English Football show the NZRFU how it should be done

Submitted by foal30 on Tue, 2007-11-27 12:08

none of this re-applying rigmarole over there
it's a sharp and quick ax comrades.

Billy Davis made it #6 this morning.
it's probably a bit tough, I mean look at the rabble disguised as a football team he has (or did). Any side that can lose by 5, at home, to West Ham no less, well it's not at all a positive scene.

if it's all about the World Cup over here, how can you fail dismally, in fact worst ever result in history and then re-apply?
I know Rugby passes me by mostly but surely this guy is pushing shit uphill?

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Submitted by christianity on Wed, 2007-11-28 04:10.

you shouldn't be so harsh on poor graham foal,

if we take a look at your supression of terrorism act
as an example of people being paid to write a piece of legislation that works
and failing dismally
we natually assume
that many of those MPs will be back again
that's just what happens.
back again
to really try their hand at writing and passing more legislation.
because it's not about succeeding
it's about who you know.

i think letting graham henry bear the brunt
for what is effectively a national cycle of failure
is a little one eyed

it's not like
the netball coach
the league coach
the cricket coach
or whatever other code new zealand failed at this year's coach, is being asked to resign.

but on a serious note foal
yeah, guy gets no respect from me for not resigning when he had the chance,
even if he still reapplied
he should've resigned
just to show he gave a fuck
or took any responsibility.

Submitted by foal30 on Wed, 2007-11-28 09:35.

I was advocating the sacking of the League Coach before he was appointed
I have also bitterly lamented the administrations abject and utter failure under it's current hierarchy.
One of Canterbury's best players is off to rural NSW to play...he came up through the grades, all the rep stuff, followed the plan...now he's off 'cos these idiots got rid of the Residents and the Bartercard Cup.

people have been calling for Bracewell's head for ages
the thing is dude, it's like Steve McClaren and whatever sap they get in to replace him, you get to work with the talent base available and sometimes that is of itself the problem.

responsibility ... that is for other people

Coolest Child on TV this week was on 3NEWS
cat is from Mt Cook School Football team
they going to Wellington to see the Phoenix vs Galaxy

"what do you reckon about seeing David Beckham?"

"pff, he's over-rated
I hate his wife
he's too rich
he gets too many red-cards"

got to love that.

Submitted by christianity on Thu, 2007-11-29 21:41.

too rich?
mad values.
communist parents no doubt.

"you get to work with the talent base available and sometimes that is of itself the problem."

in an ideal world...
now andre adams has made himself unavailable for the ODI series
bracewell doesn't even have that luxury.
same with those other players mcmillan and astle
when the international coach has to start selecting second tier players because the best no longer want to represent the country,
see dan carter's quote about the pressure of winning the world cup.
but NZRFU blaming themselves? blaming the coach?
never gonna happen

it's common knowledge.
aussies cheat
kiwis blame the ref.

in some codes....

Submitted by foal30 on Mon, 2007-12-10 10:07.

Chalmers has walked
nice to see one person at NZRL with some fiber.

as for Henry...

well here is a near perfect example of why the NZ Management Class is considered worse than dick useless.
Never any accountably, performance results disregarded, standards of personal integrity are for other people, the prime function of my position in the hierarchy is to defend it.

You would think the body blow grass-roots Rugby took last year would have set off almighty loud alarms...sadly it appears they choose to run away from the fire they started.

Why do I care? It is only Rugby after all?

Submitted by rope on Tue, 2007-12-11 00:24.

yeah
the NZRU don't care about rugby either
the two best second fives available are effectively banned from representing the national team
the game itself is not a priority.

hooray for ivan haines!

"Yes, we practised it (drop-goal) and the message went out but the team have been in that situation on a number of occasions in the last four years and won those games by putting pressure on the opposition – that was the first thought," Henry said.

"It wasn't about arrogance. (It's the) strategy we normally used. These guys are used to putting huge pressure on the opposition and winning through scoring points by penalties or scoring tries."

He described the quarterfinal as a "bizarre game" in which the All Blacks didn't have "the rub of the green or the bounce of the ball".

or

they recycled the ball 165 times.
3 coaches

the most staggering lack of initiative i've ever seen from the allblacks
and to say they were beaten by the better team
when they had all that possession
all that territory

is too much of a compliment to the all blacks
they're not a team
a group of 30 players
coached by three guys
should it make difference if player based overseas sometimes unavailable in rotation policy situation?

rednecks

but being rednecks is ok, except that these are rednecks who wanna pull the wool over peoples' eyes
who's the best 2nd five in new zealand?
who was until they both left?
noone really knew

the coaches weren't prepared to chose
joe rokoko=doug howlet?

fuck
i'd be jumping on cars too
and then howlett is answereable to the NZRU?
for what?
fucking up his playing career?
fucking up 10s of the country's best sportsman's playing careers?
and making them illegible for the mighty 'all blacks'

they're mighty fell at the first whisper of 'food poisoning' in 95
when the all blacks became excuse makers

i don't expect my team to win everytime
but i'd be nice to have a team you can own a respectable sized sticker collection of and expect to not see some of those faces on the paddock.
it'd be nice if they were the best players available in the world

taking some of those players like kelleher off
was taking heart off the field
after all the science, and quackpottery
heart and guts is what rugby is

the players' hearts
not the coaches'
overcoaching and over manipulating top level virtuosi
is at fault.

and to reemploy these sidecars. who can't even select from the full list of the best new schmucks to rotate
people say graham henry
42/48

well what's 42/48 minus howlett,jack,mccalister,hayman,oliver,mauger, kelleher....merhtens,marshall?
if the allblacks aren't the best team you can put on the paddock
then what's the point?

other players whose NZ career the nzru killed

christian cullen
taine randall
jeff wilson
keith robinson
graham bachop

sensationalism aside
feet on ground

football you say foal?

Submitted by rope on Sat, 2007-12-15 06:51.

.....setting up the most watcheable bledisloe cup ever!

woot!!

gotta hand it to them

NZRFU show English football how it can be done.

Submitted by foal30 on Sat, 2007-12-15 20:03.

ARFU + NZRFU = less than any one Premier league side.

'tis a big weekend too, Arse vs Chelsea.

Submitted by gravox on Wed, 2007-12-19 19:22.

Henry is a great coach. He made some decisions during the world cup that turned out to be wrong, but a lot of people who criticise him now are only doing so with the benefit of hindsight. Deans is also a great coach. He's as good as Henry and the NZRFU should have given him the All Blacks to stop him going to the Wallabies.

Looking forward to the Bledisloe Cup now. Should be a great contest!

Submitted by foal30 on Tue, 2009-04-14 11:24.

well this Super14 is hardly Super at all
it's panty-waist stuff compared to this NRL

Submitted by foal30 on Sat, 2009-04-18 11:32.

Arse vs Chelsea
FA Cup Semi
Sunday 4AM

then we have UEFA CL semi's
Arsenal could play MUFC 4 times in 3 weeks
Bring that on.

Submitted by Flxmere on Fri, 2009-05-29 12:00.

can u still make up new posts?