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Posted September 10, 2025 02:02
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My two cents:
- Aussies learnt from their slightly under-whelming performance first game and made changes to their starting side for the second game; we didn't (couldn't?);
- we thought we'd just been unlucky first game, so we tried them same stuff second game thinking we might be lucky second time around; Aussies learnt and tried different stuff, they made changes that worked for them
- older + younger CB first game was better than 2 younger CBs second game, BUT would Boxall too have been shown up by the pace of Toure & Irankunda? maybe; those two clearly made a difference for Oz
- Thomas fabulous first game, less obviously brilliant second game - but was that the changes Popa made to their mid-field & forwards, more than any difference in Thomas' performance?
- FDV two yellow cards in two games because he's been outdone; we need Libby back, be interesting to see how McGarry goes this year (as potential back-up to Libby)
- Chris Wood can be frustrating to watch for the All Whites when we know how effective he can be; good for him to get the no-goal-against-Australia monkey off his back though
- Singh looked really good again
- drooling at the thought of having Thomas-Stamenic-Bell-Singh all on the park at the same time with Wood-Just - don't know how you'd configure it, but they're our top six mids/fwds
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My two cents:
- Aussies learnt from their slightly under-whelming performance first game and made changes to their starting side for the second game; we didn't (couldn't?);
- we thought we'd just been unlucky first game, so we tried them same stuff second game thinking we might be lucky second time around; Aussies learnt and tried different stuff, they made changes that worked for them
- older + younger CB first game was better than 2 younger CBs second game, BUT would Boxall too have been shown up by the pace of Toure & Irankunda? maybe; those two clearly made a difference for Oz
- Thomas fabulous first game, less obviously brilliant second game - but was that the changes Popa made to their mid-field & forwards, more than any difference in Thomas' performance?
- FDV two yellow cards in two games because he's been outdone; we need Libby back, be interesting to see how McGarry goes as back-up to Libby
- Chris Wood can be frustrating to watch for the All Whites when we know how effective he can be; good for him to get the no-goal-against-Australia monkey off his back though
- Singh looked really good again
- drooling at the thought of having Thomas-Stamenic-Bell-Singh all on the park at the same time with Wood-Just - don't know how you'd configure it, but they're our top six mids/fwds
My two cents:
- Aussies learnt from their slightly under-whelming performance first game and made changes to their starting side for the second game; we didn't (couldn't?);
- we thought we'd just been unlucky first game, so we tried them same stuff second game thinking we might be lucky second time around; Aussies learnt and tried different stuff, they made changes that worked for them
- older + younger CB first game was better than 2 younger CBs second game, BUT would Boxall too have been shown up by the pace of Toure & Irankunda? maybe; those two clearly made a difference for Oz
- Thomas fabulous first game, less obviously brilliant second game - but was that the changes Popa made to their mid-field & forwards, more than any difference in Thomas' performance?
- FDV two yellow cards in two games because he's been outdone; need Libby back, be interesting to see how McGarry goes as back-up to Libby
- Chris Wood can be frustrating to watch for the All Whites when we know how effective he can be; good for him to get the no-goal-against-Australia monkey off his back though
- Singh looked really good again
- drooling at the thought of having Thomas-Stamenic-Bell-Singh all on the park at the same time with Wood-Just - don't know how you'd configure it, but they're our top six mids/fwds
My two cents:
- Aussies learnt from their slightly under-whelming performance first game and made changes to their starting side for the second game; we didn't (couldn't?);
- we thought we'd just been unlucky first game, so we tried them same stuff second game thinking we might be lucky second time around; Aussies learnt and tried different stuff, they made changes that worked for them
- older + younger CB first game was better than 2 younger CBs second game, BUT would Boxall too have been shown up by the pace of Toure & Irankunda, maybe; they clearly made a difference for Oz
- Thomas fabulous first game, less obviously brilliant second game - but was that the changes Popa made to their mid-field & forwards, more than any difference in Thomas' performance?
- FDV two yellow cards in two games because he's been outdone; need Libby back, be interesting to see how McGarry goes as back-up to Libby
- Chris Wood can be frustrating to watch for the All Whites when we know how effective he can be; good for him to get the no-goal-against-Australia monkey off his back though
- Singh looked really good again
- drooling at the thought of having Thomas-Stamenic-Bell-Singh all on the park at the same time with Wood-Just - don't know how you'd configure it, but they're our top six mids/fwds