Gracias chicos!

You have to give some credit to a gutsy Argentina. They took the opportunities that were given to them…on a platter mostly.

My sense is the ABs did what they are often are guilty of these days - not respecting the opposition, not respecting the ball, sacrificing structure and discipline for helter-skelter rugby, lacking pragmatism about taking three points when they are on offer, and playing loosey-goosey Super Rugby in the test arena.

Who do we blame for all that? There seems to be a lack of hard-heads in the coaching box and in the on-field leadership. For all his individual gifts, Savea is not a good skipper and seeks to win the game all on his own.

The ABs were 20-8 up at one stage and looked to be a try away from pulling away out of sight, but they let the Argentinians back in with sloppy, ultra-loose play that betrayed the old ‘we’re the Harlem Globetrotters of World Rugby and we can score more tries than you’ mentality.

Then when the pressure came on in the final quarter, they fell apart mentally. Loose and panicky passes, often with little pressure, wayward lineout throws, poor option-taking, and on it went. Same old car crash.

I don’t think Robertson is a bad coach, but I do wonder at the quality of his assistants and whether there are too many of them. It all seems too pally and collegiate. MacDonald has never impressed me, and I wonder what Hansen brings to the party.

In what was a familiar scenario, the whole AB game had a Marie Celeste element to it. There was a sense of nobody being at the wheel and you could see them drifting inexorably toward the rocks in slow motion. Yet the ABs thrashed Argentina in the WC semi-final and it’s tough to believe they suddenly became that bad, and Argentina that good in less than a year.

So it looks and smells like an attitude problem, a lack of leadership problem, an absence of test rugby pragmatism, and the old familiar trap of elevating the desire to put on a spectacle above the requirement to win the game.

sparky
sparky
August 10, 10:08am

@Winger I agree and I said so a few days ago that this was one of the worst All Blacks starting XVs that I could remember.

But the problems were more than that. The pattern and the execution, especially in the last 20 minutes, were horrible.

My reaction is still "what the fuck was that?"

MN5
MN5
August 10, 10:09am

Well, the good thing about all this is it will make the next side naming absolutely compelling.

I think quite a few heads will roll after this effort

BerniesCorner
BerniesCorner
August 10, 10:14am

Has anyone been TSF MOTM in their first run on start for the All Blacks

sparky
sparky
August 10, 10:14am

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

I think quite a few heads will roll after this effort

And if things are fixed and fast, it will be a very short AB coaching tenure for Mr Robertson and his pals.

NZR still have Fozzie, Vern, Dave Rennie and Jamie Joseph's numbers.

Chris
Chris
August 10, 10:16am

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

canefan
canefan
August 10, 10:16am

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

I think quite a few heads will roll after this effort

And if things are fixed and fast, it will be a very short AB coaching tenure for Mr Robertson and his pals.

NZR still have Fozzie, Vern, Dave Rennie and Jamie Joseph's numbers.

Nah, NZR have never fired a head coach that I can remember. We are stuck with this lot for the cycle.

sparky
sparky
August 10, 10:20am

C

cgrant
August 10, 10:22am

Pathetic performance from the All Blacks, with Darry being the notable exception. The forwards are toothless, TJP, JB and Reece were ineffective. The All Blacks need a few ball carriers up front. I'd like to see Williams and Tosi on the bench for the next game.

MN5
MN5
August 10, 10:22am

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Some of these player ratings are rather generous IMHO: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350374275/all-blacks-player-ratings-no-10-damian-mckenzies-costly-error-sums-sides-glaring

So everyone passed except Jordie.

How did they lose then ?

sparky
sparky
August 10, 10:25am

@His-Bobness Vintage HB.

canefan
canefan
August 10, 10:26am

@His-Bobness in a recent interview, didn't Razor say we were in the entertainment business (or something to that effect)?

His Bobness
His Bobness
August 10, 10:29am

@canefan Yes, I also think this is what happens when you sell a ‘brand’ to private equity. His real bosses are the big money people sitting in New York with no emotional investment in the game and everything hanging on the need to make a quick profit.

BerniesCorner
BerniesCorner
August 10, 10:30am

Matera and Creevy led. Even led Angus at the end

Canes4life
Canes4life
August 10, 10:34am

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Regex
Regex
August 10, 10:35am

Not sure about DMac at 10. He has flashes of brilliance, but his game management never holds up.

Our game turns into a version of him. It's an unstructured game of touch rugby that doesn’t work against a good test-level organised defence.

Hello @His-Bobness. I had beers with you Phooey and MVJ at the "London" nigh on 20 years ago. Glad to see you've still got the great insights to the game.

D

DaGrubster
August 10, 10:37am

@sparky

They have replaced him with someone else. Not sure who

His Bobness
His Bobness
August 10, 10:38am

@Regex I remember that night!

canefan
canefan
August 10, 10:41am

@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@canefan Yes, I also think this is what happens when you sell a ‘brand’ to private equity. His real bosses are the big money people sitting in New York with no emotional investment in the game and everything hanging on the need to make a quick profit.

He also made comments aimed at other countries like SA, basically saying they needed to be more entertaining as well. I think he's missed the point about winning being pretty important

sparky
sparky
August 10, 10:42am

@DaGrubster Cerri Evans.

After that, I'd question his effectiveness and influence.

Donsteppa
Donsteppa
August 10, 10:42am

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@canefan Yes, I also think this is what happens when you sell a ‘brand’ to private equity. His real bosses are the big money people sitting in New York with no emotional investment in the game and everything hanging on the need to make a quick profit.

He also made comments aimed at other countries like SA, basically saying they needed to be more entertaining as well. I think he's missed the point about winning being pretty important

Yep, I reckon Blues fans were fairly well entertained this winter.

BerniesCorner
BerniesCorner
August 10, 10:46am

This is not glib but you seriously have to wonder what they do for 10 days in the build-up.

canefan
canefan
August 10, 10:47am

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

This is not glib but you seriously have to wonder what they do for 10 days in the build-up.

If Razor says the players didn't do what they had practiced, your question is more than fair!

Donsteppa
Donsteppa
August 10, 10:48am

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

This is not glib but you seriously have to wonder what they do for 10 days in the build-up.

Judging by the results, they played a lot of one-touch Touch Rugby.

canefan
canefan
August 10, 10:49am

@Donsteppa said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

This is not glib but you seriously have to wonder what they do for 10 days in the build-up.

Judging by the results, they played a lot of one-touch Touch Rugby.

Too much speed work not enough weights

Chris
Chris
August 10, 10:55am

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Hahaha Hang on I will go get your dummy for you.

Rancid Schnitzel
Rancid Schnitzel
August 10, 10:55am

The meltdowns here are a thing of beauty. Yes that was a cråp display but bloody hell.

M

Mr Fish
August 10, 10:57am

Some very absurd takes in this thread about various players.

I think the biggest issue with the ABs tonight was their mental fortitude in those last 20 minutes - but a lot of that comes down to experience. Taylor, Savea, Perenara and Barrett all have ample games under their belt but two of those four weren't on in the final quarter and Savea is below his best at the moment and saddled with the captaincy, which doesn't seem to suit him. This is a team that's lost Coles, Whitelock, Retallick, Barrett, Cane etc etc so it's no surprise wonder they struggled a bit compared to the experienced line-up that Argentina were able to call on (particularly in the forwards).

The All Blacks actually created plenty of good opportunities - look at the well-constructed tries they scored. The Pumas' scores were far more opportunistic and the bounce of the ball went their way, coupled with a few one-off errors from NZ players. A loss is still a loss but play that game again and I'm sure it goes a different way - I suppose we'll see next week.

I think Darry performed well (though I'm a bit surprised at how many plaudits he's received - try aside, Vaa'i was the better lock on the park throughout the game) which is great for NZ's depth.

Big questions still remain over the loose forwards. Cane isn't the long-term answer at 7 obviously but he's probably the right option for the rest of the Rugby Champs. Maybe a Finau, Cane, Savea trio will feature next week.

I think we saw once again why Ratima should be starting over Perenara (although hard to say who should be the bench option, given neither Perenara nor Hotham can give the team the quick delivery they need).

ALB probably didn't take his chance at 13 and I suspect Ioane will be back in the jersey for the rest of the tournament. 12 remains an issue - maybe just a mindset change needed for Barrett? As others have noted, he's got the size but seemingly not using it very effectively...

Winger
Winger
August 10, 11:03am

@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

It all seems too pally and collegiate

Good post

And especially agree with the above

Robertson had better right this ship and quickly. Hes lost a lot of goodwill by selecting lots of his Crusader mates (the bottom finishing NZ SRP team in case anyone has forgotten like Robertson). Even though he was asked in a interview and said he wouldn't do this but he can't help himself. He should have ensured he was totally beyond criticism on this front

Now he put himself in a position where he must win

So he needs to

Stop selecting his limited Crusader mates. Even not making 50/50 selection in a Crusaders favour to ensure he appears fair.
Change the selection process. It isn't working. It could have worked if he had better assistants but he hasn't

KiwiMurph
KiwiMurph
August 10, 11:07am

Most points the All Blacks have ever conceded in a Test match in New Zealand.

Victor Meldrew
Victor Meldrew
August 10, 11:12am

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

I think the biggest issue with the ABs tonight was their mental fortitude in those last 20 minutes -

That was supposed to be Robertson's forte, wasn't it? It seems to have gone backwards

Canes4life
Canes4life
August 10, 11:18am

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Hahaha Hang on I will go get your dummy for you.

And I’ll get your eye patch.

Just face it, your favoured Cantab crew haven’t been up to scratch and you’re trying to blame everyone else. Typical from you.

Duluth
Duluth
August 10, 11:18am

canefan
canefan
August 10, 11:19am

@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Will it translate into meaningful action?

Chris
Chris
August 10, 11:21am

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Hahaha Hang on I will go get your dummy for you.

And I’ll get your eye patch.

Hahaha it maybe right next to your dummy

No Quarter
No Quarter
August 10, 11:23am

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Most points the All Blacks have ever conceded in a Test match in New Zealand.

Against Argentina of all teams. Ouch, bad record for Razor to get early on.

Canes4life
Canes4life
August 10, 11:23am

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Hahaha Hang on I will go get your dummy for you.

And I’ll get your eye patch.

Hahaha it maybe right next to your dummy

The only one acting like a little baby is you. At least I can admit when Canes players are playing like arse. You can’t even admit anything which proves my point.

Canerbry
Canerbry
August 10, 11:24am

@Winger said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

It all seems too pally and collegiate

Good post

And especially agree with the above

Robertson had better right this ship and quickly. Hes lost a lot of goodwill by selecting lots of his Crusader mates (the bottom finishing NZ SRP team in case anyone has forgotten like Robertson). Even though he was asked in a interview and said he wouldn't do this but he can't help himself. He should have ensured he was totally beyond criticism on this front

Now he put himself in a position where he must win

So he needs to

Stop selecting his limited Crusader mates. Even not making 50/50 selection in a Crusaders favour to ensure he appears fair.
Change the selection process. It isn't working. It could have worked if he had better assistants but he hasn't

What are you on about?

The players that shat the bed worst were from the Hurricanes.

M

Mr Fish
August 10, 11:25am

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

I think the biggest issue with the ABs tonight was their mental fortitude in those last 20 minutes -

That was supposed to be Robertson's forte, wasn't it? It seems to have gone backwards

Was it? Genuine question, I don't remember that ever being given as a strength of his teams.

Regardless, not much he can do when it's the players out on the field. Could he have picked a different squad? Perhaps - but most of the experienced guys everyone is criticising for being out of form so a bit of a catch-22.

Chris
Chris
August 10, 11:30am

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Aumua took a great time to throw so badly

No one jumped though. Just piss poor all around. Horrible game overall by the ABs.

Why are people blaming Aumua for a lineout where he had no targets? The whole thing was a debacle and speaks volumes about the coaching and selecting.

Fucking abysmal. At least Fozzie got us to a RWC final.

Because he didn’t throw one straight since he came on.

No. One. Jumped.

What every line out

Too difficult to grasp we're talking about the last lineout?

All 4 Amua fucked up by not throwing straight not just the last one.

Bahaha it wasn’t all Aumua’s fault. How does no one even jumping land on his shoulders. You’re just trying to deflect blame from poor coaching. Taylor was the shit throwing hooker in the two tests in England and we were lucky to get out of those tests without atleast one loss. Razor has a lot of work to do. The honeymoon is over.

He couldn’t hit fuck all tonight had a shocker
Terrible performance like a lot of them
TJ, Jordie just really poor.
Drop them all useless.

Drop Taylor and Blackadder aswell. No effect at all. Blackadder flying back like that as our enforcer and then missing a one on one tackle under our posts was just embarrassing. Taylor shouldn’t have been starting tonight, he was garbage in the first two tests. Maybe starting Aumua would have given him more confidence instead of throwing him in last minute when we were already under the pump.

Again, it falls on Razor with shit selections and shit tactics.

He chose not to select the form Super players like Sotutu, Love, Lakai, Ioane etc so he can fall on the sword when it all turns to shit for all I care.

Hahaha Hang on I will go get your dummy for you.

And I’ll get your eye patch.

Hahaha it maybe right next to your dummy

The only one acting like a little baby is you. At least I can admit when Canes players are playing like arse. You can’t even admit anything which proves my point.

Come on mate chill out you hate criticism of canes players just admit it.