Posts by Paul Williams
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OnPoint: Other People's Wars, in reply to HORansome,
Whilst the Hollow Men is very good, I prefer the documentary. It's easier to get through and trying to persuade others to read the book is difficult.
I've only just obtained a copy and started to watch it earlier this week. I had to stop as there was a very real risk I'd wake my kids such was my desire to shout! What a corrupt bunch of twatcocks! I vaguely knew Sinclair at uni, he was getting into student politics as I was getting out; I'm grateful that his behaviour entirely vindicated by almost immediate impression he was a unscrupulous prink.
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None of this is fair, can't the NZRU f*ck something up last minute so it can all be held in Austtralia... s'alright, I'll get my own coat...
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I love the number of people on twitter who are offering to get out tomorrow morning and clean up Brixton and Croydon and Hackney and Liverpool and Birmingham and anywhere that needs it.
This is so strongly against the media narrative, thanks for telling us.
I saw a tweet that said "The London riots prove <whateverbandwagon>", and I'm sure there'll be lots of this, but some recalibration around the provision of public services must also follow?
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The details of the movements in the backline from that game are my post above with the link to the ABs site. I totally agree leaving Mauger out altogether was wrong, likewise Howlett (who can play full back and kick, unlike Sivi, who started).
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Field Theory: All Blacks v South Africa…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Word is that both Toeva and Dagg will travel -- and that Mils might be looking to his laurels a bit.
I'd never write off Mils, but he's not been at his best this season. As much as I like Toeava, he's been out for a while and hasn't always performed. Dagg had a great last season but hasn't played much... if anyone wanted my entirely inexpert opinion, Jane's got to be the obvious one to groom?
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David, Simon, you're right about McAlister starting at 12 - not that I could specifically recall but the allblacks site provides full match stats including for that particular loss.
ETA but he did shift to 10 when Evans was injured... (sorry if this is painful, I remember the thread here in the days after...)
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If the theme is "redundency", I think we're a little vulnerable at fullback at the moment - but not centre where Nonu could cover - will Dagg or Toeva travel to the Republic? If not, surely Jane could get a run on game there?
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Field Theory: All Blacks v South Africa…, in reply to recordari,
Indeed, the wonder halves from the super 15 looked directionless. Watching in a Sydney pub last night I was amused that many Aussie fans had resorted to playing games on their smart phones by half time!
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Thanks for this posting this Sacha. It's a very balanced story and I was grateful for the inclusion of the Oxfam commentary. Well done Campbell and producers/team. It would have been easy to simply interview outraged fans.
I love rugby, think the All Blacks are a fantastic team and also applaud the improved and more inclusive rugby culture that's been developed over the last few decades. I'm not naive about the costs of professionalism and as Campbell points out, we've got a great team because we pay for them to stay rather than flood to wealthier nations. I still though, think Adidas have got this wrong and I'm in the target market. I've got a older strip, and I might've got a new one, but I'm not going to legitimise this, it's obscene price gouging.
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Hard News: An open thread while I'm down…, in reply to Christopher Nimmo,
Sure, but a very significant minority do and I entirely miss what his appeal is?