GRAHAM01 wrote:bigmick wrote::) I'm fully aware that unfortunately at the moment I'm about as subtle as I am unpredictable. It's funny since I've moved to NZ they are having the same debate over Rugby here. Despite having unquestionably the best team in the World at the moment, Graham Henry the coach has decided to adopt a rotational selection policy. "Got to keep the players fresh" etc etc.
Just out of interest and even if you don't follow Rugby (which I must confess I don't really despite going to an All Blacks game over the weekend), what would you think might be the potential effects in a game of Rugby of rotation? Unfamiliarity perhaps, lack of fluency, anxiety amongst the players, dropped passes, moves breaking down, the team being less able to respond as a unit in times of difficulty, set-pieces not being as solid as they ought to be? Hey presto! you could be a rugby pundit!! Because that is EXACTLY what is happening with the All Blacks at the moment. They've gone from being the biggest certainties imaginable, to the doubts really starting to creep in after a defeat in Australia a couple of weeks ago. My advice to anybody looking to put the mortgage on them to win the World Cup at 1/2 is most definately DON'T.
i do play rugby myself and i have to say what is happening with the all blacks is there own doing rotation in rugby is not a good thing, you lose something from your game when you do not know were and what your other players are doing or thinking
i think they are looking to test players at the moment and see who is good enough to slot in if someone were to get injured and that is why there results of late have not been great, this will change and they will steady the ship as we go in to the world cup
but don`t think they will win it
One things for certain England definitely won't successfully defend their title :-)
Over rotation is bad though, I hope Rafa learnt that from last season.