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[2020 RC/Tri Nations] Round 3: Argentina V New Zealand (14/11/2020)
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Anghel" data-source="post: 1008503" data-attributes="member: 70777"><p>Again, Foster's selections are shocking, the guy seems to be more interested in the immediate result rather than eyeing for the future. These types of games are the most appropriate for blooding/grooming players.</p><p></p><p>Why make a whole change in a dead rubber and one week later bring the team that you consider is your first (by dismissing most of the previous week's team's players), against a squad that hasn't been played an international game in more than a year? Will the coaching panel be more confident if the ABs will blow Argies off the park?</p><p></p><p>Why sticking with BB at 15, when it's obvious that by 2023 he won't be in his prime anymore, either at 10 or at fullback?</p><p></p><p>Why persisting with JB on the wing, when there's other better options to fill that spot?</p><p></p><p>If you believe that Ardie is the best 8 and cemented Cane as your skipper at 7, then the whole development of players like Akira Ioane, Dalton Papal'ii, Hoskins Sotutu, Cullen Grace or Luke Jacobson will be negatively impacted, although they are still young enough to be the future.</p><p></p><p>What's the point of giving the bench players only a couple of minutes at the end of games? More precisely, what's the catch in sending Brad Weber on in the 78th minute or Cullen Grace in the 79th?</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I wonder if Foster hasn't been perhaps a bit lucky to have this shortened season, a normal one might have seen him dismissed one year in his contract.</p><p></p><p>Would love to see NZ's approach to the issues raised above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Anghel, post: 1008503, member: 70777"] Again, Foster's selections are shocking, the guy seems to be more interested in the immediate result rather than eyeing for the future. These types of games are the most appropriate for blooding/grooming players. Why make a whole change in a dead rubber and one week later bring the team that you consider is your first (by dismissing most of the previous week's team's players), against a squad that hasn't been played an international game in more than a year? Will the coaching panel be more confident if the ABs will blow Argies off the park? Why sticking with BB at 15, when it's obvious that by 2023 he won't be in his prime anymore, either at 10 or at fullback? Why persisting with JB on the wing, when there's other better options to fill that spot? If you believe that Ardie is the best 8 and cemented Cane as your skipper at 7, then the whole development of players like Akira Ioane, Dalton Papal'ii, Hoskins Sotutu, Cullen Grace or Luke Jacobson will be negatively impacted, although they are still young enough to be the future. What's the point of giving the bench players only a couple of minutes at the end of games? More precisely, what's the catch in sending Brad Weber on in the 78th minute or Cullen Grace in the 79th? Sometimes I wonder if Foster hasn't been perhaps a bit lucky to have this shortened season, a normal one might have seen him dismissed one year in his contract. Would love to see NZ's approach to the issues raised above. [/QUOTE]
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