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giovanni tiso

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:36:43 +1300

If only I could find you....

I'm in the book. Not the phone book, admittedly.

Hadyn Green

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:55:47 +1300

Whoops, just did a brand new post about Rattue. But feel free to keep ranting here

Megan Wegan

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:49:25 +1300

Pelt me if potatoes if you must.

If only I could find you....

Look, I'm from Canterbury. I love Robbie Deans (though I don't think he is nearly as pretty as Chris seems to). My point is, all this happened a year ago, and maybe now would be time to…

giovanni tiso

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:42:48 +1300

The foolhardy planners should have been given the axe in favour of the remarkable Deans, and nothing will ever change that.

Whilst I'm certainly not a Rattue fan, I agree with that particular point. Pelt me if potatoes if you must.

Luke Williamson

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:21:54 +1300

I can't decide whether he really believes what he is writing or whether he just does it for fun to wind everyone up. His own little joke. I hope it's the latter.

Megan Wegan

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:19:25 +1300

Oh yes he is...

The 2007 All Black World Cup project remains and will always remain a colossal disaster, a master class in false thinking unless the deal was to promote Corsica as a lovely place to top off a restful year. The foolhardy planners should have been given the…

Luke Williamson

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:01:18 +1300

Chris Rattue is back in NZ Herald this morning! And Robbie Deans is easily best coach of the year!!! No mention of the loss to Wales in the weekend. He's STILL very bitter about the loss at the World Cup.

Hadyn Green

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:58:26 +1300

Interesting seeing Henry’s comments about how he thought this year’s team is better than last! Which to be honest I agree with.

Except for the scrums, where we went from a team that could demolish anyone to a team that was just strong competition

The whole tour suffered from the…

James Roberts

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:48:14 +1300

The whole tour suffered from the lack of clarity around the interpretation of breakdown laws.

They’re far too open for interpretation and as a consequence its allowing referee's to dictate the fortunes of a rugby game.

If the All Blacks had been allowed to play the game at their pace…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:21:08 +1300

The English county championship is 4 day games, as is the Sheffield Shield.

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:57:07 +1300

'Flat' is the type of wickets we'll need to keep preparing in NZ to win over the next couple of years.

On a side tangent, does anyone know why our first class games are 4 days? It seems obvious to me that part of the reason that our batsman aren't…

LegBreak

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:47:04 +1300

No Naly,

The NZ top order is fresh, exciting, and is all over before anyone can start to get bored of it.

Naly D

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:41:21 +1300

It just feels a bit flat to me.

Just like the BLACKCAPS top order.

Sorry, I'll give it up now.

Richard Irvine

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:07:37 +1300

It just feels a bit flat to me. Where's the fun in going over and bullying the home nations into another grand slam – didn't we just DO one of them in 2005?

I guess it's not our fault the home nations are a bit crap at the moment, but…

Paul Williams

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:21:30 +1300

I didn't see all the games however, from what I did see, I'd say that Muliaina, Nonu, Kahui and Kaino had great tours. Thorn too. Donald's was mixed which makes Carter's sabattical all the more challenging.

Interesting that the second graphic Haydn posted showed it was the damned Aussies that…

LegBreak

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:52:48 +1300

It’s closer to 3 years out from the World Cup.

But I guess you can do that in a sport where the international pecking order shifts at glacial speed.

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:20 +1300

Do they always announce the World Cup draw 2 years out?

It means they can lock down venues. Assuming any of them are built in time that is.

Naly D

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:14:27 +1300

well hey, turns out it's not the first thing he's wrong about. Maybe we NEED him to give our teams success.

Oh goodness, I hope that link code worked.

Luke Williamson

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:05:43 +1300

Where has Chris Rattue gone? Has the Herald pulled him because he was getting too bitter and twisted? Or is he waiting for G Henry to lose before he makes a return to print? Pity about the "world's best coach" and his team losing to Wales (how many times have…

Naly D

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:03:44 +1300

Naly you bastard!
Though I think I was just filler before Neil Gaiman

Well, it'll give people who took yesterday and today off to watch the cricket something to do, besides mowing the lawns.

Hadyn Green

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:58:19 +1300

To those who want to listen to Hadyn's interview;

Naly you bastard!

Though I think I was just filler before Neil Gaiman

Naly D

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:44 +1300

To those who want to listen to Hadyn's interview;
http://www.95bfm.co.nz/default,189748,sunday-breakfast-30-november-2008.sm

Pool of death is such a crap analogy. I always think of one of those motorbike-in-a-round-cage things. It never delivers.

Those stats are good, it is nice to see journalists actually presenting hard data.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:31:42 +1300

First of all a two-finger salute and a raspberry to Chris Rattue and all of the other Robbie Deans fan club members.

Who has (Chris) been remarkably quiet since the beginning of November. Coincidence? I think not....

I think Conrad Smith is better than Richard Kahui

RK is doing MUCH…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:19:03 +1300

Yeah, coz if they beat us in the pool it just means a different side in the quarter finals. It's the knockout stages that really matter.

Gareth Ward

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:59:51 +1300

France are in our pool and are likely to be the first team we face??? Or do you mean we won't face them post-pool play until the final?

Hadyn Green

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:51:39 +1300

I believe they do announce it this early but this is the first year it hasn't been a random draw (again, kinda dull).

And if the structure stays the same as last time then we shouldn't see France again until we beat them in the final

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:46:04 +1300

Do they always announce the World Cup draw 2 years out?

Looks like NZ can't meet France until the final, right?

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:46:04 +1300

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