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Test Match 2: All Blacks v British & Irish Lions (Wellington)
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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 860967" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>The trouble is there is no nowhere to go with backs selection. Gatland nailed his colours to the mast early on re: Warrenball, and has no Plan B (how familiar does that sentence sound Wales fans...). I'd previously been calling for a Sexton-Farrell double playmaker situation, but when Sexton came on it looked like the two had barely trained together; clearly that's not an option, so it's one of the above at 10 and Teo-Davies.</p><p></p><p>The ****** up thing is, individually speaking, the two centres were among the best players on the pitch for the Lions, both played excellently in defence and attack - but as a combo, they don't offer enough.</p><p></p><p>Saying that, it's all window dressing, the real issue is how the pack got outplayed. That's where we were supposed to supposedly have an advantage, if we believed the hype (which I don't think many of us here really bought into to be fair). Problem is now we have nowhere else to go. What changes are we going to make that are going to stem the tide next game? I just don't see it - maybe McGrath as a stronger scrummager, but we instantly lose impact in the loose. Itoje is better than AWJ and Kruis surely can't paly that poorly again, but even with Krutoje at their best I don't think that's going to make enough impact on the battle up front. Whatever we strengthen, we are giving away too much elsewhere</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 860967, member: 71826"] The trouble is there is no nowhere to go with backs selection. Gatland nailed his colours to the mast early on re: Warrenball, and has no Plan B (how familiar does that sentence sound Wales fans...). I'd previously been calling for a Sexton-Farrell double playmaker situation, but when Sexton came on it looked like the two had barely trained together; clearly that's not an option, so it's one of the above at 10 and Teo-Davies. The ****** up thing is, individually speaking, the two centres were among the best players on the pitch for the Lions, both played excellently in defence and attack - but as a combo, they don't offer enough. Saying that, it's all window dressing, the real issue is how the pack got outplayed. That's where we were supposed to supposedly have an advantage, if we believed the hype (which I don't think many of us here really bought into to be fair). Problem is now we have nowhere else to go. What changes are we going to make that are going to stem the tide next game? I just don't see it - maybe McGrath as a stronger scrummager, but we instantly lose impact in the loose. Itoje is better than AWJ and Kruis surely can't paly that poorly again, but even with Krutoje at their best I don't think that's going to make enough impact on the battle up front. Whatever we strengthen, we are giving away too much elsewhere [/QUOTE]
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