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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #615 on: November 01, 2015, 08:03:49 AM »
Magnificent performance from Dan Carter. Kicking, tackling and generally controlling the game.

Bringing in SBW as a tactical switch was a great move. Two superb offloads in the build up to Nonu's try.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #616 on: November 01, 2015, 10:54:30 AM »
Great final.
Had everything, even a mistake from Nigel Owens

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #617 on: November 11, 2015, 12:09:55 PM »
And Lancaster has gone by mutual consent ie fired.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #618 on: November 11, 2015, 02:23:08 PM »
It's the right decision. I'll remember Lancaster as a good man, but ultimately didn't have enough about him to make the key decisions and was too focussed on a physical game in the end.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #619 on: November 11, 2015, 07:04:33 PM »
Correct decision, twice in a row we've gone with inexperienced coaches and ended up with a team that looked under coached.  Lancaster made it worse by being painfully loyal to the people he added to the squad at the start regardless of whether that was justified by performances or there were better options.

If Ritchie goes as well and we get a good chief exec who can look further than the office down the hall for the next head coach then I'll be reasonably happy.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #620 on: November 12, 2015, 08:09:08 AM »
I really hope that Jake White isn't the man to succeed Lancaster.

Offline nigel

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #621 on: November 12, 2015, 09:13:47 AM »
I really hope that Jake White isn't the man to succeed Lancaster.

I've a feeling it will be a coach with a southern hemisphere flavour.

Jake White ticks a lot of boxes.
Would be interesting to see if we can steal Michael Cheika from the Aussies.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #622 on: November 12, 2015, 09:39:12 AM »
Jake White would be a bit "meh" for me.

I'd go for Wayne Smith.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #623 on: November 12, 2015, 09:42:42 AM »
I don't like Jake White's style of rugby, unless it's changed.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #624 on: November 12, 2015, 01:41:10 PM »
Jake White would be a bit "meh" for me.

I'd go for Wayne Smith.

Ruled himself out for 2016.
We'll see if he changes his mind when the RFU dangle the pot of gold  ;)

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #625 on: November 12, 2015, 01:53:02 PM »
Whoever is hired needs to get the team playing an exciting, forward thinking style of rugby.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #626 on: November 12, 2015, 03:42:05 PM »
Jake White would be a bit "meh" for me.

I'd go for Wayne Smith.

Ruled himself out for 2016.
We'll see if he changes his mind when the RFU dangle the pot of gold  ;)

Yep, by the sounds of it there could be millions of reasons for him to change his mind. No wonder Jake White wants in.....

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #627 on: November 12, 2015, 09:58:47 PM »
It's got to be Laurie Fisher, he's Southern Hemisphere and has a consistent record over here, consistently mediocre.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #628 on: November 13, 2015, 08:20:09 AM »
I'm already getting a bit annoyed by White. I'm not sure if it's extracts from the same interview, and if it is I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but there seems to be a soundbite from him every day at the moment.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #629 on: November 13, 2015, 08:25:07 AM »
I'm already getting a bit annoyed by White. I'm not sure if it's extracts from the same interview, and if it is I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but there seems to be a soundbite from him every day at the moment.

Never trust a man who changes his name.

 


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