Re: Bye Bye Mitchell

"Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "E. Scrooge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove eye)> wrote in message
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> > "Bulldog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > So now Daniel Carter was crocked aswell as Umaga...no replacement
> > > called for. Quite bizarre. Clear your desk out John. In you come Oh
> > > Great Redeemer...see if you can a number on this lot.
> >
> > It made perfect good sense to All Black coach Mitchell to risk his best
> > players in the very easy games at the start of the WC.
> > The top players should've been saved for the quarter finals onwards.
The
> > Aussies picked a strong fit team for the final games of the WC - walked
all
> > over what was left of Mitchell's weakened All Blacks.
> > Mitchell has also indicated that he no longer has any faith in Thorne to
> > remain as captain of the All Blacks - too bad he didn't realise that
before
> > the WC.  After all if Thorne was good enough according to Mitchell for
the
> > WC, then Thorne should still be good enough to remain as captain of the
All
> > Blacks for at least a while yet.  Mitchell just hasn't got a clue, he
would
> > protect his Pawns while losing his King and of course the main game.
> >
> > E. Scrooge
>
>
> There is no right answer here. Don't play you best players in the
> early game and they go into the big games rusty. Play them and they
> can get injered. The team that won the WC played there first team most
> games of the pool. (only one where they didn't),

Top players that have been playing hard in the months before wouldn't get
that damn rusty.   They could play every day of the week, but that would
hardly improve their game.  Going into the big games 100% fit and 100 %
alert is pretty dangerous combination to be up against.  The Aussies weren't
a weak worn out team after playing a lot of rugby, that team was selected
and ready for what was left of the All Blacks which is why the Aussies ran
circles around them.  Though they shouldn't have got more than half the
penalties that they did end up getting - a good All Black captain should've
told his team to show more control when playing just in front of their own
posts.  The Aussies were laughing at getting penalty after penalty.

Each game is also a very different one, you can't get rusty from a game
which you haven't even played yet.  Playing against some weak gutless team
knocking up almost 100 points against is hardly going to make much
differnece from when it comes to playing the Aussies.
The top players should've been completely off the booze and in the gym
working out to be completely fit to play against the Aussies - not have them
running round getting buggered in the minor games beforehand.

E. Scrooge