Ignoto
John Thornett (49)
The Brumbies sucked arse in 2011 yet we still had the put up with Elsom, Ma'afu, Alexander and McCabe being picked.
England v Australia
- Thread starter boyo
- Start date
- Status
The Brumbies sucked arse in 2011 yet we still had the put up with Elsom, Ma'afu, Alexander and McCabe being picked.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
His introduced a few new guys, and a whole group of guys to a new system. Plus we are looking at 2 guys in front of Godwin with out alot of game time.
This EOYT we have had McMahon, Jones (2nd Cap), Speight, Faulkner, This year had Carter and Big Willie.
Remember alot of our guys don't have alot of tests eg Lealifanino, To'omua, Horne, TK, Tomane, Izzy, Foley, White, Hodgeson.. Even Phipps is back into the team.
Throw in that we have new coaches and don't you think they are trying to bring up the experience of guys most likely going to next years RWC, or should we throw a cap at Goodwin and English when the guys in front of them need more experience.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Let's agree to disagree on Foley
.And no-one is suggesting that Beale play 12 for the Wallabies.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
And look where that got us, your proving my point for me.. I'd say pick the best players to win the world cup. It will include Red's players, like Genia, Cooper, Slipper, Fingers, Horwill, most likely.
But if they hit TRC in the form of this year's Red. Are Cooper and Genia going to start over Phipps and Foley.. not likely, even if it's not their fault.
EDIT: And if Phipps and Foley are having a 'Mare' of a season I don't expect them to start either.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
Done.. and Goose is a term of affection, next time I will use a funny face at him instead.. like this one
or maybe this one 
Brumby Runner
David Wilson (68)
That's right. I think, though, that most Brumbies' fans had had enough of both Elsom and Ma'afu by that stage and couldn't understand their continued selection. Pat McCabe suffered from the game plan he was required to play as his subsequent form showed when he played more of a link man than bash it up artist. Benny A is still there because neither then nor now was there an obviously better option. Many Brumbies fans, myself included, have loudly lamented the omission of someone like Weeks or PAE from the EOYT but it is what it is, unfortunately. Now we'll possibly lose PAE, one of the most promising THPs, from our game for a long time.
Not really good examples imo. I am still grateful that the coach at the time (name?)
had the good sense not to select our No 10 in the Wallabies.
tragic
John Solomon (38)
Sweet. I wasn't sure if you were kidding or not.Done.. and Goose is a term of affection, next time I will use a funny face at him instead.. like this one
It's best to ignore spelling and Grammar mistakes here. We all do it at some stage. Although I did change veil to vale yesterday.
M
Moono75
Guest
In my opinion the EOYT has been a wasted opportunity. We haven't learnt enough about what the second tier players in the squad can do and we still don't know who our starters should be in a number of key positions. It seems to have been a long standing problem with Australian rugby. This has WC clusterfuck written all over it for 2015. Hope I'm proven wrong.
tragic
John Solomon (38)
Agreed - it was just a joke referring to the recent thread where someone went nuts on the their/there/they're issue.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
I will responsed but over in the RWC15 or EOYT threads. This is game thread and we should be talking about spanking the soap dodgers.
Speight and Izzy to unleash the pain 2 tries each and Slipper to score an intercept from 95 metres out (from our try line).
emuarse
Desmond Connor (43)
But it needs to be remembered that some players are coming back from long injuries, and are the incumbents, but now that they are fit, are not been given the chance to show their wares, unless you call the last 15 mins of the game adequate to find your tempo.
It is better to experiment now than two months out before the RWC.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
And I think we will come away with a win in this one. The boys have copped a fair bit of criticism, some justified, but a lot of it over the top. (particularly if we look at the context of all that has occurred in the past 8 weeks)
I liked what I saw about the attack and some of the short interchange passing and I think that the backline may well cut loose in this one. The starting scrum is solid, lineout improves each week. I'm hopong that Simmons has a big one in his 50th, he's a good player and seems to have cut out the dumb penalties.
emuarse
Desmond Connor (43)
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
That's a long bow to draw.
tragic
John Solomon (38)
We've had the one horror game we have every year when we look pedestrian - and got spanked by the ABs.
We are yet to have the one game where it all clicks and we look like a team that could beat the best in the world.
Hopefully that game will be this weekend.
Although I'd take a rain check for the final next year.
We are yet to have the one game where it all clicks and we look like a team that could beat the best in the world.
Hopefully that game will be this weekend.
Although I'd take a rain check for the final next year.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
I think you're right. I've just got the feeling that this will be the week where it clicks (or most of it clicks anyway).
- Status