The NRL Season of 2016

@Virgil said in The NRL Season of 2016:

@Sneakdefreak said in The NRL Season of 2016:

David Kidwell won't be coach of the Kiwis for the RLWC next year and his two assistants shouldn't be there right now.

@Sneakdefreak said in The NRL Season of 2016:

David Kidwell won't be coach of the Kiwis for the RLWC next year and his two assistants shouldn't be there right now.

Aren't these the same assistants 'let go' by the Warriors just a few weeks ago?

One of them was - Justin Murphy aka the worst defensive skills coach known to mankind. Shame the NZRL couldn't maybe get Ivan Cleary or even someone like Tim Sheens to take on an advisor role for this tour.

As long as the other game goes to plan we will limp into the final where we only need to play 80 minutes of champagne footy

I watched that scotland (the only one I have watched of the 3.5N) game and thought it was hilarious.

So badly played was that game by us that I will probably not bother wirh the final.

Thurston will run a muck and theyll score at will.

@raznomore not saying it's going to happen but these are the times when the Kiwis and the Warriors pull an effort out of thier arse and surprise everyone. That's what I am telling myself anyway.

Warriors Kiwis by 2

@Crazy-Horse said in The NRL Season of 2016:

@raznomore not saying it's going to happen but these are the times when the Kiwis and the Warriors pull an effort out of thier arse and surprise everyone. That's what I am telling myself anyway.

I know what you mean but i cant see it. This team is too disjointed. They need a leader in the backs and Johnson doesnt appear to be that guy.

Add to that Bromwich probs not vocal enough to be captain. Id probably throw the armband to Luke and see how he goes. Hes out of form but I think hed grow about a foot and actually lead this rabble.

@raznomore I can't see the Kiwis getting the W. Kidwell appears to think if they defend a lot they might get the win. Also seems intent on playing the Australian "structured" style instead of the Kiwi "up the guts" style that benefits our forward pack (smash it up, dummy half run, dummy half run, adlib etc).

@Sneakdefreak there are always going to coaches coming in thinking they can fix the Kiwis/warriors. But indidnt expect it to be Kidwell.

Whats the thinking behind putting the final on at Sunday afternoon UK time - which is overnight aus/nz. If the game was Saturday night UK time it would be breakfast time in Aus/NZ Sunday and at least one of them were going to make the final.

@raznomore It's been amateur hour at the NZRL throughout much of it's history. For a while we got it together but we seem to be reverting back

Looks like I'm the only idiot who stayed up to watch this absolute train wreck. Kidwell is clueless and has to go. How a guy like that is going to inspire anybody is beyond me, and his ultra conservative selections have obviously put a heap of pressure on Johnson to do everything on his own. I wouldn't have minded a loss or even a heavy loss if they had given a bunch of exciting youngsters some game time with a mindset to attack and with a view to development for the wc next year, instead of selecting some of the players who are well past their used by date and are clearly there to contain rather than attack. They couldn't even contain. Embarrassing.

I didnt sit up because of work on Monday , thought I would tape and watch before work without knowing the result,

made the mistake of looking at my phone when I got up and there was a text, "just like the bad old days, fuckin useless "

So went online for a look , apparently we were completing around 38 per cent the aussies around 98 , dont think I need to watch it , probably says enough

I didn't watch the game and knew Kidwell's silly game (re: delayed team announcement) wouldn't matter and the Kiwis would still get thrashed. Normal service has resumed.

@Sneakdefreak said in The NRL Season of 2016:

@raznomore I can't see the Kiwis getting the W. Kidwell appears to think if they defend a lot they might get the win. Also seems intent on playing the Australian "structured" style instead of the Kiwi "up the guts" style that benefits our forward pack (smash it up, dummy half run, dummy half run, adlib etc).
Nail on the head , I think he is trying to mimic what he sees Bellamy doing but he has different personal .
I remember when Cleary was at the Warriors and he used to trouble the storm , break up their liking for a structured game with that play what's in front of you type game game with lots of big boppas who can step and offload , and little fellas scooting out from dummy half . Kearney was assistant at the storm at the time and I believe he recognised that and replicated it at the kiwis hence his success .

I expect to see Cleary named coach with Stacey Jones as his assistant for the RLWC (If Ivan doesn't get a HC role in 2017).