan forum was a success. Not in the direct sense, but in the fact that it brought home to the Tahs management that the coaching team and they had lost the fans base utterly. The ridiculous statement by Hickey that the statistics showed the Tahs were actually one of the most successful sides in Super Rugby under he and Foley was actually a wake up call. They realised from that forum that those that stuck around did so through base loyalty for a history and ideal they had much invested in. The Wallabies are fast approaching the same nadir.
It isn't about justifying anything, it is about explaining some reasoning, especially the some of the more mystifying decisions, and this could help to keep the faith and goodwill of those who are bordering on giving up on the side and in some cases the game. Have a look at the forum, there is a pervading level of despondency about the Wallabies that I haven't seen since the final days of Foley at the Tahs.
Jason Allen is the CEO. I agree with all your points though.
I don't know that the Fan Forum really changed anything. Things were already in a state of disarray and the sentiment from fans and the media towards the team had been terrible for a while.
It certainly wasn't a positive thing but I don't think it really made anything worse. Fans were already deserting in numbers and the Tahs were fairly relentlessly smashed in the press (and not without justification).
The structure of the tour was well set up from the beginning. The two toughest games book-ended the tour with the middle game also being tough, depending how quickly Schmidt can get the Irish to change gameplans. In between those games there are two tests against Italy andScotland, who are still tier three quality.
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Nothing changed as a result of that forum.I agree completely. The Waratah fan forum was the catalyst that turned the Waratahs round IMO: a very good piece of management. It got disaffected fans engaged in far greater numbers than attended it, even if they only engaged initially to make criticisms, and it planted a seed for how fans could influence the way team played, which (amazingly) then happened. It was hard (very hard) but it led to vital change.
Nothing changed as a result of that forum.
Foley continued with exactly the same style for the entirety of the following season.And despite a very poor record,the board re appointed him.
The change only occurred because Foley preferred the security of a 3 year deal with the Force.
It was good for venting spleens though.
Any reason why Polota-Nau isn't on the bench in front of fatty Faianga at least? I know TPN hasn't played for a few months but Saia looks like he's been on the deep fried Mars Bars. Played like it too.
Last victory we had against the Scots was in 2006. The last two games against them they beat us. I guess that makes us tier 4
The Wallabies & Italy are both very unpredictable. Scrolling down the list of Italian results shows they are capable of creating some upsets. We have 15/15 wins against the Italians but they got pretty bloody close last time. Very hard to guess how this one is going to go. Definitely could be a blow out but a famous Italian victory would not surprise me.
will be interesting if hes got the ticker for it tonight thou?