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Spook
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fatprop said:
I remember Carter fendeding off Cross from memory (Bled in Brisbane 2008?) for a soft try or 2. He isn't the greatest defender.
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Spook
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fatprop said:
Yeah I agree with you. He's a good attacking player. I just hope he makes his tackles.
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Spook
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fatprop said:
Interesting, maybe he has improved his defense this season.
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Ishmael
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fatprop said:
Nah, if AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) isn't at 13 I'd rather have Diggers there. I'd have Cross ahead of Horne, but only just.
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Arch Winning (36)
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I've watched Chapman play many club games for the Red Heavies (Uni) and Queensland but have never seen him play lock - always 6.
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John Eales (66)
Here we go again talking about some back who may, or may not, have made 1.7 tackles. We may as well talk about whether they part their hair, and if they do, on what side - or what colour boots they wear. Come to think about it: we could probably talk about what hair colour they are using.
It won't matter what the names of our backs are - compared to whether or not the forwards show up to play. If they let the Blacks swarm over them and push them back time after time as they did in Bledisloe III, whether the ball was on the ground or above it, which position which back plays in is as irrelevant as a pimple on the bum of a cancer victim.
The worst thing watching that was seeing the grinning of the Blacks after they did it, and later they seemed to be grinning before they did it, knowing that they could.
There was also a headless chook aspect to our forward play: nobody seemed to know who was fielding the restarts and if it the restart was stuffed up the Blacks were hungrier for the loose ball - in fact they were hungrier for the loose ball all over the park. And as for the white flag in the last 10 minutes - well, let's not go there.
And if the same kind of pitiful forward effort happens in Tokyo, what will we be talking about a few days later? Some other back who probably made 1.8 tackles yonks before.
He'll make a difference.
It won't matter what the names of our backs are - compared to whether or not the forwards show up to play. If they let the Blacks swarm over them and push them back time after time as they did in Bledisloe III, whether the ball was on the ground or above it, which position which back plays in is as irrelevant as a pimple on the bum of a cancer victim.
The worst thing watching that was seeing the grinning of the Blacks after they did it, and later they seemed to be grinning before they did it, knowing that they could.
There was also a headless chook aspect to our forward play: nobody seemed to know who was fielding the restarts and if it the restart was stuffed up the Blacks were hungrier for the loose ball - in fact they were hungrier for the loose ball all over the park. And as for the white flag in the last 10 minutes - well, let's not go there.
And if the same kind of pitiful forward effort happens in Tokyo, what will we be talking about a few days later? Some other back who probably made 1.8 tackles yonks before.
He'll make a difference.
Biffo
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All of you, on your knees, clasp hands together, fix your gaze on a small spot, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate ...
... and repeat 1,000 times ....
"I must absorb Lee Grant's totally correct analysis and conclusions into my own thinking".
Tomorrow, on your knees, clasp hands together, fix your gaze on a small spot, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate ...
... and repeat 1,000 times ....
"I will never again discuss the positioning of backs as of any relevance whatsoever to the performances of the Wallabies"
... and repeat 1,000 times ....
"I must absorb Lee Grant's totally correct analysis and conclusions into my own thinking".
Tomorrow, on your knees, clasp hands together, fix your gaze on a small spot, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate ...
... and repeat 1,000 times ....
"I will never again discuss the positioning of backs as of any relevance whatsoever to the performances of the Wallabies"
Once I calmed down a bit after the Wellington boning, I got in touch with Link Mckenzie asking him his viewpoint on the fwds performance in the match - did we pull a heartiledge or was it a deliberate tactic to cede the breakdown?
His reply:
His statement confirmed what the replays were saying to me - our abandonment of the breakdown was less about
I'm guessing that with Nonu and Toeava in the midfield going gangbusters at the likes of Gits, Barnes and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Dingo figured having a bit of muscle and backup midfield wouldn't go amiss, and might also eventuate in a few turn-overs out wide.
As we saw, the ABs stayed to the tighter channels and we got pwned, as well as missing many an opportunity to attack the breakdown. What looked like our guys shying away, was actually them playing to gameplan; "Don't chase the ball, get to your defensive zone and trust the pattern" You can see plenty of examples in the clip at the bottom.
So maybe our discussion should include - "what pattern should we play and why" rather than solely blaming the executers of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDj8rHOJNAE
His reply:
His statement confirmed what the replays were saying to me - our abandonment of the breakdown was less about
and more about what tactics Dingo et al had chosen to start with.
I'm guessing that with Nonu and Toeava in the midfield going gangbusters at the likes of Gits, Barnes and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Dingo figured having a bit of muscle and backup midfield wouldn't go amiss, and might also eventuate in a few turn-overs out wide.
As we saw, the ABs stayed to the tighter channels and we got pwned, as well as missing many an opportunity to attack the breakdown. What looked like our guys shying away, was actually them playing to gameplan; "Don't chase the ball, get to your defensive zone and trust the pattern" You can see plenty of examples in the clip at the bottom.
So maybe our discussion should include - "what pattern should we play and why" rather than solely blaming the executers of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDj8rHOJNAE
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