Originally Posted by
windsock
You asked some questions like you had no clues about what we have done, how we did them and when. I simply told you.
Using the rugby metaphor you introduced...
You guys are still in the last quarter, you've dropped the ball often enough (it must have been as slippery as a large boat out there) to let the other team get on top for a while, and you have had too many players playing as individuals not team members (state border closures). You have almost crossed the line in terms of closing the other side out but tempers are flaring and the other side is still up for the challenge with some unexpected movements. Your captain was still suffering from the head knock gained in the previous game (bush fire) and so was acting concussed for the first twenty minutes and was making dodgy decisions. However, your teams game management evolved with the game and it looks like the game has a winner so all credit to the boys, they will be able to come away as winners but it was edge of the seat for a while.
In our game, we got on top in the first half, our game management was the dominant one from the start and all we had to do was wear the opposition down till they had no where to go (wait out incubation periods), keep the ball in hand and play the game plan as outlined (our Captain left us in no doubt about what we needed to do and when we needed to do it), and we have essentially finished the game on the right side of the ledger. If we have any faults, we can sometimes carry on playing after the whistle has been blown and we need to now relax a bit we are back in the shed and loosen up (we are still at Level 2).
True I haven't been following the NZ side of things, too much going on here. I appreciated your heads up. Your Captain carried your team for a while, a good effort. Ours was still in Hawaii surfing. The master stroke was his forming of the National Cabinet, and I still think you don't understand the importance of the border closures. But I guess you have to be here. The unfortunate trend for our team is throwing the ball away and laying the boot in, to any one not wearing the same jersey. Thankfully we have quiet achievers working in the second row that pick up the slack and move things forward. Another problem the team has is the constant own goals, they tend to lose focus when the ball is thrown away. Some how we got there, but we are a team divided at times, it's that old Waratahs clique again. Too early for drinks yet, oranges will have to do. Right, how does it go? Crouch, touch, pause …………………………………………..
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