Match thread

Stupid rugby by the All Blacks. When you are dominating the lineouts, you must kick for touch. BB has a shocker while Savea is merely a passenger.

ACT Crusader

@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:

Well ...

Score flatters England. But fuck we don't mind balling up opportunities do we?

They pinned us in our own half and walked away with points. Sounds like good rugby to me.

@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Canes4life said in England Vs All Blacks:

Beauden’s costing us this game.

Why on earth did Robertson show so much faith in him when he's been crap all year?

This was an inevitability when he first got the 'promotion' last year when apparently Dmac was deemed unreliable because he didn't destroy Aussie by enough in Aussie.

Literally wasted 12 months on a complete has-been.

Embarrassing.

Bones

@frugby said in England Vs All Blacks:

England’s attack looks slick but our red zone defence is good. Fascinating second half to come

Remove BB and England's attack is rare.

Mr Fish

The silly thing is that there's no way to convince Robertson that having McKenzie on the bench is a poor decision.

If he comes on and doesn't do well, Razor will justify the decision by saying he didn't deserve to start.
If he comes on and plays well, Razor will say it shows he's good as a bench option because he can change the game.

No Quarter

@jimmyb said in England Vs All Blacks:

It’s rare you can pin an entire poor performance on one player but Barrett is pretty much single handly the reason the ABs aren’t in front by 10-12

Roigard has been the best on the pitch. BB the worst. Such a contrast.

sparky

11 unanswered points by England and counting.....

sparky

In Test Rugby, you need a Test 10.

His Bobness

Robertson’s stubborn refusal to make the transition from a clearly past-it Beauden Barrett is mystifying. I almost would rather have Reuben Love out there. What is the issue in the coaching panel that they can’t see this guy is in terminal decline??

Young Hamiltons

BBarrett is shit

Canes4life

Roigard, Lakai, Lester and Jordan the standouts for me so far.

Tordah

Good discipline, good lineout, good Fainga'anuku, Tupaea and Lakai. Two missed kicks for touch are inexcusable

Young Hamiltons

Scott Robertson is shit

Bones

Just fucking play with 14 and remove BB if you're trying to save face Razor. We'll still be better

booboo

@ACT-Crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:

Well ...

Score flatters England. But fuck we don't mind balling up opportunities do we?

They pinned us in our own half and walked away with points. Sounds like good rugby to me.

I didn't say they didn't take some good options. But my gut feel of Mex's "ebb and flow of psychic energy" is that NZ should be up by a try.

mencey

The whole problem with this team is that we do not have a decent 10. loved Barrett in his day but that was years ago. We will never get anywhere without a new decent number 10. So fucking obvious !!!

sparky

@His-Bobness said in England Vs All Blacks:

What is the issue in the coaching panel that they can’t see this guy is in terminal decline??

They answer to the marketing types who adore Beauden Barrett.

Canes4life

Our Comms guys are too afraid to say anything bad about Beauden as well.