Well it probably should have been last week. No no7 backup, Centres with no attacking skill, tactically poor against the Irish, scrum deficient, taking injured players to the tournament. Deans has been making poor decisions since they announced the squad and JOC (James O'Connor) went missing.
It hurts to say it but NZ out thought, out played, out classed and out enthused AUS in every facet of the game.
Our scrum is 3rd world standard, we kick the ball away too much and don't find touch when we should. Technically we were poor across the whole team. Instinct said to run but the coaching staff obviously had given orders to kick aimlessly away to the opposition. Deans isn't the only one to blame for this, Williams and Nucifora should be leaving on the same bus.
Faainga is an honest footballer and probably a great bloke but offers nothing as a test 13 and McCabe is as tough as you can get but someone needs to remind our brains trust that you win by outscoring the opposition and picking players who can do more than tackle or run straight helps achieve that (ie Nonu & Smith)
Well done to NSW as you've purchased another player well past his use by date in AUS's non tackling, high body height running no6.
Here's the plan for 2015. Find a front row that can scrum and lift in the lineout (if they get around the field and can pass then thats a bonus not a pre requisite- we can thank Eddie Jones for putting us back 10 years there), 2nd rowers who will push in every scrum, a big nasty no8 who hits like a truck and carries the ball well, a no6 who can tackle, no7 is good for now, get Genia away from Deans, find a no10 who plays for the team and not himself (Cooper will probably be a muslim convert by then and being managed by Mundine as a boxer), move JOC (James O'Connor) to no12 now! find a no13 who isn't injured every 2nd week, a couple of ex AFL wingers who can jump and catch the ball at the same time and Kurtley (lose the mo bro, it even looks silly on the French coach).
Oh, and one last thing. Send O'neill, Deans and his coaching and tactical misfits in the other direction. Not happy John.