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<blockquote data-quote="Toko_11" data-source="post: 845250" data-attributes="member: 39484"><p>Just as I feared. Sometimes I feel like Haig has no grasp on the strengths and weaknesses of his own players. Obvious mistakes selecting the team and the substitutes(or the lack of them) during the game.</p><p></p><p>Ofc Romania were the better team and absolutely deserved the win today, Congrats to the Oaks, waited long for this one. </p><p></p><p>But I'm more concerned about what we did wrong and there's plenty there.</p><p></p><p>#3 Bekoshvili is not an International level prop. Milton needs to get it in his thick skull that we can't compromise our Scrum strength in favor of "dynamic" passing props.. For ****s sake mate our fly half can't pass and you're selecting a "dynamic" prop, what's he gonna do pass it to the center? Wonder how many passes our "versatile" props had during this game? I would've traded it for a good scrum performance of Chilachava, Peikrishvili, Kubriashvili, hell even the 19-year-old Tabidze did well in the 2nd half. So stop with these passing props and maybe find a passing fly half first. </p><p></p><p>Talking of fly-half. a blind 5-year-old could've told you after previous games that Khmaladze must've been left out of the team! hell, a Blind 5 year old would've played better. We had Malaguradze who is fit and ready to play yet we go 160min straight with a man who is barely out of the injury and doesn't even remember how to play yet. Ok maybe he overestimated him before the game and thought of Russia as a warmup, but why would he keep him on the field for 80 ****ing minutes. Jesus christ.</p><p></p><p>#14 Svanidze in favor of Koshadze who was the star player in previous games? In what world does that make sense? Maybe Haig thought Romania would be as easy to beat as Belgium... Yes, that's it, In the alternate dimension where Belgium is stronger than Romania this decision would've made plenty of sense. But not in our ****ing dimension it doesn't. </p><p></p><p>#15 Kivirikasvili... oh Jesus. Why is he still our main kicker, he hasn't been a good kicker since 2011 rugby world cup. Yet we always choose the free kick and always miss it.(I know Vlaicu had a day off too but that doesn't excuse us) Oh look another reason to select MALAGURADZE as a starting fly-half. He's could fly-the-half AND be a good kicker. But no Romania is Belgium, we won't have problems beating them.</p><p></p><p>Unused Subs. So by the end of the game all our 2nd rowers were injured. Do we have anyone to replace them? noo ofc not, We need to experiment in the first row! FIRST ROW! and a replacement scrummy Begadze(for god knows what reason if Lobzhanidze got injured, kvirikashvili could move to 9). we take 2 19-year-old props one of whom remains unused. Because Nariashvili is perfectly capable of playing 80 minutes by himself, Just like bregvadze, and Zhvania is also a prop who plays all 3 positions...All that whilst not having a single tall ****er to use as a 2nd row. Strategic Genius. </p><p></p><p>Zhvania at a hooker is a joke, he is a loosehead, he's always been a looshead No matter how many times you play him as a hooker in the national team, he'll still be a decent prop and a ****ty hooker.</p><p>________________________________</p><p></p><p>The worst of all.. Milton is now going to blame this on experiments and us not being strong enough to win REC with new players so next year he's gonna call up all the first team to play the tournament. Thick as a brick.</p><p></p><p>I'm just a supporter why is it that I can see things so clearly while people in management seem deluded at times.</p><p></p><p>here's a hint. USE EXPERIMENTAL TEAMS AGAINST ALL REC TEAMS THAT AREN'T ROMANIA. </p><p></p><p>We don't need Need Nariashvili for Belgium and we can't have Bekoshvili for Oaks. Plain and simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toko_11, post: 845250, member: 39484"] Just as I feared. Sometimes I feel like Haig has no grasp on the strengths and weaknesses of his own players. Obvious mistakes selecting the team and the substitutes(or the lack of them) during the game. Ofc Romania were the better team and absolutely deserved the win today, Congrats to the Oaks, waited long for this one. But I'm more concerned about what we did wrong and there's plenty there. #3 Bekoshvili is not an International level prop. Milton needs to get it in his thick skull that we can't compromise our Scrum strength in favor of "dynamic" passing props.. For ****s sake mate our fly half can't pass and you're selecting a "dynamic" prop, what's he gonna do pass it to the center? Wonder how many passes our "versatile" props had during this game? I would've traded it for a good scrum performance of Chilachava, Peikrishvili, Kubriashvili, hell even the 19-year-old Tabidze did well in the 2nd half. So stop with these passing props and maybe find a passing fly half first. Talking of fly-half. a blind 5-year-old could've told you after previous games that Khmaladze must've been left out of the team! hell, a Blind 5 year old would've played better. We had Malaguradze who is fit and ready to play yet we go 160min straight with a man who is barely out of the injury and doesn't even remember how to play yet. Ok maybe he overestimated him before the game and thought of Russia as a warmup, but why would he keep him on the field for 80 ****ing minutes. Jesus christ. #14 Svanidze in favor of Koshadze who was the star player in previous games? In what world does that make sense? Maybe Haig thought Romania would be as easy to beat as Belgium... Yes, that's it, In the alternate dimension where Belgium is stronger than Romania this decision would've made plenty of sense. But not in our ****ing dimension it doesn't. #15 Kivirikasvili... oh Jesus. Why is he still our main kicker, he hasn't been a good kicker since 2011 rugby world cup. Yet we always choose the free kick and always miss it.(I know Vlaicu had a day off too but that doesn't excuse us) Oh look another reason to select MALAGURADZE as a starting fly-half. He's could fly-the-half AND be a good kicker. But no Romania is Belgium, we won't have problems beating them. Unused Subs. So by the end of the game all our 2nd rowers were injured. Do we have anyone to replace them? noo ofc not, We need to experiment in the first row! FIRST ROW! and a replacement scrummy Begadze(for god knows what reason if Lobzhanidze got injured, kvirikashvili could move to 9). we take 2 19-year-old props one of whom remains unused. Because Nariashvili is perfectly capable of playing 80 minutes by himself, Just like bregvadze, and Zhvania is also a prop who plays all 3 positions...All that whilst not having a single tall ****er to use as a 2nd row. Strategic Genius. Zhvania at a hooker is a joke, he is a loosehead, he's always been a looshead No matter how many times you play him as a hooker in the national team, he'll still be a decent prop and a ****ty hooker. ________________________________ The worst of all.. Milton is now going to blame this on experiments and us not being strong enough to win REC with new players so next year he's gonna call up all the first team to play the tournament. Thick as a brick. I'm just a supporter why is it that I can see things so clearly while people in management seem deluded at times. here's a hint. USE EXPERIMENTAL TEAMS AGAINST ALL REC TEAMS THAT AREN'T ROMANIA. We don't need Need Nariashvili for Belgium and we can't have Bekoshvili for Oaks. Plain and simple. [/QUOTE]
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