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[2014 TRC] South Africa v New Zealand in Johannesburg (04/10/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 676850" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>You shouldn't be. I can't recall a single close test match where fans of the losing side didn't blame the referee....</p><p></p><p>You have to remember too the AB's fans aren't used to watching our side lose. The less you watch your side lose the worse you are at accepting it when your side does lose. That is why AB's fans in general aren't great losers. South African fans don't take loses that well either. Scottish* fans however are great losers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think there is any need at all for Hansen to revisit the drawing board at all. We were missing a number of key players (as were South Africa to be fair), and we suffered a narrow defeat against the 2nd ranking side in the world away from home. As you suggest there will be a number of questions that Hansen and his team need to address (to answer a couple: Tony Woodcock is our best LH, followed by Wyatt Crockett, Jerome Kaino is our best 6 by a huge margin, and we <em>should</em> be Piutau on the wing and Smith at fullback, but almost certainly wont). Personally I don't think the AB's <em>needed</em> to lose, as I don't believe we would have learnt any more from the match had Lambie missed that kick (or Burger been penalized at the end).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The biggest issue in the 1st half for the AB's was that we struggled to get hold of the ball, and most of the ball we got was poor quality ball. The only comments that I've seen from Hansen on the first half performance related to the quality of ball we were receiving (which was indeed the root of our problems), rather than what we were doing with it. Obviously addressing the root cause (poor quality ball) is the prime concern, but I think we need to accept that we aren't always going to get quality ball, and have a (more conservative) fall-back plan if this is the case (though as you suggest the more players are told to gamble the more they will do it no matter the situation).</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*My apologies to ImScotty (the sole Scottish fan on the forum). Scotland was used as an example as I thought it would offend the fewest posters <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 676850, member: 24910"] You shouldn't be. I can't recall a single close test match where fans of the losing side didn't blame the referee.... You have to remember too the AB's fans aren't used to watching our side lose. The less you watch your side lose the worse you are at accepting it when your side does lose. That is why AB's fans in general aren't great losers. South African fans don't take loses that well either. Scottish* fans however are great losers ;) I don't think there is any need at all for Hansen to revisit the drawing board at all. We were missing a number of key players (as were South Africa to be fair), and we suffered a narrow defeat against the 2nd ranking side in the world away from home. As you suggest there will be a number of questions that Hansen and his team need to address (to answer a couple: Tony Woodcock is our best LH, followed by Wyatt Crockett, Jerome Kaino is our best 6 by a huge margin, and we [I]should[/I] be Piutau on the wing and Smith at fullback, but almost certainly wont). Personally I don't think the AB's [I]needed[/I] to lose, as I don't believe we would have learnt any more from the match had Lambie missed that kick (or Burger been penalized at the end). The biggest issue in the 1st half for the AB's was that we struggled to get hold of the ball, and most of the ball we got was poor quality ball. The only comments that I've seen from Hansen on the first half performance related to the quality of ball we were receiving (which was indeed the root of our problems), rather than what we were doing with it. Obviously addressing the root cause (poor quality ball) is the prime concern, but I think we need to accept that we aren't always going to get quality ball, and have a (more conservative) fall-back plan if this is the case (though as you suggest the more players are told to gamble the more they will do it no matter the situation). [SIZE=1]*My apologies to ImScotty (the sole Scottish fan on the forum). Scotland was used as an example as I thought it would offend the fewest posters :)[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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