Re: Bye Bye Mitchell

"Col" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:18:23 +1300, "Mr Scebe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >"Col" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:52:27 +1300, "Mr Scebe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >> >"Rodger Donaldson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> >> On 2 Dec 2003 09:57:36 -0800, Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> >> >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),
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> >> >> The right answer would have been to call up an experienced center
from
> >> >> New Zealand once you decide you're no longer playing Carter and
Umaga.
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> >> >Just as a matter of interest, who would that "experienced centre" be?
The
> >> >only two who i could think of would be Rico Gear or Mark Robinson.
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> >> One of whom was under an injury cloud too .
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> >I believe they both were - but it's always much easier for the armchair
> >critics to select their sides.
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> Indeed . Mitchell is on Scrooges "Tall Poppies I have cut down" list.
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> Col

He knew it all when he took the job - after getting rid of some quality
players his result in the World Cup was a complete disaster.
Losing the big game wasn't the disaster, it was the way that they lost it
which was a complete shambles.  Mitchell is not a "Tall Poppy" and never
will be.
He didn't perform his job well, there were no top players left for the
finals of the World Cup - his strategy of starting the Word Cup with his
best players was pathetic and the final result proved it.

E. Scrooge