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<blockquote data-quote="miccloarch" data-source="post: 1201846" data-attributes="member: 78309">Boks are still the best team in the world I think but they&#039;ve been far from perfect this year and have put in some average performances lately.I underestimated the ABs myself, until the Ireland game in which they turned a corner. It wasn&#039;t a great game of course but Ireland&#039;s performance wasn&#039;t quite as bad as has been made out. Their defence was brilliant for most of it and they kept with us for 60-65 minutes. Saturday&#039;s game made one thing clear I guess, these two teams are better than Ireland right now. But if they want advice from AB fans who saw their team choke at World Cups for 2 decades: this is the time for losses and bad performances. There&#039;s still 3 years of the cycle left to fix things. The time to peak is at the end of the cycle, not the start.Everyone&#039;s going through some form of rebuilding, experimentation and/or youth development, which should be some consolation for the teams in bad form (except Wales, they&#039;re in a proper sh!tspiral).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="miccloarch, post: 1201846, member: 78309"] Boks are still the best team in the world I think but they've been far from perfect this year and have put in some average performances lately. I underestimated the ABs myself, until the Ireland game in which they turned a corner. It wasn't a great game of course but Ireland's performance wasn't quite as bad as has been made out. Their defence was brilliant for most of it and they kept with us for 60-65 minutes. Saturday's game made one thing clear I guess, these two teams are better than Ireland right now. But if they want advice from AB fans who saw their team choke at World Cups for 2 decades: this is the time for losses and bad performances. There's still 3 years of the cycle left to fix things. The time to peak is at the end of the cycle, not the start. Everyone's going through some form of rebuilding, experimentation and/or youth development, which should be some consolation for the teams in bad form (except Wales, they're in a proper sh!tspiral). [/QUOTE]

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